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Hopefully this is the beginning of a long and bountiful new era of Scott's Stash where he reviews every single issue of Nintendo Power in chronological order!
I am a magazine editor- idk if this is known to readers but there’s a set number of pages that printers can do and you have to fill the template. We have 34, 48, 52, 60 page mags (plus cover). The numbers seem arbitrary to me but I would imagine they had something similar and had to fill every page so you get some of that random stuff like movie reviews. When we sell a lot of ads, stories are shorter. When ads sell less, we have to make a new page worth of stories or find a big picture to fill space
The seemingly arbitrary page requirements is from how sheets of paper are printed and folded before going to get bound into the magazine. I work in commercial printing
Haha man release dates back in the NES days were awful! You had to call every week at the store to know if they finally had received the game.. even during the SNES it was pretty hard to get a real date. I remember calling daily and waiting for FF3, Chrono and Lufia 2 for quite a while because Canada seemed to get the shipments a week or two later than the dates you would find in magazines..
Scott devaluing his personal copy of Nintendo Power #1 by revealing it's all hacked up on camera, thus increasing the value of all the remaining copies in the world by a few cents
I can’t believe the first issue of Nintendo Power is considered “a relic” of retro gaming past. I actually remember getting this issue free in the mail back in the day. And the thing I thought was “why did the first issue start with Mario 2? Why not the first one?” I was a kid after all…
Dude it’s CRAZY how much the previous owner bastardized this issue 😂the Zelda section is probably the best part of the issue! I remember reading this when I was 9. A kid named Tim let me borrow this issue and I read every page. For awhile I wished he’d forgot that he let me borrow it but that never happened. A great first issue! It only kept getting better as it went along. 😊👊
I suppose it's only tangentially related to gaming, but you've mentioned Nickelodeon Magazine enough times that I kinda wanna see you flip through an issue one of these days. Because as simple as they are, these magazine videos are pretty interesting imo.
I think it would be cool if you checked out the first issue of Famitsu or as it was called back then Famicom Tsuushin. That got its start in June 1986 in Japan which was a full 2 years before Nintendo Power came into existence. Early Famitsu issues are really interesting to look at to get context as to what Japanese players were playing at the time and you'll be surprised as to what was popular over there.
I can almost gurantee you those little cut-outs were glued to a poster board and used for a "Things I enjoy" school project. Pre-computer education explains this.
I used to have a friend who would go to places like EB and Target and rip pages out of the gaming magazines that his cheats and walkthroughs he wanted. This really brought that back to me.
From what I remember, the Top 30 section was determined by votes....you would send in the 'contest flyer' to enter for that months contest, and on the back of the flyer, each title had a number that you would write in the number to the corresponding game and that's how it was determined :) I was a subscriber during the N64 days and I remember quite well always voting for Zelda: Ocarina of Time!
It’s interesting to see how the gaming narrative has changed from “play like a pro, this game will kick your ass” to just people enjoying gaming however they want. Casual, competitive, every which way. It’s come a long way.
When I moved 4 years ago I could only keep what I could fit in 2 suitcases. My original Nintendo Power #1 I got back in '88 was one of the few things I kept, along with the FF1 issue and issue #50.
Oof, seeing that magazine have so many pages torn out and stuff cut out hurts but I know that's what people did back then. We didn't care about the preservation of gaming history like we do now. You ever buy a piece of gaming history whether it be a video game, a magazine, a strategy guide, anything and it's beat up and you just think to yourself "you can finally rest now" since you know now it being in your possession it won't go through the wringer anymore? lol
I have an og Final Fantasy Tactics Advance strategy guide from Nintendo Power. Inside is really good condition, outside is another story cause I used the guide to roll my blunts on
I currently reliving my nintendo love by buying and reading old nintendo magazines and its amazing reading about old system launches and old game reviews from the future. Like for example, one article was asking for game sequels and it mentioned TWEWY and mario galaxy, with mario galaxy having a very low probability of getting announced (since if you think about it no 3d mario game had a direct sequel until that point) and TWEWY even though they said had a higher probability we only saw it 14 years later while galaxy 2 came out 3 years later, it has been pretty fun
I always see so many people being confused at the rankings of the game in NP magazines because of the point system but, at least for the players part, it was calculated using the card you had to mail for the contests. The card also asked to select a few games you loved so it was a poll at the same time. I wonder why no one remembers that part from the card.. maybe because I was such a dork and was the only one reading the fineprints of a NP contest card haha
I loved the stage maps in Nintendo Power and the great use of both official and original art. I think the magazine was more useful as a player guide than a new source but it didn't slouch on the news portion and had lots of neat previews through the years. Please do a video about the magazine as a whole.
