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Nintendo Week is an American online gaming news show created by Nintendo of America for the Nintendo Channel service on the Nintendo Wii. It was produced by Popular Arts Entertainment and hosted by Gary Culig and Alison Whitney.[1][2] The hosts presented the latest and upcoming video games releasing for the Wii, Nintendo DS, and later, the Nintendo 3DS. Episodes aired every Thursday on the Nintendo Channel, discussing the latest in Nintendo news. It featured the two hosts, Gary and Alison, telling the viewers all about what's going on in the world of Nintendo, showing off games, systems and interviews.

History[]

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Hosts Gary and Alison holding Wii Remotes.

The first episode of Nintendo Week premiered on the Wii's Nintendo Channel on September 14th, 2009.[3] The series was notable for its comedic tone and humorous skits.[4] New episodes of the show initially premiered every Monday, but following the Nintendo eShop's launch in June 2011, the Nintendo Channel, as well as the Wii Shop Channel, were updated on Thursdays, the same as the eShop on the Nintendo 3DS.

Production[]

Nintendo Week was produced by Popular Arts Entertainment[1][5][6] and filmed in New York City.[7][8][9] It was produced by cinematographer Mark Hubatsek of Cinnabar Pictures,[10][11][12] with Paul Kropfl serving as the show's production coordinator from 2011 to 2012.[5][6] Sound was done by freelance sound technician Topher Reifeiss, starting in 2010.[13] Joel Friedrich served as assistant editor from April 2011 to March 2012.[7][14] The Flipnote Studio animation of the shapeshifting animal, which was Alison's Flipnote in the September 14, 2009 episode, was animated by artist Dayna Gonzales of Jumping Tadpole Productions LLC.[15]

Cancellation[]

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A "thanks for watching" message displayed at the end of the show's final episode on March 29, 2012.

The series aired its final episode on March 29, 2012,[16] and was replaced by Nintendo Update, which aired until around September-October. Nintendo Week was the longest-running advertising campaign by Nintendo, until it was surpassed by Nintendo Minute. The series had a spiritual successor, Nintendo Show 3D, hosted by Jessie Cantrell, which premiered in 2011 and aired on the Nintendo 3DS eShop,[4] though it would be cancelled on March 28, 2013.[17][18]

Hosts and characters[]

  • Gary (portrayed by Gary Culig[1]) — Gary is the main host of Nintendo Week, alongside Alison. He loves to wear plaid shirts and is frequently teased by Alison. He created a Flipnote titled "Sad Guitarist" and posted it on the Flipnote Hatena website (flipnote.hatena.com) for everyone to see. He and Alison go on many gaming-related adventures throughout the series.
  • Alison (portrayed by Alison Whitney[2]) — Alison is the main hosts alongside Gary. She made a Flipnote simply titled "Alison's Flipnote" and uploaded it to flipnote.hatena.com. She has a boutique in the game Style Savvy and it is unknown if it is still running. Alison left the show on during the February 2, 2012 episode, shortly before the series' cancellation. Alison left the studio by telling her alien commander Zorblort that she was ready, leaving Dark Gary shocked by the fact that Alison was an alien the whole time. Dark Gary replaced Alison's role following her departure.
  • Dark Gary (portrayed by Gary Culig[1]) — Dark Gary is Gary's evil twin brother. He added onto Gary's Flipnote and retitled it "Sad Guitarist 2", and uploaded it onto flipnote.hatena.com. More toward the beginning of the series, it seemed Gary and Alison couldn't stand him being around, and in the Thanksgiving episode, he gave the turkey to a wizard so Alison and Gary kicked him out. He had tried to steal Alison's copy of Style Savvy, but she grabbed it back. Later in that same episode, when Gary and Alison were giving thanks, they admitted that they were thankful for him. During the 2009 Christmas special, Gary gets visited by the Ghost of Gaming Past (who showed Virtual Console), the Ghost of Gaming Present (who showed the main game for that week), and the Ghost of Gaming Future (Who showed upcoming releases). There were many other random appearances within certain episodes such as a zombie on Halloween, a wizard on Nov. 30th, and many other characters who had one-time appearances.

