Captain Nintendo

Captain Nintendo is a short-lived Nintendo Power story and the basis for Captain N: The Game Master. It is a two-part story that spanned across the third and fourth issues of Nintendo Power.

The main character is a Nintendo R&D employee named Brett Randalls, who is finishing a game of Metroid with an NES Advantage. When a batch of Napaj Microchips explodes from exposure to coffee, they embed themselves into Brett's skin and the game. He gained abilities over light, electricity, and actualize game characters and objects. The group noticed that Mother Brain was missing from the game screen and another product of the explosion integrating with blank cartridges, EMERALD, explained that she had also come to life and could draw from games. The story only lasted two issues, before the concept was offered out to create the Captain N cartoon and comic series.