Nintendo May Do Anime

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Posted by Zonk on Monday October 4, 2004 @06:36AM from the big-N-at-it-again dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for the news that former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi is planning to present a plan to the Board detailing Nintendo made anime series. The move is intended to provide diversification and increase earnings by linking their characters more closely with the anime market. The company also pleased investors by adjusting higher their profit forecast by almost 20 percent for the year. Nintendo now expects to report almost US$758.9 million for the year.

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Didn't they already try this? by gzsfrk · 2004-10-04 07:00 · Score: 4, Interesting

I remember waking up on the Saturday morning that "Captain N--The Game Master" was to premiere. I recall even as a kid being appalled at how bad the animation was, how poorly written the characters were, and feeling almost insulted that this crap was expected to cause me to go out in feverish anticipation to buy the crudely represented stalwarts of Nintendo's game lines.

As I recall, the primary characters were from the Metroid (Mother Brain), Castlevania (Belmont), Punch-out (King Hippo), Kid Icarus (same), Megaman (same), and ... Zelda (Princess--?) games. I know there's a couple other regulars on the show that I'm forgetting. Donkey Kong was one, wasn't he?

Same song, different generational beat... =)

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1. Re:Didn't they already try this? by rubberbando · 2004-10-04 12:33 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  As I recall, the primary characters were from the Metroid (Mother Brain), Castlevania (Belmont), Punch-out (King Hippo), Kid Icarus (same), Megaman (same), and ... Zelda (Princess--?) games. I know there's a couple other regulars on the show that I'm forgetting. Donkey Kong was one, wasn't he?
  
  I don't recall Donkey Kong being a regular on the show. I do remember there being a short lived Donkey Kong cartoon though.
  
  As for other regulars, there was the Eggplant wizard from Kid Icarus who always hung out with King Hippo. Also, the second season they introduced that horrible 'Gameboy' character.
  
  Oh and btw, the princess' name was Lana. She was princess of all of videoland.
  
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Re:my only hope... by Moo+Moo+Cow+of+Death · 2004-10-04 07:00 · Score: 2, Interesting

I wouldn't mind seeing a good card game come out of this deal either, Metroid or otherwise.
Pokemon? by 2nd+Post! · 2004-10-04 08:08 · Score: 3, Interesting

I'm surprised no one is mentioning Pokemon!

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Re:Mario by BIGmog · 2004-10-04 14:38 · Score: 2, Interesting

You can watch some streaming episodes of the Super Mario Bros Super Show as well as Zelda here.

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