After ausretrogamer’s glowing endorsement of the Nintendo World Store in New York City, I knew that I had to check it out and see what the big deal was all about. Once I hit the ‘Big Apple’, I knew exactly where to go.
Unlike my friend, I did not have my retro-gaming-tinted-glasses on. Don’t get me wrong, the Nintendo World Store is a magical place, especially the classic Nintendo section on the second level. I just felt that it needed more, perhaps an interactive setup of their classic gaming systems would have done the trick.
Comparing with ausretrogamer’s Nintendo World Store photos, I noticed that there had been some changes to the classic area exhibit. Gone was the Game Boy that survived a scud missile attack in the Gulf War. The other change was to the Nintendo (video game character) franchises – they were replaced with a timeline of Nintendo’s systems. The exhibits were still quite spectacular and managed to give me a hit of nostalgia.
Can I recommend the Nintendo World Store to you? It would be remiss of me not to. It is a great place to show your children the hardware and games you grew up on and perhaps for you to reflect on a bygone era of video gaming.
For more photos of my visit to the Nintendo World Store, check out the album.
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Brant Raven
Scientist, philosopher & technologist. Science Fiction über-aficionado, retro gamer, curator & bibliographer. Creator of the Star Wars Bibliographic Database. I am also a staff writer at ausretrogamer.
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