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why did show end ?

posted 19 years ago by Ratchetcommand17
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I love this show when i was a kid why i love it so why did it end ? I what to last longer and add more chacthers like sonic and Ryu.

[–] dmoneys2 18 years ago

NBC decided to stop showing Saturday morning cartoons around 1992 in order to show more news programming and Saved by the Bell ripoffs. I think that covers it. The network just recently brought back cartoons to the schedule.

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[–] spiritofsupergirl 18 years ago

Do you have a cite for this? I've never heard it before.

NBC axed its entire cartoon line-up in 1992, so I think Captain N was cancelled for that reason alone.

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[–] chuklesdeolivier 17 years ago

Maybe because that show was *beep*ing terrible? i grew up with nintendo and all that good stuff but this show is just a POS the only reason i watched the few episodes i did was because im a true nintendo fan and if they had done it right, such as megaman actually being blue and simon belmont not looking like an ice climber, it would have been really good

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[–] gladrius 17 years ago

I always thought it had to do with the Super Nintendo taking off around then.

[–] tcshan 17 years ago

Meh, I didn't think the show was so awful (but then I was a kid; what did *I* know?).

What strikes fear in my heart is, what if it had to deal with today's violent M-rated games? Can you imagine the N-team having to fight the flesh-eating zombies of *Resident Evil*?

[–] zeroevildarkcool 17 years ago

IT NEVER MADE IT TO THE SUPER NINTENDO ERA SO IT COULDNT OF HAD RYU AND IT WAS FOR GAMES INCLUDING 3RD PARTY GAMES MADE ON THE ENTERTAINMENTSYSTEM

[–] TJ1380 17 years ago

NBC canceled all their cartoons, including this one. I think this show was pretty popular when it was on, so that had nothing to do with it (although the third season did suck).

[–] model101 17 years ago

IT NEVER MADE IT TO THE SUPER NINTENDO ERA
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Yes it did.

The SNES came out here in 1991 and was out in Japan since 1990.

Hence why the last Cartoons were about Super Mario WORLD - The Super Nintendo pack in game.

[–] ded_ham 17 years ago

it ended because it was not a good show.

go watch cloverpoon

[–] BatZilla98 17 years ago

Cloverpoon?

http://captainntv.blogspot.com/

[–] dan-willi84 12 years ago

Maybe the cartoon had become too expensive to make.

[–] MaGuFu_Day 12 years ago

NBC had a pretty bad line-up of Saturday morning cartoons round that time anyways(Pro Stars,Chip & Pepper,Space Cats). Makes sense why they pulled the plug completely.

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2411) 4 years ago

I assume their cartoon department ran out of money.

[–] DancingintheDark (1715) 2 years ago

This is a complete shot in the dark but is it possible it had something to do with copyright infringement? Everyone and their mother was attempting to piggyback off Nintendo during this time, maybe the show’s producers dropped the ball in getting Nintendo fully on board (legally speaking that is).