Nintendo Power - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

Taking a break from bad video games, the Nerd spends his time recalling his fondest memories of reading the Nintendo Power magazine. This is Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 33.
Before the Internet, there was only one source for Nintendo gaming news and pro tips- the pages of Nintendo Power magazine. Starting in 1988, the magazine kept gamers informed on the hottest scoops in Nintendo culture in its hundreds of monthly issues. Though generally reliable, it was published by Nintendo itself and sometimes served as a promotional organ in the guise of journalism.
All these years later, the Nerd unseals his vintage NP collection and looks back at the influential publication through the lens of hindsight.
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[@incandescence5547]

They responded to those letters absolutely savagely back then. For example, in once issue, somebody complains about them printing letters that don't directly relate to video games, and their response is "but then we wouldn't have printed yours".

[@theoneitself]

You must be kidding... !!! Lol !! Savage ! I need a photo of it hahaa

[@incandescence5547]

@@theoneitself My camera doesn't work, so I can't take a picture, unfortunately

[@YarugumaSou]

Back when both gamers and game journalists had spines I guess

[@PC_Simo]

Pwned! 🚬😎

[@TheSultan1470]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAH awesome

[@Dinoenthusiastguy]

As a kid I'd watch these videos when my mom was cooking so she wouldn't hear the swear words. James didn't realize that by revisiting his childhood memories, he was creating mine.

[@joeshlong9614]

That’s really funny, I remember my dad putting this on for me back in 2007 or something and I got so fascinated I bought a bunch of NES games and a NES. He really did create so many memories for me too

[@Templier77]

Cool man. You should make a video to revisit your childhood a create someone else's

[@Enan63.]

Ah love those simpler times when we didn't want to get caught by our parents lol!

[@EpicAndrew97]

@@Enan63. I miss when the worst a youtuber could do was swear, now almost all of them have scandals against them

[@bryanferr97]

This video emanates the same energy as waking up really early in the morning, watching cartoons and eating pancakes. Except now that I’m a full grown adult and I’m awake early eating canned soup.

[@AleisterMeowley]

I made myself steak and pasta the other day and it was like, 10am

[@sewerpeople346]

I feel the same...except switch pancakes for cookie crisp and the canned soup with hot sauce ramen pol

[@dibberz-v1z]

what do you mean soup!?

[@NVUSAttitude]

Dude yes, or those french toast 4-in-1 eggo waffles. Waking up, seeing snow outside and opening presents. This really is the vibe

[@neutralnarration1463]

bot account

[@Mickelraven]

10:12 I find this ironic since all of the AVGN episode titles are not numbered anymore. EDIT: He even complained that you have to look inside the Nintendo Power to see the number. The episode number is in the description, so even that is ironic.

[@thatoneguy3883]

Probably because of KZbins algorithm

[@aquelecientista4491]

You can still see the numbers on the hashtags

[@catgamer4444]

And you have to open the descriptions to find out

[@Segwo]

Just wait a few more years. They will be again

[@ArcYT]

another finnish fur hmm

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

Interesting fact Steve Wozniak (co-founder of apple) had the highest tetris scores recorded in the magazine he got so good he was banned from submitting his score to the magazine to get around it he mailed from another zip code and submitted it to the magazine as Evets Kainzow his name backwards.

[@gamegod6859]

wow really?

[@domino6490]

Jesus

[@AnonymousFrogNG]

Comment futureproofed

[@juswadweebus]

Is he related to Scott Wozniak (ScottTheWoz)?

[@josephrhodes5025]

Cliffy B (Cliff Bleszinski) is also has the highscore on mario bros in issue 1

[@MegamanNG]

Now that Nintendo Power is on the Internet Archive, it'll never die.

[@Vraldur]

Nintendo killed them..

[@guidomartinez]

bastardos!

[@balfanghellfire]

But it's just not the same. It's like how Shonen Jump went digital. I missed getting them in mail. I remember getting excited to get home from school to see the new issue waiting for me in my room for me to take to school the next day.

