When Nintendo announced its holiday games lineup about a couple months ago, I didn't see anything interesting... at least as far as video games go. However, Nintendo interestingly announced a new line of Mario-themed shoes being made by Puma, and I thought that was the coolest thing out of the entire announcement.
I'm not even a shoe collector, but I love Nintendo merchandise, so I decided I'd get some shoes instead of another Mario compilation. The original version of the Mario shoes were red and blue, similar to Mario's outfit, but those sold out faster than I could place an order, and I was trying to order them the very minute they were released!
I kept trying to get the original shoes for more than a month after that but I was unsuccessful, and then Puma announced even more Mario-themed shoes, including a set of Super Mario Galaxy shoes. I think those were released on November 26. I thought the Galaxy shoes looked just as amazing, so I decided to go for those instead (it's not like I had much of an option to get the original red and blue shoes anyway). I managed to place my order as soon as the website updated at 7 a.m. (Pacific time), but my shoes only arrived just now.
I love the look of these things, but I'm not planning on wearing them until the Super Nintendo World theme park area opens in Universal Studios Florida, which is going to be about 3 years from now. I plan to wear them around the park when I visit Keet and other friends. Until then, these are simply a neat collectible.
