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** In their 100th issue, they listed ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' at number 3, saying it "is not humanly possible to come up with a worse idea than this". 21 years later, the game gets a sequel.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Not one of their staffers, but a reader - in the 1988 issue, the top score for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' was held by one Cliff Bleszinski (who would later go on to develop games like ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' and ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'')[[note]]in case you're curious, his score was 9,999,950[[/note]].
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* MagazineDecay: Although the magazine initially began as giving strategies and reviews for the most recent video games, it now focuses mostly on news, with very little, if any, video game hints and strategies. Justified with the advent of the Internet and free, in-depth, fanmade guides, while ''Nintendo Power'' is able to put out exclusive news before any site can.
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** An early issue of the magazine featured a letter from someone describing what their dream future console would be, it was fairly silly, claiming the controller would have 27 buttons and the system would have a band that could play "any song" built in. Among the things mentioned was the name of the ''Mario'' game it would come with... ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
* MagazineDecay: Although the magazine initially began as giving strategies and reviews for the most recent videogames, it now focuses games,it eventually focused mostly on news, with very little, if any, video game hints and strategies. Justified with the advent of the Internet and free, in-depth, fanmade guides, while ''Nintendo Power'' is able to put out exclusive news before any site can.
* MagazineDecay: Although the magazine initially began as giving strategies and reviews for the most recent video
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** Alan Averill. He was still referenced by writers and readers alike years after he had left the writing staff, all because he refused to show his face and insisted on depicting himself as [[Franchise/DragonQuest a Slime]].
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** Alan Averill. He was still referenced by writers and readers alike years after he had left the writing staff, all because he refused to show his face and insisted on depicting himself as [[Franchise/DragonQuest [[VideoGame/DragonQuest a Slime]].
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* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Chris Shepperd. Though frequently depicted as the ButtMonkey of the staff, to the point that a joke daily schedule listed finding new days to deal him bodily harm, Slate was popular enough for fans that one even sent a collage of every picture of Chris in the mag for the past twenty issues. He was both flattered and a little scared by the gesture.
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* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Chris Shepperd. Though frequently depicted as the ButtMonkey of the staff, to the point that a joke daily schedule listed finding new days ways to deal him bodily harm, Slate was popular enough for fans that one even sent a collage of every picture of Chris in the mag for the past twenty issues. He was both flattered and a little scared by the gesture.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alan Averill. He was still referenced by writers and readers alike years after he had left the writing staff, all because he refused to show his face and insisted on depicting himself as [[Franchise/DragonQuest a Slime]].
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** Alan Averill. He was still referenced by writers and readers alike years after he had left the writing staff, all because he refused to show his face and insisted on depicting himself as [[Franchise/DragonQuest a Slime]].
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''MetroidPrime'', ''SuperMarioSunshine'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top [=RE4=] in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also been given 9.5 out of 10.)[[/note]]
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''MetroidPrime'', ''SuperMarioSunshine'', ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top [=RE4=] in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also been given 9.5 out of 10.)[[/note]]
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Some of the games the magazine previewed never made it to release or North America. ''VideoGame/FortyWinks'' is a prime example. It got a multi-page feature in a 2000 issue, but [[UrbanLegendOfZelda depending on who you ask]], the N64 port was either cancelled, or released in ''very'' limited quantities.
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** Some of the games the magazine previewed never made it to release or North America. ''VideoGame/FortyWinks'' is a prime example. It got a multi-page feature in a 2000 issue, but [[UrbanLegendOfZelda depending on who you ask]], the N64 port was either cancelled, or released in ''very'' limited quantities.
** Some of the games the magazine previewed never made it to release or North America. ''VideoGame/FortyWinks'' is a prime example. It got a multi-page feature in a 2000 issue, but [[UrbanLegendOfZelda depending on who you ask]], the N64 port was either cancelled, or released in ''very'' limited quantities.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In the very first April issue, they had a joke about how they'd be introducing the [[AprilFoolsDay AFD]] Reality System line of games, which included [[VideoGame/CookingMama learning to cook]] and one called ''Muttroid'' in which [[{{VideoGame/Nintendogs}} you would have to take care of a dog, including walking it, picking up after it, and bathing it]].
