RPGCrazied
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Lol, way to expensive. And no subscription? WTF, passing.
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Spiritual successor to Nintendo Power, "Nintendo Force" announced
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MisterHero
Super Member
I hope they take advantage of the artists they have. Buying a magazine with art you can find and print from press.nintendo.com just hurt Nintendo Power's covers.
Black Door
Banned
Twenty bucks for the print version!? This better be mid-90s-EGM-400-pages-long crazy then
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I'll check it out on my iPad.
It says 80 pages. Digital is only $5 though. Feels like the print version is more of a collector's item kind of thing.
It says 80 pages. Digital is only $5 though. Feels like the print version is more of a collector's item kind of thing.
RPGCrazied
Member
Just one issue, don't forget that. $19 could get you 12 issues of Nintendo Power.
Bought the digital version. Just did a quick skim, but I wish they did more to differentiate themselves from Nintendo Power. I know they want to pay "homage"' but it seems like a wasted opportunity to try some new ideas and have their own identity. Nintendo Power is dead, I don't see point in copying its design pretty much whole cloth.
Pretty much this. When I open EGM nowadays I pretty much just flip past the previews and reviews. My number one reason for still reading EGM is the big exclusive interviews in each issue.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Hmmm...can't seem to find it on the app.
In terms of looks and colors or how content is laid out? I thought most gaming magazines followed the same content layout. I remember PSM, NP, and Next Generation back in the day having the same layouts.
electroplankton
Banned
Yeah, agree on this.
I'm buying the first issue of NF just in the digital version, and then I see how I like it.
Scroll is a wonderful magazine, I started by reading it when Ray was giving away the Pdf for free, and now I'm buying all the printed issue, one by one.
Boards of Canada
Member
Did these guys do any market research? They aren't going to last long.
Like they used Nintendo Power as a template and just added a few things, namely more comics.
Comics, a brief interview with the Mutant Mudds guy, an expanded retro section from what NP had, and more comics.
Boards of Canada
Member
I'm pretty shocked that they went with a service that doesn't offer subscriptions. HP MagCloud? Yikes. This show they lack some basic business knowledge. And what charity do these proceeds go to? They never mention it. Poorly planned, poorly executed. This should have been a website like Polygon, something big and easily accessible. Do a paywall for exclusive content. Not this. This is not the way to go.
The Main Event
Member
Ordered, thanks to the coupon. A little shy away from $19 with shipping in Canada.
Not the IGN model.
If they want to make the physical copy an "on-demand" high price item and focus on digital subscriptions at a more reasonable price, that'd probably be fine.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I've bought the digital version.
The collector in me is tempted to go for the printed version, just because due to the price, it could become quite rare in time....
The collector in me is tempted to go for the printed version, just because due to the price, it could become quite rare in time....
Black Door
Banned
It'll be all over eBay for ten cents a copy in three years, unless they print like 100 copies or something
The digital version is perfect anyway! I bought the print version + the bonus digital version. I did it to show my support mostly! We'll see about future releases. Might be digital only for me in the future..
It's printed on demand if I'm remembering correctly.. If they sell 10,000 copies, there will be 10,000 copies in the world, period. That's what I understood though. I may be wrong.
metsallica
Member
It's print on demand, meaning it's not going anywhere unless they pull it from the website. Don't worry.
Absolutely not.
They do not. You should be able to read through the browser, though, or just download the PDF.
It's 80 pages, and they haven't answered either. Shocking, I know.
thesurfshop19
Member
Solid opening issue, although it's clear that they don't have any exclusive content. It's much more "for Nintendo fans, by Nintendo fans" than a real inside angle into all things Nintendo.
I bought the physical version of issue 1 (they printed my question!), but will probably go digital only the rest of the way if I keep up with it.
It's a nice companion magazine to the final issue of Nintendo Power more than anything else.
I bought the physical version of issue 1 (they printed my question!), but will probably go digital only the rest of the way if I keep up with it.
It's a nice companion magazine to the final issue of Nintendo Power more than anything else.
WiiRevolution1
Member
Thats all I expected and thats fine with me. Can't wait to get it soon.
I might already have someone to do this now, but if they don't thats good to hear. Will atleast be able to order one by the end of the month, with someones help since I do not have a credit card.
It is kinda a mess, the way I have to do it since I want Physical+Digital, the other person will have to login to my account on that site each month to order me one since the digital version is tied to your account :lol
Get this shit on amazon. (I know its not happening.)
