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"My oldest brother bought us the N64 the first summer we spent in the U.S. after moving from the Philippines. I remember waking up every morning, taking a bowl of Frosted Flakes up to his bedroom, and playing Super Mario with my sisters while he was at work. When he'd come home, around 6 p.m., he'd join us and try to get the stars we couldn't get ourselves. He's 13 years older than me, so he knew all the tricks for getting those super hard stars and beating Bowser in the final level.



"I remember I had the hardest time with the flying cap (why you gotta fall all the time, Mario?), so we left all of those levels for him."



— Eliza Florendo, Social Production Assistant