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Issue #45: A Walk with the Animals – March/April 2020

"If we could walk with the animals, talk with the animals, grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals, and they could squeak and squawk and speak and talk to us . . . what a neat achievement that...

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Issue #44: Tokyo Takeover – January/February 2020

All eyes are turning to Tokyo.

With 2019 giving way to 2020, it's time once again for international attention to be paid to that biggest spectacle of sports: the Olympic Games. And this time ...

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Issue #43: Division in the Ranks – November/December 2019

We try our best to keep things positive in the pages of good old NF, but to claim that everything's all hunky-dory heading into the release of the new Pokémon Sword & Shield would be disingenu...

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Issue #42: Family-Friendly Frights – October 2019

Happy Countdown to Halloween, Nintendo Force fans! With the arrival of the first day of Fall today, we're getting into the spirit of celebration already with our first-ever October issue!

Tha...

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Issue #41: The Quest for Success in the West – September 2019

If it's ever going to happen, the time is now.

The Dragon Quest series truly taking off outside Japan, that is. It's been the most consistent, most beloved franchise across the entire video g...

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Should We Do an Extra Issue This Year?

Hey there, Force fans! Question for you.

Currently we're working on NF Issue #41, which is set to be labeled as "September/October 2019" in keeping with the bi-monthly publishing schedule we'...

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Issue #40: Getting Schooled – July/August 2019

The 40th issue of Nintendo Force is complete! It's the latest major milestone for our magazine as we roll on through our seventh calendar year of keeping the legacy of Nintendo game coverage alive ...

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Issue #39: Brick by Brick – May/June 2019

Dust off your favorite hard hat, pull on your overalls and make sure your tool belt is hitched up around your waist: the return of Super Mario Maker is imminent.

The Wii U might have come and...

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A Snazzy New Bundle, Player's Poll & Don't Anger the Ox! #39

Happy Bowser Day, Nintendo Force fans! Beginning today, it's an all-new era for NOA: Reggie has official retired and the new President is Doug Bowser. (Truly, we are all doomed. I expect a fighting...

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Issue #38: Rivals Unraveled – March/April 2019

Have you ever just stopped to consider the similarities of Yoshi and Kirby? 

These are two of Nintendo's biggest stars. Two of the eight original Smash Bros. fighters. Both headliners of...

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Issue #37: Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? – January/February 2019

Yacht Club Games really dug themselves into a hole.

At this point five years ago, we put Shovel Knight on the cover of NF Magazine's Issue #7. At that time, it was entering the home stretch of devel...

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Limited-Time Offer, Player's Poll, Magzter Update & More

Happy December, Nintendo Force fans! Got a grab-bag update for you today, so let's tackle one topic at a time.


LIMITED-TIME OFFER: $18 FOR ALL 2018 ISSUES IN PRINT

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Issue #36: Everyone is Here! – November/December 2018

Maybe it's because I'm getting older. Maybe because it takes a lot of my time and attention to keep up with our new baby boy around the house. Or maybe I've always been this way, and I'm just coming t...

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Issue #35: Waluigi Time! – September/October 2018

WAAAAAAHHH!! 

Is it an exclamation of victory? A shout of shock and surprise? A prolonged, extended, far-too-lengthy  lamentation decrying the cruelty of his existence? Perhaps, for Waluig...

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Call for Responses! Waluigi's Player's Poll

Greetings, Nintendo Force fans! 

As many of you have already seen, we decided to change directions for the upcoming Issue #35. While we originally planned on having a Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikach...

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Issue #34: Rebuilding the Blue Bomber – July/August 2018

Absence really does make the heart grow fonder.

There was a time, years ago, when Mega Man fans were feeling mega-fatigued. Capcom was publishing so many sequels in so many spin-off series so close ...

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Issue #33: Some Assembly Required – May/June 2018

Greetings once again, Nintendo Force fans! Our 33rd issue release is upon us.

In this edition of NF Magazine, we're celebrating the launch of Nintendo's latest, wildest product line. Nintendo Labo i...

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Submit Questions for The Ox!

Greetings, Nintendo Force fans! Lucas here with a quick check-in as we're getting down to the wire of our next NF Magazine release. Before we can finish up Issue #33, though, we need a bit more materi...

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Issue #32: The Port Report – March/April 2018

One of the factors fueling the incredible success of Nintendo's Switch is that the system has become a magnet for ports from past platforms. There's just something about the combo console & handhe...

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Happy Five-Year Anniversary . . . to Us!

Happy Five-Year Anniversary, Nintendo Force fans!

Yes indeed, it was exactly five years ago today when the very first issue of NF Magazine was published on January 11, 2013. Our goal in making this ...

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Issue #31: Carnage vs. Cuteness – January/February 2018

Here's a situation I never thought I'd find myself in as lifelong Nintendo fan: Having the option to play, with regular frequency, M-rated games on a Nintendo home console. Oh, sure, there have been a...

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SNES Classic Winner + Patreon Stuff

Hey there, Force fans! First up, sorry for taking so long to make this post. I'd intended to choose and announce the winner of our SNES Classic Giveaway in November, and then November ended up being a...

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Issue #30: The Man of Many Hats – November/December 2017

Are you familiar with someone "who wears many hats"? Asking about the phrase itself here. If you're not, I should explain in order to make this issue's name and theme make sense – it's a title tradi...

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Issue #29: Revenge of the Hunter – September/October 2017

So, do you know Samus?

Almost immediately after E3 2017's back-to-back announcements of Metroid Prime 4 and Metroid: Samus Returns, the thought occurred to me that you may not. Specifically that sin...

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Issue #28: The Element of Surprise! – July/August 2017

Greetings once again, Nintendo Force fans! How about that E3, huh? Were you as shocked and surprised as we were? It was incredible to see the power that simply putting the number "4" on the screen can...

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Winner Announced + Next Giveaway Revealed!

Hey there, Nintendo Force fans! We've got some business to attend to!

First up, we need to reveal the winner of our Second Switch Giveaway! This contest was open to everyone who was a patron here at...

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Issue #27: When Two is Better Than One – May/June 2017

The Switch has arrived! And in looking for a common thread running through the releases coming just over the horizon for the new two-in-one hybrid machine, the number 2 just kept popping up. Splatoon ...

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Switch #1 Winner Announced! + Video Update

March 1 has arrived! (And actually, March 1 is almost over as I write this. Sorry for waiting until nearly midnight to pull the name out of the hat, but I wanted to make sure as many people as possibl...

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The Nintendo Force Video Expansion Begins!

Greetings, Force fans! With Issue #26 complete, I've got a bit of time to breathe before diving into production of #27. So I kicked off our YouTube revival this morning! 

Have a look at the fir...

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Issue #26: The Nintendo Switch Launch Guide – March/April 2017

An all-new era begins!

The 26th issue of NF Magazine is now complete, and with it we celebrate the opening of the next chapter of Nintendo's on-going story: the launch of the new Nintendo Switch!&nb...

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