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Nintendo Power Reveals Sonic Chronicles, BioWare's Hedgehog RPG

The latest issue of Nintendo Power features a cover story and 7-page feature on BioWare's role playing game for the Nintendo DS that stars Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog. Titled Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, the portable RPG is said to be a stylus-controlled affair a la The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass by NeoGAF member giggas, who already has a copy of the mag and is responsible for the scan of the cover.

According to details from the newest issue of Nintendo Power, the game has a hand-drawn watercolor style. Each member in your party—which can total four of the eleven available characters—will have special abilities (we're betting the farm on Sonic being fast). Battles are turn-based and attacks are said to follow an Elite Beat Agents model.

There's more to read at the message board post linked below.

Bioware's Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood in new NP [NeoGAF]

9:40 PM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By Michael McWhertor
29,292 views, 105 comments

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Made To Order Nintendo Collages

It can be hard to walk that line between tasteful and tacky when it comes to video game art and memorabilia. But I'm really digging these Nintendo collages by DC-based artist Chris Lange. Each piece is handmade from old Nintendo Power magazines—yes, the art is 100% Nintendo born—and is made to order by request.

$250 may seem like a lot to some of our readers, but for a 30" x 20" piece of art that is based upon your particular various fetish fanboyisms, it's not such a bad deal. Personally, I'd love to stick about three of them up in my office/retro gaming room...and in that circumstance, it would start to become a more serious investment. My guess is that a printer-made template and a pile of magazines could make for a fun weekend, even if not a product quite as polished as Lange creates. Hit the jump for a bonus shot.

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12:20 PM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Mark Wilson
2,120 views, 23 comments

Latest by ThisCharmingMan: So so so awesome. I wish I had the space/money to collect cool art. :-/ more »

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Nintendo Power Commercial


Another little treat from RetroGameVideos.com. Back in the days when they used to advertise magazine subscriptions on TV comes this seizure inducing commercial for Nintendo Power magazine. I've said it before and I'll say it again the eighties may have sucked in a lot of ways, but the video game (and related) commercials are the stuff dreams are made of however twisted those dreams may be. Get the power! More »

5:00 PM on Sun Nov 4 2007
By fdemarco
2,665 views, 48 comments

Latest by n/a: I used to read that little collection of joy religiously. It was great seeing all the fantastic screenshots of Zelda, Mario and Metroid, and waiting with baited breath for the release date that always seemed to magically push itself back a couple of more »

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DS Ad Teaches More than Words

This ad for Ubisoft's word game My Word Count teaches more than words. It teaches naughty baseball idioms, too! Just read:

Jim liked Sara. Sara liked Jim. Jim was saying all the right things and if he kept it up, it was turning out to be one ___________ night indeed.

Best part? This was in Nintendo Power.
Promotion [DS Fanboy via Infendo]

3:00 AM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
6,252 views, 40 comments

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Future Takes Over Nintendo Power

Future US continues it's domination of the official console magazine market as Nintendo hands them the reins of the long-running and well-respected publication Nintendo Power. For nearly two decades Nintendo has handled the publishing of the mag in-house, but starting with the December issue (on sale next month), it's all on Future.
"We are honored to be selected as the new publisher for an industry touchstone like Nintendo Power," says Future US's President, Jonathan Simpson-Bint. "This is an opportunity for Future to use its core competencies - great editorial, deep knowledge of young men's lifestyles and technical expertise - in service of one of the world's great entertainment brands. We couldn't be more excited to get started."
Deep knowledge of young men's lifestyles? First off, that sounds slightly creepy, and secondly...just young men? Hopefully they'll eventually get around to creating a Nintendo magazine for girls. More »

3:30 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Mike Fahey
4,210 views, 40 comments

Latest by Maverynthia: All I have to say after the fact is..yep...they trashed it. They have 90% more ads and 90% less content. Not only that they jacked up the price from the usual $13 to $19!! I'm not renewing... more »

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Nintendo Power Lives, Goes Third-Party

It appears that reports of Nintendo Power's death have been greatly exaggerated. Or slightly misinterpreted. While changes are afoot in the marketing department at Nintendo—that division is relocating some to San Francisco, some to New York City—the Nintendo-branded magazine will indeed live on. More »

4:30 PM on Fri May 25 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,950 views, 33 comments

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Nintendo Power Shutting Down?

