Nintendo Power, the Glossary
Nintendo Power was a former video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America.[1]
Table of Contents
81 relations: Academy Awards, American English, Australia, Blast Corps, Brazil, Camp Hyrule, Canada, Capcom, Chuck Norris, Club Nintendo, CNET, Comic strip, Custom Robo, Downloadable content, Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest (video game), Editor-in-chief, Forbes, Future plc, Future US, Gail Tilden, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, History of video games, Hotline, Howard Phillips (consultant), Internet Archive, Japan, Joystiq, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Konami, Latin America, List of video game magazines, Lucasfilm Games, Magazine, Mario, Mascot, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Metroid Prime, Mexico, Mr. T, NES Classic Edition, NES Play Action Football, Nester's Funky Bowling, NF Magazine, Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Fun Club, ... Expand index (31 more) »
- 2012 disestablishments in the United States
- Defunct video game magazines published in the United States
- House organs
- Magazines about Nintendo
- Nintendo publications
- Video game magazines published in the United States
- Video game podcasts
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.
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American English
American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Blast Corps
Blast Corps is an action game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
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Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
Camp Hyrule
Camp Hyrule was an annual online virtual camp that was sponsored and moderated by Nintendo of America.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Capcom
is a Japanese video game company.
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor.
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Club Nintendo
Club Nintendo was a customer loyalty program formerly provided by Nintendo. Nintendo Power and Club Nintendo are magazines about Nintendo.
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CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.
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Custom Robo
is an action role-playing video game series developed by Noise and published by Nintendo.
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Downloadable content
Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher.
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Dragon Quest
previously published as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005, is a series of role-playing games created by Japanese game designer Yuji Horii (Armor Project), character designer Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio), and composer Koichi Sugiyama (Sugiyama Kobo) and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix).
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Dragon Quest (video game)
titled Dragon Warrior when initially localized to North America, is a role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
Future plc
Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.
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Future US
Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets.
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Gail Tilden
Gail Tilden is an American marketing manager and consultant.
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Game Boy
The Game Boy is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo, launched in the Japanese home market on April 21, 1989, followed by North America and Europe later that year.
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Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color.
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Game Boy Color
The Game Boy Color (GBC or CGB) is an 8-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on October 21, 1998, and to international markets that November.
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History of video games
The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes.
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Hotline
A hotline is a point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook.
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Howard Phillips (consultant)
Howard Phillips is an American video game consultant and producer who was an early employee of and spokesman for Nintendo of America in the 1980s.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Joystiq
Joystiq was a video gaming blog founded in June 2004 as part of the Weblogs, Inc. family of weblogs, now owned by AOL.
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Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, known in Japan as, is a Japanese anime series based on Nintendo's ''Kirby'' franchise.
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Konami
, commonly known as Konami,, is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo.
Latin America
Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.
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List of video game magazines
This is a list of video game magazines.
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Lucasfilm Games
Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game licensor and a subsidiary of Lucasfilm.
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Magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content.
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Mario
Mario is a character from the Mario franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo.
Mascot
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.
is a 2004 action-adventure stealth video game published by Konami, who co-developed with Silicon Knights, for the GameCube.
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Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Mr. T
Mr.
NES Classic Edition
NES Classic Edition is a dedicated home video game console by Nintendo, that emulates the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Family Computer (Famicom).
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NES Play Action Football is a football video game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Nester's Funky Bowling
Nester's Funky Bowling is a bowling video game developed by Saffire and published by Nintendo for the Virtual Boy console.
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NF Magazine
Nintendo Force, or NF Magazine, is a bi-monthly magazine that centers upon various Nintendo hardware products. Nintendo Power and NF Magazine are magazines about Nintendo, Nintendo publications and video game magazines published in the United States.
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Nintendo
is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
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Nintendo 64
The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.
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Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo.
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Nintendo Fun Club
Nintendo Fun Club was a fan club marketed by Nintendo. Nintendo Power and Nintendo Fun Club are Defunct video game magazines published in the United States, magazines about Nintendo, Nintendo publications and video game magazines published in the United States.
