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'''''{{wp|Nintendo Power}}''''' | '''''{{wp|Nintendo Power}}''''' is a [[Nintendo]] video game news and strategy magazine. It was Nintendo's official magazine in the United States and Canada from 1988 to 2012. It covered all of Nintendo's then-currently active systems (and some inactive ones, if there was any worthy news), along with new and upcoming games for those systems. ''Nintendo Power'' contained strategy guides, previews, reviews, and exclusive material not made available to other sources. | ||
On Monday, October 15, 2007, Nintendo of America sold ''Nintendo Power'' to {{wp|Future US|Future USA}}, a magazine company that produces video game magazines. The magazine remained the same except for a few small changes. After Future USA had taken over, the Player's Guide series was dropped (leaving [[Prima Games]] to produce the guides), and gifts could no longer be chosen with subscriptions, as the staff would instead choose one. | On Monday, October 15, 2007, Nintendo of America sold ''Nintendo Power'' to {{wp|Future US|Future USA}}, a magazine company that produces video game magazines. The magazine remained the same except for a few small changes. After Future USA had taken over, the Player's Guide series was dropped (leaving [[Prima Games]] to produce the guides), and gifts could no longer be chosen with subscriptions, as the staff would instead choose one. | ||
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npissue19.jpg|Issue #128 - ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' | npissue19.jpg|Issue #128 - ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' | ||
npissue20.jpg|Issue #135 - ''[[Mario Tennis]]'' | npissue20.jpg|Issue #135 - ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' | ||
npissue21.jpg|Issue #141 - ''[[Paper Mario]]'' | npissue21.jpg|Issue #141 - ''[[Paper Mario]]'' | ||
npissue22.jpg|Issue #143 - ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' | npissue22.jpg|Issue #143 - ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' | ||
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==''Nintendo Power Advance''== | ==''Nintendo Power Advance''== | ||
In 2001, to promote the launch of the [[Game Boy Advance]], Nintendo published a quarterly | In 2001, to promote the launch of the [[Game Boy Advance]], Nintendo published a quarterly spin-off magazine of ''Nintendo Power'' entitled ''Nintendo Power Advance'', which featured news, tips, and complete walkthroughs for various Game Boy Advance games. It was discontinued in 2002<ref>Copyright year in ''Nintendo Power Advance'' issue 4.</ref> after only four issues, the last being a complete guide for ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''. Mario was featured on all with the exception of the third issue, which featured ''{{iw|goldensun|Golden Sun (game)|Golden Sun}}'' and had a panel with Wario instead. | ||
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npadvance1.jpg|Issue #1 - ''[[Super Mario Advance]] | npadvance1.jpg|Issue #1 - ''[[Super Mario Advance]] | ||
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===Nintendo Player's Guide Gallery=== | ===Nintendo Player's Guide Gallery=== | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:07, October 25, 2024
It has been requested that this article be rewritten and expanded to include more information. Reason: include more Super Mario coverage prior to 2011
- This article is about Nintendo's official magazine. For other uses, see Nintendo Power (disambiguation).
Nintendo Power | |
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Founded | July 1988[?] |
Defunct | December 2012[?] |
Current president | Steve Thomason (final, until December 2012) |
Nintendo Power is a Nintendo video game news and strategy magazine. It was Nintendo's official magazine in the United States and Canada from 1988 to 2012. It covered all of Nintendo's then-currently active systems (and some inactive ones, if there was any worthy news), along with new and upcoming games for those systems. Nintendo Power contained strategy guides, previews, reviews, and exclusive material not made available to other sources.
On Monday, October 15, 2007, Nintendo of America sold Nintendo Power to Future USA, a magazine company that produces video game magazines. The magazine remained the same except for a few small changes. After Future USA had taken over, the Player's Guide series was dropped (leaving Prima Games to produce the guides), and gifts could no longer be chosen with subscriptions, as the staff would instead choose one.
