Dad of the Year Hacks "Donkey Kong" For His Three Year Old Daughter (Video)

She wanted to play as Pauline.

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If only our dad was as cool as this guy. Mike Mika and his three year old daughter play a lot of video games together. 

They had been making their way through some of the classic NES titles when they finally came upon Donkey Kong. His daughter wanted to play through the game as Pauline, Mario's damsel before Princess Toadstool, but Nintendo wasn't that forward thinking 30 years ago.

So this rad father HACKS the game, mods it for his daughter, and now she gets to play through as Pauline. Mario is the one that needs help now, chump. Watch the video and tell us this isn't the sweetest damn thing you've seen all day.

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