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[InsaneDavid]

In other news though I did spot some interesting magazines dedicated to retro video gaming while i was searching.

Yup, the last couple issues of Retro Gamer have been really good.

[YoshiM]

Like I already said with the post you quoted, it's not the number of issues.

This is issue #285.

Yep, I was way off. Posted without the mag at hand.

The number in the list is from the number of magazines NP published.

[Casati]

Does anyone have a list of the "official guides" that were issued by Nintendo Power in magazine format (as opposed to "official guide" guide books) or any other NP limited editions that aren't listed as part of their standard volumes?

[Collector_Gaming]

Well finally found a copy. Read through the editorial and letters and wow some of the peoples comments almost brings a tear to an eye. They make it sound like they just lost a family member.

But also before the server shit the bed I was trying to post this picture I found related to this topic and thought you guys would find it funny and touching at the same time


Sad but true

[VG_Maniac]

I received the last issue in the mail today. My 21 year subscription to Nintendo Power has now come to a close.

[sparf]

Does anyone have a list of the "official guides" that were issued by Nintendo Power in magazine format (as opposed to "official guide" guide books) or any other NP limited editions that aren't listed as part of their standard volumes?

Not complete, but the original 4 strategy guides (Final Fantasy, Ninja Gaiden II, Mario 3, 4 Player Extra) counted as volumes. The next batch were:

NES Game Atlas
Mario Mania
Super NES
Game Boy

And then:
Top Secret Passwords
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Super Metroid
Killer Instinct
Earthbound
Chrono Trigger
Super Mario RPG
Pokemon
Super Game Boy
Mario Paint

(Those are all the ones I can think of with that particular format. There may be others, but those were all the Nintendo Power Players Guide format)

[Leo_A]

Yep, I was way off. Posted without the mag at hand.

The number in the list is from the number of magazines NP published.

Again, no it isn't or this wouldn't be issue 285 or whatever the number it is.

There are far more than 235 issues of just normal Nintendo Power not to mention things like strategy guides.

[YoshiM]

Again, no it isn't or this wouldn't be issue 285 or whatever the number it is.

There are far more than 235 issues of just normal Nintendo Power not to mention things like strategy guides.

Sigh- the number from the list IN NINTENDO POWER...,

I thought by stating I was way off should have then nullified my original number of 235. Especially since I didn't have "a list". Sorry I didn't clarify and put it in a blinking marquee.

[Rob2600]

Other than a few possible special issues from 2011 which I've requested from JSoup, the List of Games on the Cover of Nintendo Power is complete!

[slapdash]

The games could have also been pulled from the short lived Game Boy Advance Power Magazine, or whatever the hell they called it.

Does anyone know how many issues there were of that one? I have three of the first four, but never saw any others.

Didn't they also make a Game for Girls magazine for a month or two, or am I thinking of a different publication?

Wow, really not sure of what you mean, but I'd love to hear more about it. The closest thing I can think of is Game Candy, but that was a freebie deal from Toys R Us (published by Ubisoft), and there was only one issue before it became Imagine Town Magazine, which I THINK was a little less girl-centric (there were at least two issues of it).

[Rob2600]

Does anyone know how many issues there were of that one? I have three of the first four, but never saw any others.

There were only four of those issues. See my link above for the complete list of every Nintendo Fun Club News and Nintendo Power.

[Steven]

On a side note, I hate how so many people slam the legacy of NP Magazine. IMHO, they really hit their stride in the SNES' prime years ('93-'94). Each issue would highlight a handful of SNES games with 4-10 pages EACH. I loved those mega showcases... they were arguably better than GameFan's or EGM's. NP's review system sucked though, but their showcases really dug into the games.

Underrated publication IMO, esp. during the mid '90s when they hit their high point.

[slapdash]

There were only four of those issues. See my link above for the complete list of every Nintendo Fun Club News and Nintendo Power.

Ah, thought it was only Nintendo Power issues and didn't think to look. But thanks for confirming that there were only four of them!

[BlastProcessing402]

Picked up a copy at Walmart yesterday. Very nice look back at the entire history of the mag. Stupid cartoon at the end even made me tear up a little. Love the way the cover homages the first issue, and the every cover ever poster was a great bonus.

[JSoup]

Does anyone know how many issues there were of that one? I have three of the first four, but never saw any others.

To the best of my memory, there were only four issues put out.

Wow, really not sure of what you mean, but I'd love to hear more about it. The closest thing I can think of is Game Candy, but that was a freebie deal from Toys R Us (published by Ubisoft), and there was only one issue before it became Imagine Town Magazine, which I THINK was a little less girl-centric (there were at least two issues of it).

It...might be that. I only ever saw it once. It was a pink colored issue, advertising games girls might like, such as Cooking Mama, Super Princes Peach and the various Nintendogs games.

[Ed Oscuro]

On a side note, I hate how so many people slam the legacy of NP Magazine. IMHO, they really hit their stride in the SNES' prime years ('93-'94). Each issue would highlight a handful of SNES games with 4-10 pages EACH. I loved those mega showcases... they were arguably better than GameFan's or EGM's. NP's review system sucked though, but their showcases really dug into the games.

Underrated publication IMO, esp. during the mid '90s when they hit their high point.

I liked all the issues I read. There've been a lot of good magazines, and they come and go, but NP was really an epochal publication. It makes no sense to me that Nintendo would let it totally close - shouldn't there be some online presence at least? - but perhaps this has something to do with the name "Nintendo Power" having essentially no brand recognition in Japan. Other companies do things like this all the time, so it's not unique. Part of me wants to say "well maybe it made sense," part of me wants to say it was horribly myopic and they lost a premier marque for advertising their system in a semi-respectable way. It is pretty amazing, when you think about it, that anybody could bemoan the death of what was essentially advertising for Nintendo.

I wonder how much space a complete NP collection takes up? I have some older issues myself, but not very many. I'll definitely go pick up a copy of their last issue for old times' sake, although I have the feeling not a lot of it will really grab me - Nintendo has moved on.

[Jorpho]

but perhaps this has something to do with the name "Nintendo Power" having essentially no brand recognition in Japan.

Well, technically it was the name of a flash RAM cartridge and distribution service.

[Aussie2B]

I don't know about recent years, but I know around the mid-90s the Japanese actually took interest in what Nintendo Power was doing. I have some Japanese magazines that had a section with photos and summaries of the latest issue of Nintendo Power.

[slapdash]

It...might be [Game Candy]. I only ever saw it once. It was a pink colored issue, advertising games girls might like, such as Cooking Mama, Super Princes Peach and the various Nintendogs games.

If it had Super Princess Peach, it definitely wasn't Game Candy -- it was basically an ad mag, and only had the Ubisoft game in it (IIRC); it had a bunch of Petz (I think) games, not Nintendogs.

[Ed Oscuro]

Well, technically it was the name of a flash RAM cartridge and distribution service.

Hence "essentially."

I don't know about recent years, but I know around the mid-90s the Japanese actually took interest in what Nintendo Power was doing. I have some Japanese magazines that had a section with photos and summaries of the latest issue of Nintendo Power.

That's interesting but it doesn't really prove there was great interest from all Japanese. My local paper prints Thomas Sowell, after all.

I think that to get the Western (or at least the American) perspective on gaming you'd need some coverage of NP but that really says more about the scarcity of good (or any) coverage over here.