History WebVideo / Kinamania

* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse in "Dendy Chronicles." Kinaman would often start a review giving the impression that he knows nothing about video games past what he could have known during the nineties, to better represent his initial reactions to games he reviews. He then gets to the real facts about games later in the video.

* TheFaceless: Maksim in "Dendy Chronicles." He is usually silent, and the only visible part of him is his right arm, hence his FanNickname, "arm-man."

* UnWinnableByMistake: The fake "Film/RoboCop3."

* Two reviews of both licensed and unlicensed NES/Dendy games based on Creator/{{Disney}} cartoons: ''Disney/TheLionKing'' and ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.

The project started when Pavel was shown an WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd episode, and, inspired by how easy it was (or so it seemed) to create interesting content, got an idea to create a series of documentaries about how it was to be a child during TheNineties in UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia called "The nineties as we remember them," but ultimately decided against covering a broad range of topics, and concentrated on the true emblem of the nineties: The UsefulNotes/{{Dendy}}, a clone of the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem that was incredibly popular in Russia, and all other former [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet]] countries back then. Not wanting to invite too much comparison with the Nerd from the get go, Pavel chose to make a feature-length documentary instead of a series. The documentary, titled "The Curse of the Grey Elephant" (a reference to Dendy's mascot) was released on Website/YouTube in mid-2011 and received much acclaim, prompting Pavel to make, as a sequel of sorts, a cycle of reviews and retrospectives called "Dendy Chronicles," for which Maksim joined him as a technician, cameraman and the character "arm-man."

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkwMTlzAyrisud_xYwcgHkg Kinamania]] is a videogame-related channel started by Pavel "Kinaman" Grinyov from Rostov, UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, and featuring himself and his friends Nikolay "Coulthard" Moiseev and Maksim "[=MCSim=]" Edush.

Other projects and series include "In the Kitchen", a series of LetsPlay videos in which Pavel and Nikolay (both visible on-screen while they're playing) play and beat games on the NES; "Kinamania Live" (livestreams); Dendy Memories, retrospectives by Pavel akin to AVGN's "memories" videos; and "V.H.S.," a series in which Pavel criticizes bad Russian dubs of movies, but the latter seems to have been abandoned past the pilot.

* A review of ''VideoGame/Ghostbusters1984''.

* A review of ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame''.

* TheSilentBob: The "arm-man" in "Dendy Chronicles."

* AdaptationFirst: InUniverse: When Kinaman discusses ''Super Mario 16'', which was actually a hack of ''Joe & Mac'', he shows an extract from "Dendy: New Reality" where the presenter, completely sincerely, praises ''Super Mario 16'' for its graphics and gameplay... and a couple of weeks later, '''bashes ''Joe & Mac'' for being a ripoff of ''Super Mario 16''!'''

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: At the end of his Super Mario reviews, Kinaman is amused by a thought of Mario being thrown into a fighting game, like a Street Fighter or something. Right after he finished the sentence, Arm-Man produces a cartridge which contains just that.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: InUniverse: Instead of actual helpful codes, the code books are filled mostly with these.

* AdaptationFirst: When Kinaman discusses ''Super Mario 16'', which was actually a hack of ''Joe & Mac'', he shows an extract from "Dendy: New Reality" where the presenter, completely sincerely, praises ''Super Mario 16'' for its graphics and gameplay... and a couple of weeks later, '''bashes ''Joe & Mac'' for being a ripoff of ''Super Mario 16''!'''

* HeadSwap: The Super Mario Bros [[DolledUpInstallment DolledUpInstallments]] were more often than not made by taking an existing game and replacing the protagonist's head with Mario's head... and nothing else.

* HeadSwap: The Super Mario Bros [[DolledUpInstallment]]s were more often than not made by taking an existing game and replacing the protagonist's head with Mario's head... and nothing else.

* GuideDangIt: The main focus of the ''Ghostbusters'' review. It becomes this when you're playing it without a manual... and '''in Japanese'''.

* UnWinnableByMistake: The fake "RoboCop 3."

* A review of ''VideoGame/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

* A review of ''Ghostly Village'', a version of ''VideoGame/GhostsAndGoblins'' with a slight (and cruel) twist.

The project started when Pavel was shown an WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd episode, and, inspired by how easy it was (or so it seemed) to create interesting content, got an idea to create a series of documentaries about how it was to be a child during TheNineties in TheNewRussia called "The nineties as we remember them," but ultimately decided against covering a broad range of topics, and concentrated on the true emblem of the nineties: The UsefulNotes/{{Dendy}}, a clone of the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem that was incredibly popular in Russia, and all other former [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet]] countries back then. Not wanting to invite too much comparison with the Nerd from the get go, Pavel chose to make a feature-length documentary instead of a series. The documentary, titled "The Curse of the Grey Elephant" (a reference to Dendy's mascot) was released on Website/YouTube in mid-2011 and received much acclaim, prompting Pavel to make, as a sequel of sorts, a cycle of reviews and retrospectives called "Dendy Chronicles," for which Maksim joined him as a technician, cameraman and the character "arm-man."

