I haven't played Monopoly since a strategically necessary stick-up of the Monopoly bank resulted in me coughing up bloody Community Chest cards and a large cardboard 'v' uncomfortably splaying open my posterior.

Still, I'm sorely tempted by Monopoly: Nintendo Collector's Edition, a version of Monopoly with all of the 1920's Atlantic topography stripped out and replaced by spaces and pieces culled from Nintendo games. They've also gotten rid of the top hat, the yipping dog and everyone's least favorite piece, the iron, replacing them with a vintage NES controller, Mario's hat, the Zelda emblem, a Koopa Shell and Donkey Kong's barrel.

Awesome, but as Press the Buttons notes, isn't the logical next step a DS or Wii version of Nintendo Monopoly? Get on the ball, Nintendo! Florian Eckhardt

Monopoly: Nintendo Collector's Edition Coming Soon [Press the Button]

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