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[[File:January NP E-mail Newsletter Sweepstakes.png|thumb|right|250px|Logo for the January version of the contest]]
'''NP E-Mail Newsletter Sweepstakes''' were a series of contests run by [[Nintendo]] on the official [[Nsider]] website in the 1990s. The contests appear to have been run every few months or so, with the only requirement for users to sign up being that they are currently subscribed to the Nintendo Power Source email list. If they were subscribed prior to the contest, they will be automatically entered. The grand prize for each contest was usually whichever game the contest was themed around, though multiple prizes were occasionally given out. Many of these contests were themed after the ''Super Mario'' franchise.

==Contests themed after the ''Super Mario'' franchise==
===January NP E-mail Newsletter Sweepstakes===
'''January NP E-mail Newsletter Sweepstakes''' was held on the website in January of 2000. Unlike most of the other contests held on the site, this contest was not themed after a specific game; instead, the sweepstakes were framed as a holiday contest.  The results were drawn on January 20, 2000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010124043200/http://www.nintendo.com:80/nsider/contests/npsjanuary.html Contest page] (archived)</ref> The winner of the contest got to select one of 14 [[Nintendo]] games as their prize. Included in the list of said games were ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and the [[Nintendo 64]] version of ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''.

===February NP E-mail Newsletter Sweepstakes===
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'''February NP E-mail Newsletter Sweepstakes''' was held on the website in February of 2000. The contest was themed after ''[[Paper Mario]]''. The winners were drawn on February 20,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010416024047/http://www.nintendo.com:80/nsider/contests/npsfebruary.html Contest page] (archived)</ref> 2000; the grand prize winner received a copy of ''Paper Mario'' and a copy of the game's ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Player's Guide, and five runners-up received only the copy of the game's Player's Guide.

===June NPS Email Newsletter Contest===
'''June NPS Email Newsletter Contest''' was held on the website in June of 2000. The contest was themed after ''[[Wario Land 3]]''. Five winners were drawn (the page for the contest states that this is because [[Wario]] is a "notoriously greedy fellow"), all of whom received a copy of ''Wario Land 3''. The winner was determined on June 20, 2000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000620150958/http://www.nintendo.com/nsider/contests/npsjune.html Contest page] (archived)</ref>

===December NP E-Mail Newsletter Sweepstakes===
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[[File:December NP E-Mail Newsletter Sweepstakes.png|thumb|right|200px|Logo]]
'''December NP E-Mail Newsletter Sweepstakes''' was held on the website in December of 2000. The prize was a copy of ''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' for the [[Game Boy Color]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20001206144100/http://www.nintendo.com:80/nsider/contests/index.html "Contests" page on Nsider] (archived)</ref> which was given out to five winners.

===April NP E-Mail Newsletter Sweepstakes===
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[[File:April NP E-Mail Newsletter Sweepstakes.png|thumb|right|200px|Logo]]
'''April NP E-Mail Newsletter Sweepstakes''' was held on the website in April of 2001. The five winners of the contest received copies of ''[[Dr. Mario 64]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010331025505/http://www.nintendo.com:80/nsider/contests/index.html "Contests" main page] (archived)</ref>

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