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When you think of old school video game toons, the first thing that pops to mind is stuff like Super Mario Super Show, Sonic, (When Urkle did his voice) Pac-Man, and the countless other spin-offs to Super Mario. One that's perhaps the most underrated, and most unknown is the Captain N series. You may have heard about him, or may not. Chances are unless your in your early 20's, or had any previous memories of 1989, you haven't. Here is some breif info on the unsung hero's of Captain N…

The shows orgin starts out with a young, high school hero, type named Kevin Keene, and his dog Duke. Basically, the goon's playing Punch-Out!!, and instantly both are sucked into the T.V, and crash land ass first in "Videoland" (a-la Monster Rancher.) Kevin plays the played out role of "the chosen one" thought to be the best video game player. If I can get sidetracked a second, this guy was having trouble with King Hippo from Punch Out!! He's struggling with the easiest villan in the game, and they dub him a game master?!? Lucky schmo. Back on track, anyways Kevin, and his new found friends Simon Belmount (Castlevania), Megaman (Megaman series), Kid Icarus (Kid Icarus), and Princess Lana, go around thwarting the the evil plans of Mother Brain (Metroid), and her goons from taking over video land. Mother Brains usual cronies are Eggplant Wizard (Kid Icarus), and that fat sack of royal shit, King Hippo (Punch Out). If they were going to pick an enemy from Punch Out why not someone stronger? Out of people Like Mr. Dream, Soda Popinsky, and Bull Bill, they pick the guy who's shorts fall off when you hit his gut. There are alot of cameo apperances from other stars like Link (Legend of Zelda), Dr Wily (Megaman) Dracula (Castlevania). Mix it together, and you have a kick ass 30 min cartoon show

It sounds like an acid trip for Nintendo enthusiasts, but had to be if not the best video game toons out there. Episodes online are rare so I'll post a few links to save your lazy asses the trouble.

http://planetnes.com/

http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/f…s/captainn.html

Planet NES's episodes, sadly are almost unwatchable, but tolerable. Classic Gamings episodes are great condition.

I will warn you. The characters share almost little, or no resemblence to their video game counter parts. Simon Belmont is no longer a bad-ass, and is a narcassictic chicken at times. Megaman (my favorite) is 2'3, Green, and sounds like Froggy from The Little Rascals. If your a hardcore Nintendo freak you'll have a great time with Captain N. If not…tough, but still fun to watch for cheap laughs.

(left to right) Simon Belmont, Kevin Keene, Princess Lana, Kid Icarus, Megaman, Duke (don't know who the dead guy is)

mugiwara

I used to absolutly love this show! I'd watch it every Saturday morning when I was a kid. I agree the Simon character always pissed me off because I loved Castlevania and this guy was a total douche. I even remember in the second season, the new member of the crew "Game Boy" was introduced. He was a walking, talking, original green & black screen Game Boy! And, if I remember correctly, Kevin's primary weapon was his Nintendo Zappper! This show was too funny, I've got to check it out again. It has to have been more than 10 years since I last saw this.

Captain Kuro

I remember it. I watched it all the time. I even have some of the Nintendo comic books featuring Captain N (from Valiant).

Anime Master

Uh… Dr. Wily wasnt a cameo. He was one of Mother Brains subbordinates.
They did 3 Megaman spinoffs. One was the first game. All the RMs were there. Next was the second where they were playing soccer. Every RM was there save Flashman. The last was the third game. It only had Topman, but it had a very wierd looking Gamma and an Wily looking Doc Robot. Rush appeared too. I'll get pics of them.
Dont forget Megagirl aka Roll.
Genki, your sig...did you use Gauntlet from the Mechanical Maniacs sprites of the main characters? I remember that Kevin from the page, and Megaman in his epilogues.
Oh forgot about Megamans mega speech mega impediment.

Senshi Mizaka

I remember that, sort of. How could I forget about their crappy version of Megaman? He sounded like a chain-smoker!

Konis

I loved the first couple seasons of Captain N… but at some point the changed how Megaman looked, which kinda ticked me off x.x He was taller and thinner at first, I swear he was.. if only I could find a picture of the original Megaman character in the cartoon x.x I remember thinking, "What the heck did they do to Megaman?!"

Originally posted by Konis@Jul 5 2005, 12:42 PM
I loved the first couple seasons of Captain N… but at some point the changed how Megaman looked, which kinda ticked me off x.x He was taller and thinner at first, I swear he was.. if only I could find a picture of the original Megaman character in the cartoon x.x I remember thinking, "What the heck did they do to Megaman?!"
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Because Dic didn't have the rights to use Capcom designs.

