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Title: Nintendo Quest
Post by: BigusSchmuck on September 18, 2015, 08:21:38 AM: http://nintendoquest.com/
Really? Sounds like a collectard wet dream.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: MrBroadway on September 18, 2015, 08:27:38 AM: Quote from: BigusSchmuck on September 18, 2015, 08:21:38 AM
http://nintendoquest.com/
Really? Sounds like a collectard wet dream.

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Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: xelement5x on September 18, 2015, 09:09:18 AM: Now I don't want to click the link. Care to elaborate?
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: Opethian on September 18, 2015, 09:14:16 AM: lol bitdefender
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: BigusSchmuck on September 18, 2015, 09:18:17 AM: Quote from: xelement5x on September 18, 2015, 09:09:18 AM
Now I don't want to click the link. Care to elaborate?
It's some sort of documentary about a guy looking to get all 678 Nintendo games. Like I said a collectard's wet dream. Not a virus, but might as well be one lol.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: Necromancer on September 18, 2015, 09:24:10 AM: "NINTENDO QUEST: THE MOST UNOFFICIAL and UNAUTHORIZED NINTENDO DOCUMENTARY EVER!

Synopsis:

One man. 30 days, 678 games. No online purchases. It’s the premise that launched a film over 10,000 miles in the making and showcases the adventure of video game rock star, Jay Bartlett, a fanatic collector in pursuit of his dream to own a complete official North American NES library. Along the way, filmmaker Rob McCallum examines the enduring legacy of the NES and Nintendo.

This exciting new film has been featured on NBC, CBS, CTV, CBC Radio•One and on dozens of podcasts and blogs and features Tommy Tallarico, Syd Bolton, John Pompa, Mason Cramer, Matt Miller, Michelle Ireland, Brent Dolan, Carrie Swidecki, Thor Aackerlund, Billy Mitchell, Walter Day, Ben Gold, Todd Rogers, Triforce Johnson, Patrick Scott Patterson, Richie Knucklez and more!"
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: jtucci31 on September 18, 2015, 09:26:18 AM: Is this the guy who signed up on NA telling them it's his home after having been on for a few days, only to ask them for money for this thing?
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: bob on September 18, 2015, 09:29:06 AM: unless he is trying to fullset amiibos at the same time, this is just stupid.

amiibos.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: xelement5x on September 18, 2015, 11:29:44 AM: The concept of collecting all the games is lame, 30 days and no online purchases is kind of interesting, but if you'd got infinite money it doesn't really matter.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: Necromancer on September 18, 2015, 11:42:11 AM: With infinite monies you could travel to ebay sellers and buy in person. Big whoop.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: Desh on September 18, 2015, 11:46:20 AM: Ummm.... isn't this the documentary that was funded by kickstarter? As in I believe the production and purchase of games was all crowdfunded? Also, from what I've heard, there were some high dollar titles people or friends just plain "gave" him.

In summary, everything that is wrong with the hobby today.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: crazydean on September 18, 2015, 11:52:50 AM: Quote from: xelement5x on September 18, 2015, 11:29:44 AM
The concept of collecting all the games is lame, 30 days and no online purchases is kind of interesting, but if you'd got infinite money it doesn't really matter.

This. I would be much more impressed if it were, say, all games for under $3500.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: geise on September 19, 2015, 04:55:59 AM: This could've been way easier. We could've just given Chop a camcorder or camera phone and had him go over to Dan's house.

All this retro collect vid stuff is just getting so tiring now. It really is. The whole thing in general. Is it a love for the games or really just a "look at me" attention bullshit?
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: esteban on September 19, 2015, 05:57:01 AM: Quote from: geise on September 19, 2015, 04:55:59 AM
This could've been way easier. We could've just given Chop a camcorder or camera phone and had him go over to Dan's house.

All this retro collect vid stuff is just getting so tiring now. It really is. The whole thing in general. Is it a love for the games or really just a "look at me" attention bullshit?

Look.
At.
Me.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: MrBroadway on September 19, 2015, 06:10:20 AM: Quote from: geise on September 19, 2015, 04:55:59 AM
All this retro collect vid stuff is just getting so tiring now. It really is. The whole thing in general. Is it a love for the games or really just a "look at me" attention bullshit?
It was tiring as soon as it was born. f*ck the self-absorbed f*cktards.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: DarkKobold on September 20, 2015, 12:24:02 PM: I watched the first part of this at Classic Gaming Expo. I found it too awful to sit through, and left after 10 minutes. They screened it again at Game On Expo, and a couple of the guys I was with watched through it. Apparently, it gets better, but its still kind of a lame movie. He does something in the movie that would make people in this forum cringe. Hard. I don't know how to make spoiler tags, so... yeah.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: EvilEvoIX on September 20, 2015, 12:37:19 PM: Looks like a fun video to watch. Getting all those games at a decent price is beyond me at this point.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: Black Tiger on September 21, 2015, 04:59:38 AM: Quote from: EvilEvoIX on September 20, 2015, 12:37:19 PM
Looks like a fun video to watch. Getting all those games at a decent price is beyond me at this point.

It's not beyond your price when you get a bunch of other people to pay for them.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: glazball on September 21, 2015, 06:31:35 AM: I am a member of NintendoAge but don't usually visit there. However, I had to make a post about this movie and was happily surprised other agreed with me. Here's what I posted:
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I bought this DVD from their stand at Classic Game Fest in Austin a month ago, but just sat and watched it last night. Since I've been collecting NES games since the mid 90s, this kind of movie seemed right up my alley. Overall, I'll say I thought it ok but imo it has some major problems. SPOILERS AHEAD!!

