Do you still read Nintendo Power? (poll)

sorry if this has been done before but i am curious. i probably read up until about 7th or 8th grade then realized how biased it was, so i moved on. what are you're thoughts?

I don't use it for news, since that's what the internet is for, but they usually have decent articles and screenshots and the like.

I don't care if it's biased, since I only play Nintendo systems, and I'm very forgiving myself with poor games.

I read it once, didnt like it. I didnt like the lay out for the magazine or the reviews.

Yep. i am no longer in school and i still read it. The pulse section is my favorite, it makes me lol sometimes.

I just resubscribed. $20.00 for a guidebook I was going to get for my daughter ($18.00 at Wal-Mart ) plus 12 magazines made it a no-brainer. I use it to plan my DS game purchasing since it is my current system of choice.

It's the best game magazine available today.

Of course it only covers Nintendo things but the way it's made is perfect. It's got reviews and under the new review system it's not slanted towards pro Nintendo. It also gears the reviews like Gamespot does meaning it has a great view of why some games just aren't good. I like that.

The articles are well done and each issue has more then enough quality content compared to other mags.

I used to until the N64 came out. I have the very first magazine also. But then the Internet came.akruan

Any proof of this so called "first" issue? I'd love to see a pic.

It's the best game magazine available today.

Of course it only covers Nintendo things but the way it's made is perfect. It's got reviews and under the new review system it's not slanted towards pro Nintendo. It also gears the reviews like Gamespot does meaning it has a great view of why some games just aren't good. I like that.

The articles are well done and each issue has more then enough quality content compared to other mags.

Jaysonguy

I'll give you the fact that it has "more" content in comparison to other comparable magazines, but thats about where it stops. You cannot seriously think that a magazine put out BY Nintendo, FOR Nintendo doesn't have a considerable amount of bias in it's pages. I'm not going to go as far as to say it's the worst gaming magazine out there, but I would argue it's a top contender for said spot. In my personal opinion, the magazine is childish in both it's layout, and it's writing. It's about time Nintendo drops it's balls and realizes that it's target audience, while younger then other major players, is not still being breast fed. The dropping of Manhunt on the Wii is another indicator that Nintendo still thinks it's target demographic is 12-16 year old kids in the suburbs. Thats the same kind ofthinking that killed the Gamcube.The editor is a complete ass kiss and the reviews are far too conservative. If you think that no opinion is the the opinion to have, then Nintendo Power is the magazine for you.

I'll give you the fact that it has "more" content in comparison to other comparable magazines, but thats about where it stops. You cannot seriously think that a magazine put out BY Nintendo, FOR Nintendo doesn't have a considerable amount of bias in it's pages. I'm not going to go as far as to say it's the worst gaming magazine out there, but I would argue it's a top contender for said spot. In my personal opinion, the magazine is childish in both it's layout, and it's writing. It's about time Nintendo drops it's balls and realizes that it's target audience, while younger then other major players, is not still being breast fed. The dropping of Manhunt on the Wii is another indicator that Nintendo still thinks it's target demographic is 12-16 year old kids in the suburbs. Thats the same kind ofthinking that killed the Gamcube.The editor is a complete ass kiss and the reviews are far too conservative. If you think that no opinion is the the opinion to have, then Nintendo Power is the magazine for you.

Cap_n_Crunch

That comment about Manhunt shows that you're out of touch with the overall gaming market. If you'd like to make another thread about it to argue about it by all means please do it but I'd like to keep this thread on the subject the author intended.

Now as far as Nintendo Power goes it's a well made publication and hits every audience with the ability that anyone can read it. The reviews used to be too far pro Nintendo but in the last year the magazine has taken a dramatic turn in not only reviews but coverage.

I don't exactly know how a layout can be called childish. Do the issues you read have the page numbers made out of little rubber ducks? I must have missed those.

It's got a section about current events from Nintendo and the magazine, news, right now it's doing segments on each Smash Bros fighter, previews of games, Wii channels, a look back at older games and franchises, reviews, reader participation, and a community area where they show games or movies or such that tie in someway to the Nintendo universe.

I'll give you the fact that it has "more" content in comparison to other comparable magazines, but thats about where it stops. You cannot seriously think that a magazine put out BY Nintendo, FOR Nintendo doesn't have a considerable amount of bias in it's pages. I'm not going to go as far as to say it's the worst gaming magazine out there, but I would argue it's a top contender for said spot. In my personal opinion, the magazine is childish in both it's layout, and it's writing. It's about time Nintendo drops it's balls and realizes that it's target audience, while younger then other major players, is not still being breast fed. The dropping of Manhunt on the Wii is another indicator that Nintendo still thinks it's target demographic is 12-16 year old kids in the suburbs. Thats the same kind ofthinking that killed the Gamcube.The editor is a complete ass kiss and the reviews are far too conservative. If you think that no opinion is the the opinion to have, then Nintendo Power is the magazine for you.

