EXHIBIT 11 · NINTENDO · MEMORY · MECHANISM
Early video games built enormous worlds from severe limits: a grid of pixels, a few buttons, and just enough motion to let imagination finish the scene. These models translate that digital language into a physical one. Flat sprites gain depth, controllers become brick-built objects, and movements once calculated by a console are recreated with gears, cranks, and cams.
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OBJECT 01 · Super Mario
The Game Boy is reconstructed at nearly full scale, down to its controls, cartridge slot, and interchangeable Super Mario Land and Link’s Awakening screens. It does not simulate electronic play; instead, it asks the physical object itself to carry the memory.
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OBJECT 02 · Super Mario
The Question Mark Block begins as one of gaming’s simplest signs, then opens to reveal miniature worlds from Super Mario 64. An icon that once concealed a reward now conceals an entire landscape.
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OBJECT 03 · Super Mario
Mario and Yoshi retain the stepped edges of their Super Nintendo-era sprites. A crank makes Yoshi run while a separate dial operates his tongue, turning screen animation into visible mechanics.
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OBJECT 04 · Super Mario
The Piranha Plant takes an enemy once defined by appearing and disappearing from a pipe and gives it sculptural presence. Its hinged jaws, leaves, and stalk preserve the character’s sense of poised movement.
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OBJECT 05 · Super Mario
Mario Kart compresses a racing game into its essential partnership: driver, machine, and the exaggerated lean of a turn. The character is no longer controlled from outside the model; he is frozen in the act of racing.
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OBJECT 06 · Super Mario
The Spiny Shell is small, but its blue wings and spiked form carry an outsized reputation. Removed from the race, a moment of on-screen panic becomes a compact object of recognition.
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OBJECT 07 · Super Mario
Donkey Kong requires a body unlike the standard minifigure. His broad chest, long arms, and clenched hands show where character recognition matters more than preserving a familiar toy silhouette.
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OBJECT 08 · Super Mario
Diddy Kong completes a partnership built on contrast: smaller, quicker, and marked by cap and shirt. Beside Donkey Kong, scale itself becomes part of the characterization.
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