saltine161
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Just saw this, my heart just dropped
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Nintendo Power ceasing publication
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BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
My childhood........ DAT Pokémon crystal guide...... http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Nintendo could and should have kept this going.
DigitalRicket
Member
Sad news for sure. I still remember buying my Pokemon Silver bundle from the insert from one of my Nintendo Power's back in I believe 2000. Nabbed myself the game, the official strategy guide (which aside from the art was far from being complete), and a couple of limited edition pins which I still own. I was a loyal subscriber for a good number of years but alas, all things must come to an end I suppose.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Man, that leaves PTOM and Game Informer as the only decent gaming mags left. 
Well, I guess Edge is cool, too.
Well, I guess Edge is cool, too.
So sad to hear this. I grew up on Nintendo Power. It's weird because Scribblenauts Unlimited is this month's cover. So to hear that we're one of the last covers ever is a strange feeling. Anyway... I wish the team the best on their new endeavours.
Sidenote: The two Scribblenauts covers are the only Nintendo Power covers in the publication's history to alter the Nintendo Power logo. We gave it a "Scribblenauts" stylization. It was a big honor for us when they let us do that.
Sidenote: The two Scribblenauts covers are the only Nintendo Power covers in the publication's history to alter the Nintendo Power logo. We gave it a "Scribblenauts" stylization. It was a big honor for us when they let us do that.
Gameboy415
Member
Very depressing news. :'(
I was a loyal subscriber from the Premiere issue up through about 2001 when I went off to college.
I picked up a recent issue for the free Kid Icarus card but I was a little put off by how the magazine had become "NinADteADndADo PoADwADeADrADADADADAD". :S
I'll never forget how great Nintendo Power was in the 90s though:
-Awesome posters
-Free Strategy Guides
-Free game preview VHS tapes (I still have 8 of em!)
-Super Power Supplies Catalog/Super Power Stamps
-Super Power Club Cards/Caps (Pogs)
-Mario/Zelda/Metroid/StarFox comics
I was a loyal subscriber from the Premiere issue up through about 2001 when I went off to college.
I picked up a recent issue for the free Kid Icarus card but I was a little put off by how the magazine had become "NinADteADndADo PoADwADeADrADADADADAD". :S
I'll never forget how great Nintendo Power was in the 90s though:
-Awesome posters
-Free Strategy Guides
-Free game preview VHS tapes (I still have 8 of em!)
-Super Power Supplies Catalog/Super Power Stamps
-Super Power Club Cards/Caps (Pogs)
-Mario/Zelda/Metroid/StarFox comics
brianmcdoogle
Member
Flipping through some old reviews, they sure did under-rate the original Smash Bros game. Also, I loved that they thought it important enough to put the cartridge size in the reviews!
AppleBlade
Member
NOOOOOO!!! This seriously angers me more then anything Nintendo has done in awhile. Forget no second analog stick on the XL or the lack of Wii U information, You let Nintendo Power die . . . . How could you? I don't care if it's not making money, it can't be that big of an expense and at this point the mag is like those pet projects that car manufacturers lose money on but still though because it's important for the image of the company and a token of it's heritage.
balladofwindfishes
Member
My first issue of Nintendo Power came with a set of Groudon and Kyrogre Pokemon cards.
Man, what a great way to start a subscription.
Man, what a great way to start a subscription.
PhoenixDawn
Member
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Wow , another one....bring back memories.... : (
Sigh... I really miss Next Gen
It's really sad because although I haven't read a gaming mag in years, I grew up reading the hell out of them. I used to have one of the very first Nintendo Powers too, used to gawk at all the NES games I was too poor to afford :/
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and so many others. They stopped the Player's Guides when the magazine moved out of house, and that was a huge loss, too.
Muku
Member
Maybe they've gotten better then. Hadn't even known they had a reboot of it a couple years ago. But I guess that is what living abroad does to ya.
Feel so behind on some things.TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
That's too bad. NP was one of the few magazines I purchase whenever I can. I just love reading them because it reminds me of my childhood but also gives me news about Nintendo.
Just when the 3DS and Wii U is starting its life cycle.
Just when the 3DS and Wii U is starting its life cycle.
Just when the 3DS and Wii U is starting its life cycle.
The writers moved out of house to Future at the start of the Wii cycle along with the horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible shift in PR from Redmond to New York/San Francisco. Did I mention that was a terrible idea of theirs?
Classic_Gs
Member
Sad to see it go. I spent many days reading NP from the NES through the SNES years.
Femmeworth
Banned
*pours one out for Nintendo Power*
I haven't read since I was a kid. It's sad, but it was inevitable. Nintendo walking away from the magazine meant no exclusive news or super interesting interviews there to prop the thing up.
Best of luck to the staff.
It went third party a while ago.
Best of luck to the staff.
It went third party a while ago.
alf717
Member
Anyone know of a good way to pick up the final issue of Nintendo Power without a subscription?
