Nintendo

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Nintendo is one of the biggest video game companies today, known for its impact on the video game industry and influential games. The Brothers Chaps have praised Nintendo in many interviews, and have made many Nintendo references on the Homestar Runner site.

Appearances

The Game Boy in a Blender

• The Best Decemberween Ever — When Homestar is looking through Bubs' stuff for Strong Bad's present and the first thing home star pulls out is an original Nintendo cartrige
• Pumpkin Carve-nival — The King of Town dresses as Mario, and says "Sorry, King, but our princess is in another castle..." At the end there is an Easter egg that features the beginning of Stage 1.1 of Super Mario Bros., complete with a Goomba.
• Email 2 emails — Homestar claims to have built a time machine out of Strong Bad's blender and Game Boy.
• Email japanese cartoon — In an Easter egg, you can click on one of Homestar Runner's tapes labeled NES endings, and can view various endings from NES games.
• Email pom pom — When Pom Pom beats up Strong Bad, you can hear sound effects from Super Mario Bros. When he scores a 1-up after hitting Strong Bad several times, that's another SMB reference.
• Email Videro Games — The controller Strong Sad is holding in the instruction manual is very similar to the original NES controller.
• Bug In Mouth Disease — When Strong Bad removes his head from the TV, a room with a Super Nintendo, a black GameCube, and some Nintendo 64 game cartridges is visible.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 10 — Tompkins plays the original 1989 Game Boy, and claims to have Bowser "on the ropes". Shortly afterwards The Ugly One mentions Diddy Kong.
• Email montage — An Easter egg features a modified clip from the NES game Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!.
• Halloween Potion-ma-jig — The Cheat dresses as Toad from the Super Mario Bros. series. At the end there is an easter egg that shows a Mario-ish explosion that sends The Cheat flying.
• Email bedtime story — The Cheat and Moses Malone play the NES games The Adventures of Lolo and The Adventures of Bayou Billy in "The Ch8t's Cheatventures in Moses MaloneLand".
• Email alternate universe — The alternate universe portal is a Game Boy in a Blender.
• 1-Up — The name of this 20X6 character is also the message that appears in Super Mario Bros. when Mario collects a mushroom to earn an extra life.
• The House That Gave Sucky Treats — When the pumpkin is placed in The Poopsmith's mouth to reveal an Easter egg featuring Homsar, the "secret" music from The Legend of Zelda plays.
• Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Homsar is costumed as Tingle from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Homestar Runner borrows a phrase from the bank teller in Majora's Mask: "THAT'S A LOT! A LOT! A LOT! A LOT!"