30th November 2012, 4:06 PM
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/fi...ll-circle/
Now that's an amazing final cover. Here's hoping they interview the cast of Full House again.
I have that first issue. I haven't received Nintendo Power in a long long time, since the N64 days in fact, but I want this final issue to go along with my old wrinkled first issue. I hope the poster has a map of the Zelda Skyward Sword overworld on the flip side.
Anyway, what to do from here? I really don't feel too sad about the magazine's end. It's time has come. There's no reason for a paper based magazine like that to exist any more. However, Nintendo could go digital, and the best place to start would be the Wii U and 3DS. The Wii U community is an amazing concept which needs to get back ported to the 3DS. Once that's done, "Nintendo Power" becomes a central tower in that community. I envision "letters to the editor", preview columns, a showcase of fan art (the community is already a big showcase for fanart, but it doesn't stick around forever, an online Nintendo Power presence would keep it around), staff and player reviews, submitted tips and tricks, and even contests.
Then there's the other part of Nintendo Power, which is their guides and maps. These can be the part that people are charged to get. Due to it being online, these can be full guides for the big name games. Users can request the guides they want to see most, and they shall receive. The guide can be displayed on the bottom pad via the "home" interface in such a way as to not interfere with what's currently on the screen (even allowing the game to keep going while in that home screen), which would easily simulate one of the advantages of a magazine. Heck, let players pull up side by side pages and maps to compare and contrast, and even scribble extra notes of their own. Go all out!
Along those lines, Nintendo has a vast back catalog of Nintendo Power issues and guides at their disposal. Let's make these all available for purchase. Or, alternatively, sort the articles based on the games they are about and include all their material when someone purchases the game from the virtual console store.
This could be huge if done right, and would make Nintendo Power a truly community experience and a pillar of the Nintendo experience once again.
Now that's an amazing final cover. Here's hoping they interview the cast of Full House again.
I have that first issue. I haven't received Nintendo Power in a long long time, since the N64 days in fact, but I want this final issue to go along with my old wrinkled first issue. I hope the poster has a map of the Zelda Skyward Sword overworld on the flip side.
Anyway, what to do from here? I really don't feel too sad about the magazine's end. It's time has come. There's no reason for a paper based magazine like that to exist any more. However, Nintendo could go digital, and the best place to start would be the Wii U and 3DS. The Wii U community is an amazing concept which needs to get back ported to the 3DS. Once that's done, "Nintendo Power" becomes a central tower in that community. I envision "letters to the editor", preview columns, a showcase of fan art (the community is already a big showcase for fanart, but it doesn't stick around forever, an online Nintendo Power presence would keep it around), staff and player reviews, submitted tips and tricks, and even contests.
Then there's the other part of Nintendo Power, which is their guides and maps. These can be the part that people are charged to get. Due to it being online, these can be full guides for the big name games. Users can request the guides they want to see most, and they shall receive. The guide can be displayed on the bottom pad via the "home" interface in such a way as to not interfere with what's currently on the screen (even allowing the game to keep going while in that home screen), which would easily simulate one of the advantages of a magazine. Heck, let players pull up side by side pages and maps to compare and contrast, and even scribble extra notes of their own. Go all out!
Along those lines, Nintendo has a vast back catalog of Nintendo Power issues and guides at their disposal. Let's make these all available for purchase. Or, alternatively, sort the articles based on the games they are about and include all their material when someone purchases the game from the virtual console store.
This could be huge if done right, and would make Nintendo Power a truly community experience and a pillar of the Nintendo experience once again.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)