Episodes[]

Main article: List of Nintendo Week episodes

Special events[]

Trivia[]

  • Both Nintendo Week and Nintendo Show 3D were produced by cinematographer Mark Hubatsek of Cinnabar Pictures.[20][21][11]
  • Paul Kropfl, who served as the show's production coordinator from 2011 to 2012, would later serve as the production manager for the Nintendo Video original series Threediots.[5][6]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "RESUME — GARY CULIG". Gary Culig's website. "Nintendo Week - Host - Popular Arts Entertainment"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Resume — Alison Whitney". Alison's Whitney's website. "Nintendo Week - Series Regular - Wii Channel"
  3. ↑ Nintendo (September 14, 2009). "New-and-Improved Nintendo Channel Gets Updated Features and Weekly Show at Nintendo". Nintendo Official Site. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NW Staff (2 September 2011). "Nintendo Presents: Nintendo Show 3D (eShop)". Negative World. "The show seems to be presented a bit more professionally when compared to Nintendo Week, and could possibly be geared more towards avid gamers of the platform."
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Paul Kropfl". ProductionHUB. "Production Coordinator on Nintendo Week, Popular Arts Entertainment Production Manager on ThreeDiots, Consolidated Baily."
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Paul Kropfl on LinkedIn. "Production Coordinator - Popular Arts Entertainment, 2011 - 2012: Nintendo Week (Nintendo of America). Production Manager - Independent Production Company, 2012 - 2012: Threediots (Nintendo of America).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Joel Friedrich on LinkedIn. "Assistant Editor, Nintendo Week, Apr 2011 - Mar 2012, NYC."
  8. ↑ "Meet Alison Whitney | Actress/Comedienne/Writer/Producer/Mom". Shoutout LA. "After that I worked in NYC for years! I had a day job as a  personal assistant at the Lowell Hotel and I did theatre,  sketch, and comedy shows. I studied improv. I auditioned A  LOT. I also booked a show called Nintendo Week (the first  show streaming  on the Wii) where I hosted over 100  episodes. I booked lots of work there, but decided in 2014,  that I needed to come to LA to make my sitcom dreams come true."
  9. ↑ "Popular Arts Entertainment - East Coast". ProductionHUB.
  10. ↑ "Mark Hubastek, Director of Photography". WUCF. "From 2009 -2013 he produced weekly branded content for Nintendo, which included the internet series Nintendo Week and Nintendo Show 3D."
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "MH - NINTENDO WEEK 'Intro'". Vimeo.
  12. ↑ "Clients | CINNABAR PICTURES". Cinnabar Pictures website. "Clients: Nintendo."
  13. ↑ Topher Reifeiss on LinkedIn. "Cinnabar Pictures · Freelance: Multiple Pharmaceutical shoots as well as productions for Nintendo including commercials, events and shows."
  14. ↑ "Joel Friedrich". ProductionHUB. "Clients: Nintendo Week."
  15. ↑ "Motion Graphics – Dayna Gonzalez". Jumping Tadpole. "Nintendo DSI: Flipnote Studio Promo for Nintendo Week – Popular Arts Entertainment. Animation at :30 second mark."
  16. ↑ Brian (29 March 2012). "Nintendo Week comes to an end". Nintendo Everything.
  17. ↑ "Nintendo Show 3D comes to an end". GoNintendo. "The latest episode of Nintendo Show 3D is indeed the last, as confirmed at the end of the episode."
  18. ↑ Brian (28 March 2013). "Nintendo Show 3D ends". Nintendo Everything. "The announcement was made at the end of the series’ final video that went live on the 3DS eShop earlier today. It’s unclear why exactly it’s ending, and the situation is especially peculiar when you consider that Nintendo Show 3D often topped the 3DS charts as the store’s most-popular video."
  19. ↑ Vuckovic, Daniel (October 27, 2009). "Excitebike: World Rally announced for WiiWare". Vooks. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2009. "Nintendo has used the Nintendo Channel today to pull the covers off a new installment to the Excitebike franchise only for WiiWare."
  20. ↑ "Mark Hubastek, Director of Photography". WUCF. "From 2009 -2013 he produced weekly branded content for Nintendo, which included the internet series Nintendo Week and Nintendo Show 3D."
  21. ↑ "Clients | CINNABAR PICTURES". Cinnabar Pictures website. "Clients: Nintendo."
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