[@ScradeCottontail]

+Sota Steelwing Nintendo Force can help you relive those memories. It's a really cool fan made magazine by Nintendo Power fans.

[@dariusandreibalascau433]

This is awsome

[@10samcarl]

"This one is cool because it's an owl, and owls are cool" - AVGN, 2009

[@pickledickle2510]

Technically it was 2007

[@tron_the7the9]

says right at the start, September 4th, 2007

[@pickledickle2510]

@@stevejohnson4637 me too

[@pickledickle2510]

@@stevejohnson4637 wait that was me

[@pickledickle2510]

@@stevejohnson4637 I must be fuckin stoned

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I must admit, I sent a Mega Man boss design in. Sorry everyone. Luckily "Thought-Man" will never see the light of day...

[@personguy6904]

image?

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

It's not down in the issue, and I obviously don't have a copy of it now. It's probably not going to re-emerge any time soon.

[@hubb8049]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer can you re-create it?

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Probably. It'll have to be hand drawn, as I couldn't use digital drawing techniques to save my life.

[@Dcfan200]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer I wish you luck.

[@irrewonderful]

"Nothing brings back memories like looking through an issue of Nintendo Power." Let me correct your statement. It should be: Nothing brings back memories like watching an old episode of AVGN.

[@anthonygrasha5051]

True, but the reason he said Nintendo Power and not Avgn is because he was referring to the magazine

[@Furriousdestroyer]

...

[@Humble197]

@@anthonygrasha5051 wow just wow.

[@fernandobanda5734]

@@anthonygrasha5051 What the hell

[@kargaroc386]

@@anthonygrasha5051 whoosh

[@HiNu7]

Literally the comfiest AVGN video.

[@Comment_User]

+HiNu7 What about sword quest

[@localcompanion]

the original episode 33 was Atari porn so I guess that's why he's "chilling out"

[@drfault1731]

+Comment_User In SwordQuest, he never says "fuck", which is the only video where he has never said fuck.

[@TheArchsage74]

ASS

[@Bauglir100]

Atari Porn was Episode 32, Nintendo Power is Episode 33.

[@SophisticatedGoat222]

Star Fox II never saw the light of day... Until the SNES Classic Edition!

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

And for years before as a completed Rom

[@paradoxzee6834]

And now it is on the Switch

[@derflerp538]

It's a shame it didn't come out when it was intended to, because it's honestly a lot of fun!

[@LerxstLand]

“You know it’s badass when you’re flying in a Jeep through space going apeshit with Nintendo controllers.” One of the best

[@Tracequaza]

This has to be my favorite AVGN video, simply for the "jumpscare" at the beggining.

[@Tracequaza]

Ádám Pajor Oh my god yes. Also that is my favourite game ever. Seriously, Super Metroid is one of the best games of all time.

[@firstweekofwinter]

best opening ever

[@terakiller]

"This one's cool, because its a owl, and owls are cool." - AVGN 2007

[@backpages9885]

lmaoooo

[@MeralOfTheMiral]

you mean AVGN 2009

[@MeralOfTheMiral]

Thanks! i had no idea

[@somemadman262]

+Cinemassacre And it's gone

[@losilluminados3729]

Vanoss must be proud :3

[@isskull7272]

It amazes me that this video came out when I was 8… I'm almost 21. These videos never really age. I've replayed them all probably over a million times and they still feel strangely new.

[@isskull7272]

Update: I’m 21 now and I’m still rewatching this gem.

[@MrNexor-cj8gs]

Makes me feel old... I was 21 when this video came out. lol

[@jstarstudios7110]

@@isskull7272 SAME!

[@ipd0043]

​@@isskull7272 22 here and have been watching since I was a kid.

[@KyleHarrisonRedacted]

I was 24 when this came out. Now I’m knocking on the big four oh’s door..

[@IBroLLyISePhIrOtH]

3:19 OST Ducktales Moon Stage. Yes man i remember that in 1995 :'-) memories man memories.

[@crystalgemgirl731]

I instinctively started singing the Moon Lullaby from the new DuckTales.

