Nike Releases Nintendo Shoes
 

Nike released Nintendo sneakers. Live-in tweeted about it yesterday, so when he got home last night, I mocked him mercilessly, calling him a geek and telling him that if he bought these shoes I was going to go to Target and buy him Napoleon Dynamite-style snow boots and hide all his other shoes so that he has to wear them.

I looked it up today. This is a picture:
http://www.kicksonfire.com/wp-conten...nintendo-1.jpg

Thoughts? They look kinda cool from this angle. They look cool from other angles, too. Now, I've spent the better part of my morning trying to find out where I can get them, as the ultimate conciliatory "I'm sorry I picked on you" Christmas gift.

Discuss.

ETA: Here is a blog article about the shoes.

LOL, thanks for the blog link, now I feel REALLY old. I read that little paragraph underneath the image and honest to god didn't understand one word. :p

What makes them "Nintendo" shoes? Is it just the coloring and name?

If you look close toward the top of the shoes, there's a "start button", plus there's the other buttons kinda by the laces on the shoes. Live-in said there was a directional pad. That's what made me think they were going to be really geeky. You can only see the start button in any of the pictures I've seen.

Plus the coloring doesn't hurt ;).

I can't get into NiceKicks to see how much they cost - which is frustrating because I kinda wanna order them RIGHT NOW!

ETA: You didn't know about the unlimited lives?

Seriously, I have no idea what this means.

You're talking to someone whose (first and) last "gaming system" was an Atari. :o

In Mario Bros, I can't remember which one, if you trap a Koopa (one of the bad guys that makes you die) on the stairs, and jump on it, you get extra lives. You can do it forever and have 1,000,000 extra lives (you start with 3). The stairs are at the end of each level, you go up the stairs, run off the top, and jump on a flag. However high you are on the flag pole gets you points.

Live-in said there were Atari Nikes, too. They were black, and the soles were faux wood grain. I asked him if there was a joystick sticking out of one of the toes.

Ummmm... ok. Gotcha. Thanks. Much clearer now. ;):p
HA! Found 'em! http://nikeblog.com/2008/10/01/air-f...tari-inspired/
LOL.

I was just going to post this:
http://kellits.com/wp-content/upload...-blazer-21.jpg

I'm sad to see there's no joysticks, but I'm glad to see they're high tops.

It's sad to me that generations before mine never knew the glory that was Super Mario Bros. It was the only toy my brother and I could play with without fighting over. Well, except the time my brother punched me in the head so I would mess up and not beat him.

ETA: Super Paper Mario IS NOT AS FUN.

It was world 3-3, I think. I loved that game so much! :)


Super Mario 3 was my favorite, too! The raccoon suit was cute, but I really liked it when he would get in the sock and bounce around over the flytraps. I think that was world 4, or 6, but I can't remember for certain.

the atari shoes are a bit fug for my taste, but the Nintendo ones are kinda cute! not that i would wear them, but the bf would probably rock them in a heartbeat...

i wasnt a Mario fan, i was into Zelda lol!

OMG I never knew that! I have a Wii and I bought the old Super Mario Bros (along with Super Mario Bros 2, Lost Levels, and 3) so i'm definitely going to find this unlimited lives level!! haha.

Super Mario 2 was my favorite and I am okay with being the only one lol.

Come on.... picking turnips?

I want to get them for my boyfriend for Christmas, mostly just as an apology for mocking him so bad last night when he told me about them, and because I know he'd really like them. Estimates for them range from $50-$80, which would be AWESOME because then I could afford another gift for him.

The link to the site to find them has not been working for me ALL DAY. :mad:

Super Mario 2 was just completely different from the rest in the series. It was drawn differently and seemed to be in a different world entirely. None of the same villains or anything.

And YES I hated that damn bird!

I got them!

$79.00 at pickyourshoes.com

Yippee!

It was my favorite too.:)

I also liked Mario 64, the first Mario game that was made for Nintendo 64. There was something about jumping through paintings....

Really? I hated that game. I haven't liked any of them since the N64 came out. Except for the different MarioKarts. Those are all pretty fun.

Wii is fun but the Mario games kinda suck.

Tetris Party for the Wii, however, is incredibly fun. You can download it on the internet channel.

That was probably my least favorite one, because of the stupid egg blowing bird, as well as the snakes that came out of the vase looking things. It seemed harder that the other Mario games. The premise of the game was pretty cool, though... wasn't it supposed to be Mario's dream, or something?

I like Super Mario 2! And I finally passed the whole freaking game like last week! haha.

Although I will say, If i'm thinking of the same creature you & KSUViolet are thinking of, I don't consider it a "bird" but Yoshi....just like a beginning version of him/her.


Which game is it, where when Mario stands on top of a block he can spin & destroy it? I thought it was Super Mario 3, but it isn't. Is it a SNES game?

omg yes!!! I soo have to get that one on Wii.

http://www.ugo.com/a/worst-videogame...s/images/3.jpg

It could totally be a bird...cause i believe the creature is called "birdo", but I always just thought it was Yoshi the dinosaur

Super Mario Brothers 2 was a western conversion of the Famicon Disk System game Doki Doki Panic. The true sequel to Super Mario Brothers was considered to difficult for the western market so they took a pre-existing (easier) game and re-tooled the characters giving them a Super Mario makeover.

I like them, but Nike makes a lot of shoes that collaborate with a top company.

PS3 Air Force 1's

Retail $2000+

http://www.gamesniped.com/wp-content...tion-thumb.jpg

Super Mario 2 was actually some other video game in Japan, and did not star Mario, etc. The marketing people for Nintendo thought that no one would buy/play their crazy Japanese game so they had Mario have a dream that all this stuff happened (the plot/storyline of Super Mario 2) because more little kids would buy it.

I know this because I have a friend who works at game store when he isn't teaching.

I'm scheduled to get them on Friday! Which is awesome, because live-in is leaving town for a wedding tonight and he won't be back until Sunday, giving me plenty of time to hide the evidence.

Thank goodness for family weddings that I don't have to attend!