I’ve got one of these I’ve had for years with the Zelda poster still in it. Mine isn’t this clean but isn’t completely trashed. It’s complete and very readable
For some reason the animation that plays in Mario Wonder when you collect a Mushroom has always reminded me of the cover art for this magazine. I wonder (no pun intended) if they were trying to reference it. Seeing it again now, I’m not as confident, but it would be a pretty neat callback if intentional.
The previous owner was probably cutting out pictures they liked, not ones they didn't want to see. I used to do that with Metal Edge and cut out band or album cover pics and make collages out of them.
The UK's Official Nintendo Magazine in the 2000s still did the 'send in your high scores' thing and I'd forgotten about it until now but I always did want to get featured on there
I still have my issues of NP in pretty pristine condition from back in the day! I have volume 35 to about 220 and then I skipped a few resubs over the next few years so I have a random sets of more modern ones.. I wonder if my collection is worth any money.. also on the plus side I still have most of the posters in them. Sadly the ones missing are from the best games because these are the ones I would put on my walls. I remember my Mega Man X poster vividly 😂
My dad would have dominated that top gun contest. It was only one of the two game he played and he had every enemy memorized and landed it every time 😂
Some of the other things the previous owner ripped out were probably contest forms, a lot of magazines had those and I've definitely tried a handful of them (mostly yugioh related), to no avail :,)
I really hope that Scott reviews more issues. Not every single one of course, my man needs a break, but I hope he reviews select issues for select games and interesting features in the magazines
The weirdest coincidence I noticed in this video was in the uh, "Video Short" for Metal Gear. It uses the phrase "the worst is yet to come" and one of the most famous tracks from Metal Gear Solid was called "The Best is Yet to Come". Not related to the video or anything, and a total coincidence, but I thought it was neat.
Funnily enough my family somehow has a copy of this and we had no idea it was the first issue. I read that magazine to death... like literally it is worn out ti the point where i am afraid to touch it because it is gonna disintegrate
I had this issue when it came out. No one I know even bothered with the second quest until we had this walkthrough. Also, SMB 2 didn’t seem all that weird to us at the time. SMB was radically different from Mario Bros., so we didn’t think anything of it. It was just an enjoyable game…. that a neighbor kid borrowed from me and wouldn’t give back for three months.
I borrowed the first issue of Nintendo Power as well from a friend in early 1989, magazines were huge back then especially Nintendo Power and yes I held onto it for awhile
Official uk PlayStation magazine over here used to have dvd and music reviews in its later years, and when they ps2 version happened they had reviews of classic films…done by HIDEO KOJIMA.
5:15 Ah yes, hammer throw, a sport where you stand still, is a great showcase of Toad's speed. (I think Scott meant Strength, and got the wires crossed between Mario 2 and 3D World)
I can't say this with 100% certainty but the first issue has to be the highest printed. Nintendo sent it every name they had onfile and then some. Truly shocking to see copues going for so much. There are important comic books with lower print runs that don't even approach those asking prices.
I found the first Nintendo power at a weird thrift store in Canada for 40 bucks and I didn’t get it. Didn’t know it was worth so much more. At least I have the final issue
Hopefully this is the beginning of a long and bountiful new era of Scott's Stash where he reviews every single issue of Nintendo Power in chronological order!
If it is, he already messed it up.
But the finale got spoiled
Scott and the Decade of Nintendo Power
You joke but I unironically would watch every episode
@@americansnipar it's no joke I'm with you I want the Scott content
I am a magazine editor- idk if this is known to readers but there’s a set number of pages that printers can do and you have to fill the template. We have 34, 48, 52, 60 page mags (plus cover). The numbers seem arbitrary to me but I would imagine they had something similar and had to fill every page so you get some of that random stuff like movie reviews.
When we sell a lot of ads, stories are shorter. When ads sell less, we have to make a new page worth of stories or find a big picture to fill space
The seemingly arbitrary page requirements is from how sheets of paper are printed and folded before going to get bound into the magazine.
