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Lego’s Donkey Kong arcade machine lets Mario jump endless barrels — Miyamoto is reportedly happy
Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant. He's assisted on the incredible Lion Knights' Castle, Galaxy Explorer, and Pirates of Barracuda Bay. Now, he's helped the company create a $200 Donkey Kong arcade machine set that managed to win even Mario creator […] Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant . He's assisted on the incredible Lion Knights' Castle , Galaxy Explorer , and Pirates of Barracuda Bay . Now, he's helped the company create a $200 Donkey Kong arcade machine set that managed to win even Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto's favor - or so he's told. It doesn't play quite like Donkey Kong , of course. Jumpman, the character that would be renamed Mario, can never reach the top under his own power. B
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Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant. He's assisted on the incredible Lion Knights' Castle, Galaxy Explorer, and Pirates of Barracuda Bay. Now, he's helped the company create a $200 Donkey Kong arcade machine set that managed to win even Mario creator […] Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant . He's assisted on the incredible Lion Knights' Castle , Galaxy Explorer , and Pirates of Barracuda Bay . Now, he's helped the company create a $200 Donkey Kong arcade machine set that managed to win even Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto's favor - or so he's told. It doesn't play quite like Donkey Kong , of course. Jumpman, the character that would be renamed Mario, can never reach the top under his own power. B
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According to The Verge’s linked report, Lego’s Donkey Kong arcade machine lets Mario jump endless barrels — Miyamoto is reportedly happy, Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant. He’s assisted on the incredible Lion Knights’ Castle, Galaxy Explorer, and Pirates of Barracuda Bay. Now, he’s helped the company create a $200 Donkey Kong arcade machine set that managed to win even Mario creator […] Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant . He’s assisted on the incredible Lion Knights’ Castle , Galaxy Explorer , and Pirates of Barracuda Bay . Now, he’s helped the company create a $200 Donkey Kong arcade machine set that managed to win even Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto’s favor - or so he’s told. It doesn’t play quite like Donkey Kong , of course. Jumpman, the character that would be renamed Mario, can never reach the top under his own power. B
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