Nerd Fashion - Ugly Holiday Christmas Sweaters!

Legend of Christmas Zelda Sweater

Available from Merchoid

Nerd Fashion - Bathrobes!

Legend of Zelda Bathrobe

Available from Merchoid

Nerd Fashion - Pokemon Leggings!

Fall is still over a month away, but that doesn't mean you can't start buying up leggings in advance!

Here are 4 awesome pairs of Pokemon Leggings from TeeFury! All of these leggings are also available from TeeFury as skirts.

Wave Riders

Available from TeeFury

Too Haute to Handle

Available from TeeFury

See More: Nerdy Women's Leggings

In the Tall Grass

Available from TeeFury

Lavender Town

Available from TeeFury

See More: Nerdy Women's Fashion

Amazon now directly selling The Nintendo New 3DS XL

Finally! Whatever disagreement Amazon and Nintendo were having for the past few years in which Amazon wasn't selling Nintendo products directly seems to finally be over!

New Nintendo 3DS XL - Black
New Nintendo 3DS XL - Red

Rejoice and spend all your Amazon gift cards! Or be like me and keep saving them waiting for some better colors than red and black!

Nerd Fashion - RedBubble now offering scarves!

Fashion accessory lovers rejoice! Redbubble has added scarves to their large repertoire of customizable items! Soon I will be able to construct an entire outfit of the same design! I can only imagine how cool I will look.

See Also: Nerd Fashion - RedBubble now offering leggings!

The scarves are made of a light, chiffon fabric, so they're perfect for summer or winter! Here are some of our favorites.

N64 Logo Scarf

Nerd Fashion - RedBubble now offering leggings!

RedBubble, a site for artists to sell their works as various products (shirts, phone cases, cards), is as of today offering leggings as a product option!

We took a quick look at what's already available as leggings and here are some of our favorites.

See Also: More Nerdy Leggings

1. Doctor Who Leggings by Sharon Turner
2. N7 Galaxy by ThePyratQueen
3. Abstract by badbugs
4. Tale as Old as Time by Ellador
5. Space by Jorge Lopez
6. Myth and Legend by Alex Clark
7. Donkey Kong Arcade by Octavio Velazquez
8. Middle Earth Map by Alice Edwards

See Also: More Nerdy Leggings

Nerd Fashion Giveaway - Two Free "Link for President" Shirts! [ENDED]

This giveaway has ended! Congrats to our two winners, your shirts have been shipped out as of 3/11/2015. 

I was recently approached by Merchbro, a company that prints custom t-shirts. They were looking to team up on a shirt giveaway and asked if I’d be interested in giving away two Zelda shirts to my readers. What shirt, you ask? That cool Link For President shirt you see above!

My response? Of course! (I mean, obviously, here is the blog post!) Who doesn't love a good giveaway?

If you want to enter to win the shirt, fill out the form here and in the "Contest code" line enter explodedsoda.

Sometime in the next week or so I’ll announce the winners and Merchbro will ship out the shirts. All free and with no strings attached.

Good luck!

Nerdy Gift Guide - Valentine's Day 2015 Cards

Oh boy. February is here already and Valentine's Day is fast approaching. 

This year stick it to the card companies, support someone's art and get an unconventional card!

Need some help weeding through the mass of options online? 

Here are some awesome gamer and nerd pop culture related cards we found for you! 

Will You Be My Player 2

Created by TurtlesSoup

Nerdy Art - Super Mario World Transit Maps

User tastethebacon on RIPTApparel has created some amazing transit maps of 5 major cities based off of the maps in Super Mario World. Show off your love for a city and your love of games with poster versions of these maps!

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Map

Check out the other cities after the break!

The New Nintendo 3DS

Hooray! North America will be getting the New Nintendo 3DS XL sooner than planned. And there's even going to be a fancy Zelda Majora's Mask edition, if you can manage to find a place that still has it in stock.

But this isn't really a post about that. This is another one of my rants about NA getting shafted.

Nerd Fashion - Nerdy Knitting Patterns

Ahh winter. What better to do than sit in front of a cozy fire and knit? 

