Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. – Nintendo Power Pad Slippers – Luigi Slippers

Character Name: Luigi
Series Name: Super Mario
Company: Catalyst Enterprises, Inc.
Set: Nintendo Power Pad Slippers
Year: 1989

These are the oldest Nintendo-related slippers I know of, released back in 1989 in the US. The set includes Mario and Luigi, and interestingly enough, uses Power Pad branding on the bottom of each slipper, possibly implying that this gentle, non-slip footwear would be ideal for use with the device? I’m not sure how many sizes they came in, but the ones I have are a child’s small, so… pretty small, heh. Other than seeing actual Power Pad merchandise, the most notable thing about these slippers might be the extremely non-standard Mario and Luigi hats, featuring the characters’ full name spelled out rather than just the first letter, along with the Nintendo racetrack logo on the bill. The nose on these slippers appears to be some kind of flocked plastic rather than fabric, which we will again see with Banpresto’s slipper design a few years later.

Slipper bottoms referencing Nintendo’s Power Pad, which had been released in the US the previous year.