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Revision as of 15:13, May 22, 2008
This article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.
N-Gang was a comic series published in the 1999 and 2000 issues of the German Club Nintendo magazine. N-Gang is also the name of a group of teenagers who featured in these comics as the protagonists. Unlike previous comics published in Club Nintendo, Mario characters only played minor roles in the N-Gang series.
Characters
The N-Gang series centers on a group of five teenagers. It is heavily implied that the term "N-Gang" refers to this group, though this is never explicitly stated.
Nick
Nick is a tall boy with curly black hair and a short beard as his trademark. He is wearing a yellow T-shirt with a big red "N" printed on it. He has appeared in every comic but two, making him the most regularly appearing characters in the series along with Toni.
Toni
Toni presumably is Nick's best friend since both are often seen together. His trademark is his long blond hair and a red cap. He is also wearing a plaid jacket and short trousers.
Big B.
Big B., actually called Benno and often referred to as simply "B.", is the shortest member of the N-Gang. He is seen wearing a black cap, a purple sweater and wide trousers, all in all a very hip hop-orientated style. Big B. appears to be a very careless boy who often takes action without listening to what his friends are advising. He first appeared in the story "Kino & Ketchup".
VIP
Though mentioned by his friends several times before, VIP wasn't actually seen until the comic "Gecko." He is a handicapped boy with black hair and square glasses. VIP is able to bring video game characters to life, implying that he is a very intelligent boy.
Gecko
Gecko, debuting in the comic of the same name, is the only girl in the gang. She has skills in martial arts and uses them several times to help her friends. Gecko is wearing a red shirt with a gecko on it and black trousers.
Robi, Pelle and Bernd
Robi, Pelle and Bernd tease the N-Gang several times in the series (though it is Big B. who provokes them first). They appear as rather dumb and revengeful boys who steal Nick's Game Boy Color, for example. Usually it is Gecko who drives them back.
Issues
Overview
- 1/1999: Cityhunter
- 2/1999: Kino & Ketchup [Cinema & Ketchup]
- 3/1999: Das Phantom der Piste [The Phantom of the Track]
- 4/1999: Jagdszenen aus der unteren Oberstufe [roughly: Chases in Upper Stage]
- 5/1999: Gecko
- 6/1999: Freeze Frame
- 1/2000: Das Ende der Welt? [The End of the World?]
- 2/2000: Die Ostereier-Situation [Easter Egg Situation]
- 3/2000: N-Gang vs. Nintendo
- 4/2000: Die Götter des Olymp [Gods of Olympus]
- 5/2000: Halloween Trouble Mix
- 6/2000: Die Hexe lacht um Mitternacht [The Witch Laughs at Midnight]
Relevant Stories
Plot synopses of stories which featured Mario characters are found here.
Jagdszenen aus der unteren Oberstufe
Toni has to give a presentation in school. Meanwhile, Nick is playing Wario Land II on his Game Boy Color that VIP had repaired. Möller, his teacher, notices that, takes the Game Boy away and hands it over to schoolmaster Schröder. When in his office, Schröder inquisitively tries out the game. Suddenly, Wario, the protagonist of the game, turns to life and chases the schoolmaster. When seeing that, Nick conjectures that VIP is responsible for it. He enters Schröder's office, finds the Game Boy and turns it off. As expected, Wario disappears from the "real world", but so does Schröder. Both can be seen now on the Game Boy display, where Wario continues to chase Schröder. When he finally throws him out of the screen, Schröder appears in the "real world" again, sitting on his cupboard, quivering. Frightened, he calls on Nick to leave his office and to take along his Game Boy.
Gecko
Freeze Frame
The comic begins with B dreaming about himself as a superhero but this quickly ends when he is awoken by Diddy who is inside B's tv and is bannging on the screen. Diddy tells B that his help is needed and Diddy pulls him into the tv screen taking him through a worm hole. They emerge ina snowy landscape where they find Yoshi too cold to help himself. After warming Yoshi up they find Bomberman and Kirby frozen solid in ice blocks. Yoshi uses his fire breath to melt the ice freeing them. They explain that King K. Rool is the one behind this evil plot. After easily destroying the ice monsters they get to the ice castle where King K. Rool is hiding out. After defeating King K. Rool they celebrate where you can find B, Mario, Luigi, Banjo, Kazooie, Donkey Kong, Fox, Diddy, Dixie Kong, Conker, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Captain Falcon, Kirby, Bomberman, and Link partying around a christmas tree wich has King K. Rool tied to it.
Das Ende der Welt?
Die Ostereier-Situation
N-Gang vs. Nintendo
N Gang Vs. Nintendo is an N Gang comic. In the comic, The N Gang goes to a Soccer camp and while there are confronted by a team made up of Banjo, Kazooie, Wario, Yoshi, Peach, Donkey Kong, and Lanky Kong while Mario served as a referee.
Die Hexe lacht um Mitternacht
Toni decides to play Banjo-Tooie when one of VIP's machines brings Gruntilda to the real world. Gruntilla then turns the two into hotdogs and gose out into the city to reek havoc. B and Gecko eventually come to VIP's appartment room where they find the two. After B almost eats them, Toni and VIP explain what has happened. Gecko and B divise a plan and that is to use one of VIP's machines to bring Banjo into the real world. Banjo then defeats Gruntilla by throwing an egg at her. Afterwards they all celebrate.