Cap_n_Crunch

What the hell are you talking about? Nintendo dropping Manhunt? It didn't get dropped you dope, it was AO rated which makes it unsellable, by your logic Sony dropped it as well. On top of this, Nintendo Power has some of the most experienced players in journalism. Many have been contributing since the NES era or have written full on strategy guides, hardly childish.Also, in regards to being biased, they are no more so that OPM, PSM, or OXM have been. Just because you're the official magazine for a company, doesn't mean you're their lapdog, "Official" doesn't mean that its run by them, it only means that its licensed.The official nature of it simply means that they have deals to do stuff before regular magazines do. NintendoPower has been a reliable mag for a decade-plus and while I've found that certain reviews might be a bit high, 95% of the time its a fair view of a game. I'll go as far as to say that you haven't read more than a handful in your lifetime. You sir, need to get your facts straight.

Well to both of you who claimed that it wasn't Nintendo's doing...

"Games made for Nintendosystems enjoy a broad variety of ****, genres and ratings. These are some of the reasons our Wii and Nintendo DSsystems appeal to such a broad range of people. But as with books, television and movies, different content is meant for different audiences. That's why the ESRB provides ratings to help consumers understand the content of a game before they purchase it. As stated on Nintendo.com, Nintendo does not allow any AO-rated content on its systems." - Nintendo representative

Source: Here

Oh and also:

So far, Manhunt 2has only been planned for the Nintendo Wii and Sony's PS2 and PSP systems. If Rockstar is unable to overturn the ESRB's decision, the game will eventually find no means of publication with no console systems willing to host it. As GamePro mentioned in its previous coverage, Rockstar and Take-Two's only avenue is to either argue the decision with the ESRB's Appeals Board or resubmit the game for approval of an "M" rating, which would require a complete overhaul of its potentially offensive content.

Source: Here

So, my lemming friends, while this is off-track from my previous post regarding NP Magazine, you called me out so there you have it. Both Nintendo and Sony have MADE the game unsellable. There is no where that it states a game cannot be sold as AO, it's simply implied that if such a rating is granted, sales would suffer. I never said it wouldn't hurt the game's overall sales, but it was Nintendo's choice to drop the title fella's, no one else's. Maybe turn off G4 for a few minutes and read the facts rather than listening to Adam Sessler for your game news. Also, my view of NP may differ from yours, but my post was not nearly as defensive or as rude as yours. Chill out.

[QUOTE="Cap_n_Crunch"]

I'll give you the fact that it has "more" content in comparison to other comparable magazines, but thats about where it stops. You cannot seriously think that a magazine put out BY Nintendo, FOR Nintendo doesn't have a considerable amount of bias in it's pages. I'm not going to go as far as to say it's the worst gaming magazine out there, but I would argue it's a top contender for said spot. In my personal opinion, the magazine is childish in both it's layout, and it's writing. It's about time Nintendo drops it's balls and realizes that it's target audience, while younger then other major players, is not still being breast fed. The dropping of Manhunt on the Wii is another indicator that Nintendo still thinks it's target demographic is 12-16 year old kids in the suburbs. Thats the same kind ofthinking that killed the Gamcube.The editor is a complete ass kiss and the reviews are far too conservative. If you think that no opinion is the the opinion to have, then Nintendo Power is the magazine for you.

Jaysonguy

That comment about Manhunt shows that you're out of touch with the overall gaming market. If you'd like to make another thread about it to argue about it by all means please do it but I'd like to keep this thread on the subject the author intended.

Now as far as Nintendo Power goes it's a well made publication and hits every audience with the ability that anyone can read it. The reviews used to be too far pro Nintendo but in the last year the magazine has taken a dramatic turn in not only reviews but coverage.

I don't exactly know how a layout can be called childish. Do the issues you read have the page numbers made out of little rubber ducks? I must have missed those.

It's got a section about current events from Nintendo and the magazine, news, right now it's doing segments on each Smash Bros fighter, previews of games, Wii channels, a look back at older games and franchises, reviews, reader participation, and a community area where they show games or movies or such that tie in someway to the Nintendo universe.

It sounds like he/she is about 14 and going through an "I'm too mature for everything" phase to me lol.

, while this is off-track from my previous post regarding NP Magazine, you called me out so there you have it. Both Nintendo and Sony have MADE the game unsellable. There is no where that it states a game cannot be sold as AO, it's simply implied that if such a rating is granted, sales would suffer. I never said it wouldn't hurt the game's overall sales, but it was Nintendo's choice to drop the title fella's, no one else's. Maybe turn off G4 for a few minutes and read the facts rather than listening to Adam Sessler for your game news. Also, my view of NP may differ from yours, but my post was not nearly as defensive or as rude as yours. Chill out.

