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{{about|Nintendo's official magazine|the Super Famicom RAM cartridge service with the same name|[[Nintendo Power (cartridge)|here]]. For an alternate name of a video-game competition, see [[Nintendo PowerFest '94]]}}

''Nintendo Power'' (or NP) celebrated its 200th issue in February of 2006, and it had a major design overhaul in late 2005.

 

On August 21, 2012, Nintendo announced that it had opted not to renew its licensing agreement with Future Publishing and that ''Nintendo Power'' would cease publication after 24 years. The magazine released its final issue on December 11, 2012. A little over five years after its cancellation, on December 21, 2017, Nintendo of America began a podcast called the '''''Nintendo Power Podcast''''' with previous editor-in-chief Chris Slate discussing recent Nintendo-related events.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJH4veOEr0U First episode of Nintendo Power Podcast]</ref>

==2011-12 coverage==

*Community covers fan-made {{wp|Lego|LEGO}} sculptures, quilts and a pointillism mural featuring various Mario-series characters.

*Community covers a fan-made pixel block mural featuring some characters from the ''Mario'' series.

*Collector's Corner features ''Mario''-series plush toys by {{wp|Goldie}} and ''Mario Kart'' toys by {{wp|Tomy}}.

Several issues of ''Nintendo Power'' have comics within them, many of which make references to the ''Mario'' series of games or related media. These comics revolve mostly around the character '''Nester''', who plays various Nintendo games along with other characters. Originally titled "Howard & Nester" (stylized as "Howard & <s>Nester</s> NESTER"), the comics followed both the character '''[[Howard Phillips]]''' (based on Nintendo of America's then main spokesman and co-editor of the magazine) and Nester as they played games and gave out tips. When the real Howard left Nintendo, his character was likewise retired from the strip, leading to the comics being retitled "Nester's Adventures", with the comics now following Nester and his friends for several issues. After a long hiatus, another unnamed comic was made for ''Nintendo Power''{{'}}s 20th anniversary, which shows a grown-up Nester with an unnamed son. For ''Nintendo Power''{{'}}s final issue, a comic called "Nester & Maxwell" (stylized as "Nester & <s>Maxwell</s> MAX") was done as a callback to the original comic series where Nester and his son '''Maxwell''' talk about ''Nintendo Power''{{'}}s past.

!''Mario'' references

|Nester is playing ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' when his son comes in with the 20th issue of ''Nintendo Power''. After talking about the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], Nester and his son watch ''[[The Wizard]]'', specifically mentioning ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' that is played at the end of the movie, and Nester mentions the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' movie]]. At the end of the comic, Nester's son gives a tip on how to avoid the [[POW Block]] in ''Mario Kart Wii'' and the two begin racing against each other.

Below is a gallery of almost all of the ''Nintendo Power'' covers that [[Mario]] and others have appeared on. Notably, the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise has been stated to be the most popular subject of the magazine's covers, having appeared on 57 throughout the magazine's run, including those of both its first and last issues.

==Nintendo Power Advance==

In 2001, to promote the launch of the [[Game Boy Advance]], Nintendo published a quarterly spinoff magazine of ''Nintendo Power'' entitled ''[[Nintendo Power Advance]]'', which featured news, tips, and complete walkthroughs for various Game Boy Advance games. It was canceled after only four issues. Mario, however, was featured on three of the four covers (with the remaining featuring [[goldensun:Golden Sun (game)|''Golden Sun'']]).  

From 1991 through 2007, Nintendo Power also published official strategy guides for big Nintendo games. Among the games in the ''Mario'' series that were given Player's Guides are the following:

Mario Mania cover.jpg|[[Mario Mania]]

SMB3 NP Wave Animation.gif|Part of an ad for Nintendo Power

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121225074304/http://www.nintendopower.com/ Nintendo Power official site (archive)]