Nintendo Week was a weekly series showed on the Nintendo Channel. It premiered on the channel on September 14, 2009 as part of a redesign of the channel. It featured two hosts, Gary and Allison Whitney, who covered the latest news on Wii and Nintendo DS games. The series concluded on March 29, 2012. The character "Dark Gary" first appeared when the host, Gary, was fighting Dark Samus in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Dark Gary unplugged the game. His first few appearances, at least up to the Halloween episode, also featured Dark Samus in the episodes at some point.