Nintendo Power
Three SNES Classic-Themed Nintendo Power Covers Revealed By Nintendo
Nintendo has revealed three SNES Classic-Themed Nintendo Power Covers that are available for download that celebrate the legacy of Mario, Zelda, and Star Fox 2. Also, for those headed to PAX West, Nintendo will be handing out physical copies of these images as collector’s posters to attendees of Nintendo’s “Special” Panel. No further details have been given of this panel, e...[Read More]
Super Mario Adventures Graphic Novel Announced!
Fun fact: did you know that there was a Mario Graphic Novel? There was, and it was called SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES. It originally appeared in twelve installments of Nintendo Power in 1992, from January to December. While it wasn’t exactly a retelling of any of the games, it was loosely based on Super Mario World, where many of the characters and enemies were similar, featuring Mario, Luigi, Toadstoo...[Read More]
Nintendo Power Archive Axed by Nintendo
Totally saw this coming. After just under a couple weeks the valuable history on display on Archive.org of Nintendo Power has been removed. The important detail to note is that Nintendo Power was discontinued in 2012. Nintendo Power was, of course, a magazine that provided details of games coming out, accessories to look out for, and interviews with some of the dominant forces in Nintendo. To gami...[Read More]
Nintendo Power Archive Offers Over a Hundred Issues
Video game history is a bit of a hobby of mine, in which I sometimes enjoy diving deep into the biographies of big developers and their stories. Just last year, I picked up Masters of Doom to learn John Romero and John Carmacks’ interesting tale. The problem with being into video game history is there isn’t nearly the plethora of written content available like there is for other histor...[Read More]