IGN is currently running with a rumor that the long-running, internally published magazine Nintendo Power may be ceasing operations within the year. The site's sources tell them that "mass layoffs are underway and that employees are being told to look for new work by September." More »

6:40 PM on Mon May 14 2007
By Michael McWhertor
4,436 views, 96 comments

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Commodore 64 Joins The Wii Virtual Console?

In the most recent issue of Nintendo Power, it has been reported that the Commodore 64 will join the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, MSX and Turbografx 16 as one of the available platforms for the Wii Virtual Console. More »

9:50 PM on Sat Sep 30 2006
By Michael McWhertor
3,246 views, 39 comments

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Nintendo Power's Eerie Premonition of the Future: Super Mario Galaxy

From Nintendo Power #31. December, 1991. First Column. More »
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Stop With The Wii Buttons Already

Infendo points to a new promo picture published in the latest issue of Nintendo Power that seems to insinuate yet another undisclosed Wii button over which to spend the newsless summer months feverishly speculating. More »

7:00 AM on Mon Jul 17 2006
By brownlee
307 views, 7 comments

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Fanboys, Get Your Old-School Fanboy Mags

I'm really dating myself when I say that I owned both issue one of Nintendo Power and Sega Visions. I didn't own them second hand, I got them in the mail new. If you're like me, a withering old man, and want to strain your vision through the clouds of forming cataracts as you reminisce of a simpler time in gaming, check out racketboy's Retro Gaming for old-school game magazine scans. For the low risk investment of a quick PDF download, you can check out previews of then-upcoming games like Decap Attack or Phantasy Star III in the first issue of Sega Visions, or remember your pre-disappointment fantasies of both Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and Castlevania II: Simon's Quest courtesy of Nintendo Power. More »

1:56 PM on Sat Jul 8 2006
By Michael McWhertor
446 views, 6 comments

Latest by Korgmeister: Wake me up when they start uploading copies of 'Super Play'. Now that was a game magazine! more »

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Nintendo Power's Famous Contests

Error Macro takes a look at the one consistent feature that showed up in every issue of Nintendo Power without fail: The contests. More »

1:00 PM on Mon Jun 5 2006
By Brian Crecente
374 views, 10 comments

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GameCube Taught Nintendo a Lesson, Says Reggie

Poor launch choices with the GameCube served as a learning experience that will only strengthen the Wii release, says new Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime in the latest issue of Nintendo Power. He admits the launch titles were not "diverse and strong enough", and that the second wave of titles took its sweet time in coming. Unfortunately, most of the actual quotes read like corporate brochure babble: More »

2:40 PM on Fri May 26 2006
By egauger
87 views, 4 comments

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Sega, Sony Torture Mario Over Starfox 64

From the days when Starfox's nose was jet, this Nintendo Power promotional video, in which Sega and Sony's nefarious goons kidnap Mario to extract information about Starfox 64. Mario is tortured with a car battery! More »

5:40 PM on Tue May 2 2006
By brownlee
385 views, 10 comments

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New Castlevania DS in the Works?

Nintendo Gal has their monthly look at the latest issue of Nintendo Power and apparently it's got a bit of a doozy in it. More »

9:00 AM on Tue Mar 28 2006
By Brian Crecente
355 views, 4 comments

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Fresh New Super Mario Bros. Details

The latest Nintendo Power is in subscribers hot little hands, with new info on the Nintedno DS Mario. title, unfortunately titled New Super Mario Bros. Featuring some 80-odd levels, the game also sees the return of some classic and recent SMB canon characters, with the NSMB twist. The mag also has shots of Koopa boss battles, new enemies, and Super Mario World-style fence climbing. More »

10:38 AM on Sun Mar 19 2006
By Michael McWhertor
231 views, 3 comments