My biggest gripe is about Jay, the collector the movie is centered around. At no point in watching the film did I get any indication that he actually ENJOYS AND PLAYS any of these games that he is buying. In fact, throughout most of the movie, he seems testy and irritable almost as if he expects everyone to just hand over rare titles for a discount to help his "quest." If I make a movie, will others bring me copies of Panic Restaurant or Contra Force?

At another point, the movie digresses into his tearful story about his domineering father. That should have never been included! It has absolutely nothing to do with anything. They should have spent that time discussing and/or playing the GAMES that he is seeking out.

Sadly, I see this collectard attitude - "gotta get my complete collection instantly" - as ruining our hobby, and he just throws money at games with abandon.

It's true that Flintstones Dino Peak is not included, or even mentioned. Unlicensed titles are not even mentioned either.

The highlight of the movie for me was seeing the guy's (who sells him Samson and Bonk) collection, which was truly incredible. I think his story and collection would make for a much more interesting movie!

All in all, as a lover of NES, I couldn't help but watch it but honestly, it feels scattered and ultimately leaves that bad reality show aftertaste in your mouth. Part of me even regrets buying the DVD because at the end, they seem to hint that next summer, there could be another quest for an unnamed console and now I've helped fund it.

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Quick capsule review: don't waste your time. It still kind of angers me that I supported them, because I've been on my own "Nintendo quest" for almost 20 years. NES was the first console I started collecting games for, back when you couldn't force people to take NES carts. I thought this movie would be fun, since he was trying to find games outside of internet and eBay and figured he'd barely make a dent. Nope, he just throws money at it and ended up showing us exactly what a collectard looks like.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: johnnykonami on September 21, 2015, 06:54:02 AM: I didn't see this, but I would hope to see him at least play some of the higher profile acquisitions with giddy joy rather than just check it off a list. I think I can understand why someone might wanna complete an entire library, but for me it's just a crazy waste of space, energy, and money. Soooo many not worth owning games in the US NES library. I want to get a few more of course, but my personal stash of NES games is under 20 carts. It's just stuff I love. The Guardian Legend, Goonies 2, Super Spy Hunter. I just pick them up when I can get them and only if it's a great game or has some personal nostalgia attached to it.

Besides, aren't there multiple known complete NES collections out there already? I think AVGN is one of them. Not that you can't make a documentary and do the same thing, it's just.. big whoop I guess.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: BigusSchmuck on September 21, 2015, 09:19:34 AM: I hate to say it, but Pixels was more interesting than this.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: Mzo on September 21, 2015, 05:02:48 PM: glazball's review makes me sad.

Just another insta-collector who doesn't even enjoy the actual hobby itself.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: glazball on September 22, 2015, 02:27:37 AM: @johnnykonami - nope, although you do see some gameplay footage - like when the narrator is describing Little Samson and it's rarity - you never see Jay play anything. You do get to see him looking pissy all the time, unless he's trying to haggle for a rare game, then he's all smiles and claims it's "for the cause, man."

I mentioned this spoiler above, but it's worth repeating. At the end of the movie, narrator asks him "so what do you want to do next summer?" then Jay looks at the camera as if given an idea. Makes me a little ill to think that vulture is probably out there on a SNES or Genesis quest, buying up games he couldn't care less about.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: DragonmasterDan on September 22, 2015, 04:01:08 AM: This defeats a lot of the purpose and fun of game collecting.

Five to seven years ago I'd buy NES games for 4.00 or so a piece pretty frequently.
I'd take them home, try them out, some were good, Some were bad, but I'd have friends over we'd see how far we'd get in games, Get aggravated if the game was bad and put them on the shelf. But there was an activity involved not only in the fun of playing the games but of making it a bit of a hobby to find them.

On weekends I'd drive around to used media stores (places that specialize in used DVDs, CDs, Blu-Rays and video games) and see what I could find inexpensively. After quite a few years, I looked up how many NES games there were, had knocked out some of the hardest to find ones already and spent about another year picking up the remaining missing games from specialty stores, from the usual places, and from online and eventually finished my NES collection.

The idea of doing this in 30 days is just a waste to me. I get it if someone just inherited millions or won the lottery and wants to waste money like that, but the market for these games is totally different now than it was when I was buying them and this just seems wholy excessive and glamorizing overpaying for 20-30 year old games because you just decided you want to own them all and are in a rush to do so.
Title: Re: Nintendo Quest
Post by: johnnykonami on September 22, 2015, 06:20:04 AM: Quote from: glazball on September 22, 2015, 02:27:37 AM
@johnnykonami - nope, although you do see some gameplay footage - like when the narrator is describing Little Samson and it's rarity - you never see Jay play anything. You do get to see him looking pissy all the time, unless he's trying to haggle for a rare game, then he's all smiles and claims it's "for the cause, man."

I mentioned this spoiler above, but it's worth repeating. At the end of the movie, narrator asks him "so what do you want to do next summer?" then Jay looks at the camera as if given an idea. Makes me a little ill to think that vulture is probably out there on a SNES or Genesis quest, buying up games he couldn't care less about.

That's a shame. I think a GCCX style bit where you could see him personally play certain games would have been entertaining. Nothing long, more like those mini segments where they try out GB games and so on. At least it would be personalized and connect you to what he is doing. I would have thrown him out at the first mention of "the cause," though. Hope he stays away from the TG-16, he sure won't get any help here!