[@davebambigamingita9292]

Well i want a Nintendo

[@dinorocker8647]

Geez, I have that game, it's one of the best NES games, that is one of my favorite themes on it.

[@IBroLLyISePhIrOtH]

@@crystalgemgirl731 Amazing i love it

[@IBroLLyISePhIrOtH]

@@davebambigamingita9292 i have it

[@TheAceSpaceman]

I love how he destroys all the posters he tries to get off are from sports games.

[@fubukifangirl]

That "ASS!!!" at the beginning scared the shit out of me.

[@fubukifangirl]

Tommy Dee It is if you aren't expecting them!

[@fubukifangirl]

Tommy Dee Also, since I'm a girl, that's not really an insult.

[@GuardianStriker]

fubukifangirl Pffft. Didn't scare me at all. I knew a jumpscare was coming when there's silence for 5 seconds. Wimps I say to ya.

[@tehflamingninja1997]

fubukifangirl ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh get rek

[@legionkubi]

It scared the "shit" out of you BA DUM TISS

[@cryogenical_]

"You know it's cool when you're flying in a jeep in space and going apeshit with a Nintendo controller!"

[@Utonian21]

xD

[@JustinAmador]

LOL!!

[@Europemanx]

***** 2007*

[@theratman7881]

Europemanx Thanks for reminding me...

[@BottledPoe]

i love how the old AVGN episodes arent even in HD it makes these more old school feeling

[@richardmahn7589]

Feels like I just popped this tape into the VHS!

[@saltystick_99]

came back after the intro part was reenacted in the latest episode

[@aurancrash4654]

Same. This one was better but I like the nostalgic value of the newest one

[@Saiegel]

@@aurancrash4654 the same for me XD

[@ryuugakun84]

Yep had to come straight back

[@bonesproductions6868]

Me too 😂

[@gojiratheking442]

Which Episode?

[@thezachvolt6883]

0:14. AVGN Jumpscare.

[@thezdude8512]

ASS

[@AbomagooniosEntertainment]

Five Nights At AVGN's

[@ZorotheGallade]

+Abomagoonios Entertainment FNAA. An acronym of an acronym.

[@TetrahedronDash]

lmfao, I thought that too XD

[@carlos00759ify]

ASScreamer.

[@bolson42]

8:11 *_Little did he know, this small feature would become one of the best videos he has ever made..._*

[@onlyrevolutions2010]

I was a poor kid, so I didn't have Nintendo Power. I barely had a Nintendo. Still, I've always loved coming back to this episode and sharing in James' nostalgia and joy. That's how great AVGN was in its prime. I still enjoy it, but these were the days.

[@ZacharyDietze]

R.I.P. Nintendo Power. Gone, but not forgotten.

[@guillermocalvillo4915]

It's returned as a podcast

[@sethvazquez3062]

(2017: It's now a podcast, look on wikipedia)

[@Ge0rge_0rwell]

​@@guillermocalvillo4915 by name only. It's not the same in any way.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

It was dead long before it was dead. It lost its fun and weird uniqueness in the N64 era and became just another video game magazine.

[@SonOfMeme]

I'm like 90% sure the "grey" cover was one of these rubbing things. You know, hold a blank piece of paper on it, rub it all over with a pencil and bam, picture.

[@Utonian21]

"This one's cool, because it's a Owl. And Owl's are cool." xD

[@keatonmccolm8617]

Owls are cool. Havnt you seen Harry Potter

[@JacobShepley]

keaton mccolm Owl's are cunts. Havnt you played Ocarina of Time

[@JacobShepley]

They were Tatl and Tael (as in tattle tale - a liar)

[@oXDestroXo]

Jacob Shepley a tattle tale isnt a liar , it's someone who snitches , like a whisleblower.

[@holdenwolf7992]

***** only one which is without a life could get that joke

[@ron_ald323]

5:36 Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker be like

[@nicolascarmona6815]

"I used to think my life was a tragedy but now I see it's a shitty game"

[@2diefor]

"Nerd"

[@driftteamleader3470]

How about another joke, Ron-JON?

