GamerSquad isn't really sure why some people who still insist on buying the old-style telephones with the circular dials, the ones that take a couple of weeks to ring anyone other than the speaking clock. It's the same with those who think decorating their living rooms with novelty phones ("He's a parrot... AND a phone!") is a good idea.

Saying that, we'd be inclined to forgive them if it was Novelty Telephone's Nintendo Mario Kart Phone they'd decided to plump for. The model has everyone's favourite portly Italian-American plumber seated in his racing car with a menacing look on his moustachioed mug as he prepares to fling a slippery banana skin behind him.

Should you be interested, the $59.95 USD item features receiver volume control, a ringer on/off switch, a tone/pulse switch, as well as flash and redial functions.

Rumour has it that Luigi also asked if he could feature in his own novelty phone, but as is tradition he was fobbed off in favour of his more marketable brother. Poor Luigi. As long as he makes at least a cameo appearance in Super Mario Galaxy, we’ll be happy.