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Nintendo Magazine System (Australia)
Nintendo Magazine System was the official Nintendo magazine of Australia. Nintendo Power and Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) are magazines about Nintendo.
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Nintendo Player's Guide
The Nintendo Player's Guides are a series of video game strategy guides from Nintendo based on Nintendo Power magazine. Nintendo Power and Nintendo Player's Guide are Nintendo publications and video game magazines published in the United States.
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Nintendo Switch
The is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.
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Nintendo World
Nintendo World is a Brazilian video game magazine, which covers games for the Nintendo Wii, Wii U, 3DS and DS. Nintendo Power and Nintendo World are magazines about Nintendo.
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Official Nintendo Magazine
Official Nintendo Magazine, or ONM, was a British video game magazine that ran from 2006 to 2014 that covered the Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, and Wii U video game consoles released by Nintendo. Nintendo Power and Official Nintendo Magazine are magazines about Nintendo.
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Pilotwings 64
is a flight simulation video game developed by Nintendo and Paradigm Simulation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
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Podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet.
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Pokémon
Pokémon is a Japanese media franchise consisting of video games, animated series and films, a trading card game, and other related media.
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
is a video game series spin-off from the main ''Pokémon'' series developed by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Chunsoft).
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Prima Games
Prima Games is a publishing company of video game strategy guides in the United States.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Slime (Dragon Quest)
are a fictional species of monster in the Dragon Quest role-playing video game franchise.
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Spiritual successor
A spiritual successor (sometimes called a spiritual sequel) is a product or fictional work that is similar to, or directly inspired by, another previous work, but (unlike a traditional prequel or sequel) does not explicitly continue the product line or media franchise of its predecessor, and is thus only a successor "in spirit".
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Star Fox
Star Fox is an arcade style rail shooter, space flight simulator, and third person action-adventure video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, produced and published by Nintendo.
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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (video game)
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a third-person shooter video game developed by LucasArts and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1996 and published by LucasArts for Windows in 1997.
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StarTropics
StarTropics is a 1990 action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros.
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World, known in Japan as is a 1990 platform game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
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Super Metroid
is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
is a 2017 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch and Wii U. Set at the end of the ''Zelda'' timeline, the player controls an amnesiac Link as he sets out to save Princess Zelda and prevent Calamity Ganon from destroying the world.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
is a 2023 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch.
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The Wizard (1989 film)
The Wizard is a 1989 American family film directed by Todd Holland (in his directorial debut), written by David Chisholm, and starring Fred Savage, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, Christian Slater, and Luke Edwards.
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To the Earth
To the Earth is a light gun shooter video game developed by Cirque Verte and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
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Virtual Boy
The Virtual Boy is a 32-bit tabletop portable video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo.
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WarioWare D.I.Y.
WarioWare D.I.Y., known as WarioWare: Do It Yourself in the PAL region, is a minigame compilation and game creation system by Nintendo SPD and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS.
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Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, an American nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.