Ok I guess binge watching TV shows and playing video games are up there too, but for those of you who enjoy your knitting here are some great patterns that other nerdy knitters have created for you to use!

Hyrule Warriors Scarf

by Kaitlyn Stuart

Nerd Fashion - Socks!

Argyrule Zelda Triforce Inspired Socks

Available from Fangamer

Nerdy Gift Guide - Nerdy Holiday Cards

Time to start thinking about sending out holiday cards! Here are 10 awesomely adorable and nerdy cards to choose from!

Pikachu Christmas Card

Created by KellyIllustration

Even Cuter Cat 3DS XL Covers

Previously I posted about these adorable 3DS XL cat covers, but now they're available in more colors! Orange Tabby, Black and White, and Calico!

Where to buy:
Orange Tabby 3DS XL Cover
Black and White 3DS XL Cover
Calico 3DS XL Cover

Nerd Fashion - Leggings!

World of Warcraft Leggings

Available from WildBangarang

Adorable Cat Cases for the 3DS XL!

Are these not the cutest things?! I think I'm going to have to get either the pink or black one for mine. I've seen pictures of some spotted ones, but they don't seem to be available here in the states yet.

Where to buy:

Black Cat 3DS XL Cover

Pink Cat 3DS XL Cover

Tan Cat 3DS XL Cover

Aluminum Cans made into video game icons and more!

These adorable sculptures from artist Makaon are made from old aluminum cans! Check out the artist's site and blog for more awesome sculptures.

Makaon - Website - Blog

Nintendo 3DS Deals

[Updated October 13]

Amazon -
Systems:

• 3DS XL Zelda Edition (with game) - $273.85 (you save 14%)
• 3DS XL Mario & Luigi Dream Team Edition (with game) - $202.00

Pre Order:

• Fantasy Life - $39.99
• Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley - $29.96
• Pokemon Art Academy - $26.96 
• Pokemon Alpha Sapphire - $39.96
• Pokemon Omega Ruby - $39.96
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - $49.96
• Story of Seasons - $39.99

Other Games:

• Animal Crossing: New Leaf - $24.57 (you save 18%)
• Bravely Default - $33.24 (you save 17%)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - $32.28 (you save 19%)
• LEGO The Hobbit - $19.99 (you save 33%)
• Kirby Triple Deluxe - $29.45 (you save 16%)
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 - $24.56 (you save 18%)
• Pokemon Y - $31.33 (you save 22%)
• Super Mario 3D Land - $24.56 (you save 18%)
• Super Smash Bros. - $39.96
• Tomodachi Life - $29.96 (you save 14%)
• Yoshi's New Island - $32.91 (you save 18%)

Accessories:

• Action Replay Powersaves Device - $19.70 (you save 51%)
• Amazon Basics Carrying Case - $9.99
• Clear Duraflexi Protector for 3DS XL - $12.99

Nintendo - 
Systems:

• Refurbished 3DS XL - $135
• Refurbished 3DS - $95

Replacement Housing Shells for 3DS XL Finally Available

It's no secret that I've been pretty disappointed in the color selection of Nintendo 3DS XLs in the North American region. I've expressed multiple times the desire for aftermarket replacement housing for the 3DS XL so I could customize one. I've even contemplated importing a color that I want and doing a complete shell swap with an NA unit.

But, finally, some replacement housing shells are finally here for the 3DS XL.

ValueDeluxe on Amazon has added a selection of 3DS XL Replacement Housing Shells! While there's no Hot Pink or Orange Black available yet, it's better than nothing!

Current available replacement housing options:

• Limited edition Mario Red/Black (unreleased color in NA and pictured above)
• Silver/Black (unreleased color in NA)
• Black/Black
• Blue/Black

"Little Video Game Books" by Joebot

Check out these adorable prints from the third volume of "Little Video Game Books" – a tribute to Nintendo, from Joebot!

Check out the rest of the prints, and read more about his inspiration, here.

To purchase a print check out Joebot's Etsy!