How Marvel’s Creative Head Helped Bring Nintendo to America 0

[comicwiz]

This is an entertaining read. I'm sure members here who are into the videogame culture will appreciate it, but also the comic geeks because it's a great oral history of how Marvel's Joe Quesada brought Nintendo to America. I particularly found this quote funny:

So one day, the gentleman from Nintendo comes back in and says, “Hey, I got something for you.” It felt like something akin to a drug deal, because he looks around, reaches into an inside coat pocket, and pulls out this golden cartridge. He says, “This game is going to change everything.” And I look at it, and it's something called Legend of Zelda. And he says, “Just so you know, again, outside of the people in Seattle in our division, you're the first person to get to play this.” I don’t know for sure that I was the first person to play it outside of Seattle, but he sounded convincing.

So I bring it home and played the game. And played it all night. I didn't show up to work the next day, I just kept playing. And the day after, I showed up late to work and all I could think about was solving Zelda. This went on and on. My girlfriend was getting freaked out about it until I told her, “You should try this too.” Eventually she started to show up late for work. We couldn't get off of Zelda.

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Edited November 25, 2017 by comicwiz

[Chip Cataldo]

Awesome read. Thanks for posting, Joe!

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Good read.  Wish it was longer.

[comicwiz]

9 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Good read.  Wish it was longer.

My thoughts exactly!

[bug33fouf]

[PunisherPunisherPunisher]

Amazing story and a dam good read

[ComicConnoisseur]

I  always like to compare the Nintendo golden age 1985-1994 to Marvel Silver Age 1961-1970.

Two great periods in pop culture we most likely will never see again.