{"id":104299,"date":"2012-11-07T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/index.php\/?p=104299"},"modified":"2012-11-07T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T03:30:10","slug":"nintendo-shows-cardboard-made-wii-u-gamepad-mockup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/nintendo-shows-cardboard-made-wii-u-gamepad-mockup\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo shows cardboard-made Wii U GamePad mockup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-3f5e8707aa46126303908b6ed78e7de5-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/gamepad_mockup-1.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/gamepad_mockup-1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/thumbs\/thumbs_gamepad_mockup-1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"35595\"\n               data-title=\"gamepad_mockup-1\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"gamepad_mockup-1\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/nintendo-shows-cardboard-made-wii-u-gamepad-mockup\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"gamepad_mockup-1\"\n                    alt=\"gamepad_mockup-1\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/thumbs\/thumbs_gamepad_mockup-1.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/gamepad_mockup-2.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/gamepad_mockup-2.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/thumbs\/thumbs_gamepad_mockup-2.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"35596\"\n               data-title=\"gamepad_mockup-2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"gamepad_mockup-2\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/nintendo-shows-cardboard-made-wii-u-gamepad-mockup\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"gamepad_mockup-2\"\n                    alt=\"gamepad_mockup-2\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/thumbs\/thumbs_gamepad_mockup-2.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/gamepad_mockup-3.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/gamepad_mockup-3.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/thumbs\/thumbs_gamepad_mockup-3.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"35597\"\n               data-title=\"gamepad_mockup-3\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"gamepad_mockup-3\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/nintendo-shows-cardboard-made-wii-u-gamepad-mockup\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"gamepad_mockup-3\"\n                    alt=\"gamepad_mockup-3\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/gamepad-mockup\/thumbs\/thumbs_gamepad_mockup-3.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In making the Wii U GamePad, the development team had to start from somewhere. 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