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** In the very first April issue, they had a joke about how they'd be introducing the [[AprilFoolsDay AFD]] Reality System line of games, which included [[VideoGame/CookingMama learning to cook]] and one called ''Muttroid'' in which [[{{VideoGame/Nintendogs}} you would have to take care of a dog, including walking it, picking up after it, and bathing it]].
** In the very first April issue, they had a joke about how they'd be introducing the [[AprilFoolsDay AFD]] Reality System line of games, which included [[VideoGame/CookingMama learning to cook]] and one called ''Muttroid'' in which [[{{VideoGame/Nintendogs}} you would have to take care of a dog, including walking it, picking up after it, and bathing it]].
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* NauseaFuel: Some of the ads in later issues.
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** Some of the ads in later issues.
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* NightmareFuel: The infamous ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest Castlevania II]]'' cover, which had a graphic picture of [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/9/93998/2298471-magazine_nintendo_power_castlevania_ii_simons_quest_v1_2_1988_9_page_2.jpeg Simon Belmont holding Dracula's severed head]], his heart and eyes cut out in the background. Many angry parents called and wrote letters saying that it gave their children nightmares. NP, on the other hand, considers it one of their crowning achievements. Note that this was only their ''second issue''.
** [[{{Franchise/Castlevania}} Simon Belmont's]] {{Memetic Badass}}ery stems from this cover!
** [[{{Franchise/Castlevania}} Simon Belmont's]] {{Memetic Badass}}ery stems from this cover!
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* NightmareFuel: The infamous ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest Castlevania II]]'' cover, which had a graphic picture of [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/9/93998/2298471-magazine_nintendo_power_castlevania_ii_simons_quest_v1_2_1988_9_page_2.jpeg Simon Belmont holding Dracula's severed head]], his heart and eyes cut out in the background. Many angry parents called and wrote letters saying that it gave their children nightmares. NP, on the other hand, considers it one of their crowning achievements. Note that this was only their ''second issue''.
**issue''. [[{{Franchise/Castlevania}} Simon Belmont's]] {{Memetic Badass}}ery stems from this cover!
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* TheScrappy: Steve Thomason, likely because of his Sega fanboyism. NP seems to be aware of this, [[TakeThatScrappy judging by the amount of jokes at his expense.]]
** In their own views, TheScrappy was [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Big the Cat]] and [[VideoGame/StarFox Slippy Toad]]. Readers who didn't sign their names in their letters got their names affixed to it.
** Earlier in the magazine's run, their stance on Big the Cat was that they just didn't like him. After the switch to Future Publishing, they dissed him in reviews for Sonic games where he doesn't even show up and expressed a desire for him [[DisproportionateRetribution to die in a fire]]...until a reader wrote in reminding them that Big's voice actor was the same that voices VideoGame/DukeNukem. Then they just wanted him in a coma.
** In their own views, TheScrappy was [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Big the Cat]] and [[VideoGame/StarFox Slippy Toad]]. Readers who didn't sign their names in their letters got their names affixed to it.
** Earlier in the magazine's run, their stance on Big the Cat was that they just didn't like him. After the switch to Future Publishing, they dissed him in reviews for Sonic games where he doesn't even show up and expressed a desire for him [[DisproportionateRetribution to die in a fire]]...until a reader wrote in reminding them that Big's voice actor was the same that voices VideoGame/DukeNukem. Then they just wanted him in a coma.
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** In their own views, TheScrappy was[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Big the Cat]] and [[VideoGame/StarFox Slippy Toad]]. Readers who didn't sign their names in their letters got their names affixed to it.
**it. Earlier in the magazine's run, their stance on Big the Cat was that they just didn't like him. After the switch to Future Publishing, they dissed him in reviews for Sonic games where he doesn't even show up and expressed a desire for him [[DisproportionateRetribution to die in a fire]]...until a reader wrote in reminding them that Big's voice actor was the same that voices VideoGame/DukeNukem. Then they just wanted him in a coma.
