--- description: Teens stumped by NES Nintendo Entertainment System in Fine Bros web series "Teens React" title: Video: Teens React to NES Nintendo Entertainment System image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Teens React to the Nintendo Entertainment System in Hilarious Video by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2014 7:04 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2014 7:04 PM CUT Grab your controllers, because the latest installment of The Fine Bros. web series, [“Teens React”](https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbDOZbvE01Fk "undefined") introduces the raised-on-Wii kids of today what the past generation had to use to play _Legend of Zelda._ The games themselves stumped some of the new players. While the tech-savvy teens had all heard of Super Mario Bros., thanks to the fact that it had been released for the Nintendo DS, Dragon Warrior 3 elicited confusion across the board, from “No, but it sounds rad!” to “No, I don’t LARP.” The players were left to their own devices to figure out how to insert the seemingly giant cartridge into the console, but when trouble struck, the film makers instructed them on the fine art of blowing on the game cartridge. The teens were then allowed to play the first round of Super Mario Bros. and they all struggled to use the controller (“This is the least comfortable controller ever!”) while trying to collect coins and being chased by evil mushrooms (“I literally died the first time”) and gawking at the old-school graphics (“I feel like I’m in _Wreck-It Ralph_!”) After getting versed in the history of the NES, the teens did take a moment to offer their respect to the classic console, thanking the little gray box for introducing the world at large to the joys of at-home gaming. While the teens may have found the exercise slightly humiliating, the more insightful ones knew that it was pure karma. “I always make fun of my dad for not knowing how to use stuff,” noted one dejected teen. “Now he’s going to be watching this.” **MORE**: [Little By Little, Violent Video Games Make Us More Aggressive](http://time.com/34075/how-violent-video-games-change-kids-attitudes-about-aggression/ "undefined") **MORE**: [Watch Kids React in Utter Bemusement at the Sight of an Old Computer](http://time.com/119019/kids-react-to-old-computer/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3303348/teens-react-to-nes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3303348/teens-react-to-nes/"},"headline":"Teens React to the Nintendo Entertainment System in Hilarious Video","datePublished":"2014-09-08T19:04:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:01.568Z","description":"Starring Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams","url":"https://time.com/3303348/teens-react-to-nes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Teens","Video Games","viral","Videos","Nintendo","Gaming","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3303348/teens-react-to-nes/","name":"Teens React to the Nintendo Entertainment System in Hilarious Video"}}]}] ```