Nintendo Power magazine will no longer be published

This is quite a big deal in terms of gaming print media, isn’t it? I’m just trying to get a sense of the scale here. I usually assumed NP to be the level of an EGM, in terms of quality, and coverage – was that the reality?

That is sad. While I didn’t like the modern NP, the classic one was really awesome. Only saw a few issues but it was beyond mindblowing for its time.

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somehow funny to say this on a gaming website. somehow.

@1 Considering EGM was never particularly “high quality” I’m not sure I understand the comparison.

While it is sad to see people lose their jobs, and I hope the people involved in the magazine can find new work soon, the magazine was never anything special.

I think the last one i got was five years ago, or even more, my kids love it, and i think they were ok, but the firsts ones were pretty good IMHO, sad for the people that worked there, i hope they do had another job available right away, like this post indicated.

Well I’m trying to understand from a point of ignorance, what kind of esteem Nintendo Power was held in. It originally being in-house must have meant it was valued
But…I always rated EGM, the issues that I read – reviews not so much, maybe, but I thought their content that they covered was chosen very well, and there was time put into their stories, and the tone of writing and layout was good. I thought it a quality publication.

@6 Well any magazine to have run since 1988 deserves respect and I guess that it was/is a big deal to have continued for so long. Truth is, print is almost dead.

Man, this magazine made up my childhood. Haven’t touched one in a few years now but there’s a glorious stack on the shelf. RIP Nintendo Power, and yes, now I’m playing with power :’)

EGM was high quality, from what I remember reading from the ’90s.