It accepts Paypal or you could get a prepaid Visa giftcard.
Effectively sums up the demise of print news.
Ingueferroque
Banned
What a lame preview. At least let us see an article.
WiiRevolution1
Member
Maybe I don't understand paypal, but you need a credit card to add funds to it, right? Or do they sell paypal gift cards at retailers? Man, if they do, I could use Netflix and ebay again...
And I've had a prepaid cc before, I don't want to have it eat $6 a month to keep it working.
Again maybe theres a better way to have either of these options, but from my limited experience with both, I don't see it.
Edit: After googling, no paypal gift cards as far as I can see. Visa gift cards seems different from what I had and might work, but the magcloud website seems to only accept Visa credit cards. Oh well, guess I'll have to give a person a $25 amazon gift card each month to get it :lol
You can hook PayPal into a checking account and have it draw funds from that, too.
RPGCrazied
Member
Would you continue to buy the print version for $20 for an issue? Debut issue I can kinda understand, but not for every single issue. I hope they work on a publisher and get a subscription plan like Nintendo Power had.
It's a zine. It's not going to differ greatly from the average game blog in terms of content, no matter how they spin it.
Padawan of Windu
Member
I made it into the issue! They printed two of my paintings! So excited right now =D
Hello, all!
You may not know me, I'm Poopaloop from over on ********** and I was also on staff for Nintendo Force. I'd like to personally thank everyone for their support so far, it means so much to us! I'll try answer a couple quick points on here now, but if anyone requires any further information, you can always reach us at forcefeedback@nintendoforcemagazine.com
Firstly, I can completely understand your feelings regarding the pricing. Due to the fact that NONE of us on staff are taking a cut from this project, naturally it's just as much in our best interests as well as yours to keep pricing down, so I can definitely empathise if you cannot justify $18 on a magazine. We intend to work at lowering prices for our subsequent issues (and are more than happy to take any suggestions regarding alternative printing methods to do so!), as well as having subscriptions hammered out by the launch of our second issue. Basically: we don't intend to use MagCloud going forward, at their current pricing structure. However, at this stage it was the best choice for distribution and logistical factors, so that is the reason for the pricing. As MagCloud charges 20 cents per page, only 99c is 'added' on to the top, and that is going to charity.
All proceeds from the digital version go to charity. The physical copy is more a premium item, with the digital version being our main product at this point.
As far as which charity the money is going to, there is a reason we have not detailed this. I want to categorically deny, once again, that ANY of our team are taking a profit from Nintendo Force. The reason we haven't detailed the charity in question is for fears they would feel we are using their charity's name to push our product; once we have received the OK from them, we'll be happy to make that reveal. I believe most of you could figure out which charity it will be anyway, if you look at the clues that have been left it would be child's play to work it out.
Again, I hope that explains a couple of things. Feel free to contact me at the above address if you have any more questions.
You may not know me, I'm Poopaloop from over on ********** and I was also on staff for Nintendo Force. I'd like to personally thank everyone for their support so far, it means so much to us! I'll try answer a couple quick points on here now, but if anyone requires any further information, you can always reach us at forcefeedback@nintendoforcemagazine.com
Firstly, I can completely understand your feelings regarding the pricing. Due to the fact that NONE of us on staff are taking a cut from this project, naturally it's just as much in our best interests as well as yours to keep pricing down, so I can definitely empathise if you cannot justify $18 on a magazine. We intend to work at lowering prices for our subsequent issues (and are more than happy to take any suggestions regarding alternative printing methods to do so!), as well as having subscriptions hammered out by the launch of our second issue. Basically: we don't intend to use MagCloud going forward, at their current pricing structure. However, at this stage it was the best choice for distribution and logistical factors, so that is the reason for the pricing. As MagCloud charges 20 cents per page, only 99c is 'added' on to the top, and that is going to charity.
All proceeds from the digital version go to charity. The physical copy is more a premium item, with the digital version being our main product at this point.
As far as which charity the money is going to, there is a reason we have not detailed this. I want to categorically deny, once again, that ANY of our team are taking a profit from Nintendo Force. The reason we haven't detailed the charity in question is for fears they would feel we are using their charity's name to push our product; once we have received the OK from them, we'll be happy to make that reveal. I believe most of you could figure out which charity it will be anyway, if you look at the clues that have been left it would be child's play to work it out.
Again, I hope that explains a couple of things. Feel free to contact me at the above address if you have any more questions.