erica's joys :)

When I was 8 or 9, I was in love with Mario and Nintendo was my pimp. I'd get done with Mario and Nintendo would lure me back with a new improved version of Mario. "You know you want some more of him," Nintendo would say and I, never to reject my Mario (except for the travesty that was SMB2), would bend to Nintendo's will.

After Super Mario World, Mario and I parted ways. At 12, I was too sophisticated to be swayed by the tempations of Nintendo. No more could they wave anything with Mario plastered on it under my nose to make me spend my (mom's) hard earned money. I was a discriminating consumer with 6th grade tastes you understand. Mario....Kart? What was that? Who wanted a knock-off Mario Game? Not me.

Fast forward 10 years. I still love Mario but we hadn't been together in a while. I'd see him in emulators but we wouldn't speak. I thought I'd lost him forever.

Fast forward to now. Nintendo is back up to their old tricks, trying to pimp Mario to me with a New Super Mario Bros. I won't put up a fight. I know its pointless to try to resist, I'll just succumb like they want me to. Yes, I will buy the new console Nintendo, whatever you say, just give me my beloved Mario and nobody gets hurt.

I love that man.