Final issue of Nintendo Power pays homage to origin

Seeing those covers next to each other like that, it's the very image of the end of an era. All good things come to an end, and they often have their reasons, but damn if it doesn't make you sad just looking at it.

Big fan of the final cover the magazine, but so sad that it's the last issue ever.

Pretty sad actually I remember waiting for weeks to get the next nintendo club issue...

The internet (and sites like this) may have the scoop on things, but I still enjoy printed magazines. I'm surprised that nintendo lost interest here. The magazine would have been a valuable mover of software for them. Nintendo may have their own magazine in the works, in one form or another.

It's weird. I haven't bought a magazine in many years, but whenever another one I liked goes down, I feel sad...

Not sure when I let my NP subscription stop but it was probably somewhere around 1994 when I went to college. I still have all of those classic NP issues at my parents home, including issue #1. Some great memories there!

Has it been 25 years! I remember that first cover when I was 10 yrs old. Sad to see it go along with other video game publications. But this is not necessarily the end of Nintendo Power, just its PRINTED run. It wouldn't surprise me if it went digital after a few months break...

Damn....hurts my heart to see it go, honestly. I wasn't a subscriber but growing up I do remember picking up an issues here and there over the past 25+ yrs (YES, I'm that much older now, lol) keep up on Nintendo. Sad really. I'm gonna have to hunt my local BN (among a few others) to see if I see it and get it.

Man, gotta give 'em credit for doing a throwback homage like that....send it off in style, NP. That's what's up. ;)

I had the orginal issue along with the old Nintendo Fun Club issues =) Hey they even put Mike Tyson on the Cover of Nintendo Fun Club I was like who is that Bad A and he gets his own video game to top it.

RIP. I remember back when I had the SNES I looked forward to this magazine every month. I hadn't subscribed since the SNES, but I always remembered how excited I was...

In 1988, when the first issue launched, I was head over heels in love with my NES. Back then Nintendo could do no wrong. But for Nintendo to just dump Nintendo Power magazine like that is just terrible. That magazine, whether you like Nintendo or not, is a piece of gaming history and should go into the video game hall of fame. Because Nintendo is too cheap, gamers lose a great piece of gaming history and many others lose their jobs. Way to go little N.

i used to get the mail everyday in anticipation, sad how things change.

I remember that issue! In fact I may have that issue lying around in the garage somewhere. I had just gotten the NES a year earlier and have been playing SMB to pieces.

Shame to see it go :(

Shame its the last issue. i used to get these back when i was a kid. 

i guess people dont read magazines as much any more now that they have there iphones, tablets and laptops

who here remembers those promos they used to put in the mags tho?  Like the pokemon comics/inserts when red/blue was new, occasional pokemon cards (i remember i got a pikachu and a charmeleon), mario rpg trading cards, mortal kombat trading cards, donkey kong country trading cards, the star fox/rumble pack promo vhs, the smash bro's orchestral cd, the KILLER INSTINCT GOLD COMIC BOOK.... etc!

Sad.  :(  Seriously.

There's nothing like glancing through game magazines, and that's something game websites can't do.

In my home country, game magazines are much better because they provide all detail info (platform, release date, developer, publisher, etc.) for all of the games they advertised. Besides, there's also cheat code, walk-through, game secrets, art competition, freebies, and any valuable information that make them worth collecting or looking forward to. This may be one of the reasons why game magazines in US can't survive.

It's a sad day. Been a reader off and on since beginning.

I just wished Nintendo would let Nintendo Power be converted into a web site. The name and logo is just too legendary to let go. 

Maybe we could get more promotional videos for upcoming Nintendo games promoted in the same vain as those old ones in the 1990s'. I still remember getting the Donkey Kong Country video as part of a bundle along side Donkey Kong Country and my SNES in the Christmas of 94'.  Best present my parents ever gave me. 

Well, I think it was a pretty good send-off cover for the magazine. 

I fondly remember Nintendo Power back in middle school, in the late 1980s. In all honesty, it was just shameless self-promotion: Nintendo covering Nintendo stuff to pump up sales.

But, it was ahead of its time in its vision of building a sense of community among gamers. Game Pro, EGM, Game Informer...even modern gaming sites like Gamespot wouldn't exsist if Nintendo hadn't paved the way.

Back then, you needed Nintendo Power just to beat some games!  If it wasn't for Nintendo Power, nobody would know how to beat Mike Tyson's Punch Out.  It was truly the inspiration for all video game media coverage for the future that followed.  NP has admittedly gotten stale and I haven't even touched it in years, but I'm definitely picking up this issue in its honor.

Wow I remember getting every issue i could possily get and reading through everyone of them. When i was big on Nintendo, i made sure i had the mags. Even though i don't look into Nintendo anymore, it is still sad to see where it ends. Missing the old days right about now...

Ah Nintendo Power! Brings back so many memories! Sad to see this go.

:( I used to get that mag when i was a kid.  I guess they should have changed to digital subscriptions a long time ago.

I won a years worth of NP magazines from a box of Corn Pops when I was kid. Still have them and will defenitly pick up the final copy.

Wow, Bowser used to be a croco!

I might pick a copy up since it's the last issue. Maybe.

It's all nostalgia. Print media is a dinosaur and Game Informer is only alive because of Gamestop's member tie-in.

oh well...save the trees!

Aww dude.  I used to read Nintendo Power as a kid.  They gave me my very first strategy guide: Mario Mania.  That was an AWESOME guide.  At that age I would have never noticed that Mario in Mario 3 ran faster than in any other game (up to that point).

Oh hey, it's doing what Nintendo always does.

Copy the original Mario because that's where the nostalgia lies.

I kid, it's actually a pretty cool send off. I don't think they could have done it any other way.