Greetings once more, Nintendo Force fans! I hope the summer is finding you well, and that you've been able to beat the heat – potentially by enjoying reading an NF issue in the shade!
The Kickstarter campaign for NF's first-ever book has been a great success so far, with nearly $100,000 pledged from 2,000 different backers! Thank you to everyone one of you Patreon patrons here w...
2023-07-11 20:40:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Video games are made to make you feel victorious. They're at their best when, after playing them, a deep sense of pride wells up within you -- after you overcome an obstacle, or beat a big boss. 2023-06-26 19:16:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Our new Kickstarter fundraising campaign is now active! Please visit the campaign page here:
We're doing it! After more than a decade of producing fine magazines, we're finally expanding to also encompass book publishing!
NF Books will allow us to revisit topics and themes we've touc...
2023-05-29 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Everybody loves a good homonym, right?
The subtitle for the new Legend of Zelda sequel may be "Tears of the Kingdom," but I think "Tiers" will ultimately prove to be a more apt descriptor of ...
2023-04-24 20:35:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Being a fan of video games used to be a numbers game.
In the late '80s and into the mid-'90s, gamers were unhealthily obsessed with "bits." If your preferred video game system had more bits t...
2023-02-20 20:20:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's the day! Exactly 10 years ago, on January 11, 2013, the first NF issue went on sale. A whole decade later, we're still going strong – and Fire Emblem is back on the cover again!
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My, how time flies!
It seems like this journey began only yesterday, but as of the release of this issue, we've been publishing Nintendo Force Magazine for over a decade! Over 10 years in the...
2022-12-19 20:25:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Airfare is expensive.
Train tickets. Cruise vacations. Even just the gas to refuel your own car can bankrupt you if you drive too far! Traveling in the real world isn't financially feas...
2022-10-24 20:25:17 +0000 UTC View Post
OK, everyone get the voice of the Count from Sesame Street in your mind. Ready?
"One. Two. THREE!"
Yes, 3 is the number of the day, as this edition of Nintendo Force has been made to ma...
2022-08-22 19:33:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, the pandemic finally caught up to the magazine printing industry.
Though the world's been dealing with the impact of COVID-19 for over two and a half years now, NF wasn't too negatively...
2022-07-29 19:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, NF faithful! It just occurred to me recently that we haven't offered any extra incentives for subscription referrals in a long time. So let's change that!
Starting today, if you ge...
2022-07-22 18:50:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Lace up your sneakers, grab your favorite baseball bat and make sure you've eaten a balanced breakfast, because it's time to head outside, hit the streets and throw down with any roaming bands of p...
2022-06-21 14:10:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Did you know my Dad was almost an NBA star? He just missed out because of two things: He was a foot too short and had no talent!
Yes, that's a favorite joke of my father's, but it does ring t...
2022-04-30 01:00:25 +0000 UTC View Post
In a world that bombards us daily with fresh news of wars, diseases and disastrous climate change, you'd think that most people would seek a reprieve with the entertainment they consume -- you'd th...
2022-02-22 14:32:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The well-oiled machine that keeps cranking out new Nintendo games has run on a few different kinds of fuel over the decades, but as we enter the year 2022 it's safe to say that pure nostalgia is it...
2021-12-20 20:45:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Get ready, Force fans, for the finale of NF Magazine's ninth year! It's amazing that our journey has already brought us this far beyond the point when we had to say farewell to Nintendo Power. And ...
2021-10-31 01:06:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Samus has returned to the cover of our magazine for the first time since Samus Returns, and this time we're shining the spotlight on her time spent in the shadows!
Back when we published NF #...
2021-09-20 19:04:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Sing along with me! You know the words!
"They're the world's most fearsome fighting team! They're heroes in a half shell, and they're green! When the evil Shredder attacks . . . " 2021-08-16 19:16:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Falling from the sky to crash into your mailbox, email inbox or both, it's the latest issue of Nintendo Force! Will it land with grace, or smack into the ground with a thud? That probably depends o...
2021-06-21 19:11:35 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here! It's real! After waiting for over two decades for it to finally appear, an honest-to-goodness actual sequel to the N64 fan favorite Pokémon Snap has arrived at long last. And we're in t...
2021-04-19 17:40:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Get ready, everyone, for a very special issue of Nintendo Force! Are you surprised it even exists? If so, I wouldn't blame you. Theming an entire issue around the career of a developer who doesn't ...
2021-02-22 22:10:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The massively popular "social deduction" game Among Us came to the Switch a few weeks ago, and we're working on a review for our next issue – but we need your help! Can you jump in for a few roun...
2021-01-14 18:26:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Mario didn't start out Super.
He was just a carpenter. Later, a plumber. Really just a regular tradesman who just so happened to once rescue his girlfriend from an ape who climbed a construct...
2020-12-21 19:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post
With nearly 50 different issues under our belts, we've had a few oddball theme names here and there -- but I think "Peanut Butter & Chocolate" just might be our weirdest.
Then again, mayb...
2020-10-20 17:38:14 +0000 UTC View Post
An anniversary is upon us!
. . . Well, OK, when it comes to Mario, some kind of anniversary is always upon us. His career has been so long and so varied at this point that you could find a ne...
2020-08-18 19:22:29 +0000 UTC View Post
CRUMPLE, CRUMPLE!
Get it? It's like "Grumble, grumble." The old Legend of Zelda line from the hungry Goriya. He complained until he got what he wanted, just as Paper Mario fans have been grum...
2020-06-22 18:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey, Force fans! We're about 10 days away from our next issue being finished, but we've got three orders of business to address before that.
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Swordplay is simple.
Not in the real world, of course! Goodness knows if I ever found myself in the middle of an actual duel, I'd then soon find myself skewered shortly thereafter. But in the...
2020-04-20 17:05:13 +0000 UTC View Post