Nintendo Power coming to an end

[CaptainZombie]

I remember getting the first issue and waiting in anticipation for that first issue.

Nintendo has chosen not to renew its licensing agreement with Future Publishing (the company that currently produces Nintendo Power) and has no intentions to take over the publication itself, according to insider sources speaking to Ars Technica. A now-deleted tweet from NP staff suggested this was accurate.

Reportedly "difficult to work with," Nintendo is said to have taken no interest in working with Future on expanded online initiatives to strengthen the Nintendo Power brand. Editors and staff members were told that the magazine would be shut down sometime last week and have since begun transitioning to other Future publications, according to Ars Technica's source.

We've reached out to Future Publishing and Nintendo for comment. Originally launching in 1988, Nintendo Power was run in-house by Nintendo until the property was licensed to Future in 2007.

[bcruise]

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End of an era....I think this was my first one (hard to remember that far back, though:

Spoiler for big pic:

Spoiler

I still have them somewhere, though I doubt the condition is any good.

[Polo Bandit]

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The first one I had was with Mario 2 on the cover. I may have a few of them at my parents house still, but I think most of mine were thrown away. I subscribed from 88 until around 94 or 95.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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I honestly thought they stopped making this magazine when I was a kid. But I haven't owned a Nintendo console in a long time, so I haven't really been checking for them either.

[bcruise]

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The first one I had was with Mario 2 on the cover. I may have a few of them at my parents house still, but I think most of mine were thrown away. I subscribed from 88 until around 94 or 95.

That was the very first issue, if I'm not mistaken.

[CaptainZombie]

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That was the very first issue, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah it was.

[mgoblue]

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Yeah it was.

Man, I had that issue (and so many more!)....

Haven't read the magazine in like 15 years probably, but I loved it when I was a kid...

[DickDalewood]

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Sad . Like most of you, I don't read it anymore, but man those covers bring back memories.

[RedPhazon8]

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I've been with them for the longest time, it was the only real source of Nintendo information since more of the other gaming news sites/magazines usually didn't cover many Nintendo subject. It's really too bad...

[Skyboxer]

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Wiw... Makes ya feel little older

[ScoobySnax]

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I thought these were discontinued years ago. Looking at that cover definitely brings back the memories.

[Polo Bandit]

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This one creeped the hell out of me:

[bcruise]

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Now confirmed by the Big N itself, as of December:

http://kotaku.com/5936942/nintendo-c...endo-power-era

[RJTurneR]

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Nintendo is not like it used to be..

[Crimsontide27]

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What was the one before Nintendo Power? The paper pamphlet? Nintendo Fan Club or something like that. I used to get that one and even remember having to call a telephone number to figure out you had to kneel with some crystal globe at the edge of the water in Castlevania 2 to open up a new area lol.