** Steve Thomason, likely because of his Sega fanboyism. NP seems to be aware of this, [[TakeThatScrappy judging by the amount of jokes at his expense.]]
** In their own views, TheScrappy was
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''SuperMarioSunshine'', ''MetroidPrime'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top [=RE4=] in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also been given 9.5 out of 10.)[[/note]]
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''SuperMarioSunshine'', ''MetroidPrime'', ''TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker'', and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top [=RE4=] in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also been given 9.5 out of 10.)[[/note]]
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''SuperMarioSunshine'', ''MetroidPrime'', ''TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker'', and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top [=RE4=] in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also been given 9.5 out of 10.)[[/note]]
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top [=RE4=] in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also been given 9.5 out of 10.)[[/note]]
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''SuperMarioSunshine'', ''MetroidPrime'', ''TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker'', and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top [=RE4=] in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also been given 9.5 out of 10.)[[/note]]
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top RE4 [=RE4=] in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also earned a been given 9.5 out of 10.)[[/note]]
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top RE4 in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also earned a 9.5 out of 10.)
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top RE4 in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also earned a 9.5 out of 10.))[[/note]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alan Averill. He was still referenced by writers and readers alike years after he had left the writing staff.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alan Averill. He was still referenced by writers and readers alike years after he had left the writing staff.staff, all because he refused to show his face and insisted on depicting himself as [[Franchise/DragonQuest a Slime]].
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** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top RE4 in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also earned a 9.5 out of 10.)
** Even the mag's own staffers got in on it, as it was frequently pointed out that a large amount of them felt ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' deserved a 10 instead of the 9.5 it got.
** NP got ''a lot'' of letters about their 9.5 out of 10 score for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hordes of fans insisting it deserved a perfect 10.[[note]]At the time, only ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had ever earned a perfect score, and NP noted that even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', the only game to top RE4 in their official list of the 200 greatest games, had also earned a 9.5 out of 10.)
** Even the mag's own staffers got in on it, as it was frequently pointed out that a large amount of them felt ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' deserved a 10 instead of the 9.5 it got.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The "Classified" cheat code section originally was printed to look like a manila folder, as though one were being given dangerous secrets. After the redesign of the magazine in issue 195, Classified was changed to a black background, which displeased many fans. Luckily, the manila background returned when the Virtual Console debuted on the Wii, to give readers a bit of nostalgia.
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** The "Classified" cheat code section originally was printed to look like a manila folder, as though one were being given dangerous secrets. After the redesign of the magazine in issue 195, Classified was changed to a black background, which displeased many fans. Luckily, the manila background returned when the Virtual Console debuted on the Wii, to give readers a bit ofnostalgia.nostalgia.
** Averted with the format change to their reviews. Previously four or five reviewers would each review the same game, and each could award multiple scores for different aspects of the game. Back then, the score system was also on a five star total rating. Midway through the magazine's run this was changed to 10 point system, then the multiple reviewers and scores for a single game was scrapped in favor of one reviewer for each game (excepting really high-profile titles). Rather than being viewed as dumbing the reviews down, readers preferred the new version because it let individual reviews write longer detailed pieces rather than brief crammed blurbs.
** The "Classified" cheat code section originally was printed to look like a manila folder, as though one were being given dangerous secrets. After the redesign of the magazine in issue 195, Classified was changed to a black background, which displeased many fans. Luckily, the manila background returned when the Virtual Console debuted on the Wii, to give readers a bit of
** Averted with the format change to their reviews. Previously four or five reviewers would each review the same game, and each could award multiple scores for different aspects of the game. Back then, the score system was also on a five star total rating. Midway through the magazine's run this was changed to 10 point system, then the multiple reviewers and scores for a single game was scrapped in favor of one reviewer for each game (excepting really high-profile titles). Rather than being viewed as dumbing the reviews down, readers preferred the new version because it let individual reviews write longer detailed pieces rather than brief crammed blurbs.
