As widely reported, there’s a new Ninja Turtles game coming next year, with the [frankly unbelievable] buzz that it could be the Smash Brawl killer. Nice cover though. The Turtles front a here’s-what’s-coming-in-2009 preview issue, …

Jeez, what an ugly cover. A lousy boxed artwork montage over an eye-searing orange. Looks like somebody was on a tight deadline. I also question the text block that says “Reviews Blowout!” and then lists …

My copy of #235 came wrapped in an ad for the game Ultimate Band, Disney Interactive’s take on the Rock Band formula. It looks like it has all the soul of a Bratz movie. The …

Issue #234 introduces an unexpected subscriber benefit: alternate covers that strip away all that obnoxious article hype text. That makes this GTA: Chinatown Wars issue the first Nintendo Power cover in years to not include …

The first first-party cover feature in six months heralds an excellent issue, full of some great details, reveals and surprises. Read-a-long!
Issue #233, October 2008
featured games: Wario Land: Shake It!, Time Hollow, House of the Dead: …

Last issue’s sword-based tease wasn’t Kingdom Hearts, Zelda or even Fire Emblem… it was Sonic? NP broke the news: another Wii-exclusive Sonic game is coming, a second installment in the suddenly-a-sub-franchise Sonic Storybook series. Which …

In the August 2008 “20th Anniversary” issue of Nintendo Power, the NP staff neatly ranked their Top 20 games for each Nintendo system. Using their lists and some high-end mathematical voodoo, I am going to …

Yep, that’s MadWorld on the cover… there must be huge debates about cover games every month. Dark-and-violent or Wii-Mom-friendly? Lately they’ve been choosing “hardcore” topics no doubt so they visually compete with all the bald …

Last month’s moon clue was apparently about Castlevania, who knew? Join Aeropause as we try to sift the golden nuggets from the brown ones… and read-a-long!
Issue #230, July 2008
featured games: Castlevania Order of Ecclesia, Dragon …

That’s not Aerosmith: The Animated Series, that’s the latest Nintendo Power. Join Aeropause for this regular dissection of a twenty-year-old gaming staple… and read-a-long!
Issue #229, June 2008
featured games: Final Fantasy Tactics A2, Etrian Odyssey II, …

Another month, another last gasp of print media. Join Aeropause for this regular dissection of this twenty-year-old gaming staple… and read-a-long!
Issue #228, May 2008
featured games: Final Fantasy IV DS, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Time/Darkness, Boom Blox, …

You walk by it all the time, a catalog of current and upcoming releases available every month like clockwork. Perhaps it’s the most honest gaming magazine of all; because it just wants you to buy …

Pejoratively referred to as the “Party Press,” Nintendo Power has long seemed stuck on the rocky road to respectability. Can recent editorial changes transform the magazine? Join Aeropause for this regular dissection of this twenty-year-old …