Nintendo Power ceases publication after 25 years - a look back at the awesome fighting game covers of the magazine's past

James is just awesome <3

gotta love those old comics they would do . The one for LTP was my favorite GET THE POWER!

I wonder, if they ever did created Mortal Kombat Vs Street Fighter how would it be like. Is there gonna be blood? is there gonna be fatalities or brutalities?

Just when I thought I had buried my grief, you had to ressurect this story. Fliping through the Classifieds for Rouge Squadron cheats. Checking every issue to see if anything had toppled OoT on that one chart. *sob*

Yeah man, this blows big time!

So many great Nintendo Power memories. I still remember getting that first issue, and I still have it. Super Mario 2 on the cover.

As a kid I just relished getting a new issue. I even loved the smell of the magazine! It feels like something special has been lost:(

The huge presence of the Internet is kind of killing print media now.
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LOL I have the Cyrax Mk3 cover issue and many more in great condition like 96 to 98 Nintendo Power issues.

Nintendo Power was cool and all, loved getting posters in every issue... but c'mon, EGM, best video game magazine.

It had Sushi-X.

Biggest joke of a video game magazine though is Game Players.

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They really knew next to nothing about fighting games looking back at them.

@8
What are they even saying in that MK preview? Combos aren't different because you use the same buttons?

Basically, Game Players believed MK3 was the same as MK2 and thought the run+dial combo's did nothing to innovate the game.

Which is laughable, because that addition completely changed the way the game was played.

Nintendo Power #50 Zelda Golden Cover

As a Kid it was Godlike, and as a kid it was even more Godlike as it stomped on all UK mags @the time (Super Play, Mean Machines etc)

Kinda sad the only video game magazine left in the USA that I've seen around is Xbox Magazine.

Oh and Game Informer, which is terrible.

I miss the glory days of game magazines, all the strategy guides, codes and secrets. It was nice to have in print form.

That Scorpion MK II cover is by far the most creepy.

@12
How is GI terrible? I've always loved them.

Derp face T. Hawk FTW.

I had most of those issues in the pics. I feel old now

#14 - Game Informer lacks any meaningful content compared to the classic GamePro, EGM or Nintendo Power magazines. Game Informer was better in the 90's, but over the last decade, they are just a shell of their former selves.

@17
To each his own I suppose.

wheres the KI covers?

I remember me and my cousin used to fight over who gets to read it first when it came in the mail. Those were the days.

Nintendo power got me into Pokemon with those comics they had included.

Oh my god! This is so nostalgic! Thank you for doing this. Oh man i remember my first issue was the Pokemon issue, the next day was MK covering their next game, i forgot what it was, i think it was 4. Its just been so long. I wish good luck to the remaining people who worked for NP.

R.I.P. Nintendo Power, gone but never forgotten. :(

Nintendo Power... thank you. :(

That's when you know you're getting old as f#ck!!! >:(

Being a kid those days....Getting your knowledge of Link's Awakening under a bright light at night.Be still,my heart!!!! ;_;

Oh,Nintendo Power...Thanks for growing with me.