Shinagamithe3rd

I love this show. I remeber having some REALLY old VHS tapes for it lying around the house. Have to hunt them out and watch them again.
I thought it was awesome, the fact that they had all the different charchters crossover into one. Yeah, Megaman was fucked over and so was Simon Belmont. They could have also done a better job on Kid Icarus, instead of making him inot a deformed looking reject from the movie Labyrinth. I prefer to think of these charchters as "alternate world" versions of themselves and I tend to be less mad. But, suffice to say, Captain N was a kickass title. Hey, speaking of the Nintendo comics, has anyone ever read the Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past Manga by Cyborg 009 and Kikaida creator Shotaro Ishinomori? It was serialized in Nintendo Power in the early nineties and I have some issues of it but not all. Someone tell me if it was pretty good.

Akumashogun

^The manga's pretty good, but the fight with Ganon was pretty anticlimactic.

I barely remember this show, but from what I remember, it was pretty cool. Looking back though, they did a shitty job with Simon Belmont and Megaman.

Retro

I was more of a viewer of the Mario cartoons back then but I did watch this show. Was pretty good, alot of great cameos and I actully liked Simon. Yeah listing to Megaman was cringeful plus his adding of mega to almost every sentence was corny as hell. But still it was a fine show while it lasted.

Captain Kuro

Originally posted by Shinagamithe3rd@Jul 5 2005, 01:20 PM
Hey, speaking of the Nintendo comics, has anyone ever read the Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past Manga by Cyborg 009 and Kikaida creator Shotaro Ishinomori? It was serialized in Nintendo Power in the early nineties and I have some issues of it but not all. Someone tell me if it was pretty good.
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I have the graphic novel collections of the Nintendo Power Zelda and Mario manga. I liked the bird guy (who looked like Jet from Cyborg 009). And yeah, they were pretty good.

Anime Master

Apparantly no one can get Megaman right. At least the cartoon show Megaman looked like him, but damn. Do robots have muscles? And they took Protos shield. And cute little Iceman was tall and buff. Airman…lets not talk about him...
But their designs actually looked like the games. Captain Ns were crap. Still it was humorus

Originally posted by Anime Master@Jul 5 2005, 05:01 PM
Apparantly no one can get Megaman right. At least the cartoon show Megaman looked like him, but damn. Do robots have muscles? And they took Protos shield. And cute little Iceman was tall and buff. Airman…lets not talk about him...
But their designs actually looked like the games. Captain Ns were crap. Still it was humorus
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The 1994 version of Megaman is hands down the best, and cheesiest cartoon of that time, and is one of my favorites. The defects of the show is what made the cartoon great. Give it another chance

http://www.protoman.com

That website has every episode except for 2 eps in season 2. Kick back, and leave your brain elsewhere, and enjoy. I actually liked the Airman design he looked like a true bad-ass, but most worthy of that award is Crystalman in the episode "Megaman In The Moon". Wow, I miss the days of Made In Japan on ABC Family. Megaman, Monster Rancher, and Donkey Kong, and some japanese chick giving info on Japan for 2 hours kept me hooked on weekday mornings for 2 years. Until those Nazi's took over, and put on Power Rangers, and other fluff. Of course they butchered the shows, but was something to lok forward to in the mornings. If anyone has info on where I could get tapes, or downloads post. I'd kill The Jackson 5 for another chance to see Donkey Kong Country.

BTW My sig was made by a buddy of mine at another forum. He told me the sprites were from Megaman X.

Akira

Oh man, I loved the old Megaman show. I bought the 1st/2nd season on dvd a couple years ago, it's sitting on my shelf as we speak. Captain N was a good show too, along with the old Zelda cartoon.

"Well excuseeeeeee me, Princess!" - Link

For anyone interested in the Zelda series, planetnes has a few episodes. There's another site with all 13, i'll put em' up when I find it.

Akira

I don't know if it still has the episodes up, but I remeber seeing them a while back (Zelda)

zeldauniverse.net

Captain Spazzo

I have in my possession a Captain N vhs tape.

Box Cover Art!

Thank you, Hastings clearance bin! It was the episode that Game Boy was introduced. I didn't catch this when I was a kid, but Mother Brain sounds a lot like a stereotypical angry Black housewife. Kinda sad, really. I think that's why King Hippo and King Eggplant were so intimidated by her.

Konis

Well, before they changed him, the Captain N Megaman looked cool.. then they made him shorter and fatter. >_< The "revamp" of Megaman looked horrible to me, no matter how I looked at it. If the case was not having the right to use him, I'd rather they have removed him completely from the show than make him look short and pudgy.

It was a great show I was just put off by the change… Megaman was my absoute favourite character. ^_^ I played Megaman 1 - 3 into the ground.... frequently.

