Little treats like this are why so many people love Nintendo. The easter egg perfectly mimics the way that players find secrets in the actual Super Mario games that inspired it. Seeing someone unlock it almost makes me willing to forgive all of the horribly clunky parts of the interfaces featured in Nintendo consoles. They may not get everything right all the time, but they also put a tiny present in the system that turns something as bland as a selection screen into yet another game. It's like the developers are saying to audience, "We know we make mistakes, but we still care about you and want you to have a great time." That's a nice message to receive—as a gamer, as a consumer, as a human being.

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Now why can't we all just have the new 3DS already?

via The Verge