The relationship between video games and sneakers has been constant over the last few decades. But among the incalculable collaborations and proposals, none surpasses the one that In 2017 he made the store Freaker Sneaks: Nintendo x Air Jordan.
Freaker Sneaks Customs That year, it launched the Nintendo x Air Jordan on the NES and SNES, with spectacular results that, until now, have had no serious competitors.
This store was founded by Englishman Jonny Barry in 2005. Unfortunately, it is not currently active, but for a long time it served as a reference among the creators of personalized sneakers.
“We are defined by the shoes we wear, you are judged from the feet up… so make sure you are sending the right message about yourself!” said Barry in the presentation of Freaker Sneaks Customs.
The basis of all Nintendo x Air Jordan creations was the silhouette Air Jordan 4. Thus, Jonny Barry designed them all with the same model, but varying the color scheme, depending on what he wanted to convey to the fans.
Let’s see below the main designs of the Nintendo x Air Jordan sneakers on NES and SNES. They are extraordinary models. The main models were the Nike Air NES Jordan IV and Jordan Super Nintendo IV.
Each of them followed the color scheme of the console: in the case of the NES, It was black with gray and red, with a Super Mario Bros patch on one tongue and a Duck Hunt patch on the other.
On the back, you could see the cross the two buttons on the NES controls.
While for the Jordan Super Nintendo IV it was used a combination of gray (with light and dark tones) and purple, such and what the mythical console was like.
Their tongues counted with the SNES logo, and on the back of the shoe were the cross and the four buttons of various colors for the controls.
Freaker Sneaks Customs also sold specific models on Super Mario Land for Game Boy, Legend of Zelda for NES, NBA Jam for SNES, Tetris for Game Boy and GoldenEye for Nintendo 64. Prices ranged between $950 and $1,250 each.
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Finally, Barry also designed some Jordan IV Playstation 1, with the particularity of having various patches from different classic video games. Its price was 1,350 dollars.