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 231: Castlevania Season 4 and Famicom Detective Club Reviews
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 230: An Interview with Lost Words: Beyond the Page Creative Director, Mark Backler!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 229: Ask Iwata Impressions and Shantae Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 228: Indie World Reactions, SaGa Frontier Remastered Review, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 227: Pac Man 99 First Impressions, Star Wars: Republic Commando Review, and More!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 226: Monster Hunter Rise Impressions, Nintendo Disappointments, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 225: Happy Birthday, Animal Crossing New Horizons!
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 224: Reviewing Persona 5 Strikers, Stubbs the Zombie, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 223: Playing with Power Review and Celebrating International Mario Day
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 222: Switch’s Fourth Anniversary and Pokémon Presents Reactions
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 221: Celebrating 10 Years of 3DS, Capcom Arcade Stadium, and Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection
Best of the NXpress Nintendo Podcast: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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NXpress Nintendo Podcast 220: Nintendo Direct and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Review
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 219: An Interview with The Completionist, Jirard Khalil
NXpress 218: Pokemon Anniversary Celebration, Nintendo Financial Results, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 217: Yacht Club Games on Cyber Shadow’s Development, Unused Lore, and More
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 216: An Interview with the Editor-in-Chief of Boss Fight Books
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 215: Monster Hunter Rise Demo Impressions, Bowser’s Fury Discussion, and More
Best of the NXpress Nintendo Podcast: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
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