[@unoriginalusername1748]

So there are a total of one vigintillion, 978 novemdecillion, 857 octodecillion, 121 septendecillion, 979 sexdecillion, 410 quindecillion images to create on a single page of Mario Paint?!

[@JonGon005]

Dang you actually got all the numbering right. Props to ya 👏

[@unoriginalusername1748]

Thanks, I was just bored

[@TheDamino]

I can't even count that high!

[@unoriginalusername1748]

Cinestar Productions greetings

[@georgerosebush9754]

The thing about that is that most of them would just look like noise.

[@Euph_-v-]

Nintendo Power editor is a god damn troll.

[@yarpen26]

+Euph i think it was the same with all video game magazines around the world during that time period. i remember that replies to readers' letters published in the magazines in my country were more or less kept in the same tone as those in the Nintendo Power. most of those guys had barely left college by this time and they still wanted to be "cool" and "radical" and stuff. but even as a kid i thought they tended to cross the line between trolling and just being plain rude just a bit too often (and even when it was just harmless trolling, you couldn't help but feel frustrated when they didn't even answer the guy's question just for the sake of being funny)

[@KyoshinTekinaStudios]

According to MrEnter, the Nintendo Power editor was outright bullying. And this is why we don't watch MrEnter, kids.

[@Bighomie39]

I subscribed to Game Informer, and the editors are insane trolls and go full Polygon sometimes.

[@hokage1997]

Cute fursona

[@kellyshea92]

@@hokage1997 no u

[@fhistleb]

So that really disgusting one he stapled? It was just another jar of toenails.

[@Kaitri]

another one? but why.

[@skunkman9815]

Which one was it?

[@kippoilmagikarp]

@@skunkman9815 I think it was another one regarding jars of toenails

[@thomasobrien1841]

“Remember Star Fox 2? The game that never saw the light of day?” *10 years later*

[@TherrusD]

The nostalgia...my very first AVGN episode ever.

[@officersquarehead]

That "distinctive LJN" style. Yeah. It' da-STINK-tive alright.

[@Vojingamer]

BA DUM TSS

[@BootsORiley]

LOL

[@CJODell12]

"Wow, they knew it was bad"

[@EeveeRBL]

12 year olds in a Victoria's secret magazine 5:28

[@jtsharkey83]

Haha

[@tlgami]

Niiiiiice

[@YouTubeHandlesSuck420]

Xdd

[@weedtutorials9613]

IVE BEEN LAUGHING FOR LIKE 5 minuets

[@Herman_Hedning]

more like fortnite fans

[@rickydargence5948]

Probably one of the most soulful episodes

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Yep, no over-the-top ranting, just a relaxed reminiscence about the old NP issues and some of the curious and strange things therein.

[@froderickalabaster]

love the nerd’s more informative segments

[@shawnbateman79]

I find it funny after all these years the "Zelda Rap" printed in Nintendo Power and credited to a kid was already a Zelda commercial. So the kid wrote down what was said in the commercial and sent it to Nintendo Power and got credit for it?

[@shawnbateman79]

yoshi mario I wonder that myself, actually. If the kid stole the rap or the kid wrote it and they used it in the commercial... its hard to say, considering they could have used the rap originally to advertise the game and the kid took it or they later released the commercial after the game had been out and used the kid's rap. I wouldn't mind knowing for sure.

[@Mitcellie]

Why is the younger generation always telling everyone to cum at them? Like, cum towards you, you mean? You guys are fucked.

[@bladudemovies]

It's been 7 years and I still want to know what that ad is that he stapled shut.

[@Dankamyte]

the toenail one. you're welcome ;)

[@Bauglir100]

@@Naz-ns2ue Yes. James said so in the FAQ page on his website.

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@Bauglir100 So it's the one with the bottle of toenails?

[@Bauglir100]

@@serraramayfield9230 It is.

