We’ve reached the end of Nintendo Power’s 8th year, so it’s time for the also-rans for that year.
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NextGen #11: November 1995
Almost caught up with where we are in Nintendo Power Magazine.
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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 8 – Take Flight
You will believe a steam-powered mech can fly…
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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 7 – Center Stage
Rachet is injured, forcing Shinjiro to take command of the combat revue.
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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 6 – First Performance
Thanks to his response to the theater crisis, Shinjiro gets to sortie with the New York Combat Revue for the first time.
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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 5 – Crunch Time
The power goes out in the theater right before showtime – can Shin and Gemini restore power in time!
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Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 92
I’m putting the next episode of the show on hold for a month, in the wake of the tragedy at Kyoto Animation and due to the presence of “The Ignition Factor” among the covered games. Instead, I’ll be discussing the second companion book to one of Nintendo’s miniature consoles – Playing With Super Power.
Continue readingWe come to our final revision of Street Fighter II for the SNES, along with the newest JRPG after a long gap. Continue reading

Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 41
This week we continue with Nintendo Power with issue #29 for October of 1991. Continue reading
This week we continue with Nintendo Power with issue #27 for August of 1991. Continue reading
This week I’m taking a look at Nintendo Power #17, for November of 1990, covering Final Fantasy.
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This episode we’re hitting Nintendo Power #11, with an unfortunately mediocre lineup, in spite of the cover.
Games Reviewed:
- Silent Service
- Pinbot
- 720
- A Boy and his Blob
- Wrath of the Black Manta
- Astynax
- Nemesis
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- Retro Thursday: The Nintendo Power Line (timesunion.com)
- Nintendo Power Glove documentary in the works (polygon.com)
- Geek Life: Remembering the Power, Nintendo Power (ngeeklife.wordpress.com)
- There’s a Nintendo Power Glove Documentary Coming (Yes, It Has a Wizard Reference) (wired.com)
The Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 15
This week we conclude of the Best of the Rest for 1988-1989, with the last 10 titles on the list. Continue reading