This article is about the magazine and podcast. For the cartridge rental service, see Nintendo Power (cartridge).
Nintendo Power
First issue, July/August 1988
Editor-in-Chief
Steve Thomason
Former editors
Chris Slate
Staff writers
Phil Theobald Justin Cheng Chris Hoffman
Categories
Video games
Frequency
6x annually, January 1991 monthly
Format
Magazine
Circulation
475,000 (2012)[1]
First issue
July/August 1988; 35 years ago (1988-08)
Final issue Number
December 11, 2012 (2012-12-11) 285
Company
Nintendo of America (1988–2007) Future US (2007–2012)
Country
United States, Canada
Based in
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Language
English
Website
www.nintendopower.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 19, 2015)
ISSN
1041-9551
OCLC
760783416
Nintendo Power is a video game news and strategy podcast and former magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America. The magazine's publication was initially done monthly by Nintendo of America, then independently, and in December 2007 contracted to Future US, the American subsidiary of British publisher Future.[2] Its 24–year production run is one of the longest of all video game magazines in the United States and Canada.
On August 21, 2012, Nintendo announced that it would not be renewing its licensing agreement with Future Publishing, and that Nintendo Power would cease publication in December.[1][3] The final issue, volume 285, was released on December 11, 2012.[4]
On December 20, 2017, Nintendo Power officially returned as a podcast.
^ abKain, Erik (23 August 2012). "Nintendo Power Magazine Will Cease Publication This December According To Nintendo". Forbes. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^"Nintendo and Future US Team To Publish Nintendo Power magazine". Future US. 19 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^Mallory, Jordan (August 21, 2012). "Nintendo Power coming to an end". Joystiq. Archived from the original on January 14, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
^John Gaines. "Where Have All the Magazines Gone?". Library Point. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
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