Captain N: The Game Master

Captain N: The Game Master was an American animated television series that aired on U.S., Canadian, United Kingdom, Irish, Austrian, Australian (where it was called Captain Nintendo) and New Zealand television from 1989 to 1991. In the U.S., the show aired as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC.
==Overview and history==
The show was produced by DIC Animation City and incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games of the time from the Japanese company Nintendo. There was also a comic book version by Valiant Comics, despite only featuring characters from games produced by Nintendo. The show is also part of an hour-long block in Season 2 with The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and with Super Mario World in Season 3 in a half-hour block.
The show was canceled along with several other cartoons once NBC started to change its format to make more time for news programs. Criticism from government and watchdog groups that NBC's Saturday morning lineup consisted mostly of thinly-veiled commercials aimed at children also may have played a role.
The show went through several changes, the most visible of which came with the show's third season. The second season introduced a character named Gameboy (based on the famous handheld console) which turned out to be one of the show's least liked characters. In its third season (1991), the show took on more radical changes that were frowned upon by fans. The animation was simplified drastically (due to a change of animation studio), the episodes length was decreased to 15 minutes, and the overall quality of the show's writing and animation declined. Unlike the previous two seasons (which had thirteen episodes each), the final season had seven episodes. The series was canceled soon after.
==Castlevania related episodes==
*The Most Dangerous Game Master (Season 1, Episode 3)
*Mr. and Mrs. Mother Brain (Season 1, Episode 8)
*Simon the Ape-Man (Season 1, Episode 10)
*Return to Castlevania (Season 3, Episode 3)
==Related Castlevania games==
*Castlevania - The game Simon Belmont is from.
*Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - The second game Simon is from.
*Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - A game one episode is based on.
==Castlevania characters==
*Simon Belmont - One of the main characters of the show.
*Count - Frequent antagonist of the show.
*Trevor Belmont - Framed by The Count posing as the Poltergeist King.
*Alucard - Rebellious teenage skateboard riding son of The Count whose allegiance shifts often.
*Poltergeist King - The man who bestows the Belmonts their sacred weapons.
*Igor - Cowardly servant of The Count.
*Old Wizard - Old male wizard whose spirit aids Simon Belmont and crew. Possibly inspired by Sypha Belnades.
==Character gallery==
===Castlevania characters===
Simon Belmont (Captain N) - 02.png|link=Simon Belmont (Captain N)|Simon Belmont
The Count (Captain N) - 02.png|link=Count (Captain N)|Count
Captain N - The Game Master - 05.png|link=Alucard (Captain N)|Alucard
Captain N - The Game Master - 06.png|link=Old Wizard|Old Wizard
Captain N - The Game Master - 08.png|link=Trevor Belmont (Captain N)|Trevor's tombstone.
Captain N - The Game Master - 09.png|link=Poltergeist King (Captain N)||Poltergeist King
Captain N - The Game Master - 11.png|link=Igor|Igor
Medusa in Captain N.JPG|link=Medusa|Medusa
Captain N Armor.JPG|link=Knight|Armor
Captain N Frankenstein.JPG|link=The Creature|Frankenstein
Captain N Merman.JPG|link=Merman|Merman
Captain N Mummy.JPG|link=Mummy|Mummy
Captain N Werewolf.JPG|link=Werewolf|Wolf Man
Captain N Giant Bat.JPG|link=Giant Bat|Phantom Bat
Captain N Zombie.JPG|link=Zombie|Zombie
Captain N - The Game Master - 12.png|link=Skull Knight|Skull Knight King
==Videos==
Captain N - The Game Master - Return to Castlevania
==See also==
*Captain N (category)
*Castlevania (Captain N)
==External links==
*Captain N: The Game Master at Captain N Wiki
*Captain N: The Game Master at Wikipedia
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