King of Games - Tennis - Tshirt
From King of Games, the t-shirt maker of classic Nintendo games, comes the NT-0022-W Tennis shirt. Its part of the CASSETTE LINE series. It has a pulse line on front, license and trademark information on back.
Its a cool shirt, a look I would call "understated geekiness." You could get away with wearing this to play tennis, or you could be a hero among your gaming friends.
For the low, low price of 4725 yen at King of Games
About The King of Games
The Kyoto-based "EDIT MODE" design team began a line of T-shirts called "King of Games" in 2001 after Masaaki Enami convinced Nintendo Company Ltd. ("NCL" a.k.a. Nintendo of Japan) to grant him a license to produce a line of high-quality, original Nintendo shirts. Enami-san was unusually lucky; most licensees are large companies, mass-producers of thousands of toys. Perhaps being a Kyoto native as well as a lifetime Nintendo fan had an influence on NCL's decision.
Making K.O.G. shirts is not without it's challenges. Every shirt design must be approved by the licensing department at NCL. More importantly, each design must be approved by the creators of the game as well. It's not uncommon for a design to go through several revisions before everyone is satisfied. After a design is approved, small test run of shirts is made for final approval. Then the shirts can go into production.
Typically, a total of about 200 shirts are hand-printed at a time. Occasionally, (if demand is high enough), some shirts are reprinted. Subsequent printings occasionally have small design changes to differentiate them from the 1st run shirts.
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Posted by Bob Wallace at October 20, 2007 1:42 PM
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