Bought a game, saw how empty it was and decided to do something about it to complete the physical look and feel.
I dabbled on the idea from 2018 when I had Super Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild, realising I love the games but the physical packages were really starting to lack in quality compared to earlier eras such as the GameCube, Nintendo 64.
In my free time I made a lil booklet at home, not well made overall for Super Mario Odyssey, people were interested in it so made about 5 for this shop which is why Etsy says I opened in 2018, I sold one but then stopped because I wanted to make it better in the future. I got really busy work wise and my HDD died losing all the work I already did and life stuff so I went off the project.
Covid hit, and in 2020 during the first lockdown, I decided to relook into this, see what was out there for my collection, and to my surprise there was nothing for the switch especially or main generation consoles.
So my idea was to make Breath of the Wild alongside remaking the Super Mario Odyssey Manual for me really at home, something to do, and look into a better method of design and printing for them to be how I imagined years ago, aim to go the professional looking route sorta way if I can.
Once they were made I wanted to share them on facebook as was chuffed to bits how they turned out. Others seemed to really like them and wanted one for themselves, I was a bit stunned and awed by this, so I aimed to look into it and well, opened/re-opened? MBPUK, setting it up for those interested in having one for themselves.
It expanded from there really with making more, people sharing and the support from the community.