Another good show at that time, or near it, was Galaxy High... poor show, they got one season.. it deserved so much more. =(

Ubiq

Originally posted by Captain Kuro@Jul 5 2005, 05:48 PM
I have the graphic novel collections of the Nintendo Power Zelda and Mario manga. I liked the bird guy (who looked like Jet from Cyborg 009). And yeah, they were pretty good.
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I have both of those as well. I really liked the Zelda manga, but it ended much too quickly.

The Mario manga, now I loved that, especially when the Princess single-handedly kicked the asses of Bowser's kids. That and the bomb bit: "SHE'S OFF HER ROYAL ROCKER!"

Forte EXE

twitch
No…the memories...the evilness of it all!
I remember watching this as a kid...wait....I still have the videotape!

Captain Kuro

Originally posted by Ubiq@Jul 6 2005, 01:17 AM
The Mario manga, now I loved that, especially when the Princess single-handedly kicked the asses of Bowser's kids. That and the bomb bit: "SHE'S OFF HER ROYAL ROCKER!"
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Yeah, the Mario manga was hilarious. I'll need to read it again to refresh my memory, but I loved the scene with the Boo Buddy ghost. And there was this funny salesman guy in it too.

Originally posted by Konis@Jul 6 2005, 12:32 AM
**Well, before they changed him, the Captain N Megaman looked cool.. then they made him shorter and fatter. >_< The "revamp" of Megaman looked horrible to me, no matter how I looked at it. If the case was not having the right to use him, I'd rather they have removed him completely from the show than make him look short and pudgy.

It was a great show I was just put off by the change… Megaman was my absoute favourite character. ^_^ I played Megaman 1 - 3 into the ground.... frequently.

Another good show at that time, or near it, was Galaxy High... poor show, they got one season.. it deserved so much more. =(
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I want pictures of the older one. I think all of Megamans cartoon re-incarnations are great. Only if EXE/AXCESS featured more action than a 25 min' chat fest, i'd be fine.

Shinagamithe3rd

Found my two VHS tapes of it last night. I must say, it's a lot cheesier to me now that i'm older but still yet somewhat awesome.

Konis

Originally posted by Genki+Jul 6 2005, 07:02 AM–>QUOTE(Genki @ Jul 6 2005, 07:02 AM)

Caracal

I have memories of a few eps I saw as a kid, but I didn't actually realise what it was until about a year and a half ago. Since then I've tried to catch a few eps where and when I can.

zeldacentral.net is hosting som eepisodes of the series along with all 13 episodes of the Zelda series.Yahooligans is hosting the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, the episodes are great, and the picture is almost perfect, but would only recommend it to DSL users.

I was thinking, why couldn't Nintendo re-vamp Captian N? It would be a good way to interact with new, and older audiences alike while advertising some of their new products. It may do some good for the company, lately Nintendo hasn't really been winning many of the battles with it's competitors. A Captain N game may be in order. It would make the perfect RPG, sort of going within the vein of Kingdom Hearts. It may be what Nintendo needs to stay alive.

Shinagamithe3rd

If Nintendo would concentrate on getting the new Zelda out and possibly a brand new Smash Bros. they'd gain more and more fans back. A Captain N remake would be pretty awesome, using a lot of the older charchters (in their orignal forms so theres no midget Megaman and Simon Belmont in all of his butch yet bishonen glory.) plus a lot of newer ones too…Viewtiful Joe, Ness, and possibly a Game Boy Advance anyone? Do it in anime style too that way most of the japnese made charchters wouldn't look so retarded this time around. I could easily see this happening with the right get-go behind it.

Solar Knight

I heard about Captain N a while back, but I never actually saw it. How could they make Simon and MegaMan look like that o_O; !

Shinagamithe3rd

I'll forever be a Nintendo fan, even if they ever do go under (prays to god that never happens), so a Captain N anime would really help them out. If they did it good enough to get merchandising they could make a possible card game or a Smash Bros. style fighting game. If only dreams could come true.

wolfwood

I think a new Captain N series would suck and get lously ratings but hey nintendo has cash to spend so who knows whether they will make one or not,

but the old one is a series that i have some fond memories of

and whats that crap about fans returning to nintendo if they were true fans they should have stayed with them all the way <_<

Shinagamithe3rd

I've seen a lot of people treating Nintendo like Metallica after the Napster incident: "Oh, God! Nintendo used to be great but now they suck." "They're slacking, I figured the PSP would have shittier graphics than the DS but I guess I was wrong!"…

....I HATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT!! Who gives two shits about the graphics as long as the game is fun?! Plus, Nintendo has Zelda, Mario, and Metroid..three of the BIGGEST icons in gaming. Whats PS2 got besides Final Fantasy? I pretty much consider the Sony Consoles and Microsoft Consoles One Trick Ponies. Nintendo has been cranking out hit after hit after hit for years. Animal Crossing, Metroid, Zelda, Mario, Smash Bros., etc. What's the Ps2 and X-box got...Halo and Final Fantasy. (Only two...between them) Don't get me wrong, they're both good games but that's all that their respective consoles have to offer as timeless hits.