I remember the Nintendo Power magazines. My old neighborhood friend would get them. I became a subscriber myself back in the Game Cube days my first issue being 171 I stopped at issue 246 but quickly resubscribed when the 250th issue had Mega Man 10 on it. I just had to have that issue. Those last 12 issues were the last time I subscribed to Nintendo Power.
I remember the Nintendo Power magazines. My old neighborhood friend would get them. I became a subscriber myself back in the Game Cube days my first issue being 171 I stopped at issue 246 but quickly resubscribed when the 250th issue had Mega Man 10 on it. I just had to have that issue. Those last 12 issues were the last time I subscribed to Nintendo Power.
I had that guide, it was pretty great.
DrForester
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Lumpy Onion
Member
^^^^^
Woah! I never knew Nintendo Power did the strategy guide for Chrono Trigger. Now I think I need to track that one down.
Woah! I never knew Nintendo Power did the strategy guide for Chrono Trigger. Now I think I need to track that one down.
Hours Left
Member
This is so sad. Nintendo Power was a big part of my gaming existence when I was a kid.
And those player's guides. So awesome.
And those player's guides. So awesome.
The Main Event
Member
I still get excited every time I get their new mag in the mail. Very sad that those days will be over.
Jawmuncher
Member
I have no nostalgia for Nintendo Power so I am unaffected by this news.
I however am sorry for your loss.
I however am sorry for your loss.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Damn! Damn! Damn! There goes a bit of my chidhood. I've been reading this magazine since issue one. Whether it was through subscription, purchased in store or just read at the grocery store I always read Nintendo Power month after month. To see it go is to see a huge part of Nintendo history leave. It really saddens me.
BTW Nintendo, I think it's a huge, fucking mistake not to keep this magazine running. Itwas a great way for people to keep informed on some quality games that might otherwise go under the radar. The pitiful support Nintendo has given this publication over the last few years saddens me.
Dear god.. the feeling I had when this came in my mail. It was almost as good as finally having the game itself. It must suck to be a kid nowadays. What could even compare today to a kid's excitement getting that in 1990? Especially if they didn't have the game yet, as I didn't.
Thank you NP for introducing me to Lemmings, Maniac Mansion, Final Fantasy 2, Startropics, and other classics that I only played because they were on the cover.
You almost could never go wrong on games they picked to give a cover to. If you played the games on the covers, chances are you played not the most popular game of the month like is normal for magazines, but the best game of the month.
Nothing really, though I guess the reveal of a new trailer way before release probably comes close. That is about the only thing I can think of thats as close to...getting a new mag or demo disc in the mail back in the day.
As a long-time subscriber, I'm deeply sadden by the closure of NINTENDO POWER. Thank you for your 24+ years of service!
So freaking sad.. I've been a long timer subscriber since the early 90s (still am). I'm guilty one for looking forward to each issue in my mailbox. I remember when they used to include posters, comics, cards, CDs, and even VHS tapes with special issues..
I remember seeing the first screenshots of Zelda 64 and Earthbound 64. It's where I learned all the shortcuts in Mario Kart 64. I remember the Donkey Kong and Pokemon images made with the spines..
I hope Nintendo finds it in their heart that the magazine is still a worthy source to their subscribers. Future is doing an okay job, but it's not like it was before.. I'd hate to see it all end though..
[edit] I went down to my basement tonight and dug through some boxes to find the very first issue of NinPow, and here it is! I think it's time I frame it and hang it on the wall..
// Roth
So freaking sad.. I've been a long timer subscriber since the early 90s (still am). I'm guilty one for looking forward to each issue in my mailbox. I remember when they used to include posters, comics, cards, CDs, and even VHS tapes with special issues..
I remember seeing the first screenshots of Zelda 64 and Earthbound 64. It's where I learned all the shortcuts in Mario Kart 64. I remember the Donkey Kong and Pokemon images made with the spines..
I hope Nintendo finds it in their heart that the magazine is still a worthy source to their subscribers. Future is doing an okay job, but it's not like it was before.. I'd hate to see it all end though..
[edit] I went down to my basement tonight and dug through some boxes to find the very first issue of NinPow, and here it is! I think it's time I frame it and hang it on the wall..
// Roth
Dear god.. the feeling I had when this came in my mail. It was almost as good as finally having the game itself. It must suck to be a kid nowadays. What could even compare today to a kid's excitement getting that in 1990? Especially if they didn't have the game yet, as I didn't.
Thank you NP for introducing me to Lemmings, Maniac Mansion, Final Fantasy 2, Startropics, and other classics that I only played because they were on the cover.
You almost could never go wrong on games they picked to give a cover to. If you played the games on the covers, chances are you played not the most popular game of the month like is normal for magazines, but the best game of the month.
I never would of played the awesome Vice Project Doom otherwise!
IrishNinja
Member
All the Nintendo-centric sites seem to be lost in the desert at this point. I remember reading Tendobox and Planet GameCube every day at one point. PGC was great. Also NintendoNation, which PGC essentially absorbed at one point. I still remember Steven Rodriguez pulling off updating NN's mailbag every single day for a little over a year.
Also somehow Nintendojo is still alive.
