![]() Some of the slapstick and banter between Hippo and Eggplant are truly cringeworthy, but it works for them. But the Simon on this show is endearing in his own way. Is it frustrating that Simon is nothing like his video game counterpart? Absolutely. It is literally, “get a bunch of people who don’t play video games to create a show about video games,” and it shows. So why do I look back on it with fondness? Well, two reasons, really.įirst of all, it ventures into “so bad it’s good” territory quite frequently. ![]() ![]() It really didn’t even fulfill its basic premise to be a commercial for all things Nintendo. It has aged poorly, as most DIC shows from that era have. Make no mistake – Captain N was a clusterfuck, and the end result of a great premise mired by horrible execution. As the era of Saturday morning cartoons came to a close, we were treated to the brilliance of Captain N: The Game Master. This blog is about one shining gem every self-respecting Nintendo gamer my age should remember. I was a god damned Saturday morning cartoon addict, and I had to have my fix.īut this blog isn’t about the golden era of Saturday mornings. Hell, I’d even watch shit I didn’t care about like The Wuzzles and Kissyfur. T, Gary Coleman, and John Candy even had their own cartoons. The local UPN (before it was UPN) affiliate aired Voltron and a VERY HEAVILY EDITED Fist of the North Star, which got me started on anime, and the main three networks had their heavy hitters: Smurfs, Garfield, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Bionic Six, and The (Real) Ghostbusters. But still, Saturday mornings were packed full of good stuff too. The funny thing was my favorite cartoons – He-Man, Transformers, GI Joe, and Thundercats – all came on weekdays after school.
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