Cap_n_Crunch

Again, you're calling out Nintendo when Sony is in the same boat. The game is not dropped, and its not Nintendo's or Sony's fault that it got an AO rating. The ESRB seems to be the one you should have a problem with. There has been no news of the title being dropped, just that in an AO format it will remain unsold. The most likely result will be that it goes under an editing process which would result in the ESRB lowering its rating to M. Its not Nintendo's fault that WalMart and other retailers refuse to carry AO games. Its a bad PR move in general.

And for the record, the only thing X-Play has ever been good for was giving Morgan Webb screen time.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="Cap_n_Crunch"]

I'll give you the fact that it has "more" content in comparison to other comparable magazines, but thats about where it stops. You cannot seriously think that a magazine put out BY Nintendo, FOR Nintendo doesn't have a considerable amount of bias in it's pages. I'm not going to go as far as to say it's the worst gaming magazine out there, but I would argue it's a top contender for said spot. In my personal opinion, the magazine is childish in both it's layout, and it's writing. It's about time Nintendo drops it's balls and realizes that it's target audience, while younger then other major players, is not still being breast fed. The dropping of Manhunt on the Wii is another indicator that Nintendo still thinks it's target demographic is 12-16 year old kids in the suburbs. Thats the same kind ofthinking that killed the Gamcube.The editor is a complete ass kiss and the reviews are far too conservative. If you think that no opinion is the the opinion to have, then Nintendo Power is the magazine for you.

Morgario

That comment about Manhunt shows that you're out of touch with the overall gaming market. If you'd like to make another thread about it to argue about it by all means please do it but I'd like to keep this thread on the subject the author intended.

Now as far as Nintendo Power goes it's a well made publication and hits every audience with the ability that anyone can read it. The reviews used to be too far pro Nintendo but in the last year the magazine has taken a dramatic turn in not only reviews but coverage.

I don't exactly know how a layout can be called childish. Do the issues you read have the page numbers made out of little rubber ducks? I must have missed those.

It's got a section about current events from Nintendo and the magazine, news, right now it's doing segments on each Smash Bros fighter, previews of games, Wii channels, a look back at older games and franchises, reviews, reader participation, and a community area where they show games or movies or such that tie in someway to the Nintendo universe.

It sounds like he/she is about 14 and going through an "I'm too mature for everything" phase to me lol.

Actually I'm 23 and have recently graduated college with a major in Advertising and Communications Media, so I know a little bit about design. The layout for the magazine is childish it it's color use, it's type-face choices, and the overall crowded look of the pages. And that's not to mention the terrible graphical use, and horrid use of crayon drawings and the like. Don't assume I'm 14 because you're behind a computer screen and think it's cute to make immature comments about people you know nothing about. You wanna' comment on my opinions of Nintendo or the like, then go nuts, but make your comments a little more intelligent and a little less assumptive and insulting.

Ah people, people lets stay on task with the subject matter. Seems like some he said/she said going on, but it's not needed.

Nintendo Power is Awesome, and I hope their not thinking of truly doing away with it. I heard a rumor recently that the Big N was thinking of doing away with it. Hopefully not.....cheers.

P.s. Lets all play nice now:)

[QUOTE="Morgario"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="Cap_n_Crunch"]

I'll give you the fact that it has "more" content in comparison to other comparable magazines, but thats about where it stops. You cannot seriously think that a magazine put out BY Nintendo, FOR Nintendo doesn't have a considerable amount of bias in it's pages. I'm not going to go as far as to say it's the worst gaming magazine out there, but I would argue it's a top contender for said spot. In my personal opinion, the magazine is childish in both it's layout, and it's writing. It's about time Nintendo drops it's balls and realizes that it's target audience, while younger then other major players, is not still being breast fed. The dropping of Manhunt on the Wii is another indicator that Nintendo still thinks it's target demographic is 12-16 year old kids in the suburbs. Thats the same kind ofthinking that killed the Gamcube.The editor is a complete ass kiss and the reviews are far too conservative. If you think that no opinion is the the opinion to have, then Nintendo Power is the magazine for you.

Cap_n_Crunch

That comment about Manhunt shows that you're out of touch with the overall gaming market. If you'd like to make another thread about it to argue about it by all means please do it but I'd like to keep this thread on the subject the author intended.

Now as far as Nintendo Power goes it's a well made publication and hits every audience with the ability that anyone can read it. The reviews used to be too far pro Nintendo but in the last year the magazine has taken a dramatic turn in not only reviews but coverage.