[@icemanlj2k7]

It's the toenail one

[@jaydenrise7186]

Wait, Nintendo Power went on until 2012!? It survived that long?

[@jtsharkey83]

Daaaaammmmnnnn!

[@jaydenrise7186]

Jayjay Jay Jay used to be my nickname

[@jtsharkey83]

yay!

[@PhaethonCrafts]

I stopped reading their magazine when they stopped providing actual tips and they were all just bullshit sties no one gave two shits about.

[@PhaethonCrafts]

+Aeladya *stories apparently typing accurately on a tablet is not my best skill LOL.

[@OmegaChase1002]

I'd love more "chill out" episodes like this now and then.

[@SteadyEddie1983]

I'm thankful to God none of those Mega Man characters ever saw the light of day past those printed pages.

[@lemmygrad5425]

Some of them did

[@AaronKaiMCDNLD]

5 of them made it

[@SteadyEddie1983]

That's messed up!

[@AaronKaiMCDNLD]

Joey Fnuts my classmate back then joined this competition and created........Dildo man.....

[@greenskiis]

Dildo Man? Sounds like he was related to Hard Man.

[@N64xKING]

That fact that he intentionally destroyed so many issues for this video STILL disturbs me

[@happypasta6]

Well for all we know he faked it. He could have done something like photocopied the pages to make another "magazine" and ripped that.

[@jsn593]

I'm sure he had extra copies of the same one

[@Zedd.y]

He probably had duplicate copies

[@LukeMM95]

Who cares? It's all gonna be dust some day anyway.

[@losilluminados3729]

LukeMM95 So will you.

[@FlammableKing]

I think honestly that Optic Man would have been REALLY interesting! Imagine beating him and gaining the power of X-Ray vision! Like, you get to see through walls and blocks that you once thought were just part of the background, but are actually breakable boundaries that contain health and items! That...would have been cool.

[@NucleaRaptor]

I feel like one of the early MMX games had an upgrade that does something similar.

[@TheBfutgreg]

@@NucleaRaptor X2 had a little cursor in the helmet upgrade that would show you where invisible walls were, no x-ray vision though

[@NucleaRaptor]

@@TheBfutgreg That's what it was; my brain probably combined that and the X-ray visor thing from Super Metroid.

[@CappyKitten]

OPTIC BLAST

[@dinorocker8647]

The fact it didn't get accepted is 0:14.

[@kingofsnake3683]

I’ve watched this so often I can nearly quote the entire episode

[@jupiter9099]

RIP Nintendo Power: 1988 - 2012

[@rickjames9039]

Jupiter9099 Club Nintendo is next.

[@skitzwah]

I'm Rick James Bitch! They are making something better

[@rickjames9039]

***** Yeah, it's true.

[@IsasHappyHour]

Jupiter9099 You're making me sad stocking )=

[@DoubleOhSeven68]

2012? Damn I didn't know it lasted that long.

[@s4ndwichMakeR]

11:43 Little Ian seemed to make a mistake there. Actually there are a total of 4.64×10⁴⁹⁰⁰⁰ possible drawings to create, i.e. several tens of thousands orders of magnitude more than the 1.98×10⁶⁹ he calculated.

[@NickolasHunter]

Uh.... Thanks, s4ndwichMaker. That's certainly some useful information.

[@matrikomatriko]

well not when drawing in a game like mario paint, and thinking about it, not even in real life. The number of possibilities is of course unfathomably huge, but not "literally endless".

[@densming]

Yup. Little Ian calculated 41664^15, not 15^41664, which is the correct number.

[@sansnom5269]

*You know they say all men are created equal, but then you look at me then you look at Somoa Joe and you see that statement is not true...*

[@diegog1853]

Hot Bakery Eclipse, no, when you are talking about any computer data de possibilities are not endless since its always a combinations of 1 and 0. For example, there is a finite number of audio recordings you can have on a CD, that includes all the possible conversations between two people that can fit on a CD and all the possible music that can fit on a CD. A drawing on mario paint is easier than that, since its a finite combination of colors on a grid.

