Nintendo Power
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. Its 24–year production run is one of the longest of all video game magazines in the United States and Canada.
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) |
| First issue | July/August 1988 |
| Final issue Number | December 11, 2012 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 |
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. The final issue, volume 285, was released on December 11, 2012.
On December 20, 2017, Nintendo Power officially returned as a podcast.