Nintendo may be MIA at TGS this year (as usual), but that hasn't stopped Turtle Beach -- it brought a pair of Wii U headsets to the show anyway.

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MakerBot isn't actually selling the Turtle Shell Racers, so much as the components here.

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What was more striking than the fact that kids had used roses, t-shirts, even a turtle to ask their paramours to the dance was that the planning and execution of some of these proposals were months long in the making.

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They also say even amending building codes wouldn't address fire and health issues at Turtle Island.

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Then I would lose the turtle neck, throw on a t-shirt and call Demand Media for a job.

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Currently, there's no option for cloth-wrapped padding -- Turtle Beach says most of the pro players it polled during the product-development phase didn't mind losing some breathability in favor of better isolation.

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"The Wii U launch will prove to be one of biggest gaming console events of the year and we couldn't be more excited to support Wii U with dedicated headsets, " said Bob Picunko, Chief Marketing Officer of Turtle Beach.

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