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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @SkulShurtugalTCG
    @SkulShurtugalTCG 3 года назад +32

    Congratulations on your full set!
    I've been slowly working on my Nintendo Power collection for about three years now. I've custom-built a magazine rack to properly display them and it's always so nice to walk past it and glance at all the covers. Right now I have about 40 issues, but someday I'd love to own each and every one. I've had the most luck on eBay buying lots of them; my best deal so far is 12 issues for only $75 mid last year.

    • @NintendoCollecting
      @NintendoCollecting  3 года назад +2

      Definitely a good deal. I'd love to see your display if you wanted to Tweet me @collectnintendo

  • @JesseAndMike
    @JesseAndMike 3 года назад +23

    Having all the issues is awesome!

  • @jacob_rut
    @jacob_rut 3 года назад +5

    I still have my original copies of the last’s 24 issues of Nintendo Power. I was 8 when my Dad first got the subscription and we stuck it out until the end. Awesome part of my collection nowadays. Congrats on completing your collection!

  • @ZyonElite
    @ZyonElite 3 года назад +7

    Your videos never cease to impress! I love Nintendo Power, and still have my 60+ issues from the middle of the run. Congratulations on completing the collection! Keep up the amazing content!

  • @josephremonte962
    @josephremonte962 3 года назад +12

    O snap congrats on completing‼️👏

  • @Darkglobe1977
    @Darkglobe1977 3 года назад +23

    As a comic collector I feel an overwhelming need to put these in bags and boards.

  • @kylenclarke240
    @kylenclarke240 Год назад +3

    This is awesome man. Recently pulled out my set from when I was a kid and now I am going through them. Sweet collection and good video! Thank you

  • @redmario7
    @redmario7 3 года назад +3

    Congratulations on your completion of the Nintendo magazine!
    Well deserved!

  • @tandeshmukh
    @tandeshmukh 3 года назад +3

    I love how you put so much effort into the display of the items you collected. It looks so good and definitely much better than if all the magazines were in a box in the corner of your basement.

  • @JanTheMangaMan
    @JanTheMangaMan 3 года назад +2

    Congrats on finally completing the collection! Me and my brother used to be subscribed to them growing up so we have a decent amount but I never managed to get them all. This really makes me wanna start hunting for the rest now it was such a big part of my childhood

  • @RyneMcKinney
    @RyneMcKinney Год назад +1

    I was born in December 2003, and the latest issue was volume 174, which had GBA Fire Emblem on the cover. (The first FE to release in the states) It also talked about MK Double Dash, Kirby Air Ride, and MGS. I'd love to own that issue myself someday, as a memento of what happened during the month of my birth. Amazing collection btw.

  • @NuFrontierVS
    @NuFrontierVS 3 года назад +1

    I was born in 87' and I was an avid fan of Nintendo Power magazine! I had a large collection of them until I had to move and sadly had to get rid of them. But DAMN, seeing them all like this definitely brings joy to my heart! Thank you for sharing!

  • @andywolan
    @andywolan 2 года назад +2

    What made Nintendo Power great was that the magazines were packed with game tips, strategies, maps and secrets. Having a library of them back in the day meant you had "the power" and access to a ton of gaming tips. But over time, they started having less and less of that type of content.

  • @leeartlee915
    @leeartlee915 3 года назад +1

    It’s amazing to see these have resale value. I used to have boxes and boxes of these from my childhood (still might have them in storage). But I use to take these everywhere. Vacations, bedrooms…. Bathrooms. I don’t know, on the one hand I kinda get it. Nintendo Power is iconic. On the other hand, it was just the marketing arm of Nintendo. But people want what people want.

  • @Cameront9
    @Cameront9 3 года назад +1

    Very nice overview. I started subscribing around issue 89, and I’ve been working on the back catalog. I think I’m down to missing about 30 issues last I checked.