I work in commercial printing
The best aspect of these is seeing how Nintendo once saw its brands in the eyes of advertising.
The funny thing about this issue saying 'Zelda II: The Adventure of Link will definitely be out in October next month', it released December 1st
Haha man release dates back in the NES days were awful! You had to call every week at the store to know if they finally had received the game.. even during the SNES it was pretty hard to get a real date. I remember calling daily and waiting for FF3, Chrono and Lufia 2 for quite a while because Canada seemed to get the shipments a week or two later than the dates you would find in magazines..
Scott devaluing his personal copy of Nintendo Power #1 by revealing it's all hacked up on camera, thus increasing the value of all the remaining copies in the world by a few cents
All part of his plan, he’s got 10 mint copies under his bed
Ironically this copy is now worth more because it's Scott's now
But is it worth as much as Sonic 2 With A Line?
@@Alfonso162008nothing is worth as much as Sonic 2 With A Line
@@Alfonso162008
i remember i had an image of an eBay listing of sonic 2 with a line
the next image of that was that the listing was deleted
I'd watch Scott read every issue, I'm being completely serious lol
I can’t believe the first issue of Nintendo Power is considered “a relic” of retro gaming past. I actually remember getting this issue free in the mail back in the day. And the thing I thought was “why did the first issue start with Mario 2? Why not the first one?”
I was a kid after all…
I entered every single players poll contest in the first 100 issues & never won a damn thing.
Dude it’s CRAZY how much the previous owner bastardized this issue 😂the Zelda section is probably the best part of the issue! I remember reading this when I was 9. A kid named Tim let me borrow this issue and I read every page. For awhile I wished he’d forgot that he let me borrow it but that never happened. A great first issue! It only kept getting better as it went along. 😊👊
Well now he's GOTTA do the final issue of Nintendo Power too!
I was so shocked when I found out that Scott wasn’t joking and that he is, in fact, actually colorblind
I suppose it's only tangentially related to gaming, but you've mentioned Nickelodeon Magazine enough times that I kinda wanna see you flip through an issue one of these days. Because as simple as they are, these magazine videos are pretty interesting imo.
People That Want Scott to continue this. 👇
I think it would be cool if you checked out the first issue of Famitsu or as it was called back then Famicom Tsuushin. That got its start in June 1986 in Japan which was a full 2 years before Nintendo Power came into existence. Early Famitsu issues are really interesting to look at to get context as to what Japanese players were playing at the time and you'll be surprised as to what was popular over there.
how the hell is he supposed to read it
@@guillemedina7908with his eyes
and google trans
@@usermcskull4713What about Google nonbinary?
@@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852😂😂
I can almost gurantee you those little cut-outs were glued to a poster board and used for a "Things I enjoy" school project. Pre-computer education explains this.
Seller: It's 20% off!
Scott: Oh boy! 20% off the price!
Seller: Actually...
I used to have a friend who would go to places like EB and Target and rip pages out of the gaming magazines that his cheats and walkthroughs he wanted. This really brought that back to me.
I love these types of videos they’re always chill. It was cool Nintendo recreated this cover also
Of course,
The Nintendo Powerline.
Waste money on the phone bill by having a guy give you tips that are probably written on a clipboard given to him.
Mario-Kun actually had an official english release under "Super Mario Manga Mania". There's your fun fact.
From what I remember, the Top 30 section was determined by votes....you would send in the 'contest flyer' to enter for that months contest, and on the back of the flyer, each title had a number that you would write in the number to the corresponding game and that's how it was determined :) I was a subscriber during the N64 days and I remember quite well always voting for Zelda: Ocarina of Time!
I’ll never forget seeing AVGN show this thing many many years ago.
It’s interesting to see how the gaming narrative has changed from “play like a pro, this game will kick your ass” to just people enjoying gaming however they want. Casual, competitive, every which way. It’s come a long way.
Git Gud.
You didn't beat every Armored Core boss on your first try? Hah, you must be one of those game journalists, peasant.
And then we have fromsoft
Man I had this issue! I had the first 12. It's a real blast from the past seeing this. I loved these growing up.
I loved getting these each month as a kid. I started at issue 4 to 6 i think. I hope you do more videos of these Scott. Theyre a treat
4:42 Interesting... They labeled Birdo and Ostro in the magazine correctly, even though their names were mistakenly swapped in the game. Neat.
Having a big tummy ache right now and watching a new scott video is helping, thank you!
