Supposedly, the magazine's parent company, Future Publishing, could not strike up a new contract with Nintendo to keep the publication going. One favored source of Nintendo game information for many people, Nintendo Power, will end its 24-year run this year, reports Ars Technica. 2 for the NES.īefore Google, many young'uns (such as myself) relied on magazines, telephone hotlines, and other old-world forms of communication to learn more about upcoming video games, hints, or cheats.
The magazine, which kicked off in the summer of 1988, first highlighted Super Mario Bros.