  • @kaelenhitsman2097
    @kaelenhitsman2097 Год назад +1

    I still have my old "Nintendo Power" magazines, Nintendo Collecting! :)

  • @thatoneguy6515
    @thatoneguy6515 7 месяцев назад +1

    I got about 10 magazines from a garage sale, 6 were guides, 4 of them were nintendo powers and I read those near everyday. I loved everything about them. Now I am on the search for more

    • @NintendoCollecting
      @NintendoCollecting  7 месяцев назад

      I am also hunting down the game guides from Nintendo power but they are harder to come by

  • @remasterproductions2599
    @remasterproductions2599 3 года назад +2

    Here's my story with Nintendo Power.
    I was in elementary school. Every time it was time to go to the library to check out up to 2 new books, I would ask the librarian if I could read a magazine for the rest of the time I was there. She said I could, and I would always pick Nintendo Power. I didn't know what Nintendo Power was at the time, I had a SNES and an N64 that my siblings let me play with, and I had no idea that the three were connected. Crazy, right? Anyway, now that I'm older, I kinda wish I had the chance to head to the library of my elementary school, and ask the librarian if I could take those issues of Nintendo Power off her hands at no extra charge. But now, I guess I'll have to resort to reading them online until the Internet Archive gets every single issue up on their website for reading.

  • @NeverSaySandwich1
    @NeverSaySandwich1 3 года назад +5

    The yearly subscriber bonuses were sometimes really sweet. Especially the smash bros live orchestra CD. Listened to that so many times

  • @christophercouto1127
    @christophercouto1127 3 года назад +9

    When I moved out from my parents house, I had a bunch of them, and I threw them out 🤦‍♂️ I regret it so much.

    • @Alby-sky
      @Alby-sky 3 года назад

      Same.

    • @bradlauk1419
      @bradlauk1419 3 года назад

      I have a ton in my basement but they're in pretty bad shape.

  • @edwinsvideogames
    @edwinsvideogames 3 года назад

    Very cool collection and congrats. Thx for the link. It’s always cool to know which magazine to look for when wanting a certain poster

  • @aetherflow
    @aetherflow 3 года назад +1

    Nice!!! Your collection is awesome! My brother and I have a few stashed somewhere at our mom's.

  • @dcmarvelfan9998
    @dcmarvelfan9998 3 года назад +5

    This would honestly be a cool hobby for me to get into I already love retro Nintendo stuff but considering all of the Nintendo Power Magazines I see for sale are like 5 dollars for a lot of 10 I might honestly collect them. Anyways great video as always and have a nice day 🙂!

  • @TheMegaJFrog
    @TheMegaJFrog 3 года назад +3

    Seeing a video on each issue would be amazing

  • @centroid41
    @centroid41 3 года назад +1

    Loved the video! The display looks sweet!
    I started with issue 19 (ironically the 4 player issue, and we never had a Four Score) and stopped once the N64 took over (we had a playstation). I think my dad did the "free copy of Dragon Warrior" deal back in the day. I definitely remember Howard and Nestor. I also loved the 12 part comics for Mario World and Link to the Past. And yeah the Mario 3 Strategy Guide (issue 13?) was incredible.
    It was fun to read the magazines and learn about games, and then go to the video store to try them out!

  • @MUSQUIZanimation
    @MUSQUIZanimation 3 года назад +2

    You got me obsessed with those posters!

  • @NintendoMania
    @NintendoMania 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is so cool to see again. Im on the lookout for these more again now. You can still find good deals on them in a lot for 3-5 dollars per issue. I forget if I sent you any issues when i sold mine, I feel like I did send a couple. Would love to know which ones they were!

  • @Bleachigo66
    @Bleachigo66 3 года назад +3

    I would lose my mind seeing some of the content in these if you make individual videos. Like specifically I remember obsessively reading about pokemon ruby and sapphire over and over and over 😂 nostalgia hits hard

  • @nico_valerga
    @nico_valerga 2 месяца назад

    SO cool! Congrats on this awesome milestone!

  • @natebabcock9039
    @natebabcock9039 3 года назад +1

    Hey lithium, there’s a Canadian version of the Nintendo fun club news called “Nintendo power flash”. Pretty hard to find and they released them in both French and English for the Canadian market. I managed to find 7 of the 9 issues released, of course the first and last were missing. Always enjoy your content!

  • @TostetoLightsky
    @TostetoLightsky 3 года назад

    Oh hey, you used that website I recommended for making checklists, glad that you found that useful, it is a very detailed description for collecting. I compiled a checklist for keeping track of my own collection, and using the website is so helpful.

