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A decade before Pokemon existed, I went to see the movie The Wizard, a Fred Savage vehicle that was basically a 2 hour Nintendo commercial. And in the lobby of
by knodi123 3y ago
A decade before Pokemon existed, I went to see the movie The Wizard, a Fred Savage vehicle that was basically a 2 hour Nintendo commercial. And in the lobby of the theater as I was leaving, there was a booth selling subscriptions for the brand-new Nintendo Power magazine. The first issue came with a free copy of Dragon Warrior for the NES.
So Nintendo was willing to bet big on JRPGs long before Pokemon came out.
- aidenn0 3y agoAccording to TFA, they gave it away free because it sold poorly and they had to do something with all the cartridges they made.
- knodi123 3y agoOh. Well that's a tragedy, because I loved that game and beat it twice.
- djur 3y agoNintendo also dedicated an issue of Nintendo Power to a full strategy guide for Final Fantasy, including a surprising amount of new (heavily Westernized) art depicting various scenes in the game. I read that issue front to back many times before I ever had a chance to play the actual game. (In retrospect it gave some bad advice, because the authors were unaware that the game had numerous bugs that made equipment and spells work differently than intended. But the maps were very) useful!