On Friday we were misinformed about a Nintendo Wii related event that was supposed to be going on at the Nintendo World store at Rockefellar Plaza. There turned out to be no such event and no playable Wiis, but the store, while feeling like a ghost town compared to the Apple Store, was pretty cool. See pics.

Gameboy from Operation Desert Storm. Damaged by a bomb but still working:

It’s R.O.B., just as shiny as he looked on Christmas ‘86:

Bejeweled Nintendo DS, perfect for my Super Sweet Sixteen:

Later that afternoon, $6 pitchers at Down the Hatch