RIP Nintendo Power

[Goldenboko]

trout. I feel old.

[Jiro]

Never read it, I don't think, but it's a sad day nonetheless.

[KentaRawr!]

You people all stopped reading which is why it's going kaput.

Actually, the magazine may have stopped issuing, but Nintendo Power still lives on through the Internet.

Why didn't it occur to me that there would be a website? I'm a goof.

But yeah, I ended my subscription to this a while ago because I figured I could get all the same info from the net. But I really like some of their articles! There was an interview with the guy who did the sound design for a good chunk of the Silent Hill games that was really enlightening. I wish I could remember what issue it was from. :P I'll totally bookmark the website now!

[DMKA]

Man, I remember reading Nintendo Power back in elementary school! We had a subscription and got one in the mail every month. I remember an issue from when Earthbound first came out, the whole issue was about the game and for some reason was full of scratch n' sniff garbage pictures that smelled really, really bad.

I also remember when N64 was first being released they sent us a VHS tape all about it with PRO GAMERS on it and how INEXPLICABLY PERPLEXED EVEN THESE PROS WERE BY THE ADVANCED GAMING TECHNOLOGY. It was all 90S EXTREME and cheesy as hell.

EDIT: And of course, it's on YouTube!

I have many a happy memory with Nintendo Power, even though I haven't seen one since the N64 days.

[Polnareff]

Now you know how I feel about Shonen Jump.

Losing Shonen Jump to digital only was no big shakes. After April 2005, the magazine got pretty bad, IMO. Especially when it came to them not being able to decide what series to keep in there and what ones to get rid of. I really hate the fact they took Shaman King out, for example, because it was really starting to get good. I think the only manga that actually ended their runs in the print version were Yu-Gi-Oh and Yu Yu Hakusho. That's pretty messed up.

[Hollycat]

Now you know how I feel about Shonen Jump.

Losing Shonen Jump to digital only was no big shakes. After April 2005, the magazine got pretty bad, IMO. Especially when it came to them not being able to decide what series to keep in there and what ones to get rid of. I really hate the fact they took Shaman King out, for example, because it was really starting to get good. I think the only manga that actually ended their runs in the print version were Yu-Gi-Oh and Yu Yu Hakusho. That's pretty messed up.

It is, but One Piece, and Naruto were still there.
TBH I skipped all the yugioh besides the ones in the very beginning where people died.

[Slothy]

I don't think I'll miss Nintendo Power (there reviews were quite questionable from what I remember), but it's always sad to see the slow death of print media. I loved having an actual physical magazine I could hold in my hands back in the day. I may want the gradual push to a Star Trek like future in a lot of ways, but I like's my physical informations.

[theundeadhero]

Oh man, I haven't even seen an issue in at least 15 years. I still hve some old issues laying around that covered games of interest like FF Legends II. I also have the first magazine issue, and some of the newletters before it actually became a magazine.

[Sephex]

DMKA's post reminded me of the hilarious Star Fox 64 video they sent me before.

[Pike]

But that's a GREAT video! I had it on VHS as well.

[Sephex]

But that's a GREAT video! I had it on VHS as well.

Did they also send you the Diddy Kong Racing one?



Or wait! Going old schoolish, the Donkey Kong Country one! Man, this one SCREAMS the 90s.

[Pike]

You know what else they sent me? This orchestrated soundtrack to Super Smash Bros. Melee. Man. Nintendo Power was great.

[Roogle]

There was a poll on GameFAQs about this. I think one of the options said something like, "It's sad, but nobody reads magazines anymore," which sums up how I feel for the most part. I still have old copies of the magazine at my house in St. Louis.

[Evastio]

I remember going to the library as a kid and always checking the latest edition of Nintendo power. I even did that about five months ago. It brought back memories.

We'll miss you Nintendo Power.

[Del Murder]