On August 21, 2012, Nintendo announced that it had opted not to renew its licensing agreement with Future Publishing and that Nintendo Power would cease publication 24 years after beginning. The magazine released its final issue on December 11, 2012. Five years later, on December 21, 2017, Nintendo of America began a podcast called the Nintendo Power Podcast with previous editor-in-chief Chris Slate discussing recent Nintendo-related events.[1]
2011-2012 coverage[edit]
Volume - Date | Content | Notes |
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263 - January 2011 | Power Up; Warp Zone; Four-Sport Hero (Mario Sports Mix cover story); Resolution Revolution; 2010 Nintendo Power Awards Nominations; Playback; review, Community |
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264 - February 2011 | Jungle Jabber; Warp Zone; Collector's Corner; Gaming's Greatest Couples; Nintendo DS Essentials; reviews; Community |
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265 - March 2011 | Star Power; Collector's Corner, Download; The 3D Revolution Begins; The 2010 Nintendo Power Awards; Playback, reviews; Community |
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266 - April 2011 | What About Mario; Warp Zone; reviews; Community |
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267 - May 2011 | London Calling; Dimension Man; Warp Zone; Collector's Corner; Community |
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268 - June 2011 | Warp Zone; Power Up; Previews; A Decade Advanced; Community |
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269 - July 2011 | Power Up; Warp Zone; Collector's Corner; Power Profiles; Community |
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270 - August 2011 | Power Up; Download; Nintendo's Next Wave; Still Super After All These Years, Playback; Community |
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271 - September 2011 | Star Power; Warp Zone; Collector's Corner; Download; The Nintendo 64 Age of Innovation; Community |
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272 - October 2011 | That was Awesome!; Collector’s Corner; Power Up; Download; previews; Keys to the Kingdom cover story; Community |
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273 - November 2011 | Next Wave; Warp Zone; Download; previews; Seventh Heaven cover story; Think Inside the Cube; Playback; reviews; Community |
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274 - December 2011 | Star Power; Warp Zone; previews; Nintendo Power Holiday 2011 Buyers' Guide; The Jungle V.I.P.; reviews; Community |
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275 - January/February 2012 | Warp Zone; Collector's Corner; Download, previews; 2011 Nintendo Power Award Nominees; review; Community |
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276 - March 2012 | Iwata Reveals New Plans; Star Power; Collector's Corner; 2011 Nintendo Power Awards; review; Community |
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277 - April 2012 | Warp Zone; Collector's Corner; Download; Making a Racket; Community |
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278 - May 2012 | Games are Art; Making Mario; Collector's Corner;Ultimate Super Mario; review; Community |
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Issues[edit]
This is a list of Nintendo Power issues with articles on the Super Mario Wiki.
- Nintendo Power issue 1
- Nintendo Power issue 2
- Nintendo Power issue 3
- Nintendo Power issue 4
- Nintendo Power issue 5
- Nintendo Power issue 6
- Nintendo Power issue 7
- Nintendo Power issue 8
- Nintendo Power issue 9
- Nintendo Power issue 10
Comics[edit]
Several issues of Nintendo Power have comics within them, many of which make references to the Super Mario franchise of games or related media. These comics revolve mostly around the character Nester, who plays various Nintendo games along with other characters. Originally titled "Howard & Nester" (stylized as "Howard & Nester NESTER"), the comics followed both the character Howard Phillips (based on Nintendo of America's then main spokesman and co-editor of the magazine) and Nester as they played games and gave out tips. When the real Howard left Nintendo, his character was likewise retired from the strip, leading to the comics being retitled "Nester's Adventures", with the comics now following Nester and his friends for several issues. After a long hiatus, another unnamed comic was made for Nintendo Power's 20th anniversary, which shows a grown-up Nester with an unnamed son. For Nintendo Power's final issue, a comic called "Nester & Maxwell" (stylized as "Nester & Maxwell MAX") was done as a callback to the original comic series where Nester and his son Maxwell talk about Nintendo Power's past.
Issue number | Comic series (if available) | Super Mario references |
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#231 | Nester is playing Mario Kart Wii when his son comes in with the 20th issue of Nintendo Power. After talking about the NES, Nester and his son watch The Wizard, specifically mentioning Super Mario Bros. 3 that is played at the end of the movie, and Nester mentions the Super Mario Bros. movie. At the end of the comic, Nester's son gives a tip on how to avoid the POW Block in Mario Kart Wii and the two begin racing against each other. | |
#285 | Nester & Maxwell | The final comic shows Nester reading the final issue of Nintendo Power in a room with many Nintendo Power-related posters and merchandise, including a poster about Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and the clay models of Mario and Wart that was used for the first issue. In the second-to-last panel, Nester's son, Maxwell, invites him to play New Super Mario Bros. U, to which Nester asks his son to create platforms to help him over difficult pits. |
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Cover gallery[edit]
Below is a gallery of almost all of the Nintendo Power covers that Mario and others have appeared on. Notably, the Super Mario franchise has been stated to be the most popular subject of the magazine's covers, having appeared on 57 throughout the magazine's run, including those of both its first and last issues.
