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Nintendo Force Magazine or also known as NF Magazine is a fan-made Nintendo magazine. It was made by the staff of several Nintendo fan-sites to be the successor to Nintendo Power. It was revealed on December 21, 2012, notably being 10 days after the last issue of Nintendo Power was released.[1] The magazine has been going for 9 years over 60 issues under its belt.
Issues[]
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Nintendo Force Magazine's announcement infographic
After the initial year, Nintendo Force ran a Kickstarter for the year's subscription. Both years, they were successful exceeding their goals by several thousands. In the fourth year onward, they switched to Patreon. Patrons donate a certain amount bimonthly and get the most recent issue in a format depending on how much was paid with the physical price being lower than the . Patrons are also entered in automatically in contests that they do.
Initially, Nintendo Force was mainly available at MagCloud.com where you pay $18 - $20 for an issue. This is discounted by 80% for a subscription. This was changed in the third year to be their own website, http://www.nintendoforcemagazine.com, with $2.99 per issue digital and $6.99 per issue physically in the United States.
Milestones[]
- The first issue released January 11, 2013 and there have been issue bimonthly ever since leading to a total of 60 issues.
- Volume 5 - First Alternate Cover issue
- Volume 7 - First volume of year two
- Volume 13 - First volume of year three
- Volume 14 - First split cover
- Volume 17 - Volume that commemorates Satoru Iwata
- Volume 19 - First volume of year four
- Volume 25 - First volume of year five
- Volume 31 - First volume of year six
Staff[]
Nintendo Force does not really have any permanent staff, but instead various members of various games journalism and Nintendo fansites regularly contribute. Their regular staff include:
- Lucas M. Thomas (IGN)
- David Oxford (1UP)
- Neal Ronaghan (Nintendo World Report)
- Corbie Dillard (NintendoLife)
- Daan Koopman (Freelance Nintendo writer)
- Evan Campbell (Nintendojo, IGN video writer)
- Kevin Knezevic (Nintendojo)
- Chris Carter (Destructoid)
- Jonathan Holmes (Destructoid)
- Tony Ponce (Destructoid)
- Kevin Cassidy (GoNintendo)
- Mark Kelly (NinDB.net)
- Nadia Oxford (Freelance writer, Tiny Girl Tiny Games)
- Matthew Taranto (Brawl in the Family)
- Thor Thorvaldson (Illustrator)
References[]
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External Links[]
| Nintendo Force volumes | |
|---|---|
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 | |
| Nintendo Magazines | |
|---|---|
| North America | Nintendo Fun Club News (1987-1988) • Nintendo Power (1988-2012) • Nintendo Force (2013-Present) • Pure Nintendo Magazine (2011-Present) |
| South America/ Spain |
Club Nintendo (1991-Present) • Nintendo World (Brazil) (1998-2017) • Nintendo Blast (2009-Present) • Revista Oficial Nintendo (1992-2018) |
| Great Britain/ Australasia |
Control (1992-1993) • N Force/SNES Force (1992-1994) • Official Nintendo Magazine (1992-2014) • Total! (1992-1996) • Super Gamer • GB Action (1992-1995) • Total Game Boy • Planet Game Boy • Super Pro • Super XS • Super Play (1992-1996) • Super Action (1992-1994) • Super Control • 64 Magazine (1997-2001) • N64/NGC Magazine (1997-2006) • Nintendo World (UK) • Nintendo Gamer (2006-2012) • 64 Solutions • Total 64 • 64 Extreme • VSIXTYFOUR • Cube • N64 Pro • G-Force • Advance • Game Boy Advance Master Guide • GBX • Switch Player • Falcon Punch |
| France | Club Nintendo • GamePlay 64/128 • Nintendo, le magazine officiel (1997-2012) • Nintendo Player • Super Power • X64 Magazine (1997-2000) |
| Italy | N64 Magazine (Italy) (1999-2000) • Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale (2002-2013) |
| Japan |
Game Freak • Famimaga • Dengeki Nintendo • Nintendo Dream |
| Sweden | Nintendomagasinet (including Power Player) • Super Power–Super Play |