The project started when Pavel was shown an WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd episode, and, inspired by how easy it was (or so it seemed) to create interesting content, got an idea to create a series of documentaries about how it was to be a child during TheNineties in TheNewRussia called "The nineties as we remember them," but ultimately decided against covering a broad range of topics, and concentrated on the true emblem of the nineties: The UsefulNotes/{{Dendy}}, a clone of the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem that was incredibly popular in Russia, and all other former [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet]] countries back then. Not wanting to invite too much comparison with the Nerd from the get go, Pavel chose to make a feature-length documentary instead of a series. The documentary, titled "The Curse of the Grey Elephant" (a reference to Dendy's mascot) was released on Website/YouTube in mid-2011 and received much acclaim, prompting Pavel to make, as a sequel of sorts, a cycle of reviews and retrospectives called "Dendy Chronicles," for which Maksim joined him as a technician, cameraman and the character "arm-man."

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkwMTlzAyrisud_xYwcgHkg Kinamania]] is a videogame-related channel started by Pavel "Kinaman" Grinyov from Rostov, [[{{UsefulNotes/Russia}} Russia]], and featuring himself and his friends Nikolay "Coolhart" Moiseev and Maksim "[=MCSim=]" Edush.

The project started when Pavel was shown an AngryVideoGameNerd episode, and, inspired by how easy it was (or so it seemed) to create interesting content, got an idea to create a series of documentaries about how it was to be a child during TheNineties in TheNewRussia called "The nineties as we remember them", but ultimately decided against covering a broad range of topics, and concentrated on the true emblem of the nineties: the {{Dendy}}, a clone of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem that was incredibly popular in Russia, and all other former Soviet countries back then. Not wanting to invite too much comparison with the Nerd from the get go, Pavel chose to make a feature-length documentary instead of a series. The documentary, titled "The Curse of the Grey Elephant" (a reference to Dendy's mascot) was released on Youtube in mid-2011 and received much acclaim, prompting Pavel to make, as a sequel of sorts, a cycle of reviews and retrospectives called "Dendy Chronicles", for which Maksim joined him as a technician, cameraman and the character "arm-man"

Other projects and series include "In the Kitchen", a series of LetsPlay videos in which Pavel and Nikolay (both visible on-screen while they're playing) play and beat games on the NES; "Kinamania Live" (livestreams); Dendy Memories, retrospectives by Pavel akin to AVGN's "memories" videos; and "VHS", a series in which Pavel criticizes bad Russian dubs of movies, but the latter seems to have been abandoned past the pilot.

* A review of ''Ghostly Village'', a version of ''GhostsAndGoblins'' with a slight (and cruel) twist.

* A review of ''{{VideoGame/Ghostbusters}}''.

* PilotMovie: While not intended as such, it ended up becoming this to "Dendy Chronicles".
* UnWinnableByMistake: The fake "Robocop 3".

* BlindIdiotTranslation: unfortunately for the English-speaking crowd, the subtitles can border on this in some videos.

* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse in "Dendy Chronicles". Kinaman would often start a review giving the impression that he knows nothing about video games past what he could have known during the nineties, to better represent his initial reactions to games he reviews. He then gets to the real facts about games later in the video.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: started in the first episodes of "Dendy Chronicles", where Kinaman abandoned some of the AVGN-inspired mannerisms. Most notably, he cut down on his swearing and switched to non-alcoholic beverages.

* TheFaceless: Maksim in "Dendy Chronicles". He is usually silent, and the only visible part of him is his right arm, hence his FanNickname, "the arm-man".

* NintendoHard: ''Ghostly Village'' is ''GhostsAndGoblins'' [[spoiler: without continues!]]

* TheSilentBob: The "arm-man" in "Dendy Chronicles".

* Two reviews of both licensed and unlicensed NES/Dendy games based on {{Disney}} cartoons: ''TheLionKing'' and ''{{Aladdin}}''.

* A three-part retrospective on ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario]]'' games, mostly focused on hacked versions, unofficial ports and [[DolledUpInstallment]]s.

* PortingDisaster (DiscussedTrope): The Disney reviews are full of these, both official and unofficial.

* PortingDisaster: The Disney reviews are full of these, both official and unofficial.

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The project started when Pavel was shown an AngryVideoGameNerd episode, and, inspired by how easy it was (or so it seemed) to create interesting content, got an idea to create a series of documentaries about how it was to be a child during TheNineties in TheNewRussia called "The nineties as we remember them", but ultimately decided against covering a broad range of topics, and concentrated on the true emblem of the nineties: the {{Dendy}}, a clone of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem that was incredibly popular in Russia, and all other former Soviet countries back then. Not wanting to invite too much comparison with the Nerd from the get go, Pavel chose to make a feature-length documentary instead of a series. The documentary, titled "The Curse of the Grey Elephant" (a reference to Dendy's mascot) was released on Youtube in mid-2011 and received much acclaim, prompting Pavel to make, as a sequel of sorts, a cycle of reviews and retrospectives called "Dendy Chronicles"., for which Maksim joined him as a technician, cameraman and the character "arm-man"

The project started when Pavel was shown an AngryVideoGameNerd episode, and, inspired by how easy it was (or so it seemed) to create interesting content, got an idea to create a series of documentaries about how it was to be a child during TheNineties in TheNewRussia called "The nineties as we remember them", but ultimately decided against covering a broad range of topics, and concentrate on the true emblem of the nineties: the {{Dendy}}, a clone of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem that was incredibly popular in Russia, and all other former Soviet countries back then. Not wanting to invite too much comparison with the Nerd from the get go, Pavel chose to make a feature-length documentary instead of a series. The documentary, titled "The Curse of the Grey Elephant" (a reference to Dendy's mascot) was released on Youtube in mid-2011 and received much acclaim, prompting Pavel to make, as a sequel of sorts, a cycle of reviews and retrospectives called "Dendy Chronicles"., for which Maksim joined him as a technician, cameraman and the character "arm-man"