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	<title>And Sometimes Why &#187; Wii</title>
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		<title>Blast from the Past &#8211; With a Twist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While walking to the grocery store a couple days ago, Yuko and I stumbled across a secondhand video game store named キャンプ (Camp). Yuko was super-interested, and wouldn&#8217;t walk away without at least browsing to see what classic titles they had. Oh wait, that was me. They had a bunch of stuff you&#8217;d expect, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While walking to the grocery store a couple days ago, Yuko and I stumbled across a secondhand video game store named キャンプ (Camp). Yuko was super-interested, and wouldn&#8217;t walk away without at least browsing to see what classic titles they had.</p>
<p>Oh wait, that was me. <img src='http://www.davidhed.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oKjtMVUPTokqih8dy2Tkxg?feat=embedwebsite" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tPVAWD6nVDQ/SvK7zJ_DDaI/AAAAAAAAEAI/fEeaasjiRI0/s288/SBSH0233.JPG" alt="" width="288" height="216" /></a>They had a bunch of stuff you&#8217;d expect, and a few surprises. Here&#8217;s a Japanese Super Famicom, brother of the Super Nintendo many of us know and love. It&#8217;s in the lower left of the case full of games, as you can see. Oh, and please excuse the image quality here, as all I had was my phone.
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No Super Nintendo display would be complete without Super Mario Kart, so they had a unit running. Yuko and I played a couple of races, and what really struck me was how primitive it looked. For a seventeen year old game though, it&#8217;s still pretty solid.
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They also had Nintendo 64 games. I wanted to snap a pic of the Japanese labels because it&#8217;s odd seeing something with which you&#8217;re very familiar changed just a little. Imagine if you went back to the house where you grew up and your bedroom door opened out, instead of in. Wouldn&#8217;t you take a picture of that? Also, I thought it was a travesty that Smash Brothers was more than twice the price of Ocarina of Time.
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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Lvtn6XmSEWUTtKCe6RpnxA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_tPVAWD6nVDQ/SvK70RYF5MI/AAAAAAAAEAg/P8Df6bOje2I/s288/SBSH0237.JPG" /></a>
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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jQUEz5Eip4kumKxsrjJMZg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_tPVAWD6nVDQ/SvK70F-WQ5I/AAAAAAAAEAY/UQ8mIA705F4/s288/SBSH0236.JPG" /></a>In Japan, you can buy a black Wii, and associated peripherals. For the life of me, I can&#8217;t figure out why they don&#8217;t sell it in America. I&#8217;m sure it would sell well. Anyway, here&#8217;s a black Wii bundled with Monster Hunter 3 and the Classic Controller Pro, also not sold in America. Also, a snap of some used black peripherals.
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Rounding out my trip down memory lane was this pair of NES machines (that would be the original Nintendo Entertainment System, for the uninitiated). On the left is Nintendo&#8217;s reissue of the original NES machine, and on the right is a recent knockoff of the console. I imagine the &#8220;original&#8221; machine is more expensive because they&#8217;re harder to come by. Anyway, if anyone really wants any of this stuff or other Japanese gaming stuff, let me know, as I pass this shop going to and from work every day. <img src='http://www.davidhed.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />
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