Issue #1 - Super Mario Bros. 2
Issue #11 - Super Mario Bros. 3
Issue #18 - Dr. Mario
Issue #28 - Super Mario World
Issue #39 - Mario Paint
Issue #41 - Super Mario Kart
Issue #52 - Super Mario All-Stars
Issue #58 - Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Issue #61 - Donkey Kong
Issue #66 - Donkey Kong Country
Issue #74 - Donkey Kong Land
Issue #75 - Virtual Boy
Issue #77 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Issue #79 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Issue #82 - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Issue #85 - Super Mario 64
Issue #87 - Tetris Attack
Issue #88 - Super Mario 64
Issue #93 - Mario Kart 64
Issue #103 - Diddy Kong Racing
Issue #104 - Yoshi's Story
'99 Preview - Donkey Kong 64, Mario Party (included with subscribers' copies of issue #116)
Issue #117 - Mario Party
Issue #126 - Donkey Kong 64
(subscribers)Issue #128 - Mario Party 2
Issue #135 - Mario Tennis
Issue #141 - Paper Mario
Issue #143 - Super Mario Advance
Issue #145 - Super Mario Advance
Issue #148 - Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Issue #150 - Luigi's Mansion
Issue #151 - Super Smash Bros. Melee
Issue #160 - Super Mario Sunshine
Issue #175 - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Issue #185 - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Issue #194 - Mario Kart DS
Issue #203 - New Super Mario Bros.
Issue #212 - WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Issue #220 - Super Mario Galaxy
Issue #222 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Issue #227 - Mario Kart Wii
Issue #233 - Wario Land: Shake It!
Issue #244 - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (newsstand)
Issue #244 - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (subscribers)
Issue #247 - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (newsstand)
Issue #247 - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (subscribers)
Issue #248 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii (newsstand)
Issue #248 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii (subscribers)
Issue #250 - 250 Reasons to Love Nintendo
Issue #254 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 (newsstand)
Issue #261 - Donkey Kong Country Returns
Issue #263 - Mario Sports Mix
Issue #272 - Super Mario 3D Land (newsstand)
Issue #272 - Super Mario 3D Land (subscribers)
Issue #273 - Mario Kart 7 (newsstand)
Issue #273 - Mario Kart 7 (subscribers)
Issue 284 - Wii U launch line-up
Issue #285 - Final Issue - New Super Mario Bros. U
Nintendo Power Advance[edit]
In 2001, to promote the launch of the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo published a quarterly spin-off magazine of Nintendo Power entitled Nintendo Power Advance, which featured news, tips, and complete walkthroughs for various Game Boy Advance games. It was discontinued in 2002[2] after only four issues, the last being a complete guide for Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. Mario was featured on all with the exception of the third issue, which featured Golden Sun and had a panel with Wario instead.
Issue #1 - Super Mario Advance
Issue #2 - Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Issue #3 - Wario Land 4
Issue #4 - Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Player's Guides[edit]
From 1991 through 2007, Nintendo Power also published official strategy guides for big Nintendo games. Among the games in the Super Mario franchise that were given Player's Guides are the following:
- NES Game Atlas
- Game Boy
- Mario Mania
- Super NES
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario All-Stars
- Super Game Boy
- Donkey Kong Country
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- Super Mario 64
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
- Mario Kart 64
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Yoshi's Story
- Donkey Kong 64
- Paper Mario
- Luigi's Mansion
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Wario World
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
- New Super Mario Bros.
- Yoshi's Island DS
- Super Paper Mario
Nintendo Player's Guide Gallery[edit]
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See also[edit]
Gallery[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ First episode of Nintendo Power Podcast
- ^ Copyright year in Nintendo Power Advance issue 4.