    • @NintendoCollecting
      @NintendoCollecting  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for sending it to me! It is unfortunate that the original site / forum is down and doesn't have it, but at least it was re-created or preserved

  • @jaredmehrlich6683
    @jaredmehrlich6683 Год назад +1

    Good for you, brotha. I think I have maybe 4 to 6 of my original Nintendo Power mags in my storage unit.

  • @aleaiactaest-parereimperio469
    @aleaiactaest-parereimperio469 3 года назад

    Very nice video in congratulations on completing your collection. I finished my collection years ago. As far as making sure to collect all the variants possible. One example of the first variant available is issue number one. One variable say free poster in the other variant will stay free copy

  • @discojelly
    @discojelly 2 года назад

    Dude!! I will always remember that first issue with all the Super Mario 2 tips when it came out! I think I may have the first year or two of issues in a box somewhere! Great memories! I used to wait at the end of my driveway for the mail man to deliver the next issue! Back in 88!

  • @matthewstreets3019
    @matthewstreets3019 3 года назад +3

    🎉🎊 Congrats on completing your Nintendo Power magazines 🎊🎉 🙂 I never had Nintendo Power because, I live in the UK. (Where I was born) 👍 Once again, congratulations on completing that achievement. 👍✅ Well done!

  • @ittilioalimenti6271
    @ittilioalimenti6271 3 года назад

    Congrats on getting them all. I got a whole box of Nintendo powers for 5 bucks at a garage sale last year there was over 50 of them. So cool to look at them brings back memories.

  • @jamesl.anderson1384
    @jamesl.anderson1384 2 года назад +2

    ♪ Get the power! Nintendo Power! Get the clues that you can use! Nintendo Power! Higher and higher! Fighting your way through enemy fire! ♪

  • @MoonMagicks
    @MoonMagicks Год назад

    Love your collection. I had the first 20 odd volumes when my dad got me an NES from a swap meet. Most of them got destroyed when our house flooded. I'm rebuilding the collection up to volume 30 now.

  • @jonn_mace_80_95_
    @jonn_mace_80_95_ 3 года назад +2

    I distinctly remember that people could even find _Nintendo Power_ magazines being sold in gas stations throughout its entire run from 1988-2012.

    • @notsyzagts7967
      @notsyzagts7967 Год назад +1

      I never saw them in gas stations. Must have been a regional thing.

  • @goodvideos149
    @goodvideos149 3 года назад +3

    I wish they still did Nintendo power
    Edit: I ment the magazine version.

  • @RolfWrenWalsh
    @RolfWrenWalsh Год назад

    I am a Sega fan at heart, but NP was huge part of my childhood, and I am going for a complete set of 1 - 150 (just before GameCube launch). I am about 20 issues short (missing several from 11 - 20, and 60 - 80).
    I was a subscriber from January 1997 - Mid 2001, but inherited issues 1 - 72 from my then stepbrother also in 1997.
    The funny thing about Chris Slate is that he was Editor in Chief of GamePlayers/Ultra GamePlayers and PSM (which I have a complete set of since 1997), and he came out years later that despite his time with PSM, he was still a hardcore Nintendo fanboy.

  • @thomasstodghilliv
    @thomasstodghilliv 3 года назад +1

    What a nice complete set! As much as I want to collect these, I never see them for sale locally and I do not want to resort to sites like eBay. So I have the few ones I have from 2010 to the end in 2012.

  • @zachjay91
    @zachjay91 3 года назад

    This entire collection brings me back to when I got the magazine in the mail as a kid, I distinctly remember the issue with Yoshi's Story on the cover being my first issue, and it kept going from there until the last issue arrived, I still miss it to this day... #NintendoPowerForever

  • @rickeyrankin8457
    @rickeyrankin8457 3 года назад +1

    That looks Awesome I've never had Nintendo Power Magazines

  • @robertdelaloye7865
    @robertdelaloye7865 3 года назад +1

    Brings back great memories

  • @scottchadfield223
    @scottchadfield223 3 года назад +3

    YEAHHHHH BUDDY! So glad you finished it. Bet that felt good!