I love going through all my old magazines and strategy guides. I dig this video. 🎉
When I moved 4 years ago I could only keep what I could fit in 2 suitcases. My original Nintendo Power #1 I got back in '88 was one of the few things I kept, along with the FF1 issue and issue #50.
We got a video on the 1st and 100th issue, only 283 issues to go
Love these videos. Scott could talk about a toothpick and it would still be entertaining
Oof, seeing that magazine have so many pages torn out and stuff cut out hurts but I know that's what people did back then. We didn't care about the preservation of gaming history like we do now. You ever buy a piece of gaming history whether it be a video game, a magazine, a strategy guide, anything and it's beat up and you just think to yourself "you can finally rest now" since you know now it being in your possession it won't go through the wringer anymore? lol
Woah they turned NES Remix into a real thing 😳🤯
I have an og Final Fantasy Tactics Advance strategy guide from Nintendo Power. Inside is really good condition, outside is another story cause I used the guide to roll my blunts on
Early video game magazines are interesting to look at. Nester was also in Pilotwings 64
I currently reliving my nintendo love by buying and reading old nintendo magazines and its amazing reading about old system launches and old game reviews from the future. Like for example, one article was asking for game sequels and it mentioned TWEWY and mario galaxy, with mario galaxy having a very low probability of getting announced (since if you think about it no 3d mario game had a direct sequel until that point) and TWEWY even though they said had a higher probability we only saw it 14 years later while galaxy 2 came out 3 years later, it has been pretty fun
TWEWY? What's that?
@@MultiCool55 I think they’re referring to a DS game called “The World Ends With You”?
@TyGuy2462 That makes sense to me. I don't know what else that acronym could stand for.
I love how you make these little videos on the most specific things
I have the full “Classified Information” issue. It has level passwords, cheat codes and other such things. It was pretty useful at the time.
Second issue next!!
Please record these archives of history in 4k. Who knows how long we will have items like this in decent shape
Can't wait for the Nintendo Power Issue -99 review next week
I always see so many people being confused at the rankings of the game in NP magazines because of the point system but, at least for the players part, it was calculated using the card you had to mail for the contests. The card also asked to select a few games you loved so it was a poll at the same time. I wonder why no one remembers that part from the card.. maybe because I was such a dork and was the only one reading the fineprints of a NP contest card haha
I loved the stage maps in Nintendo Power and the great use of both official and original art. I think the magazine was more useful as a player guide than a new source but it didn't slouch on the news portion and had lots of neat previews through the years. Please do a video about the magazine as a whole.
8:05 well that's one thing Punch Out can't do.
I have been recently getting into collecting IDW Sonic Comics. Physically. I hope you get all god knows how many nintendo powers there are.
Can't wait for the sequel to the video where Scott buys a magazine that is just the parts that were ripped out
Yes! I still have my original. Mine was different from the "Free poster Inside" said something different on the cover.
This is the second best Woz review of Nintendo Power
I’ve got one of these I’ve had for years with the Zelda poster still in it. Mine isn’t this clean but isn’t completely trashed. It’s complete and very readable
I wish they would bring this back, even if it was a Newsletter, im such a sucker for this
The first name under Players Forum under high Achievers is Cliff Bleszinski.....Is this THE Cliff Bleszinski??? If it is then that is pretty cool.
I'm glad you chose the "Super Mario Bros 2" Open World song in the background. It's one of my favorite game themes.
Now we just need a video about the FINAL issue of Nintendo Power
Nester’s Funky Bowling is great.
Based take.
For some reason the animation that plays in Mario Wonder when you collect a Mushroom has always reminded me of the cover art for this magazine. I wonder (no pun intended) if they were trying to reference it. Seeing it again now, I’m not as confident, but it would be a pretty neat callback if intentional.
Get the Power, Nintendo Power!
The beginning of the power !!!
The previous owner was probably cutting out pictures they liked, not ones they didn't want to see. I used to do that with Metal Edge and cut out band or album cover pics and make collages out of them.
Bring back Nester, I don’t even know why I just think he’d be neat
He should be in Smash.
10 years later I still get chills from this
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a time traveler in this comments section.
The UK's Official Nintendo Magazine in the 2000s still did the 'send in your high scores' thing and I'd forgotten about it until now but I always did want to get featured on there
Guess it's a interesting way to cement your name into a little part of Nintendo Powers history eh?