Konis

Originally posted by Shinagamithe3rd@Jul 8 2005, 11:15 AM
**I've seen a lot of people treating Nintendo like Metallica after the Napster incident: "Oh, God! Nintendo used to be great but now they suck." "They're slacking, I figured the PSP would have shittier graphics than the DS but I guess I was wrong!"…

....I HATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT!! Who gives two shits about the graphics as long as the game is fun?! Plus, Nintendo has Zelda, Mario, and Metroid..three of the BIGGEST icons in gaming. Whats PS2 got besides Final Fantasy? I pretty much consider the Sony Consoles and Microsoft Consoles One Trick Ponies. Nintendo has been cranking out hit after hit after hit for years. Animal Crossing, Metroid, Zelda, Mario, Smash Bros., etc. What's the Ps2 and X-box got...Halo and Final Fantasy. (Only two...between them) Don't get me wrong, they're both good games but that's all that their respective consoles have to offer as timeless hits.
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So… you hate people who bash Nintendo and have no problem bashing Playstation and X-Box to show your devotion? Does that make sense? You hate people for doing to Nintendo EXACTLY what you're doing here to Playstation and X-Box.

Since you seem to think that Playstation's only game of worth is Final Fantasy, it seems obvious to me that you don't have a lot of experience with the console, or the games on it. Perhaps you should sit down sometime and compare the libraries of the two systems.. and maybe learn about the games on each of them rather than proclaim the glory that is all things Nintendo.

I can garantee right now, as an owner of all three systems, Neither Playstation 2, nor X-Box are "One Trick Ponies".

I like Nintendo... I won't say I'm a hard core fan, but I do like Nintendo. I'm more a Sega fangirl, and I was crushed when they finally let the Dreamcast die. But as for Nintendo lately.. I'm not impressed. Very few games on the gamecube have been worth my while. I have a huge library of Playstation 2 games that have entertained me greatly over the years... my Gamecube library is a small stack of games I kinda liked.

Psht... "two games" indeed.

Himizujin_Eternia

Yeah, Konis is pretty much right here; another way of putting it would be the ctrlaltdel-online.com way: God Hates Console Fanboys. The only reason I DON'T own an X-Box is because there aren't many games that interest me for it… and the X360 looks to be alleviating that.

But anyway, on the subject of Captain N, although I've never seen the original cartoon, I'm still a huge fan of a sprite comic that acts as a second story to it (and happens to be the best Sprite Comic on the internet:) Captain SNES: The Game Masta Check it out, yo. It's stupid fresh.

What the world needs, is a Capcom console!

Shinagamithe3rd

Originally posted by Konis+Jul 8 2005, 02:24 PM–>QUOTE(Konis @ Jul 8 2005, 02:24 PM)

Konis

I don't care about game icons.. I care about good games. Game icons don't make for good games necessarily. Link's had a few games that weren't great, and at least one that wasn't good in my opinion. Mario's had his share of bombs as well. As for Metroid.. well, I can't say much there… I like metroid, though I didn't care at all for the first person ones... but if they hadn't been metroid, I'd have still enjoyed the GAMES. The games were fun.. that they happen to be metroid is just a side effect.

Just because a system has game icons doesn't make the system exceed any other system... it's the games that do that, and you'd behaved as though Nintendo was superior because it had more icons. I beg to differ.

Sega had Sonic... look where they are now shakes a fist. Turbographix had Bonk... that system's long dead. Heck, Neo Geo had a host of SNK "icons".... where's Neo Geo now? Icons mean nothing.

Nintendo having "more icons" than any other system doesn't mean anything.... that's not what makes a system good. And a system that would have to depend on its icons to be good would just be sad... I like to think Nintendo doesn't need 'em to still be a decent machine. In fact, none of the Gamecube games I like have any of those icons in it.

That's just a very odd way to justify bashing other systems.

Shinagamithe3rd

Well, yeah it is. I gotta agree with you there. I need to think before I say something.

At any rate, time to get back on topic….

What were some other really messed up characters next to Megaman and Simon Belmont. I remeber Mario being in one of the earlier episodes and his hat was like an Italian flag and he spoke like a "Goodfella's" mobster. Did any others stand out to you guys?