Hello, im a dude living in the U.S hope to fulfill some childhood dream of making a game on the console that i was raised on
Hey there CuChulain91!
Don't forget to join the discord and facebook group too, tons of people willing to lend a helping hand.
If you're looking for tools to help you get started I recommend
https://www.piskelapp.com/ for art, it's really easy to use and of course Famitracker or Famistudio for music.
For basic programming help to get you started, the NES use 6502 assembly:
Learn how to do all kinds of things with the 6502 microprocessor.
www.6502.org
And this is the holy bible of things:
This page lists all major hardware reference divided by categories in their simplest form. From this list, you can drill down to a more specific section of the selected category.
wiki.nesdev.com
Sincerely,
Jolly Shadow