They basically discredited themselves 1:20 into the TRAILER. Who do they want to watch this thing? I assume they want newbies to watch this thing. They could have made it at least a little bit interesting by discussing some history regarding some of the hard-to-find titles. And above all they should NOT have ever interviewed Billy Mitchell (King of Kong) and Todd Rogers (Dragster fiasco) --- what were they thinking??? Anyone who knows anything about video game world records knows that Billy Mitchell is a prolific cheater. And why in God's name is Todd Rogers in the last 15 seconds of the trailer talking about all the video game world records he cheated to obtain?? This is shameful. The makers of this documentary are clearly out of touch with anything NES past their own love of playing video games and collecting titles. The only people that will be interested in this documentary are video game newbies that haven't been watching YouTube for the past 10 years. Everything and anything you would want to watch and learn about in this documentary is available on YouTube without the pretentiousness and without having to stomach listening to the makers suck up to famous video game world record CHEATERS in the hopes of giving their documentary some form of legitimacy. They actually did more harm than good for themselves with this one.

Seriously... Todd Rogers? This is ridiculous.

"Nintendo Quest" had promise, but the execution is way off. The idea itself is cool: you've got 30 days to hunt down every last official NES title in existence (no online purchases). That means road trip, and already we're talking great movie, right? Game over, man.

It's not that this is a bad movie, but it suffers from reality TV production methods and it doesn't give us all of the relevant information. We never know the budget for this quest or how the majority of these games cost. And the negotiating scenes are painfully drawn out. Why spend screen time listening to an awful speakerphone or listening to someone read aloud text messages when this could be better conveyed through a graphic? When all else fails, let the director insert himself into the thing and scream plot information.

The odd thing of it is that it actually becomes a downer after awhile. Jay spends his time in one store after another, getting depressed over the price-gouging and cynicism that collecting can engender.

There's good to be had, but it's primarily in the opening; an examination of the console's enduring longevity and appeal. That sequence gets into the gamer in all of us. If only the rest of it weren't so morose.

4/10

Nintendo Quest is an outright disappointment. How can a film about the Nintendo not be fun.

Jay's an unlikable individual, going to friends places and stores, with personal stories when they're not doing anything. Anyone can go collect the games if they have the money and are willing to spend it, seriously adding nothing more. Talk about and show some of the game-play and give some opinion, put some life into it. These friends of yours parted with games from their own collection to help you complete your task and you're just going to keep them having failed and they just go without huh. They had the great gamer come spend time with them and they said they had a great time with him playing games, yet we the viewer get nothing. The rarity of some the games and what they were being sold for, was interesting however.

The comment Jay said about his dad was disgusting. Not that I wanted to know anything about his personal life, but if you're going to say that, you need to explain why, that he was an abusive alcoholic or something. You can't just say he wasn't willing to show any interest in your hobbies of gaming and Star Wars, not many fathers would.