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How to Use Mario to Create the Perfect Date:
The home console industry has been around long enough that it's managed to develop a nostalgic appeal. If you want to see someone really enjoying themselves, hand them a game that they remember playing over and over again in their childhood.
For many of us, games like Mario, Zelda, and Metroid have developed a near mystical ability to trigger close-to-heart memories. Hearing the original theme song to a Mario Brothers Castle gets us sentimental and weepy.
If you're dating someone that has this sort of nerdy sentimental side, how can you use that to your advantage? Well, a little creative investigation on the Internet might reveal a way to turn your significant other's nostalgic affections into a clever element in a romantic evening.
As games on the NES and SuperNES age, they become easier and easier for the average person to customize. Games that once required programming knowledge in order to design for, such as Super Mario World, can now be opened and manipulated via map editors freely available on the Internet. Adding a secret message into Mario Brothers or Zelda is now as easy as pointing and clicking with the mouse.
While planning a recent date, I used Super Mario World as part of an elaborate scavenger hunt. Not only did the idea go over well, but it inspired me to take a look at what other classic NES and SuperNES games could be turned to romantic purposes.
First, let's take a look at what I did with Super Mario World just to give you an idea of what can be done.
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