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[Doctor Decimate]

should've paid homage to the one with the severed head

 

[Incitemaybe]

That actually made me a little sad...

 

[MrDaravon]

Amazing. I need this so bad.

If I can I will try to get extras for people, but no idea what the local situation will be on these.

 

[PogiJones]

I need to pour one out when I pick up my issue. But one what, I don't know. Any suggestions?

Same as you did when you picked up the first issue: Kool-aid.

Yell up the stairs for your mom to mix it for you and bring it down in a cold glass with ice cubes.

 

[IceMarker]

I've been reading NP for over a decade and it's really sad to see this go. The cover is perfect.

With the advent of the internet this was bound to happen. I will cherish my final issue.

 

[Zeal]

Bravo. I honestly thought they would do this, but it's amazing when you actually see it. I have the first issue sealed up in plastic, and I will slip this in there on the reverse side. 25 years of an awesome mag.

Even though I'm a grown man now and my taste in gaming has changed completely, I guess I will always have a soft spot in my cold, jaded heart for Nintendo. I miss those simple days of gaming more than ever now.

 

[RetroGreg]

Damn that's awesome.

 

[ohlawd]

that flag pole is a nice touch.

 

[Lothar]

I haven't looked at a Nintendo Power in 10 years, but I have the first 100 issues. I've been getting them ever since I started subscribing with the second volume in 1988.

How utterly fucking depressing.

All of my issues are in horrible condition since I took them everywhere as a kid. A majority of them either have torn or missing covers. Over the years, I thought long about burning all my old issues. Now I wish I had replaced them. They're probably too expensive to do so now.

Relive Nintendo Power memories with this AVGN video. Even if you've seen it before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegQI9WM6mk

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Gorgeous.

It's really sad to see it go. Only the Diehard GameFan and GameGO! cancellations compare to me. I have a lot of great memories from Nintendo Power.

Especially those Zelda and Mario comics.

 

[pirata]

Man, that's perfect. Really sad to see it go. It was like this constant, like it was always supposed to be there. Man, what a drag.


I might just try to pick this up.

 

[Marvie_3]

Awesome cover

 

[Snakeyes]

It's always sad to see a longtime publication you grew up with fade away. Hopefully the team will be able to quickly find a new home for their talents.

 

[Socreges]

How can I buy this without being a subscriber?

 

[Trancetronic]

How can I buy this without being a subscriber?

Umm go to the store and buy it?

Man, first Wreck it Ralph made me cry, now this.

FUCK

 

[Gomu Gomu]

Whoever came up with the concept is brilliant. The homage, the pole, the statement it makes and everything about that cover is just perfect.

 

[kiryogi]

Makes me wish I took better care of my latter Nintendo Powers... but they're all in storage somewhere. Will definitely have to pick this issue up.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Yeah... beatiful nothing more needs to be added.

RIP NP

 

[dc89]

I live in the UK, is there anyway I can get this magazine?

 

[TriGen]

I never read too much Nintendo Power but damn.

End of an era and the perfect way to go out.

I feel the same. Wasn't a NP reader, but great job on the last cover.

 

[Chittagong]

Amazing cover. Good bye dear friend. Your maps will be forever missed.

 

[Vespene]

 

[Jamie OD]

It just hit me.
The pole.

Aw man!

 

[Ragus]

;_;

I never had Nintendo Power in my hands, and yet, I feel so sad.

Godspeed, Nintendo Power.

 

[stn]

Used to be subscribed to NP as a kid, fun times waiting for my mag in the mail. Sucks to see this but I haven't even supported Nintendo in years.

 

[Socreges]

Umm go to the store and buy it?

Man, first Wreck it Ralph made me cry, now this.

FUCK

Ummmm I haven't seen NP in a store in ages. Maybe Chapters.

 

[jaxword]

I like how this is the most prominent appearance Wart has had in 2 decades.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Surprisingly classy final cover. Putting aside a few bum middle years Nintendo Power was actually a decent rag. Print has been in decline for ages, so no surprises about them having to shutter. Still kinda sad. RIP.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

 

[RagingAvatar]

I live in the UK, is there anyway I can get this magazine?

This.

 

[Sadist]

Man that makes one fine collectable.

 

[donkey show]

Oh man, I still have my first issue of NP as well. ;__;

 

[jaxword]

I live in the UK, is there anyway I can get this magazine?

Ask a US gaffer to ship it?

 

[RagingAvatar]

Ask a US gaffer to ship it?

Anyone able to help a brother out?
I can pay via Paypal gift in advance.
(Though I'd prefer someone who has trade feedback or something..)

 

[ScreenSplitter]

I live in the UK, is there anyway I can get this magazine?

When ONM UK shuts down in a few months?

 

[Rewrite]

Great homage. Will buy it.

 

[grimshawish]

Thats lovely!

 

[FyreWulff]

Oh man, they actually did it! Still can't believe it.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Fellsbadman.com

 

[RurouniZel]

This so much! ;_; I must buy this issue at all costs.

 

[SovanJedi]

I live in the UK, is there anyway I can get this magazine?

This.

This this.

Could I get a kindly US GAFfer to buy one for me as well? Pretty please?

 

[ASIS]

This is what a perfect conclusion feels like.

Good night Nintendo Power.

 

[Firemind]

oh man

i just

can't

 

[nintendoman58]

Goodnight sweet gaming magazine, and may all the publishers who worked on it move on to better things.

RIP Nintendo Power.

 

[mclem]

This this.

Could I get a kindly US GAFfer to buy one for me as well? Pretty please?

I think there might be quite a queue! I wouldn't mind one either.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

What a beautiful homage.
Im sad even if not an american that could get the magazine because it was pretty well known in the world to know its history of videogames. When I was in new York and went to Nintendo World I bought one of the issues. To bad it couldnt be the final one becuase it a piece of history.

 

[RPG_Fanatic]

Perfect final cover. Goodbye part of my childhood.

 

[radcliff]

I remember being disappointed when I got the first issue because I had subscrbed to the Nintendo Fun Club and got this instead. Then I read it and was hooked. My friends and I would pour over every issue for strategies and codes. There would always be this anticipation when I opened the mail that another issue would be waiting for me. I let my subscription end towards the later years of the NES days as I became a Genesis player, but when their SNES coverage started, I had to have it! The games looked so colorful and fun, and I liked how NP would be able to get you past the first few levels. I let my subscription end during the N64 days as there wasn't much to report on and I got a PSX. When I got a GCN, I got another sub due to the Super Mario Sunshine deal where you got the game, strat guide, and magazine for only $10 more than the price of the game. I have kept my supsriction ever since. While I agree NP became somewhat redundant when Nintendo gave the magazine over, I still felt it was necessacy reading as most other gaming publications don't provide much Nintendo coverage, especially on some of the niche titles. I am sad to see this go. Suddenly, opening the mail just got a little less fun.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

And that was the day I turned the final page of my childhood. The end.

 

[djtiesto]

God damn, I'll definitely have to pick this up... Nintendo Power was such a big part of my childhood and it sucks to see them go.

I found a local Play N Trade that had a ton of mid 90's Nintendo Powers for $10 each. A bit expensive but they had some good issues, the one with SOM on the cover, another one with an interview with Shigesato Itoi.