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Most oven mitts and gloves are so boring. But not this one. No sirree, this Nintendo Power Glove inspired oven mitt is the closest to fun and awesome that an oven mitt can ever be.

It’s designed like the old Nintendo Power Glove and is made from heat-resistant silicone rubber, which makes sense because people don oven mitts to handle hot stuff.

The Power Mitt Oven Glove was created by Pete Hottelet, who made a couple for personal use back in 2012. Public demand quickly grew, which prompted Pete to launch an Indiegogo campaign and offer the mitts for sale. A minimum pledge of at least $39(USD) will get you one of your very own Power Mitts.

[via This Is Why I’m Broke]

We know that Mario Kart 8 is expected to see a release on the 30th of May, but what if you don’t have a Wii U? Well the obvious answer would be to go out and get yourself the console if you were hoping to play the game, but not just yet. Thanks to a recent image of a box art that appeared online, it seems that there will be a Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle that could be released, thus allowing gamers to buy both the game and the console at the same time.

The bundle is said to launch on the 30th of May, which is the same time as the game itself, so you will be able to enjoy it the minute it has been released. Now Nintendo has yet to officially announce the bundle themselves, so do take it with a grain of salt for now, but at the same time we wouldn’t be surprised if Nintendo indeed had such a bundle planned.

No word on how much this bundle will cost, but presumably it will be priced the same as other bundles. Based on the box art, it also seems that this bundle will include a black Wii U Premium console, a copy of the Mario Kart 8 game, as well as a free trial for Nintendo’s Wii U Karaoke app that is good for a week.

Mario Kart 8 is definitely one of the more anticipated first-party Wii U games that is expected to launch this year. The other is probably Super Smash Bros. although according to Nintendo’s announcement, the Wii U version of the game is only pegged for a winter release, but the 3DS version of the game is expected to see a release in time for summer.

Box Art Hints At Mario Kart 8 Wii U Bundle , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Gaming, mario kart 8, Nintendo, Wii U,

GBA4iOS is a popular Game Boy Advance emulator for iOS. The latest version lets you play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games without the need to jailbreak your device. The unavoidable downside of GBA4iOS is that you’ll have to use virtual buttons. AJ Design Studio wants to change that with the G-Pad.

The G-Pad is a rubber sleeve for the 5th generation iPod Touch and the iPhone 5, 5S and 5C that gives you physical buttons to press, which will in turn press the corresponding virtual buttons.

How fitting is that? A controller emulator for a handheld emulator. It has a glaring flaw though: it doesn’t have shoulder buttons. I’m not sure how the inventor missed that. Skip to around 0:50 in the video below to see it in action.

Is it just me or does the kid have unnaturally smooth hands and arms? It’s like he’s CGI. Anyway you can pledge at least $13 (USD) on Indiegogo to get a G-Pad as a reward. AJ Design Studio will make an iPad Mini version if it raises at least $25,000. I doubt it’ll get that far without shoulder buttons though.

[via The Gadget Flow]

Here’s a worthy weapon to bring to a pillow fight, an officially-licensed Thwomp pillow. If you’re wondering why Nintendo would bother releasing a merchandise for a semi-living obstacle, remember that in some Mario games these dudes are flat out invincible. If they could move Bowser wouldn’t be king.

You can order the Thwomp pillow from ThinkGeek for about $35 (USD) or from Amazon for $25. Or you could always just paint a cinder block and sit on that instead.

There is just something special about DIY projects that melts the heart, and with this person known as “Bungle”, he or she has come up with a portable version of the Nintendo 64. Of course, there is no such thing as a portable Nintendo 64 in the first place, so some serious engineering considerations needed to be made for this unique DIY handheld project that you see above.

Bungle did write down a description on the Bacman retro console modding forums, touting that this particular model of the modified Nintendo 64 will offer support for both Expansion and Rumble Packs, in addition to custom buttons, a legitimate N64 analog stick, internal memory and a 3.5″ display. In fact, the mod does accept the real cartridge of yore, the very same ones that you slip into a Nintendo 64 back in the day, and the 4,400mAh battery delivers approximately four hours of juice.

While this is not exactly up to par with the battery life readings that the Nintendo 3DS or the Sony PS Vita carry, still, hats off to Bungle for coming up with such a hack. Will such creations actually be developed on a larger scale so that it can actually be purchase? Imagine playing GoldenEye on a 3.5” display, it certainly rolls back the years, doesn’t it? This is not the first portable Nintendo 64 console that we have seen, and hopefully it will not be the last.

DIY Nintendo 64 Portable Console , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Gaming, Nintendo,