Co got me this for Valentine's Day. Admittedly, she gave it to me on Saturday. One of Co's more adorable traits is that she cannot *wait* to give presents. Waiting for an actual birthday, or Christmas/Chanukah, or even Valentine's Day, is a trial for her that often ends in early gifting. She does not want her own gifts early, mind you...she just loves to give, especially when she knows she has a winner.
Also, she rationalized (correctly) that it was much better to give me this toy on a Saturday when I could play with it all. weekend. long. than on a Wednesday night when I would just stay up all. night. long.
Do you other children of the '80s recognize those characters (who all look kinda constipated; they're pulling up vegetables, the better to kill bad guys with)? We got a Nintendo (just plain "Nintendo") in 1989 when I was 15 and, except for an occasional rental, pretty much only owned the Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt cartridge that came with the game. I have fond, fond memories of Mario. And Luigi...I was usually Luigi.
Luigi because, in fact, the Nintendo belonged to my 11-year-old sister, so she had claim to Mario. My parents were completely against video games (we didn't even have computer games, except for Lemonade Stand and a very early, all-text version of The Legend of Zelda). So my sister saved her pennies for the $100 system. Aside from the obvious parental objections to video games, they were convinced that the costly purchase would keep my sister entertained for a few days at most, then fall by the wayside.
She STILL has that classic Nintendo, and hooks it up from time to time (like when I visit, and when she can get her husband to unhook the X-Box). And I still have the Cabbage Patch Kid I paid $43.20 of my own money for after my mother refused to spend that much for a doll in which I would just lose interest.
Is the lesson here that our parents were wrong, or that spending our own money made us cherish these items? I'm not sure. But I love Co to pieces, and I am having a ball chucking vegetables at bad guys. (Yes, I know, that's not classic Mario; but I've already ordered it.)
I have a pretty awesome gift for Co, too, but you'll just have to wait to hear about it, because I am going to stand on ceremony and present it to her tonight, while we're here.
3 comments:
Are you sure you aren't an 8 year old boy? Mine loves his nintendo - but I only let him have 45 mins in any day! Seriously - how cool a girl do you have!
So did you get the Game Boy, or just the game?
I have Mario 1 and 3 for GB, but not 2. I also have Dr. Mario (love it!) and Yoshi's Island (love that too!) in addition to boring non mario games.
Two years ago she bought me a Super Nintendo, and I didn't unplug MYSELF from it for days. Unfortunately, we no longer have the original. But I do still have a Sega Game Gear!
Hmmm.... now I want to go hook up my video games and play... darn you!
That's so cool!
I feel so old...my second thought after "I SO want one of those!" was "I'd get an RSI in my thumbs in no time flat!" Boo.
I hope you have fun, fun, fun and don't forget to get off the subway at your stop!
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