I still have my issues of NP in pretty pristine condition from back in the day! I have volume 35 to about 220 and then I skipped a few resubs over the next few years so I have a random sets of more modern ones.. I wonder if my collection is worth any money.. also on the plus side I still have most of the posters in them. Sadly the ones missing are from the best games because these are the ones I would put on my walls. I remember my Mega Man X poster vividly 😂
i want the magazines back, they were amazing !
Please go through EACH Nintendo power issue 🙏
My dad would have dominated that top gun contest. It was only one of the two game he played and he had every enemy memorized and landed it every time 😂
someone gotta get scott those glasses for the colorblind
Some of the other things the previous owner ripped out were probably contest forms, a lot of magazines had those and I've definitely tried a handful of them (mostly yugioh related), to no avail :,)
The thing I spent way too much money on to have a childhood dream come true
Scott should review Nick Magazine (The original 90s/00s run).
you read my mind!
Wow that cool
I'm holding hope one day they bring this back
idk how doable it'd be, but I'd love to see scott look through an issue of ONM (official nintendo magazine)
I’m 42 years old and had this issue and many that followed when I was a kid and I never noticed the hat color issue before now lol
Well a part of me does wish i was born early enough to experience Nintendo Power's amazing start as it seems it was a amazing experience.
That was fun
Man, I remember around 2005/2006 I used to have a subscription to Nintendo Power. I really wish I still had those magazines.
7:57 LMFAO 😂😂😂
I really hope that Scott reviews more issues. Not every single one of course, my man needs a break, but I hope he reviews select issues for select games and interesting features in the magazines
I hope you cover Nintendo power in a retrospective video on the main channel
I found this issue at my grandparents' house. All the pages and the poster were completely intact
The weirdest coincidence I noticed in this video was in the uh, "Video Short" for Metal Gear. It uses the phrase "the worst is yet to come" and one of the most famous tracks from Metal Gear Solid was called "The Best is Yet to Come". Not related to the video or anything, and a total coincidence, but I thought it was neat.
There was no internet, THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY SCOTT, don't hate on the walkthroughs
100 to 1. Nice
Can’t wait until the next video; the second issue of Nintendo power
Shout out to AVGN for the laying the framework for this great channel, and many others.
And it has yet to be solved🤣
I doubt he'll do it but I'd love it if Scott checked out some of the UK Nintendo mags, like ONM UK and Super Play/N64 Magazine/NGC/NGamer.
Funnily enough my family somehow has a copy of this and we had no idea it was the first issue. I read that magazine to death... like literally it is worn out ti the point where i am afraid to touch it because it is gonna disintegrate
I had this issue when it came out. No one I know even bothered with the second quest until we had this walkthrough. Also, SMB 2 didn’t seem all that weird to us at the time. SMB was radically different from Mario Bros., so we didn’t think anything of it. It was just an enjoyable game…. that a neighbor kid borrowed from me and wouldn’t give back for three months.
I borrowed the first issue of Nintendo Power as well from a friend in early 1989, magazines were huge back then especially Nintendo Power and yes I held onto it for awhile
I wish Nintendo wouldn't have taken down that fan site that had hi-res scans of all the Nintendo Power issues. :(
I dont know how to do the 1 up trick either lol maybe it has to do with the specific mario versions. Or i just cant do it
Official uk PlayStation magazine over here used to have dvd and music reviews in its later years, and when they ps2 version happened they had reviews of classic films…done by HIDEO KOJIMA.
5:15 Ah yes, hammer throw, a sport where you stand still, is a great showcase of Toad's speed.
(I think Scott meant Strength, and got the wires crossed between Mario 2 and 3D World)
To be fair, Toad IS the fastest AND the strongest. He just has _extremely_ poor jumps.
scott the woz episode on video game magazines
i wouldnt want to risk thinking about ghosts and goblins either, might just burn the whole magazine by accident
Nice first issue!
I can't say this with 100% certainty but the first issue has to be the highest printed. Nintendo sent it every name they had onfile and then some. Truly shocking to see copues going for so much. There are important comic books with lower print runs that don't even approach those asking prices.
I found the first Nintendo power at a weird thrift store in Canada for 40 bucks and I didn’t get it. Didn’t know it was worth so much more. At least I have the final issue
When part 2 explained??
6:39 Scott doesn’t point out the cap being red again.