Nintendo Power Ceasing Publication After 24 Years

[Fasckira]

What the poop? I remember getting a copy of this when I was like 5 or 6... I thought it had died out like post SNES era...

Didnt this one have a really lame cartoon in it that was always a thinly veiled attempt to sell a Nintendo product? I remember one that had Mario crying because his GameBoy ran out of batteries while he was playing Tetris but Luigi, the smug self serving bastard that he is, had a special extended battery life pack and was able to carry on playing.

 

[Mr. Omega]

One of those things that we all saw coming, but are still hurt when it does actually happen. Still, part of me kinda wished that Nintendo Power would have at least outlasted Game Informer.

Best of luck to all those who were working there. I might actually pick up the final issue when it comes around...

 

[saintdane05]

What the poop? I remember getting a copy of this when I was like 5 or 6... I thought it had died out like post SNES era...

Didnt this one have a really lame cartoon in it that was always a thinly veiled attempt to sell a Nintendo product? I remember one that had Mario crying because his GameBoy ran out of batteries while he was playing Tetris but Luigi, the smug self serving bastard that he is, had a special extended battery life pack and was able to carry on playing.

It's a Nintendo Magazine. Of course it wants to sell Nintendo Products!

AVGN did a throwback to them a while back. Man, the memories.

Also, some of the "Cartoons" were quite good, like a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Manga, or a Super Metroid comic.

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[ShadowTrooper-A-E]

Well that made me die a tad inside.
So is Nintendo Power the only magazine that's purely about Nintendo stuff and financed by Nintendo? Makes me wonder if Nintendo has more Financial trouble then they let on.

 

[Triaed]

Never picked up an issue in my entire life, but it is sad to see an industry mag disappear :-(
good luck to all the staff

 

[Awexsome]

Tis a sad day. That's some childhood ending right there. Remember this?

Spoiler

This little free gift brought me so much happiness as a kid.

 

[Tanis]

Could they just move it to online-only, like some other mags have?

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

well, now I'm getting even more depressed

 

[Timnoldzim]

Man, this is sad. RIP, old friend. This was my first gaming magazine as well as many others'.

 

[grimer30]

This is all the fault of those stupid 'internet magazines'!
I would never even dream of visiting one of their sites.

But seriously though, if the magazine is shutting down it can't have been all that good.
Not as good as The Escapist anyway.

 

[Timnoldzim]

Well that made me die a tad inside.
So is Nintendo Power the only magazine that's purely about Nintendo stuff and financed by Nintendo? Makes me wonder if Nintendo has more Financial trouble then they let on.

Yes and no. NP's closing means Nintendo will no longer have a US magazine, but it also has a magazine in nearly every other territory, all of which are not (apparently) ending at the moment.

 

[thiosk]

I still have my copy of Dragon Warrior, delivered by nintendo power.

God damn that game was great.

Also, FF1 Strategy Guide!

God damn I miss those days.

 

[Promethax]

Nintendo Power's goin' under?

Then who will inflict bodily harm on Chris Sheppard??

 

[cidbahamut]

Tis a sad day. That's some childhood ending right there. Remember this?

Spoiler

This little free gift brought me so much happiness as a kid.

I still have that one along with a Play It Loud CD. Excellent stuff.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Another edifice of my youth tumbles and falls. Sad. I think I subscribed to that magazine for three years- I don't remember if I still have the mags themselves, but I remember the serial comics they did for Starfox and Metroid. I do know I still have their guides for Final Fantasy (the original) and Link to the Past, as well as that "The Invasion of Nintendo" promotional videotape they sent out.

[small]Videotape. Wow, have I dated myself.[/small]

 

[frizzlebyte]

Wow. I had no idea Nintendo Power was that old. Came out the same month I was born. Dang, I still remember those creepy kids they used in the advertisements and stuff when I got my GameBoy.

In fact, my GameBoy still works, and is only a few feet away in my closet right now.

I gotta stop before all these memories flood out onto the forums.

 

[RJ 17]

Wow....Nintendo Frickin' Power....I'm actually amazed that it's still going on, I thought it died out long ago.

God, I remember my older brother had a subscription to that. Every issue from the start to about 1995 I believe. I used to love reading the Zelda and Mario comics they had (at least in the older issues). :3

 

[OldNewNewOld]

Damn, this was a hard hit to my inner child.
So I went to youtube and listened to this

And now my eyes are full of tears...

 

[Scarim Coral]

At least it does get a final farewell unlike this British magazine I know (how is it that Computer and Video game magazine, the first video game mag in the UK simply got bought out by its competitor and they simply stop pressing it just like that?). I wounder if the UK counterpart (Official Nintendo Magazine will bare the same fate in the future?

 

[MrBrightside919]

This is a very sad day in the world of gaming...