Gamemaster Howard Presents The Ultimate Book Of Nintendo Secrets

[Peter Paltridge]

From the day the Nintendo Entertainment System launched in 1985, Howard Phillips was there. He was the smiling, bowtie-wearing face of Nintendo through much of its early years, appearing in the Fun Club and the first two dozen issues of Nintendo Power. His position at the company was high enough that he could affect what games came out and when…it was Howard who said the Japanese Super Mario 2 was too difficult and suggested a Doki Doki Panic reskin instead.
Now Howard is ready to tell all in Gamemaster Classified, a new guide to Nintendo’s golden age scripted by the man himself and Matthew Taranto, the cartoonist behind Brawl In The Family. The book is laid out like a classic Nintendo Power issue with “departments” relating stories from Howard’s past in a variety of mediums, like Nester-type comics or “classified” manila folders.
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