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I'm 28 Years Old And I Think Nintendo Wall Decals Are Awesome

Posted by Nadia Oxford

Time to grind up Michelangelo's "David" and line a few kitty litter pans: art has a new standard to live up to.

Parents are so quick to decorate their kids' bedroom walls with clowns and bunnies and other terrifying shit, but heaven forfend they even consider slapping up some Nintendo characters. Well, thanks to Blik, I'm going to make sure my kids know their roots, right down to the littlest babe.

The choices for the decal sets ($75 each) include Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros and New Super Mario Bros. Personally, I'd love to see more of a choice from Blik (and chances are that I will, someday), because I've never been fond of New Super Mario Bros' art style.

See, I like Koopas. I have a Koopa keychain on my purse so I'm easily marked once the Revolution begins. In my opinion, the greatest Koopa that ever lived is Koops from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door:



By comparison, the rendered Koopas that populated New Super Mario Bros are sterile, plastic and infected with the mumps:



In other words, New Super Mario Bros decals? No! Paper Mario decals? Yes!

(As it happens, my keychain is based on the New Super Mario Bros design of Koopa, but it's immune to criticism for it is my baby.)

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Comments

LBD "Nytetrayn" said:

Well, I'm glad we're agreed on how to decorate our kids' rooms.  But at least they have oldschool Mario, too.

I <em>think</em> Nintendo Power said more were on the way.  Maybe we can make a kind suggestion. ;P

September 30, 2008 4:20 PM

Bob Mackey said:

I'd opt for giant sprites over the pre-rendered stuff.

September 30, 2008 5:10 PM

Roto13 said:

If I have kids, each wall of their room is going to have a giant mural of the Hitler face from Bionic Commando. Half exploded.

September 30, 2008 10:03 PM

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