[@XAbbeldydooX]

I no shit had a crush on the girl at 14:18 when i was a kid.That Mario outfit must have spoke to me.

[@IanZWhite00]

Awh man that's cute as shit

[@gnerdeek5362]

How old were you bruh

[@dannywapbang]

And I have a crush on Simon Belmont so... Grizzle bizzle I guess?

[@MarthaRoseQuartz]

@@dannywapbang I _never_ had a crush on Simon as a kid... he was too 80s barbarian masculine to me... however, I did like Jax from Mortal Kombat!

[@grizzlydino]

Ok

[@King_Kuya]

My dad recently gave me a box he found in storage--it had all my Nintendo Power magazines in it! The volumes span from the launch of the GameCube until the end of the Wii-era.

[@greenskiis]

The illustration at 3:54 is my favorite Mike artwork ever...combined with it taking a dump and the sound effect it just kills me.

[@ShaDHP23]

I went out and bought the final issue four years ago. Sad it had to end but the memories of NP are still really something.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

It ended long before the last issue. NP was never the same after the N64 era.

[@SoapyTaco]

One of the best AVGN episodes

[@Randomark3087]

YES!

[@theinanimateobjectlover6491]

Here’s a joke: how do you Simon track the power of earthquakes? The Richter scale

[@hubb8049]

Thanks, I hate this

[@bob-omb_gardener]

Lol

[@aaronsmith8073]

He he he

[@TheEmule93]

No, just... no.

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

r/tihi

[@camilohiche4475]

WAIT wait wait.... Is 14:03 the literal inspiration for the AVGN look?

[@dreamlandnightmare]

If it wasn't a conscious inspiration, it had to be a subconscious inspiration.

[@carlcarlson9254]

"Remember StarFox 2, the game that never saw the light of day?" SNES classic mini, yo!

[@chad8475]

This video was made before the SNES Classic

[@rrlstudios7512]

1:19 I laughed at James Rolfe when he munched on a piece of paper from a Nintendo Power magazine

[@PC_Simo]

9:40 Gotta love, how they’re basically admitting that you’re not, where the fun is: ”Where’s the fun?” ”Where you’re not. Trololol!”

[@bobb3226]

0:14 best jump scare ever 😂👌🏻

[@connercremin7427]

Man that earthbound reference. I can't decide if it aged well or if it aged poorly

[@thema1998]

Why not both? 🤷‍♂️➡️😆

[@MrThaithunder]

7:40 had me dying cause that’s exactly how I would have reacted 😂

[@SeenGod]

i aint gonna lie, i was laughing at “Luigi Board” 😂

[@BootsORiley]

same

[@Umneriko]

I come back to this episode just for the ass jump scare.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

same!

[@crashboxfan1016]

@@KeeperOfPoops it kind of reminds me of k fee

[@theprototype2518]

11:50 "There are a total of 1 Duovigintillion, 978 Univigintion, 857 Vigintillion, 121 Novemdecillion, 979 Octodecillion and 410 Septendecillion different possible images to create on a single page? That's a lot, eh? Just thought I'd tell you."

[@gbak9396]

13:59

[@theprototype2518]

@@gbak9396 7:59

[@liamlb92]

Ah yes, the days when Sega and Nintendo were rivals.

[@BRat-kp4si]

3:35 Still a shame we didn't get Star Fox 2. To this day it's probably Nintendo's biggest cancellation along with Earthbound 64. It's a longshot, but I hope it gets an official release in some form in the future, even if it's a remake.

[@Randomark3087]

Ratical I think Star Fox Command for the DS was a remake.

[@MrRodneyBewes]

Ratical I don't know if EB 64 would have been any good, all I know is that we got Mother 3 instead and that game is an awesome emotional rollercoaster.

[@BRat-kp4si]

***** That's true, yeah. From what I understand it's unfinished, but I guess I'd also just like it if Nintendo made the whole thing canon. We might even see Fay and Miyu again.

[@SleepyAdam]

+Ratical A Starfox 2 prototype rom has been released. Go play it! It's fun!

