Streaming service Crackle will premiere a five-part documentary series Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story on 1st March.
According to Deadline, this series has been written and directed by Jeremy Snead and executive produced (and narrated, for that matter) by Sean Astin (aka Samwise from The Lord of the Rings).
It tells the "sprawling story" of the "secretive" Japanese company and includes interviews with individuals like former Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aimé, head of Xbox Phil Spencer, former Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske, Atari's co-founder Nolan Bushnell, NoA's co-founder Ron Judy and more.
Snead has previously worked on a number of video game film and television projects and says producing and directing his latest series has been "a lifelong ambition" as an artist, gamer and filmmaker.
Astin adds to this - noting how he thinks this five-part journey will "open up the world of video games and this legendary company in a way that most people have never seen" before.
Every episode of Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story will be made available on Crackle at the beginning of next month. Will you be watching? Leave a comment down below.
[source deadline.com]
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DAY 1 for sure. This sounds amazing! The two things my family loves the most are Nintendo and LotR! Lol
The real question is... "Will there be a 'One more thing!'"
Formerly Jeremy Chuck.
Couldn’t resist.
I didn't even know Crackle was a thing. I see that it's free and ad-supported, so I'll be looking forward to the documentary! Hopefully this also comes to retail in some form
Count me under "What's Crackle?".
Crackle?! Anyway, this reminds me of something. Are there any in depth docs about Nintendo’s game design philosophy? Anything showing the inside of their headquarters?
I am very excited for this. More than most games currently on the way for Switch lol It should be noted Crackle is Sony's free streaming platform, and it's relatively low key, so seems kind of big for them. Sean Astin's work in recent years is spotty, but the fact that he was able to get Reggie, etc is pretty impressive. I'll be tuning into Crackle which is not something I say often unless I want to watch one of the Resident Evil films.
And goes to Cackle......
Not available in your region (UK) 😒
Never heard of Crackle. Is it new?
I find it ironic that Sony owns Crackle.
@Heavyarms55 It's been around for since 2004 so no it's not new.
Hahaha I’ve been cracklin for i don’t even know how many years.... y’all know about Pluto tv? I love that one too.
Crackle must not be a thing over here. No clue what it is.
Just a free movie channel like Netflix but just random good old movies and tv shows. Not full series but a few seasons of shows. Pluto is like 300 channels of non stop movies or shows or news. It’s like everything but random marathons of anything for awhile then it switches. Both amazing apps for free
If I’m not mistaken both are on PS4... I just use them on my smart tv apps. Nonetheless the Nintendo series will be great. Just funny y’all don’t know crackle haha.
Maybe it’s not everywhere too... no clue.
Never heard of Crackle, but sounds a fun series.
I think I had crackle since ps3 days haha. Definitely check crackle and Pluto and you will have so much random good free stuff.
I’d love to but Crackle isn’t available in the UK so how can we watch?
Definitely going to be watching this, can't wait
I’ve no idea what Crackle is but I now need to find out. This sounds really interesting.
@markb44z
Quick Google Search says it works with a VPN
@markb44z you need to use a VPN to make the website think you're accessing it from an approved region. I think you can find some for free or at least with a free trial.
I can't watch this on my PS4 due to location restriction I may need to sail the High seas to get hold of it.
Just one thing. What the hell is crackle. Really selling it to me by streaming it on a large platform
Five part documentary about the history of the Japanese company Nintendo and they only interview Americans?
Not available in my region...
@LavaTwilight Many thanks, have installed and signed up to TunnelBear VPN and the Crackle website appears to work just fine!
@electrolite77 Many thanks, have installed and signed up to TunnelBear VPN and the Crackle website appears to work just fine!
If they didn’t even go to Kyoto it can’t be very good..
Either see if a streaming service with a UK service snaps up the rights or afraid its back to the long abandoned world of torrents.
@Tasuki they don’t. They sold it off a couple years back
@McGruber actually Sony sold off crackle a couple years ago so it is no longer affiliated. Which seems like a poor choice in hindsight given that everyone is launching streaming apps these days
@Siskan @NinChocolate I'm going to say that the Pandemic probably stopped them from going to Japan. Which is a shame I agree, but the world is so much smaller now thanks to modern technology. They can still do so much.
I can definitely understand those in other countries not knowing or having access to Crackle. But it amazes me how many people here in the states aren't aware of it and other free TV services like Pluto TV (as someone mentioned above), Tubi, IMDb TV and some others. It's also funny when people complain about the number of paid streaming services. As if you have to subscribe to them all, not knowing that there's a ton of free stuff out there
Never heard of crackle and oh yey, not available in your region. Even with location services turned off? What a load of crap
@LavaTwilight if the original plan was to go to Kyoto and film, but was then sidelined by prohibitive travel, I can’t imagine a substitute for that.
I’m sure there’s an audience for alternatives, many of such alternatives I’ve seen by now by YouTube historians, but I’d be surprised if I’m in it at this point.
@LavaTwilight But they don't. They could have set up online video interviews with people in Japan.
@Mjoen I watch Pluto all the time!!!
Yeah, I'll redownload Crackle to see it.
@Siskan They could have... but then they didn't.
@Tasuki Guess I missed all the memos. Lol
@JackDeschain Switch Pro confirmed
Trying to find the best app to watch the super bowl on..... and the winner is Pluto lol. Incredible haba
wtf is crackle. Im in the UK never heard of it
It would be nice to have the Crackle app on the eShop...
I had no idea Crackle was still around? I haven't thought about that app in years. Good for them on getting the doc!
@JackDeschain Apple?
So has this crackle?
Well that's unfortunate, Sony pulled Crackle from Canada in 2018. I'm sure somebody will upload the series to a torrent site, though.
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