These versions are limited to one thousand of each and only available to Club Nintendo members to win. They should be selling these. To me! Right now! Oh well, there’s always paint I guess. C’mon Nintendo, give us more cool design options like these.

[via Kotaku]

Ms. Mario looks like she’s ready for anything that Koopa will throw at her on her way to save Prince Toadstool and Prince… Daisy? Female Waluigi is just pure hatred.

I wonder how a male Samus would look like. Or a female Link. The same as male Link? Anyway check out Beth T.’s Tumblr and deviantART pages for more of her drawings.

[via Albotas]

It turns out that both Peach and Zelda prefer their kidnappers to Mario and Link. It looks to me like they developed Stockholm syndrome, and actually like spending time with Bowser and Ganondorf.

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There are plenty of funny revelations that both of these girls share. My favorite part was when Ganondorf picked up Zelda for couple’s yoga.

Browse the gallery for more of her creations. As you can see, she can work with a variety of materials and themes.

The Dark Phoenix apron is my favorite, even if it’s obviously for women. Check out Bethany’s website for more of her character aprons. Instructions on ordering are on her site as well. The adult-sized aprons typically cost $35-$50 (USD), more if the design is complicated.

[via Geek Crafts]

Over a period of 6 months, Instructables member skeplin gathered up a whole crapload of caps and made himself a giant Princess Peach mosaic with all of them. By taking each cap and handpainting it with one of 16 colors, then arranging them into a 28×35 grid, he created this pixelated masterwork to hang on his wall. He used a little bit of Perl and ImageMagick to figure out the colors from Peach’s original image, then used that data to build his pixel map. But why talk about it, when you can see how he did it?

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After you’ve watched the video, learn exactly how you can make one for yourself over at Instructables.

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The Street Fighter ones by infinitecontinues which inspired Nick to create his ain’t half bad either. See if you can name them all…

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These ridiculous Nintendo-inspired dog costumes come to us courtesy of YoungUrbanPuppy, and are available in Mario, Princess Peach and Luigi varieties.

Why not get a few of your doggie pals together and you can simulate actual gameplay – except this time, with wiener dogs.

And if you are a Nintendo fan, but would rather not go with the goofy Super Mario Bros. theme, you could always go for this slightly more dignified look…

They’re available over at YoungUrbanPuppy’s Etsy shop and made to order to fit your dog. Even so, I don’t think my 100-pound Bernese Mountain Dog would fit in one.

When I first saw the photos of this thing, I actually thought it was some sort of wedding cake. But hiding beneath the Princess Peach’s castle shell is a fully-functional Nintendo 64 console.

The castle design really does look like the original 3D Princess’ castle in Super Mario 64 – except you can look all the way around this one without fumbling to use the camera on your controller – and the texture maps are better on this one.

According to the eBay listing, “the exterior of the castle has been molded to look like the bricks and roof tiles, then painted. The mural of Princess Peach is a very detailed mosaic and the five flags are made of cloth.” The modder also managed to maintain all of the original ventilation, even when the top half of the castle is put in place.

If you can believe it, this thing was on eBay for 10 days, and after a dozen bids already has sold to one very lucky bidder for just $100 bucks. I bet they could have sold it for lots more if they had only waited for me to report on it

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We’re looking for you to share the best, brightest, funniest, and generally most creative Nintendo-inspired memories. The grand prize winner will receive a super-cool original Nintendo collage by artist Chris Lange, while five runners up will get a high-quality digital print of one of Chris’ collages. And if we get at least 100 entries (we’re getting close now), a random entrant will win fifty bucks to spend on a Nintendo game of their choice over at Amazon.

To enter the contest, just submit a comment on the original contest page.

Nintendo fanboys and fangirls, here’s a chance for you guys to win some awesome prizes. Just share your fondest Nintendo-related memories (by posting a comment below) and you could win an original custom Nintendo collage by fan favorite artist Chris Lange.

Chris has generously donated the following prizes for the best entries that we receive:

• 1 Grand Prize winner
  Custom handmade ‘mini’ collage of any Nintendo character you want
• 5 Runner Up winners
  Signed 8×10 digital print of Mario, Yoshi, Waluigi, or Peach

Plus, if we get at least 100 contest entries, we’ll throw in a random drawing for $50 Amazon certificate which you can use to buy a new Nintendo game with. So even if your story doesn’t win, you’ve still got a chance to go home with a prize.

Contest Rules

To enter the contest, simply leave a comment at the end of this article, telling us your fondest Nintendo-related memory (in 150 words or less). Share any Nintendo story you’d like, but we’ll be awarding the prizes to the ones we think are the most creative, entertaining, outlandish, sentimental, humorous or just downright enjoyable.

To get your creative juices flowing, Chris has contributed this story which best describes his fondness for the “Big N”:

From the time I first picked up an NES controller, to now where I have to force myself to put the Wii controller down, there have been a lot of great Nintendo memories to choose from.

Most important to me is the game that took my fondness for video games and turned it into a passion; Ocarina of Time.

There isn’t really a singular moment I recall best, I just remember the feeling I got when playing through it the first time. I could sit on my family room floor and play for hours, happy to simply ride around the fields of Hyrule. For me, that was the game that made me realize I wanted video games to be a part of my life for years to come.

All entries must be received prior to 11:59pm Central Time on Monday, March 31, 2008 to be eligible. You must post using a valid e-mail address, and only one entry will be accepted per e-mail account. Winners will be selected by Technabob editorial staff and the artist to determine one Grand Prize winner and five Runners Up. We reserve the right to delete inappropriate comments and comment spam.

About the Artist

Chris Lange is an up and coming artist based in the Washington DC area. He is best known for his Nintendo themed collages, which are made entirely of old Nintendo Power magazines. Fittingly enough, these collages have been featured in Nintendo Power magazine, and one is even displayed in the Nintendo of America headquarters on the west coast.

Mr. Lange, an avid gamer and die-hard Nintendo fan, has attracted significant international attention for his work. In addition to his collages, his portfolio includes black and white and color photography, and computer illustrations.

If you’d like to find out more about Chris Lange or request a custom collage visit his personal website. If you are interested in purchasing one of Chris’ originals or even one of his prints you can do so at his Etsy or eBay pages.