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All 285 Nintendo Power Issues Are Now Available to Read Online
Gamers who are fans of Nintendo Power can now read all 285 issues online thanks to one resourceful fan who made them all available to download.
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Every issue of Nintendo Power magazine is now available for fans to re-experience and enjoy, thanks to one resourceful fan who uploaded them all online. Nintendo's popular strategy magazine first launched in July 1988 with an iconic image on the cover that featured Mario and King Koopa in clay form. Those monthly issues became more than just a source of information on the latest game. They ended up as collector's items for many eager gamers who wanted to keep and collect every single issue to re-read or even display for years to come.
Nintendo Power wasn't always a magazine; it began its life as a simple newsletter known as "Nintendo Fun Club." Club members received it for free, and it only lasted seven issues until it was replaced by the magazine version. The video game publication was in circulation and published for 24 years. Nintendo announced in 2012 that Nintendo Power's run was ending, and its final issue would be issue 285, which was published in December 2012. The news was met with sadness by fans.
Avid Nintendo fan and Reddit User Gumball1989 shared that they had painstakingly downloaded all 285 issues of Nintendo Power and re-uploaded them to Archive.org as a complete collection. According to the resourceful gamer, they needed help from others to source the final two issues missing from the overall Nintendo Power collection. The final issue of Nintendo Power sports an iconic cover that pays homage to the very first issue.
