The heroism of Captain Rainbow

Posted Aug 20th 2008 9:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, Video

Nintendo of Japan's Captain Rainbow media page now features three short commercials for Skip's latest game. All three start with the brassy Captain Rainbow theme and the caption "A new hero is born!" Then protagonist Nick, out of his heroic garb, demonstrates his awesome bravado by ... falling asleep and getting hit in the head a lot, or passing out in response to Birdo-kisses. Our favorite, however, features the Captain leaning into a giant treasure chest, Link-style.

There's also a more substantive, slightly more serious trailer that introduces the world and the characters (whom we have met). This really looks like the kind of quirky action-adventure that we could enjoy.

Tags: action, adventure, captain-rainbow, skip

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-20-2008 @ 10:12AM

Patius said...

I really hope this comes out in the States

8-20-2008 @ 11:05AM

edhc44 said...

It is beginning to sound a little less lame...

8-20-2008 @ 1:52PM

gayboyDS said...

Captain Rainbow? That was my nickname in high school!

You go Captian Rainbow!

8-20-2008 @ 3:33PM

TWOO DEE said...

i think i love gayboy...

8-20-2008 @ 5:03PM

Mr Khan said...

That third one made me lol

8-20-2008 @ 7:01PM

HektikLyfe said...

I thought Captain Rainbow was played by Robert DeNiero in a movie called Stardust?

Yes. I'm kidding.

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