nintendo power is done :(

[brianmanahan]

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/final-nintendo-power-cover-brings-the-magazine-full-circle/

i havent subscribed for some years now but it still feels like a piece of my childhood has died

 

[Imp]

I'm more surprised it didn't die a while ago... Sibling used to subscribe as a kid.

 

[natto fire]

Thought for sure this would be a necro, honestly figured they had been gone for years. I remember enjoying it, especially the demos, but not surprised they are going.

 

[Special K]

Wow, I didn't even realize it was still in print. That and EGM were my primary sources for gaming information prior to the internet.

 

[KLin]

I still have a stack of nintendo power magazines from the early 90's.

 

[Dedpuhl]

I remember getting a subscription after the 4th issue. I used my allowance to back order the first 4 issues.

 

[lozina]

Pretty sure I still have that magazine in my attic somewhere

 

[Anonemous]

I thought RC Pro Am was the cover for the 'first' issue? /had Nintendo power from the beginning...

 

[KLin]

I thought RC Pro Am was the cover for the 'first' issue? /had Nintendo power from the beginning...

 

[FelixDeCat]

whats a nintendo?

 

[natto fire]

whats a nintendo?

It means "leave luck to heaven" and is also the name of one of the biggest game companies on the planet. So what do I get for taking the bait?

 

[trmiv]

Wow I didn't know it was still around. I remember that first issue with Mario coming in the mail. It was a damn happy day when a new issue showed up.

 

[djnsmith7]

This brings back a lot of memories. Been a while since I opened one of these.

 

[EvilYoda]

Same here, I spent countless hours reading and rereading that magazine. Fond memories of those better days...

 

[Arkaign]

I was actually in two issues of Nintendo Power

 

[HydroSqueegee]

still mad my mom wouldnt let me get nintendo power when they wer egiving away a free copy of dragon warrior 3 with it.

 

[LookBehindYou]

That stinks. That's one thing I've thought of a lot recently (and with the wishbook thread). To me, there is no substitute for some paper/physical magazines and books. I used to love reading nintendo power, gamepro, the wishbook/jc penny catalogs. My kid will never get to experience a lot of that stuff. He won't care because he won't know what he is missing, but stil...

 

[BrokenVisage]

Pft... the poster in the first issue was FREE, what gives Nin?

 

[Kaido]

It's funny how nostalgic we get over things we never use. Nintendo Power, Twinkies, etc. There's a big uproar when it leaves, but then it turns out nobody was using the products...

 

[Triumph]

nintendo power was awesome. because it was the only place to get hints on how to beat the ridiculously hard nintendo games. ridiculously hard.

 

[darkewaffle]

It's funny how nostalgic we get over things we never use. Nintendo Power, Twinkies, etc. There's a big uproar when it leaves, but then it turns out nobody was using the products...

To be fair NP only covered Nintendo products and was always written for a younger audience, most people here would have grown out of it.

I had a sub as a kid for a number of years, sad to see it go but digital killed the paper star.

 

[SandEagle]

1. Console Gaming ---->
2.Repost.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2265483

 

[Triumph]

1. Console Gaming ---->
2.Repost.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2265483

Why do people get all butt hurt when someone reposts something they already posted, in another forum that people here probably don't even visit? I have NEVER visited CG.

Thanks for reposting here OP, otherwise I would never have seen it.

 

[ElFenix]

i may have that castlevania issue somewhere. don't think i got in on it until maybe a year in. megaman 2 was on the cover of one of the first issues i got.

 

[Franz316]

They've gone the way of PC Accelerator.