I don't exactly know how a layout can be called childish. Do the issues you read have the page numbers made out of little rubber ducks? I must have missed those.

It's got a section about current events from Nintendo and the magazine, news, right now it's doing segments on each Smash Bros fighter, previews of games, Wii channels, a look back at older games and franchises, reviews, reader participation, and a community area where they show games or movies or such that tie in someway to the Nintendo universe.

It sounds like he/she is about 14 and going through an "I'm too mature for everything" phase to me lol.

Actually I'm 23 and have recently graduated college with a major in Advertising and Communications Media, so I know a little bit about design. The layout for the magazine is childish it it's color use, it's type-face choices, and the overall crowded look of the pages. And that's not to mention the terrible graphical use, and horrid use of crayon drawings and the like. Don't assume I'm 14 because you're behind a computer screen and think it's cute to make immature comments about people you know nothing about. You wanna' comment on my opinions of Nintendo or the like, then go nuts, but make your comments a little more intelligent and a little less assumptive and insulting.

Actually the layouts, color use, and type-face choices are comparable to that of Game Informer. The only thing I see kiddy in this month's mag is the 2 page spread about the sweepstakes with that giant goof from Mario Party 8 on it. The only crayon use you speak of is from a snapshot of fan art, which is also included in GI. If you don't like the use of primary colors you'll have to go with a mag that doesn't include games like Big Brain Academy - but you won't find any as those screenshots will be in every game mag.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

It's the best game magazine available today.

Of course it only covers Nintendo things but the way it's made is perfect. It's got reviews and under the new review system it's not slanted towards pro Nintendo. It also gears the reviews like Gamespot does meaning it has a great view of why some games just aren't good. I like that.

The articles are well done and each issue has more then enough quality content compared to other mags.

Cap_n_Crunch

I'll give you the fact that it has "more" content in comparison to other comparable magazines, but thats about where it stops. You cannot seriously think that a magazine put out BY Nintendo, FOR Nintendo doesn't have a considerable amount of bias in it's pages. I'm not going to go as far as to say it's the worst gaming magazine out there, but I would argue it's a top contender for said spot. In my personal opinion, the magazine is childish in both it's layout, and it's writing. It's about time Nintendo drops it's balls and realizes that it's target audience, while younger then other major players, is not still being breast fed. The dropping of Manhunt on the Wii is another indicator that Nintendo still thinks it's target demographic is 12-16 year old kids in the suburbs. Thats the same kind ofthinking that killed the Gamcube.The editor is a complete ass kiss and the reviews are far too conservative. If you think that no opinion is the the opinion to have, then Nintendo Power is the magazine for you.

And by the way...don't single out Nintendo for "dropping Manhunt"Not only Nintendo, butSony (and even Microsoft as well I think) stated some time ago they would not allow AO games. If Rockstar knocks it down a notch to get that golden M it will be released on the Wii.

The layout for the magazine is childish it it's color use, it's type-face choices, and the overall crowded look of the pages. And that's not to mention the terrible graphical use, and horrid use of crayon drawings and the like.

Cap_n_Crunch

Yeah great job at whatever you did but from that line of text right now you might want to go back for your master's.

You lost the argument when you said it had a childish design, your last post was reinforcing it.

As for the people willing to have an actual debate on the mag it seems that many of you are part of the "old" Nintendo power. It's made many changes (almost all for the better) in the last 12 months.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

It's the best game magazine available today.

Of course it only covers Nintendo things but the way it's made is perfect. It's got reviews and under the new review system it's not slanted towards pro Nintendo. It also gears the reviews like Gamespot does meaning it has a great view of why some games just aren't good. I like that.

The articles are well done and each issue has more then enough quality content compared to other mags.

Cap_n_Crunch

I'll give you the fact that it has "more" content in comparison to other comparable magazines, but thats about where it stops. You cannot seriously think that a magazine put out BY Nintendo, FOR Nintendo doesn't have a considerable amount of bias in it's pages. I'm not going to go as far as to say it's the worst gaming magazine out there, but I would argue it's a top contender for said spot. In my personal opinion, the magazine is childish in both it's layout, and it's writing. It's about time Nintendo drops it's balls and realizes that it's target audience, while younger then other major players, is not still being breast fed. The dropping of Manhunt on the Wii is another indicator that Nintendo still thinks it's target demographic is 12-16 year old kids in the suburbs. Thats the same kind ofthinking that killed the Gamcube.The editor is a complete ass kiss and the reviews are far too conservative. If you think that no opinion is the the opinion to have, then Nintendo Power is the magazine for you.

I think you're looking for the Systems Wars forum.

To answer the topic, yes, I still read it because they do have info on games I might have missed on the internet.