Nintendo Power, one of the longest-running game magazines in the country, is calling it quits.
According to "insider sources" that spoke with Ars Technica, Nintendo has chosen to not renew its licensing agreement with the company behind the magazine, Future Publishing. And despite a monthly readership of 475,000, Nintendo seems content to let the magazine slip away, not yet revealing any interest to take back control of the magazine.
Ars reports that "Nintendo Power's" senior editor, Chris Hoffman, has apparently confirmed the source's information in various posts on Twitter, saying he was "sad to see it go" (though said tweets have recently been deleted).
Nintendo claimed that Future was "difficult to work with," and have no intention in working with Future...in the future. "Nintendo Power" had been run in house prior to its licensing with Future in 2007.
Originally launched in 1988 as an evolution of a bi-monthly newsletter, "Nintendo Power" was one of, if not the most established, and longest lasting video game magazines once video game consoles hit big in the home market. It covered every Nintendo milestone shortly after the arrival of the NES, the SNES, up to the the Wii, and everything in between.
Reflect on the mag's good times, and bad, with the Nerd.
To further the nostalgia, you can also read the first issue of Nintendo Power here.
