Game Over for ‘Nintendo Power’ Magazine

Sorry for the cheesy head­line. I couldn’t resist. After 24 years, Nin­tendo Power mag­a­zine is end­ing. Joys­tiq reports:

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. This infor­ma­tion is cor­rob­o­rated by Nin­tendo Power senior edi­tor Chris Hoff­man, who tweeted that he and his staff will “try to make the last issues memorable.”

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.

[via Joys­tiq ]

For gamers, it’s truly the end of an era. The mag­a­zine has been a source of news, reviews, pre­views, tips and strat­egy for all things Nin­tendo since 1988. I haven’t actively main­tained a sub­scrip­tion since the early 90s, but I’m still sad to see it go.

Just for old time’s sake, here are my favorite TMNT-themed issues of Nin­tendo Power through the years:

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