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4 unusual facts about Nintendo Power


Chris Imlay

He has been the art director of the magazines Gearhead, MacAddict, Mobile PC, PSM, Nintendo Power was a senior designer at Wired and currently is a creative director at Future US.

Commander Video

On January 9, 2009, Nintendo Power spoiled the game early, revealing the title and publisher.

Neil D. Voss

Voss' first recognized work was on Tetrisphere for Nintendo 64 in 1997, an acclaimed effort that earned him a "Best Soundtrack" award from Nintendo Power for that year.

Nintendo World

From issue 60 onwards, the magazine started featuring content from Nintendo Power.


Hyper V-Ball

This game was featured in the "sports game section" of the October 1993 issue of Nintendo Power magazine where the producer of the game McO'River was humorously confused for a new trout burger at McDonald's.

Major Minor's Majestic March

Reviews on the Run gave the game 0.0 from Jose "Fubar" Sanchez, and 0.5 from Victor Lucas, two of the lowest scores possible, with the main complaints from both being that "The damn controls don't work!" Nintendo Power gave it a 6.0.

Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston

Stanley and the Search for Dr. Livingston (after "David Livingstone") is a relatively obscure Nintendo Entertainment System video game that appeared in one of the first 50 issues of Nintendo Power magazine.


see also

Nonogram

Nintendo picked up on this puzzle fad and released two "Picross" (Picture Crossword) titles for the Game Boy and nine for the Super Famicom (eight of which were released in two-month intervals for the Nintendo Power Super Famicom Cartridge Writer as the "NP Picross" series) in Japan.