[@Randomark3087]

+Micheal Laurin I said REMAKE, as in retelling., so new characters and such would be introduced. Just like Star Fox 64 was a remake of the original game for SNES. Which is why Star Wolf are in it, who were supposed to be in Star Fox 2.

[@SolarisDreamweaverVT]

“Starfox 2: the game that never saw the light of day” Until 2017

[@Mewtwo_150]

"Remember Star Fox II, the game that never saw the light of day?" SNES Classic: *I can fix that*

[@FIGNAS83]

Nothing like the old days, heading over to the library and looking at all the Nintendo powers, then making copies of the pages I needed. Awesomeness

[@Rockstago]

You aren't the only 1 who did this- lol.

[@jdb2002]

Nintendo just took down the issues in the Internet Archive

[@jdb2002]

+Dillon Luongo Some crap about IP's and such. You can look it up yourself if you care enough.

[@dunnono00]

It would have been awfully nice if Nintendo had just given their blessings. Although I did hear Nintendo plans to re-release those comics in the magazine as stand alone merchandise, or some shit.

[@silentcowboy5848]

Josh B they didn’t release star Fox 2 it was complete

[@phillipwalling7470]

If that Nintendo power editor is here today, he'd be deemed a hero.

[@theSato]

at 4:36 where it shows the "top 10 gameboy games" , they got the pictures for Zelda and Mario switched around..

[@multifrog3]

OMG you're right!

[@hristaki99]

multifrog3 His picture matches perfectly.

[@9PlatinumGamer9]

It seems that Nintendo let the power go to their brain, if you know what i mean.

[@badwolf66]

Power Corrupts :P

[@Downbrokenhearts]

wii U enough said.

[@alfalfag]

With great power comes great responsability.....

[@kekons23]

With great power comes...oh fuck it.

[@killern3rd422]

in the intro when did the nerd ever ate his underwear?

[@Mamoreno0215]

my most favorite line in AVGN history "And if my game said "cheese" I think i'd shit my pants, and if I was wearing that, i'd have problems"

[@LostHatProductions]

4:56 ‘this one’s cool cause it’s an owl and owls are cool’ That line has never really left my head for 15 years or so. Because it’s true, even if it’s said so casually.

[@Wilford870]

lol that intro still gets me after all these years.

[@bouchandre]

RIP Nintendo Power 1988-2012

[@melzoa]

***** And it's next to die...

[@Wrenchy247]

5:26 Dracula when he's in Smash Bros Ultimate as a Boss

[@brenyatta]

“Remember Star Fox 2, the game that never saw the light of day?” SNES Classic & NSO: Allow us to fix that for you!

[@metalmangaming642]

hey James, I love the Double Vision song, I think that you should release an album for all the songs that have been on the Angry Video Game Nerd

[@ScaevolusMcRegion]

+Christopher Stonecipher Double vision is a song by the band Foreigner

[@metalmangaming642]

oh

[@rondelong5541]

+Christopher Stonecipher youd like steve miller band, tom petty and dire straits

[@Hellwyck]

It's off the album Double Vision from 1978.

[@ivypuddings2]

Remembered the "Nintendo Power" song at 2am and I needed to watch

[@adampowell4778]

"Remember Star Fox 2, the game that never saw the light of day?" It has now thanks to the SNES Classic Edition!

[@lonestarwolfentertainment7184]

“Remember Star Fox 2, the game that never saw the light of day?” me who has an SNES mini: *innocently whistling*

[@RockandMetal645]

I'm now curious to see the ad that he stapled shut.

[@Kiteman78]

Toenail ad.

[@Justin-co6ht]

From actually paying more attention to the calculation at 11:42 after all these years, I've discovered that it was done incorrectly. Because the 41,664 dots are each a place for 1 of 15 different colors to exist, the calculation should have been done as follows: possible images = 15^(41,664) Ian incorrectly flipped the numbers and did: possible images = 41,664^(15). So actually the number of possible images is A LOT greater.

