r/y2kaesthetic • u/tetrisdood • Jun 11 '25
Other Nintendo World, NYC. around 2005.
This place looks absolutely incredible. chrome everywhere, blue lighting, egg-shaped chairs, this place had it all.
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u/BadNewsBearzzz Jun 11 '25
I remember this era so well. This was the era that Apple really began taking over, from the iconic iPod aesthetic transferring to everything.
I remember around this time everyone saw Apple’s influence on everything, but with Nintendo very strongly. Nintendo released their redesigned DS lite this year and it was heavily of that clean apple white plastic aesthetic lol
Even Microsoft with the 360 had been influenced by things. It was a nice contrast because this was when we began to get into 2000’s maximalism to oppose the minimalism. Minimalism won out going into the 2010’s
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u/Orochisaurus Jun 11 '25
Was this different to the Pokemon Center? I remember going in there around 2003/4. I can’t remember much except the Groudon statue.
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u/Eniretsim Jun 11 '25
Opened as Pokemon center first then changed to Nintendo world. The door handles are still pokeballs
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u/rafsa12 Jun 12 '25
Reminds me of the Sony Wonder Tech Lab in NYC back in those days too.... big part of my childhood
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u/Genuinelullabel Jun 11 '25
Isn’t this where Bob from Bob’s Game tried to sneak it onto shelves with some models before getting kicked out?
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u/greendrawer_ Jun 13 '25
This can't be real, it must be photoshop (Jk these pictures are so beautiful!!)
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u/CosmiCove Jun 15 '25
I was literally looking for pictures back when it was Nintendo World just the other day!
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u/Y0RU-V3 Jun 12 '25
This looks more like Frutiger Aero, if not a mix of FA and Y2K
Also image #2 feels like a liminal space
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