Kevin "Captain N" Keene, is the titular fictional character in the
toyline, and animated television series, Captain N: The Game Master
(1989â€"91), which is part of the Nintendo franchise, the character
additionally serving as the mascot of Nintendo of America. In the
comic series of the same name, Kevin serves as the primary love
interest for Samus Aran, both united against their archenemy Mother
Brain.In both series, Kevin is summoned to Videoland from the real
world by the Ultimate Warp Zone as the fabled Game Master known as
"Captain N", to serve as a warrior of the Videoland royal family,
using his outside knowledge of their universe (which in his own are
various video games) to protect it from invasion. In the first series,
Kevin is armed with a belt and holster equipped with a Power Pad and a
NES Zapper, respectively being a device which can stop time, allowing
him to leap over objects or give him super-speed over short distances,
and a raygun which destroys his enemies and shoots Tetris blocks; in
the second series he has technopathic abilities as in the original
character pitch, as well as an interest in spacefaring.In the toyline,
he is the principal hero.The character Captain N first appeared in
Nintendo Power magazine, created by a Nintendo staff member and
magazine editor named Randy Studdard (who presented Nintendo with a
formal proposal that included the character as a company
spokes-character, the origin and premise, and the Saturday morning
cartoon as part of the entire marketing campaign). The original
concept involved Captain N (originally known as "Captain Nintendo") as
a Nintendo employee and the Mother Brain as piece of programming from
a Nintendo game pak (that was infused in an explosion with
experimental "organic" ROMs) that went rogue. Captain N had the power
to temporarily give life to characters and items from Nintendo games.
toyline, and animated television series, Captain N: The Game Master
(1989â€"91), which is part of the Nintendo franchise, the character
additionally serving as the mascot of Nintendo of America. In the
comic series of the same name, Kevin serves as the primary love
interest for Samus Aran, both united against their archenemy Mother
Brain.In both series, Kevin is summoned to Videoland from the real
world by the Ultimate Warp Zone as the fabled Game Master known as
"Captain N", to serve as a warrior of the Videoland royal family,
using his outside knowledge of their universe (which in his own are
various video games) to protect it from invasion. In the first series,
Kevin is armed with a belt and holster equipped with a Power Pad and a
NES Zapper, respectively being a device which can stop time, allowing
him to leap over objects or give him super-speed over short distances,
and a raygun which destroys his enemies and shoots Tetris blocks; in
the second series he has technopathic abilities as in the original
character pitch, as well as an interest in spacefaring.In the toyline,
he is the principal hero.The character Captain N first appeared in
Nintendo Power magazine, created by a Nintendo staff member and
magazine editor named Randy Studdard (who presented Nintendo with a
formal proposal that included the character as a company
spokes-character, the origin and premise, and the Saturday morning
cartoon as part of the entire marketing campaign). The original
concept involved Captain N (originally known as "Captain Nintendo") as
a Nintendo employee and the Mother Brain as piece of programming from
a Nintendo game pak (that was infused in an explosion with
experimental "organic" ROMs) that went rogue. Captain N had the power
to temporarily give life to characters and items from Nintendo games.
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