Nintendo Power magazine shutting down, editor hopes final issues are "memorable"
Twitter posts confirm the unfortunate news
Nintendo Power will soon cease to exist, as the publication prepares to publish its final issues before coming to an end.
One of the most iconic and long-running game magazines in the United States, Nintendo Power debuted in 1988 under Nintendo. Years later, it was passed to Future Publishing, whose wide-ranging portfolio includes other big names like Official Xbox Magazine, PC Gamer, PlayStation: The Official Magazine, and Best Buy's @Gamer.
Yet sources say it was not Future who ended Nintendo Power. Rather, Nintendo was uninterested in renewing their contract with the media group and seemed unwilling to participate in digital initiatives that Future felt was necessary for the publication's survival. Apparently, the Japanese company was always "difficult to work with."
Editors and staff were informed last week of the impending closure, sources say. Employees are being moved to other Future properties like MacLife magazine and GamesRadar, while the official Xbox and PlayStation publications and @Gamer remain unaffected.
Right now, it's unclear how many more issues of Nintendo Power we'll be seeing. Senior editor Chris Hoffman posted on Twitter earlier that he was "sad to see it go" and hopes the editorial team will "try to make the last issues memorable." His tweets were quickly removed, however.
Thanks for the tip, Le3F.
Source: Ars Technica
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That was way before the internet (and thus before the downfall of my moral character), so I really looked forward to each issue and actually learned about quite a few games from them including Secret of Mana, the Final Fantasy series (yes, I was a true pariah at the time), and Earthbound.
Sad to see the rag go, but admittedly it's a different world for magazines nowadays.
I'm gonna miss my monthly NP, I wonder what happens to the year of subscription I have left?
It's sad to see an iconic magazine go, but with the Internet going as strong as it is with game information showing up on sites and in forums, it was all but inevitable. Where Nintendo goes from here...tough to tell, maybe something better will show up down the road.
That being said, I really loved the old Nintendo Power from the 90's and early 00's. I got most of my early pokemon games through them since they always had that deal where you could get both versions (and I think the guide) for the price of one game. It was awesome. Still sad to see something I grew up with closing down though.
That's was one of the main reasons I dropped my subscription when Future took over. NP had its place when it was delivering full color miniguides, maps, and tips. These things, while harder to write than a review, are harder to find online and work much better in a paper format since you can make notes, have it open on your lap easily, etc. When Nintendo stopped publishing it themselves and we lost the original Nintendo Power team, the same team that was writing Nintendo's official guides, they decided to make it a regular, boring gaming magazine doing all the same stuff internet sites were doing better and faster. I still use my older issues of NP when I replay a game like Golden Sun or Metroid Prime, since the maps and checklists are so helpful. Wish they would bring that format back, maybe as a digital magazine you can read on Wii U? Now that's an online service I would pay for.
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