Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story

The series itself is fun to watch with great nostalgia, but the music/sound effects completely ruin the whole thing. You can hardly hear half the people talking. Did someone actually watch this before releasing it? Why on earth would you feel the need to make the background music so loud that you can't hear half the dialogue? Really did ruin the whole experience for me.

These episodes could be cut in half, truly. Long, long sequences of boring animations for transitions, long shots of uninteresting miniatures used for lack of content, overly dramatic music that never stops (even when people are finally talking). This thing takes itself way too seriously and it's incredibly annoying to watch (and hear).

Seems like it was made by some guy just out of film school, who wants to make an "epic" documentary about Nintendo... The music is so out of place and over the top at times. In the beginning we find ourselves in feudal Japan, late 1800s, and the soundtrack makes it feel like we're somewhere in interstellar space in some sci-fi movie.

And it's SO LONG in-between actual dialog and information... Like I said, could be half as long.

Such a shame.

How can you screw up a documentary about gaming and Nintendo? Never fear, they found multiple ways.

The driving (driving me mad) soundtrack overtakes the video and certainly the interviews. It's OBNOXIOUS and you can't hear the "experts", half of which are just obnoxious, irrelevant, semi-celebrities.

Such a shame... I really wanted to walk down memory lane and gain some perspective while looking back.

This documentary effort was KILLED BY BAD EDITING, terrible D-List "celebrities", just how it was presented.

Its better to name it the nintendo america story. 2 star for effort.

As a casual gamer who grew up with Nintendo, I found this documentary very informative and fun to watch. The music is great and gives you a feeling of the 80s plus there was so much I didn't know about this company. They've been around since 1889?? WOW! I'm now a PlayStation owner/fan but I will always hold a special place in my heart for Nintendo since they were the company that rescued & brought video gaming back from near death.

BTW, the people criticizing this documentary for poor editing & poor sound are nuts. It sounded great to me and the editing seemed fine. Perhaps they had a crappy sound system.