New Super Mario Brothers DS game carrying cases

By Spencer . February 1, 2007 . 7:20pm

Takara Tomy released a new set of tiny Nintendo DS game carrying cases with art from New Super Mario Brothers. Each one costs 200 yen ($1.61), but you don’t get to pick which one you get. They’re gashapon toys, so you could get the awesome cover art with Mario and Luigi or get stuck with the ugly brick. Next month Takara Tomy has a bunch of Pokemon DS game carrying cases and you can see those past the break.

 

Edit: Each case stores three games. Thanks for the info Amy! 

 

 


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  • http://www.thegamespoilers.com Louise Yang

    How many games does one of those hold? Haha, sucks to get the brick.

  • Spencer

    I was thinking the same thing too. The product page doesn’t say anything about it, instead they talk about how the case protects games from static electricty and dust. By the size I’m guessing two tops, maybe even one. I don’t know why Tomy picked the brick, maybe its out there to force people to buy a second one if you get it. A clever way to sell more cases?

  • http://www.morningrise.net Nathan

    Actually the brick is cool…. all of them are cool looking.

  • americruzano

    I was going to say the same thing. I like the brick the best.

  • http://tomcruiseisgae yeah mang

    the pokemon one rocks more than the mario ones, because weve seen mario like a million times

  • Cameron

    Anyone know if we will be able to buy these in America? I really want one!!

  • Amy

    I picked up a couple of these today. I got the mushroom & Luigi. There’s space for three games.

  • Veilknight

    I’d probably prefer the Pokemon carrying cases more if they used some of the more classic Pokemon such as Bulbasaur or Charmander, especially considering some of the recent designs have definitely been lacking as of late in quality compared to previous titles.

    It really feels as if the designers just couldn’t really stack up to their previous designs. Either that or they just got lazy and decided to create anything that immediately popped to mind, no matter how sloppy.

    Having the new Pokemon from Diamond/Pearl on the cover does better showcase this latest installment in the series but even having one with Pikachu (arguably the most popular and recognized Pokemon out of the bunch) would have been enough.

  • Spencer

    Amy thanks a lot for telling us how many games they store. I think I might pick up import a couple of cases too.

    Cameron – they’re only sold in Japan, but you can import them. Play-Asia sells them $3 or something.

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