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See also
2012 disestablishments in the United States
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
- Alliance of Democrats (political international)
- Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
- Boston Tea Party (political party)
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint
- Competitive Cyclist Racing Team
- Cooper Industries
- Doll Reader
- Expeditionary Combat Support System
- Life in Hell
- Moving Pictures (magazine)
- National Communications System
- National Lacrosse Conference
- Nintendo Power
- North American League (baseball)
- OSI (band)
- Piccadilly Pub
- PlayStation: The Official Magazine
- Pretty Ricky
- Randy Moss Motorsports
- Raymond Clapper Memorial Award
- Rugby Super League (United States)
- Sun (supermarket tabloid)
- The Meeting School
- The Subservient Chicken
- The Trump Network
- United Football League (2009–2012)
- Weekly Reader Publishing
- Women's Professional Soccer
- World Football Challenge
- Xeric Foundation
- Youth for Western Civilization
Defunct video game magazines published in the United States
- Amiga Computing
- Atari Age
- Atari Connection
- Computer Entertainer
- Computer Game Review
- Computer Games Magazine
- Computer Gaming World
- Electronic Fun with Computers & Games
- Electronic Games
- Expert Gamer
- Flux (magazine)
- Game Developer (magazine)
- Game Players
- GameFan
- GameNOW
- GamePro
- GameWeek Magazine
- Gameroom magazine
- Games for Windows: The Official Magazine
- MMO Games Magazine
- Magnetic Fantasies
- Next Generation (magazine)
- Nintendo Fun Club
- Nintendo Power
- Official Dreamcast Magazine (US magazine)
- Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
- Official Xbox Magazine
- Play Meter
- PlayStation Underground
- Qore (PlayStation Network)
- Sega Visions
- The Adventurer (magazine)
- Tips & Tricks (magazine)
- TurboPlay
- VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
- Videogaming Illustrated
House organs
- American Rifleman
- Ariel (newspaper)
- Bell Laboratories Record
- Bell Labs Technical Journal
- Bullpen Bulletins
- Customer magazine
- Daily Planet (DC Comics house advertisement)
- Disney Magazine
- Dragon (magazine)
- Dungeon (magazine)
- FOOM
- House organ
- Marvel Age
- Nebula (magazine)
- Nintendo Power
- Nuffield Press
- Operations (magazine)
- Presenza
- TWX (magazine)
- The Amazing World of DC Comics
- The General (magazine)
- The Signpost
- White Dwarf (magazine)
Magazines about Nintendo
- Club Nintendo
- Dengeki Nintendo
- Mean Machines
- NF Magazine
- NGC Magazine
- Nintendo Fun Club
- Nintendo Gamer
- Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale
- Nintendo Magazine System (Australia)
- Nintendo Power
- Nintendo World
- Official Nintendo Magazine
- Pure Nintendo Magazine
- Revista Oficial Nintendo
- Super Play
- Super Play (Sweden)
- Switch Player
- Total!
Nintendo publications
- NF Magazine
- Nintendo Fun Club
- Nintendo Player's Guide
- Nintendo Power
- Pure Nintendo Magazine
- Revista Oficial Nintendo
- Super Play
Video game magazines published in the United States
- Commodore Power/Play
- Computer Entertainer
- Computer Game Review
- Computer Gaming World
- Electronic Gaming Monthly
- Expert Gamer
- FUN! Online Games
- GMR (magazine)
- Game Informer
- GameFan
- GameNOW
- GamePro
- GameWeek Magazine
- Gameroom magazine
- Games for Windows: The Official Magazine
- Kill Screen
- NF Magazine
- Next Generation (magazine)
- Nintendo Fun Club
- Nintendo Player's Guide
- Nintendo Power
- Now Playing (magazine)
- PC Accelerator
- PC Gamer
- PCMag
- PiQ (magazine)
- Play Meter
- PlayStation Underground
- PlayStation: The Official Magazine
- Pure Nintendo Magazine
- The Escapist (magazine)
- TurboPlay
- VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
- Videogaming Illustrated
Video game podcasts
- 8-4
- CO-OP (podcast)
- Engadget
- Get Played
- Giant Bomb
- Idle Thumbs
- Joueur du Grenier
- List of video game podcasts
- Mega64
- MinnMax
- Nintendo Power
- One Life Left
- Rooster Teeth Podcast
- Yogscast
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Power
Also known as American Nintendo Power Magazine, BS Nintendo Power, Howard & Nester, Howard and Nester, NPMag, Nester (Nintendo), Nester (character), Nester's Adventures, Nintendo Power (podcast), Nintendo Power Advance, Nintendo Power Awards, Nintendo Power Awards of 2010, Nintendo Power Line, Nintendo Power Magazine, Nintendo-Magasinet, Nintendomagasinet.
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