Author Topic: Nintendo Power Subscribers (Read 10785 times)

BeautifulShy · « **on:** August 22, 2008, 01:24:58 PM »

Do we have any here?

D_Average · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:13:16 PM »

I do, only because it was 3 dollars for the year. I get slightly excited when it comes in the mail, only to set it next to the toilet after 3 minutes of reading. Then on follow up visits to the pot I rarely pick it back up.

Morari · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:17:07 PM »

Can't be much more useless than GameInformer. Someone had bought a subscription for me some months back and I barely even read anything in the issues. Outside of the more recent write ups concerning Guitar Hero 4 and Wolfenstein, it's all old news by the time it comes in the mail.

I subscribed to PC Gamer years and years ago, but that was when the included demo disc meant something to my broadband-impaired computer.

D_Average · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:26:04 PM »

Agreed, GameInformer is absolute garbage. Personally, Edge is the only current video game mag out there I can sit down with for my then 20 mins and enjoy.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:36:19 PM »

I get GI and EGM and they both suck balls. GI was a biproduct of getting my Edge card as GS (Which has easily paid for itself 100 times over already), and EGM just started coming, not sure how.

I usually skim through every issue when they come and after 10 mins I never pick them up again.

I used to be an NP subscriber for a long time a long time ago. I've considered resubscribing but then realized that they never have anything to say that I don't already know.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:53:04 PM »

I stopped subscribing to Nintendo Power when I started noticing verbatim reprints from nintendo.com.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2008, 03:32:29 PM »

I subscribe to Nintendo Power. They do enough previews of things I care about to be worth it and there are times when announcements I miss or ignore on the web catch my eye in the magazine.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2008, 03:44:48 PM »

I stopped subscribing when it was apparent they'll never provide cool subscriber gifts and DVDs forever.

vudu · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2008, 03:45:23 PM »

Quote from: D_Average on August 22, 2008, 02:13:16 PM

I do, only because it was 3 dollars for the year.

Same. I find it an enjoyable enough read while I eat my breakfast.

Mikintosh · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2008, 03:55:36 PM »

I've been subscribed to Nintendo Power since '98 (I think the first issue I got had Ken Griffey Jr. on it); it was probably best between the reboot in 2005 and the switch to Future US (the new guys aren't as good), but I still enjoy it.

I've also been getting EGM for the last six years or so, but they cover games I don't care about (namely PS3 games) too much to be invested in it anymore. Plus, like so many people on the internet, they take video games way too seriously. When I read about stuff like "civil rights for gamers", I throw up in my mouth a little bit.

UncleBob · « **Reply #10 on:** August 22, 2008, 08:04:25 PM »

I get Nintendo Power and EGM, the latter for free.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #11 on:** August 22, 2008, 08:16:05 PM »

I miss the newsletter Nintendo used to publish before Nintendo Power existed.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2008, 10:00:23 PM »

Oh yeah, I get EGM too. That magazine has gone way downhill. The subscription ran out about 6 months ago but it's set to auto-renew and I couldn't find a way to stop that so I'm still getting it despite the fact that I haven't paid the bill they sent. I wonder when they'll stop sending them; I don't even read the issues anymore, they sit in the mail pile until I put them with the recycling.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2008, 10:09:50 PM »

I had been a subscriber to Nintendo Power since the SNES days, but I ended up not renewing last year because I just didn't have the time to read it anymore... =(

D_Average · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2008, 04:36:12 PM »

Quote from: Bill Aurion on August 22, 2008, 10:09:50 PM

I had been a subscriber to Nintendo Power since the SNES days, but I ended up not renewing last year because I just didn't have the time to read it anymore... =(

You didn't have 90 seconds??

Kairon · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2008, 05:52:05 PM »

I'm still a subscriber!

redgiemental · « **Reply #16 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:46:28 PM »

As a UK resident the official Nintendo magazine for the UK really is awful so the only magazine I read these days is Edge.

Sarail · « **Reply #17 on:** August 26, 2008, 02:51:43 PM »

I'm a subscriber and I love it. Good mag.

D_Average · « **Reply #18 on:** August 26, 2008, 03:43:17 PM »

Just got the new mag yesterday, I was pleased to find a few new reviews not yet done by the major site. I'll give them credit for that.

TheFleece · « **Reply #19 on:** August 26, 2008, 06:36:01 PM »

I'm a subscriber since last year and saw the migration to Future and I've decided that I won't renew again. There's little I don't know by the time the mag gets to me although it is nice to read interviews.

ThePerm · « **Reply #20 on:** August 26, 2008, 07:03:56 PM »

if they don't start putting good posters back in i don't see why i should continue subscribing

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #21 on:** August 26, 2008, 07:19:14 PM »

Quote from: ThePerm on August 26, 2008, 07:03:56 PM

if they don't start putting good posters back in i don't see why i should continue subscribing

I thought the Sonic Chronicles one in the most recent issue was pretty good.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #22 on:** August 26, 2008, 07:32:26 PM »

I liked that one as well Insanolord. I also liked the Mushroom Men poster.

D_Average · « **Reply #23 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:18:28 AM »

Anyone wondering of the big N still has influence over Nintendo Power, look no further than they're new issue. They hyped Wii Music as one of the 15 best games from E3 coupled with many praises for it.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #24 on:** August 27, 2008, 12:21:24 PM »

To be fair they placed it at number 13. Here is the list in question.
1.Madworld
2.The Conduit
3.Castlevania:Order of Ecclesia
4.Megaman 9
5.Animal Crossing:City Folk
6.Rhythm Heaven
7.Chrono Trigger
8.Wario Land:Shake It!
9.Wii Sports Resort
10.GTA:Chinatown Wars
11.Major Minor's Majestic March
12.Castlevania:Judgement
13.Wii Music
14.Sonic Chronicles:The Dark Brotherhood
15.Facebreaker KO Party

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Author Topic: Nintendo Power Subscribers (Read 10785 times)