Do You Remember Your First Nintendo Experience?
Posted on March 04th, 2008 by Mark in Nintendo Co
I certainly do. It is a story I’ve told various times over the years, and it always helps establish my geek cred. I was relating the experience to someone this past weekend, and thought to myself “hey Mark, you write for a Nintendo blog these days. Why don’t you share this with Wii Centre’s audience?” And so I will. In return, I ask only that you share your first time stories with me. It’ll be like a sleepover gab-fest! (First time video game stories only, please).
My dad was a first generation video gamer. I learned to play the Atari and the Intellivision practically before learning to speak. Ms. Pac Man remains one of my all-time favorite games. I’ve claimed high score on at least 3 machines in my general area.
One Christmas, at the tender age of 7 years old, my father decided to spring for two major firsts for me. In my stocking was a genuine Swiss Army Knife — my dad belonged to the generation who believed that any boy who didn’t carry his own pen knife was a sissy. That was one of the very first gifts I opened. The very last gift I opened was at the end of a treasure hunt. Together with my younger brother I followed clues all around our home and eventually discovered a brand new NES system hiding under our bunk beds. Needless to say, we were ecstatic. You should see the home videos of my little brother pounding on the box, begging for it to be opened.
While my dad unboxed the Nintendo and hooked it up to our coax TV, I turned my Christmas shortened attention span back to my awesome new pocket knife. And quicker than you can say Mario, I sliced my left thumb open (I’m left handed). Not to be deterred, I flicked the sucker back open and — of course — sliced open my right thumb. After that, I surrundered my knife over to my mother (who felt vindicated in her “he’s probably not quite old enough to own a knife” yet) argument. I was done with that thing, and didn’t touch it for probably a solid year thereafter.
It took a few minutes to stop the bleeding and band-aid my thumbs. As soon as those bandages were on, however, I went right to the Nintendo. In went Super Mario Brothers, and I threw down on Nintendo action for the rest of the day. It hurt, particularly my left thumb, which was tasked with sliding around on that d pad. But man, it was one of the best days of my first seven years on earth. And from that day onward, I have been a 100% Nintendo fanboy. Mario and I are blood brothers.
Your turn. Tell me about your earliest Nintendo memories. Surely someone else out there shed blood, right?
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March 4th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I remember my first experience with the NES, i think i was around 8 years old and once a week i’d go go my Auntie’s house after school.
This one week however my Uncle had decided to get himself a NES. Incredible. I must have spent the best part of 4 hours swapping between Gradius and Mario Bros - those 4 hours soon flew by.
I was hooked from then on, good times
March 4th, 2008 at 11:19 am
My First Nintendo Experience isn’t like much, my first time was when I was only a little tod know more 3 yrs. old Sitting my bed watching my big brother play Super Mario Bros. Even at that young age I knew Nintendo was Great, But It wouldn’t for another 2 yrs before I handle a NES Controller, But a year after My True Nintendo Experience would be transfer period between NES & SNES. Most Kid growing up the ways my Brothers & Sisters would screw up you as adult, But My family has Nintendo for 25 yrs. It’s funny but every new Nintendo System a new member of my family was born within the same year. Like my older brother born the year of Nintendo Born, Me born the year of NES, My younger sister born year of SNES, My youngest brother born the year of N64 and My baby sister born the year of GameCube. As for The Wii……No bro…..No sis……….but………..Wii Play as a FAMILY and that my friend IS the NINTENDO EXPERIENCE
NINTENDO FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
March 5th, 2008 at 11:58 am
My first console was a N64,I used to play for hours with my Mum and Dad, good times.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
My first N moment was at Christams as well. I don’t recall having wanted a Nintendo, but the second the paper came off that box I knew my life was changed. Seriously.
My step dad hooked it up to the coax and my sister and I began playing SMB. I remember getting so mad that I couldn’t even jump over the first goombah! LOL! Then my step dad gets on it and got all the way to the first Bowser fight.. he tried the classic ‘jump right over his head’ trick and got nailed - I was confused because I thought he could only kill you with fireballs (apparently I was retarded) and asked him what happened. And I quote: “He horned me in the butt!”
I will never, ever forget how happy that little box made me - for years I lamented the death of games… then I just happened to remember a thing called E3 and tuned in for some news…
Just. Like. That. Nintendo put a smile on my face like it did so many years ago.
Lots of fanboys say they love Nintendo, but I can honestly say I really, truly do. They’ve done so much for me.
March 17th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
My first experiance was with a N64 then it was with a gameboy orginal not colored then I played Nes SNes and then the gamcube gameboy advanced and then i got the Wii.
March 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
my first expirience whith nintendo was the n64. Get N or get out. lol