Nintendo Docuseries From Screen Media Ventures Gets Crackle Premiere Slot
Crackle has set March 1 as the world premiere date for 5-part documentary series Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story.
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Five-part documentary series "Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story" premiering on Crackle on March 1st
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I hope this is good. Like, really good. I want at least one entire episode that deals with them before gaming.
Ideally it'd be something like:
Episode 1: Before Gaming
Episode 2: NES
Episode 3: SNES
Episode 4: N64/GCN
Episode 5: Wii/Wii U/Switch
Maybe Episode 3 could go in depth on Game Boy too? And presumably 3 or 4 would have to go into Pokemon. Honestly, I'm not sure what big historical stuff happened with the GCN and Wii U, even though I like both systems, to justify spending a lot of time there. It doesn't seem like the damage from the Wii U had any lasting effect.
A little concerned it doesn't say they're interviewing anyone who's Japanese? Unless I missed it.
Ideally it'd be something like:
Episode 1: Before Gaming
Episode 2: NES
Episode 3: SNES
Episode 4: N64/GCN
Episode 5: Wii/Wii U/Switch
Maybe Episode 3 could go in depth on Game Boy too? And presumably 3 or 4 would have to go into Pokemon. Honestly, I'm not sure what big historical stuff happened with the GCN and Wii U, even though I like both systems, to justify spending a lot of time there. It doesn't seem like the damage from the Wii U had any lasting effect.
A little concerned it doesn't say they're interviewing anyone who's Japanese? Unless I missed it.
Isn't Crackle the streaming service part-owned by Sony?
Also, I knew I always liked Sean Astin.
But yeah, if anyone at Japan isn't involved, this might be pretty awkward. Miyamoto's absence will especially be felt.
I do hope a huge emphasis is put on the career of Gunpei Yokoi. He basically created Nintendo as we know them today.
Also, I knew I always liked Sean Astin.
But yeah, if anyone at Japan isn't involved, this might be pretty awkward. Miyamoto's absence will especially be felt.
I do hope a huge emphasis is put on the career of Gunpei Yokoi. He basically created Nintendo as we know them today.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll watch this.
It was, not anymore.
It was, not anymore.
There were definitely some Japanese Nintendo employees interviewed on that Netflix videogame documentary, so I'm just hoping they're not listed here due to lack of name recognition (I imagine they did not get Miyamoto).
If this isn't good, maybe the team that make The Imagineering Story for Disney+ needs some work, because that's the sort of thing I'd want for a Nintendo doc.
Yeah, a quick look shows that they are now owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul, which I knew was a book, didn't realize it became a BRAND.
Anyway, it's totally free to sign up, so why the heck not.
Yeah Yokoi always deserves more love, he made some of my favorite games and systems like metroid 1-3 and the Gameboy
Exactly. I feel like he's more known for the one major blemish on his record, the Virtual Boy, basically obscuring his otherwise amazing career.
And from all accounts he never intended to release the VB like that, it was Nintendo higher ups like Yamauchi who pushed it out. Gunpei will always be #1 in my book.
I don't think he really had much input of metroid 3 by the way, that was Sakamoto & Kano(metroid co-creator) iirc.
Yokoi is super important for Nintendo & the industry though, especially for Game & Watch and as you mentioned the Gameboy.
Interesting to see but that list of interview subjects worries me. Kalinske, Bushnell, Fils-Aime are alll solid guests but why do we get Wil Wheaton in everything vaguely connected to nerds?
You're not wrong but I'm still gonna give Yokoi credit for it lol
My understanding is that Sony as a company more or less lets its individual components operate independently, so while SIE and Nintendo are competitors, another division of the company is happy to collaborate with Nintendo if there's money in it. For example, Tiny Metal is published by Sony Music on the Switch.
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The first part is good. Yeah, kinda expect to cover the Universal/Nintendo Lawsuit, Atari, ET, crash, like the Netflix documentary.
Part II and beyond should get the new stuff on Nintendo.