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Nintendo’s controller capsule toys are so cool, even the machine you buy them from is awesome【Pics】

Holding a GameCube controller again for the first time in years brings back a rush of memories.

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Nintendo history you can feel – Super NES, N64, and GameCube controllers become capsule toys

New capsule toy series recreates the most iconic parts of three generations of Nintendo controllers.

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New Xbox Series X fits perfectly with a classic Nintendo system, gamer in Japan finds【Pics】

Looks like you can add Microsoft’s new console to your shelf without putting away one of your old toys.

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Sad 3DS user wants Gamecube peripheral for Smash Brothers, genius tinkerer provides

There are few things in life more competitive than Super Smash Brothers (and, like, hot dog eating contests with hamsters). So, even though you can now Smash Brothers on the go with the new 3DS version, truly competitive players don’t want to settle for the 3DS’s inferior, cramped D-pad and button layout.

A clever Japanese Twitter user recently openly dreamed of a better way to Smash Brothers on his 3DS by connecting an old-school Gamecube controller to the portable handheld and, shockingly, another even more genius Twitter user responded with a real-life prototype he made with plentiful engineering skills, his own two hands, and what appears to be a bunch of fresh spaghetti.

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These new Gamecube-style Wii U controllers are gorgeous, (almost) exactly what we wanted【E3】

As pretty much every gamer in the world no doubt already knows, Super Smash Bros. is coming to Nintendo Wii U and 3DS this year. Along with everyone else, we’re itching to play it, but every time we pictured ourselves taking a mallet to Kirby‘s pudgy pink face, the same thoughts kept coming back to bug us: Do we really have to play the game with Wii remotes or the Wii U gamepad? Are we going to have to buy those “pro” pads that we’re frankly not all that fond of?

Thankfully, a series of officially licensed controllers modelled on the Nintendo Gamecube controller that we once loved so dearly is due to arrive sometime around the Wii U game’s launch, and they’re preeetty! Details and photos direct from the E3 show floor after the jump!

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