Nester (Character)

Nester

CHARACTER

Former mascot of Nintendo Power, and star of Nester's Funky Bowling.

Background

Nester was created by Howard Phillips (Person), the then-President of the Nintendo Fun Club and an editor of Nintendo Power. Nester, along with a cartoon representation of Phillips appeared in a regular "Howard & Nester" comic that appeared in the first twenty-five issues of the magazine. Howard was eventually dropped from the comic, leaving Nester to his own devices in the rechristened "Nester's Adventures" before it was discontinued as a regular feature.

Game Appearances

Nester's first game appearance was in NES Play Action Football (Game).
Nester was given a starring role in his own Virtual Boy game, Nester's Funky Bowling.
Lark (Character) from Pilotwings 64 (Game) is based on Nester.

List of games featured in Nester's comic strip

Howard and Nester

* Volume 1 - N/A (the tip is for The Legend of Zelda, but the game appears only as Nester is playing it)

Volume 2 - N/A (the tip is for Super Mario Bros 2, but the strip does not focus on a single game)
Volume 3 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Volume 4 - Track & Field II[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_and_Field_II '

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Volume 5 - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link '
Volume 6 - Ninja Gaiden '
Volume 7 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles '
Volume 8 - Mega Man II '
Volume 9 - Duck Tales
Volume 10 - Dragon Warrior '
Volume 11 - Super Spike V'Ball

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Volume 12 - Super Mario Bros. 3 '
Volume 14 - Super C '
Volume 16 - Golgo 13: The Mafat Conspiracy '
Volume 18 - <u> Maniac Mansion</u>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac_Mansion '

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Volume 20 - Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship '
Volume 21 - Mega Man III '
Volume 22 - StarTropics '
Volume 23 - Deja Vu: a Nightmare Comes True '
Volume 24 - Monopoly '
Volume 25 - The Lone Ranger '

Nester's Adventures

* Volume 26 - The Hunt for Red October '

Volume 27 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Volume 28 - Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure '
Volume 29 - Star Wars '
Volume 30 - F-Zero

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Volume 31 - Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters '
Volume 32 - ActRaiser '
Volume 33 - Super CastleVania IV

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Volume 34 - Rampart '
Volume 35 - The Addams Family
Volume 36 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past '
Volume 37 - Robocop '
Volume 38 - Dragon Strike '
Volume 39 - Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
Volume 40 - Wings II '
Volume 41 - Prince of Persia '
Volume 42 - Out of This World
Volume 43 - Super Star Wars '
Volume 44 - Desert Strike '
Volume 45 - Sonic Blastman '
Volume 46 - Wing Commander

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Volume 47 - Star Fox '
Volume 48 - Mech Warrior
Volume 49 - Batman Returns '
Volume 50 - Taz-Mania
Volume 51 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening '
Volume 52 - Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Volume 53 - Rock 'n Roll Racing
Volume 54 - Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back '
Volume 55 - Jurassic Park

Nester 2008

* Volume 231 - Mario Kart Wii

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