[@ad-sd-vids5332]

That number is about 4.6367886x10^49000

[@penguincamp]

RIP Nintendo Power. It was awesome. I loved it. But now it's gone. And I miss it. _Nintendo Power_ *_Issue 1, July/August 1988_*_ to _*_Issue 285, December 2012_* RIP

[@RetroGameNova]

I will always die laughing at the Nerd trying to get the posters out as I had the same issue

[@송민성-l8i]

8:17 ARGH IT STINKS!

[@MsFlowerpower99]

*He starts imitating Dracula's face* *Instant like* xD

[@cryaboutit432]

HE SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF ME AT THE BEGINNING!!!!!!!!!!

[@Crazydash46]

The intro where the AVGN Jump scares you is Pretty Wholesome.

[@cinndave]

2:50 That was me! When I was 8 I took a picture when I scored over 200,000 on Pinball. Picture looked just like that and I still have it.

[@dannywapbang]

I had Vs Pinball at an arcade near me; I got the high score on it and whenever someone beat me, I'd just set a new record.

[@anothga]

Who's here after watching the episode on gaming magazines?

[@solaris_knight99]

0:15-1:02 is one of the best AVGN intros ever

[@Jothomas214]

“Remember Star Fox II, the game that never saw the light of day?” Until 2017....

[@civilservant9528]

Who cares

[@jasonmontecinos8975]

When I tried to skip the intro, I skipped to 0:54 when he was about to say "Rotten asshole", so it played like this: he'd rather eat the Sega nerd.

[@maxrenauldo8604]

13:22 Whoever wrote that letter has a very good point, that is still Nintendo's problem today and is why they are lagging behind Sony and Microsoft. If only Nintendo actually took this guys letter seriously they wouldn't be so far behind in sales.

[@Bauglir100]

+Max Renauldo So, I take it that "Friends" episode never aired, then?

[@mrcantcritic506]

+Max Renauldo Actually, Nintendo isn't isn't lagging behind if your count quality in games. Sure, the graphics aren't as "amazing" as Xbox and PS, but where Nintendo lacks graphics, they pick up with gameplay quality. Plus, Nintendo has it's fair share of mature games. They're not specifically by Nintendo, though.

[@maxrenauldo8604]

MrCriticism They are lacking in sales tho. The Wii U floped so bad they were talking about just making games and software from now on and stop making consoles

[@mrcantcritic506]

Max Renauldo The sales are only bad because they don't have the *exact* same library as Xbox and PS. Plus, I *_HIGHLY_* doubt Nintendo will stop making consoles. They literally announced one a couple months ago.

[@maxrenauldo8604]

MrCriticism *cool* story *BRO*

[@individualist00000]

what was the ad he stapled shut?

[@HyperMiniTed]

+Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. How do you know?

[@ryandam4807]

Its an ad with jars full of toe nails

[@MKVProcrastinator]

+Ryan Dam What did it advertise?

[@ryandam4807]

+TheLegendOfJoey its some crap like: your collection of toenail clippings, has had friends very terrified of you

[@TAG037]

James once stated on his website that it was just the toenail ad

[@graveyardgary4482]

This was the current episode back when I found avgn thru the ghostbusters episodes. 15 years later and it’s still my favorite.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

Anyone here after avgn video game magazines?

[@incognito-p9c]

What does the disgusting page he stapled look like though. Got me curious as hell.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@@incognito-p9c I've always wondered that myself.

[@incognito-p9c]

@@bigkmoviesandgames I read the comments here and some say it's an ad for a jar of toenails.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@@incognito-p9c it could be although he showed the toenail one in this episode so I would assume its something else

[@somedude6157]

Big K do you know what volume it is? I couldn’t really make out which it is but if you tell me that I can look through my collection and tell you what it is.

[@dangerdavemartin9597]

14:04 I swear to god that character holding the flashlight was James's inspiration for the nerd costume

[@Therevdon]

3:53 Greatest moment ever

[@nintenpengu8357]

5:29 when you watch a playboy magazine lmao