Although e-sports have long been a part of video game culture since the early ’70s, competitions saw a large surge in popularity in 1989 when Universal Pictures-produced The Wizard, a movie about a trio of kids who make their way to a national Nintendo video game championship for a grand prize of $50,000. The Wizard didn’t go down as a timeless, cinematic classic, but it did develop an understandable cult following as the years went on, and in this segment, we tell you why.
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 270: February 2022 Nintendo Direct Extraordinaire!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 269: WayForward Talks River City Girls 2 and River City Girls Zero!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 268: Banjo-Kazooie Extravaganza + The Artful Escape Switch Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 267: What Does the Activision Blizzard Acquisition Mean for Nintendo?
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 266: Chicory: A Colorful Tale Switch Review
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NXpress Nintendo Podcast 265: Our Most Anticipated Indie Games of 2022
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 264: Looking Back on 2021, Predicting 2022
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 263: Game of the Year Extravaganza!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 262: Indie World December 2021 Reactions
NXpress 261: Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain Review
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NXpress Nintendo Podcast 259: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 258: Zelda Game & Watch Impressions, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Switch Review, and More!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 257: Nintendo Earnings Extravaganza + NSO Genesis and N64 Impressions
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 256: ‘Mario Party Superstars‘ and ‘Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water‘ Reviews
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 255: Pikmin Bloom, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Review, and NSO Expansion Pack Impressions
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 254: Animal Crossing DLC, NSO Expansion Pack, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Outrage
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 253: Metroid Dread Review and Tetris Effect Connected
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