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* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Chris Shepperd.
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* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Chris Shepperd. Though frequently depicted as the ButtMonkey of the staff, to the point that a joke daily schedule listed finding new days to deal him bodily harm, Slate was popular enough for fans that one even sent a collage of every picture of Chris in the mag for the past twenty issues. He was both flattered and a little scared by the gesture.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Some of the games the magazine previewed never made it to release or North America. FortyWinks is a prime example. It got a multi-page feature in a 2000 issue, but [[UrbanLegendOfZelda depending on who you ask]], the N64 port was either cancelled, or released in ''very'' limited quantities.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Some of the games the magazine previewed never made it to release or North America. FortyWinks ''VideoGame/FortyWinks'' is a prime example. It got a multi-page feature in a 2000 issue, but [[UrbanLegendOfZelda depending on who you ask]], the N64 port was either cancelled, or released in ''very'' limited quantities.
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** The running gag of deliberately calling [[SonicTheHedgehog Tails the Fox]] a "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer mutant squirrel]]", now that [[https://mobile.twitter.com/sonicstadium/status/480063168820293632 another magazine]] called him a squirrel with no hint of irony.
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** The running gag of deliberately calling [[SonicTheHedgehog [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Tails the Fox]] a "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer mutant squirrel]]", now that [[https://mobile.twitter.com/sonicstadium/status/480063168820293632 another magazine]] called him a squirrel with no hint of irony.
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** The running gag of deliberately calling [[SonicTheHedgehog Tails the Fox]] a "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer mutant squirrel]]", now that [[https://mobile.twitter.com/sonicstadium/status/480063168820293632 another magazine]] called him a squirrel with no hint of irony.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Some viewers consider Sony and Sega to be the best part of the ''Star Fox 64'' promo video, if only for the hilarity factor.
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** Another one that really hurts is Chris Slate saying "Let's plan another big celebration in the next 20 years!" for the 2008 20th Anniversary issue. Four years later, the magazine ceased publication.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: One Mario joke column said that Mario can see into the future by using a Luigi board. Apparently the writing staff weren't aware that Ouija boards are used to contact spirits and the dead, not see into the future!
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* CriticalResearchFailure: One Mario joke column said that Mario can see into the future by using a Luigi board. Apparently the writing staff weren't fan that submitted it wasn't aware that Ouija boards are used to contact spirits and the dead, spirits, not see into the future!
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** Nester, who got his own video game at one point.
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** [[{{Franchise/Castlevania}} Simon Belmont's]] MemeticBadass ery stems from this cover!
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The "Classified" cheat code section originally was printed to look like a manila folder, as though one were being given dangerous secrets. After the redesign of the magazine in issue 195, Classified was changed to a black background, which displeased many fans. Luckily, the manila background returned when the Virtual Console debuted on the Wii, to give readers a bit of nostalgia.
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* TearJerker: Its discontinuation. A lot of twenty-something gamers grew up reading the magazine.
** The [[BookEnds cover to the final issue]] isn't helping things, either.
*** It's a [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mea4tceHt21rrbx1ao1_500.jpg throwback]] to their [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nintendopower001_4693.jpg first issue cover]]. Talk about going full circle.
** [[http://i.imgur.com/1W3h7.jpg The final Nester comic.]] 100 percent completion.
** The [[BookEnds cover to the final issue]] isn't helping things, either.
*** It's a [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mea4tceHt21rrbx1ao1_500.jpg throwback]] to their [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nintendopower001_4693.jpg first issue cover]]. Talk about going full circle.
** [[http://i.imgur.com/1W3h7.jpg The final Nester comic.]] 100 percent completion.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Nester returning in the 100th issue and 20th anniversary issue.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny
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** [[{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont's]] MemeticBadass ery stems from this cover!
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** [[{{Castlevania}} [[{{Franchise/Castlevania}} Simon Belmont's]] MemeticBadass ery stems from this cover!
