Topic: Nintendo Power Set to Stop Publication

[NWR_Neal]

The Nintendo magazine will stop publication soon after nearly 25 years of circulation.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31388

Nintendo Power, a magazine in circulation since 1989, will no longer be published, according to Ars Technica and confirmed by Nintendo Power staffers.

Ars Technica cited a source that told them that Nintendo and magazine publisher Future were unable to work out a deal regarding the Nintendo Power brand, which is owned by Nintendo, as they ran the magazine from 1989 to 2007. Supposedly, Nintendo was difficult to work with and not interested in working with Future on digital ideas that Future thought was necessary for the magazine and brand's success.

The current issue available is #281, dated for August 2012. It is unknown how many more are left, but Nintendo Power's Phil Theobald commented on Twitter that they have "something sweet" planned for the final issue.

The Nintendo Power staff is being transitioned to Future's other publications and sites, which include GamesRadar, MacLife, @Gamer, Official Xbox Magazine, and PlayStation: The Official Magazine. However, there is no confirmation that every staffer will be afforded this opportunity.

[Khushrenada]

Woah! That sucks actually.

[Glad0s]

NOOOO!! WHERE WILL WE GET OUR OVER-INFLATED REVIEW SCORES NOW?!?!? Quick, everyone! To IGN's Xbox reviews! HUZZAHH!!!!






In all seriousness, this is kind of a shame. I suppose that the internet is pretty much killing off all game-related print publications.

[Luigi Dude]

Sad, but not surprising.  Print publications are becoming more and more irrelevant in this day and age.  It's a hard sell to get people to pay money to get a magazine when they can just get the same information and much more for free online.

[broodwars]

Well, I can't honestly say I'm going to miss the magazine, despite some rose-tinted nostalgia for it.  I was a reader up through around the middle of the N64 days, and back then it was at best an average piece of Nintendo's propaganda machine.  Every once in a while you'd get an interesting-looking comic; some detailed maps; or a nice exclusive item in the Nintendo Power store like a Soundtrack CD (hey, remember when Nintendo actually released those in America?), but their coverage and reviews were always kind of lame.  I've heard it improved a great deal when Nintendo finally cut it loose years ago, but by that point I had pretty much moved on to EGM.  I wouldn't be surprised if EGM announced the same thing soon, actually, considering I never see new issues on store shelves anymore.

[geo]

Sounds like Nintendo would rather give out all its news through Nintendo Direct than through a magazine.

[Ian Sane]

It's weird but NP hasn't mattered to me in a LONG time.  During the NES days it was essential, not for reviews or anything, but for tips and tricks and walkthroughs and such.  With no internet that information was very valuable.  Of course I could say this about Gamepro or EGM or any of the numerous game mags.  By the time the Dreamcast came out it was like "okay, why do we still have these things?"  I can't imagine ever looking at back issues for anything in the 3D era where reviews and FAQs are plentiful.  Nintendo Power is a NES/SNES era thing and that was a long time ago.

[Ceric]

I was a reader up to when they stopped putting comics in regularly.  I'm in the market to get 1-30 or so.  I really need to get on that.  I want all the comics.

[ThePerm]

EGM already stopped publication one time. Its funny hearing Nintendo was hard to work with. I wonder how difficult it is to work with Japanese corporations at this point. Nintendo despite always being Japanese seems even more difficult to work with than it used to be. I was reading an article on Wreck-it Ralph and they seemed like they must have been a pain to work with.

[SonofMrPeanut]

Final Issue Surprise:  Nester confirmed for Smash Bros!

I'm certainly going to get on that final issue, framing it and potentially getting it signed.

[Chariblaze]

I suppose it should have been assumed it was a contracted deal. Five years with Future. Ah, well. Everything nice has to die someday.

[Crimm]

Gui was just talking about how he recently subscribed to NP...ha

[Kairon]

I.AM.SO.SAD

[ShyGuy]

NWR and the internet killed Nintendo Power. Thanks Neal. Thanks a lot.

[NWR_Neal]

If we killed Nintendo Power, then this site has become way too powerful for me to control.

Basically, no, we didn't. Not at all. Blame GoNintendo, maybe? Idk.

[Ceric]

If we killed Nintendo Power, then this site has become way too powerful for me to control.

Basically, no, we didn't. Not at all. Blame GoNintendo, maybe? Idk.

We know secretly its like Highlanders there can only be 1.

[CartoonHero]

A part of me just died...   Well, I knew it couldn't last forever. I think I'll just frame the final issue. And I only subscribed last year on February..... I've run out of things to say....

[Shaymin]

If we killed Nintendo Power, then this site has become way too powerful for me to control.

Basically, no, we didn't. Not at all. Blame GoNintendo, maybe? Idk.

The only thing I blame them for is sucking.

Between friends and my own sub, I have nearly 12 years of Nintendo Power still. Even got a full page in the Pikmin issue and felt like the king of the world for a month straight. I even know a couple of people who write there now who are out of work (Phil and Casey).

RIP Nintendo Power.

[Mop it up]

I'm a bit surprised this didn't happen sooner. I can't really say I'm sad about it since I stopped subscribing years ago, but the magazine was definitely fun to have in the 90's and early 2000's.

[powerclaw1]

Tis it be a sad day indeed. Let us give a moment of silence.

[marty]

Had a subscription in the mid-late 90's.  I don't have any nostalgia for it so i don't really care now, but back in the day (as we used to say) it was pretty alright.

[Retro Deckades]

This sucks! I recently recently renewed my subscription. Prior to doing so, I hadn't received any renewal reminders... I wonder if this is why.


I've actually kept my subscription going since issue #48. It was the May 1993 issue, and it featured Batman Returns.


Ever since their overhaul in July 2005, I have read each issue from front to back days after it arrived. I always enjoyed doing that. Whereas now you can get all of your information from the internet, it was a very comforting thing to kick back with the magazine and read about all of the upcoming games.


Plus, in recent years they have put a lot of focus on retro games, which I found even more endearing.

[Tizona]

I've had a subscription for nearly 10 years now, and have collected nearly all of the backlog. It'll be fun to say I own every issue from start to finish, but I'm really sad I won't get it in the mail anymore. It's just one of those fun little suprises every month when I come home to a fresh copy in the mail box, and just a little reminder of how FUN games can be, as the internet sites (NWR excluded) can have a tendency to take all the fun out gaming with the BS snark and trolling, etc.

[S-U-P-E-R]

;_;

[NWR_Neal]

That's beautiful, man.