Fan Page: Captain N The Game Master

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Captain N: The Game Master. I have nothing to say, positive or negative. It was a cartoon that was on and I'm pretty sure I watched it, didn't it have a cross-dressing prostitute in a jar as the main bad guy or something?

Leave your fond memories and/or observations regarding this cartoon in the comments below, and then feel free to head on over and vote it up in our Bext of 1989/1990 Poll!

Comments

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Technically, it's a cross-dressing Brain in a jar, but tomato or tamato.

Being a now hardcore NES player, well, what can I say? It was somewhat entertaining, even though, yes, Kid Icarus wasn't called that in the actual games (he's Pit), etc.

Although, the Valiant Comics version didn't suck as much. Lost Megs and Simon, because of license issues, but better writing.

[aurora77]

It's not hard to believe the writing was better in the comic.

I enjoyed the show, but, really, it was a cracktastic idea to begin with, and to say it was reaching is kind of an understatement. XD

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Indeed. There was even a fun "Goofus/Gallant" comparison strip with the Eggplant Wizard and another Kid Icarus villain, Uranos, respectively. (I had to break out the instruction manual to find out who he was.)

Since my NES skills are now more decent, I suppose I could be more critical of game accuracy. Yet, back then, we didn't have the famous game guides or the interweb to rely on. So, yeah, though, I don't begrudge anyone saying, "did anyone at least play the damn games before writing on them?"

I'm kinda amazed they got to use Mega Man or Simon Belmont, due all the copyright issues. (Of course, the comic couldn't and Season 2 revised quite a bit.) I'm not sure if that would have worked today, due to more awareness with copyrights.

Cracktastic is a good way to put it. Oddly enough, Nintendo Power did post a story involving a Captain Nintendo type character when the book started in 88. (He even fought Mother Brain.) I am not sure if that directly inspired Kevin, but it's an interesting concidence.

[mspette.livejournal.com]

Loved this show, too. Having watched recent re-runs, though, I do wonder why at times. ;) Are there two versions? I swear I remember better animation..

By the way, I was the very proud owner of the fruit v. vegetable war comic (in German). Bloody rare stuff! My parents threw it away. :(

There was a war about whether tomatoes were fruit or veg - excellent idea for a comic! And I could have sworn that the veg people won - tomatoes are still veg to me, no matter what people say.

Oh yeah, my boyfriend and I have an ongoing argument. He maintains Captain N does not exist, except in my head. Pfft!