It's easy for many '90s kids to get nostalgic when thinking about the early days of Nintendo. Who could forget the excitement of having Mario save Princess Peach or The Legend of Zelda's peaceful soundtrack?
While video games have changed drastically since the '80s, one thing remains the same: Fans can't get enough. The video game industry is expected to grow to $82 billion worldwide by 2017.
And, when adding up the playing time of all Call of Duty players annually, it comes out to about 475,000 years!
So, it's certainly not that crazy to learn that many gamers — both old and new — ink their favorite video games onto their skin. These tattoos aren't usually as outrageous as 3-D tattoos, and are probably not considered meaningful, like this father who has several tattoos of his son’s drawings. Yet, video game-inspired tattoos bring out the kid in any adult.
View some video game tattoos below, and please SHARE with all the gamers you know!
1. Remember the Nintendo Entertainment System? It was released in the '80s and introduced the world to famous games like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda.
2. Mario is one of the most famous video games figures ever.
3. And here's the damsel-in-distress, Princess Peach, who Mario always had to save.
4. The Legend of Zelda is a high fantasy game full of exploration. How cool is this 8-bit Zelda chicken?
5. Hey Sega fans! Remember Sonic The Hedgehog? Of course you do!
6. In the late '90s, kids fell into the Pokémon craze. Check out Gyarados and Magikarp below.
7. And, of course, there's no bringing up Pokémon without featuring its mascot, Pikachu.
8. Here's Crash Bandicoot, the title character of a Sony PlayStation game which hit stores in 1996.
9. If you were a fan of Crash Bandicoot, you'll definitely recognize these powerful masks.
10. In the 2000s, the graphics and animation of video games evolved drastically. Here's Nariko, the protagonist of Heavenly Sword.
11. This Jack of Blades tattoo from Fable is pretty creepy.
12. Check out this Halo tattoo. This series is so popular that Halo 4 brought in $220 million on its first day of release in 2012.
13. Finally, here's the Call of Duty monkey. The franchise is so popular, it exceeded more than $10 billion in sales in 2014.
