Classic Nintendo Variety Show Gets Revived On Christmas In Japan

Reason #486 why it's cooler to live in Japan

Dec 3 2010, 4:40pm CST | by Mark Raby

Classic Nintendo Variety Show Gets Revived On Christmas In Japan

Here's something pretty awesome. On Christmas Day, TV Tokyo in Japan will air a special 75-minute-long variety show centered around Nintendo. Yeah, it's only in Japan but isn't it cool that there's actually a video game-based variety show somewhere in the world?

From 1990 to 2001, audiences regularly tuned into TV Tokyo to watch Super Mario Club, or any of its various name changes that occurred during its run.

We can barely find any information about this show, but it sounds awesome. Here's a YouTube clip from an episode in which the show played host to a Nintendo Championship competition:

The original hosts, Noriko Kato and Tooru Watanabe, will be coming back for the special presentation. The show will air on TV Tokyo at 4:00 PM local time, and run for an hour and 15 minutes.

What's even more interesting about this is that "variety shows" still exist in Japan. But then again, maybe if we actually had cool game-related programming on major networks here, no one would have had to suffer through http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408034/ The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour.

Hopefully some generous Japanese users out there will post clips of the special for the rest of us. And while they're at it, we want to see more of the original run of the series too. 11 years and there's hardly anything on YouTube. That's unheard of!

Via Adriasang

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Mark Raby
Based in New York City, Mark follows the consumer electronics industry like a hawk. A published book author, he has a particular affinity for 3D technology and video games, and as such will surely be in the market for a new pair of glasses soon. Mark can be contacted directly at mark@i4u.com.