BaD #9: Mario and Zelda Comics

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BaD #9: Mario and Zelda Comics

On 02/13/2020 at 10:53 PM by daftman

At one point Nintendo Power—back when print journalism was a thing—ran comics for some of their big franchises. My favorite, by far, is the Mario Adventures comic. It was just so much fun, especially when Luigi and Princess Toadstool (who was not yet known as Peach) swapped clothes to fool the koopalings. Such hijinks! And I love the art. The A Link to the Past comic was good as well, though of course much less silly. There have also been a bunch of high quality Zelda manga but I've read only the one for Ocarina of Time. I'd like to get more of them though. There is even a short Skyward Sword manga in the back of Hyrule Historia.

Comments

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/14/2020 at 12:12 AM

Well. I sure hope Link doesn't talk in these.

daftman

02/14/2020 at 12:54 AM

Well, he...he does. But it's good!

The Last Ninja

02/14/2020 at 12:28 AM

I have all of these actually, and they're so good! I wish Nintendo would release more of the comics they did in NP.

daftman

02/14/2020 at 12:55 AM

But were there any other worthwhile ones in NP? I guess I'd like to see that Super Metroid one. What else was there? Star Fox?

The Last Ninja

02/15/2020 at 10:35 AM

F-Zero, Super Metroid, Star Fox, and a Metroid Prime comic. I think they're all pretty good.

Cary Woodham

02/14/2020 at 09:50 AM

As an avid Nintendo Power reader as a kid, I remember all those comics. There was also an interesting Super Metroid comic, too.

daftman

02/14/2020 at 06:36 PM

I'd buy that comic! I don't remember if there were any other interesting ones. There was a short Metroid Prime one I remember not being impressed with. I want to say there was one for Star Fox, maybe?