  • @DrDisasta
    @DrDisasta 3 года назад +3

    That’s the coolest thing ever! Professor Oak would be proud of you if these were Pokémon lol. Congratulations 🎈

  • @warpde3466
    @warpde3466 2 года назад

    Work for a place that did the Nintendo Power Mags from issue March-April 1989 up to issue 129.
    All the strategy guides and everything that was given away to subscribers from Pins, Pogs, Player cards, T shirts....
    Sent back for 2 copies of the first 4 issues from Nintendo of America. I sealed multiple copies of them all and have saved them in mint condition.
    The only ones where the pages have been turned is when they had the card sets where if you competed the set with the winning card you won a game.
    I have 2 copies of each with the winning card. Co-workers thought I was nuts. Just saw the July/August 1988 issue with a CGC rating of 9 on EBay for $10,999.
    Yeah, they said I was nuts.

  • @robonintendo
    @robonintendo 5 месяцев назад

    The Shadows of the Empire issue had 4 different covers. The rarest at 10% and only given to random subscribers was IG88, which I was lucky enough to have as I was a subscriber at the time.

  • @RetroGamerIreland
    @RetroGamerIreland 3 года назад

    Congratulations dude!

  • @bernardorojas91
    @bernardorojas91 2 года назад

    Nice 👍! My complete childhood on wonderful full color editions called Nintendo Power.

  • @xrayblaster4874
    @xrayblaster4874 3 года назад +3

    Where did the Mario Red and Blue video go?

  • @zanderowens8664
    @zanderowens8664 3 года назад +1

    Hey Lithium, could you do a guide on finding good deals for building a video game collection? I’ve seen collectors like you talk a lot about getting really nice deals I couldn’t imagine getting, I’d love to see how you do it! Thanks!

  • @kirisuna19
    @kirisuna19 3 года назад +3

    That Mario is holding a Turnip!!

  • @tunaphish09
    @tunaphish09 3 года назад

    I loved Nintendo Power, still do really. I was a long time subscriber and would look forward to a new issue every month

  • @leeskeery
    @leeskeery 3 года назад

    Awesome. Well done. Looks great.

  • @benniemorris4872
    @benniemorris4872 3 года назад

    I can't wait until the 2021 Nintendo Room Tour.

  • @senseless1685
    @senseless1685 3 года назад

    OMG that Secret of mana poster. I'm from germany and we didnt had Nintendo Power. But we had the Club Nintendo Magazine which is very similar and I just started collecting them lol

  • @aeipee13
    @aeipee13 3 года назад

    I read my Nintendo power magazines so much that they were lucky to be around by the time the next issue came in the mail. I was in second grade in 1988 aka the only year I had a sub to the magazine, I think FedCo gifted a free year of the magazine if you bought a system. It would be cool to see each issue covered in their own video but I know that's a lot to ask for.

  • @user-te5nb
    @user-te5nb 3 года назад

    Thats a awesome collection! I only have Vol. 38

  • @accumulator5734
    @accumulator5734 9 месяцев назад +1

    Can you pleassssssse go through each magazine with one video per magazine?!?! That would be so cool!

    • @NintendoCollecting
      @NintendoCollecting  9 месяцев назад

      It would be tricky to film but I'll definitely think about it

  • @kirisuna19
    @kirisuna19 3 года назад +1

    I watch the AVGN Nintendo Power, that's why I commented that Nintendo Power thing!
    Also on a group of them, there's a Mario (64 Mario) picture on a few of the spines!!
    Also regarding the posters....... Just reminds me of AVGN!!

    • @NintendoCollecting
      @NintendoCollecting  3 года назад +1

      I should have mentioned how cool the spines are

    • @kirisuna19
      @kirisuna19 3 года назад +1

      @@NintendoCollecting You should have! And shown the Mario 64 Mario on the ones that had it!

  • @vincently1995
    @vincently1995 2 года назад

    34th Anniversary of Nintendo Power (1988-2022)

  • @stest2935
    @stest2935 3 года назад

    Congrats. Yeah older magazines are definitely worth a lot of money. A while back got a big box that have Nintendo Power and Dragon Ball Z mags for just $2. Some of the Dragon Ball Z mags were sold for over $50 each. Nintendo Power some of them got for a few bucks as you said. Still have my original issue 1. Had a new sealed Chrono Trigger mag that I got for $1 that sold for $125.

  • @angelinocottoestrada5676
    @angelinocottoestrada5676 6 месяцев назад

    On the road to collected them all!

  • @TheStuddMuffinMan
    @TheStuddMuffinMan 3 года назад +1

    That’s the kind of thing I would have, but never read because I don’t want to crease the bind

  • @martycollins3012
    @martycollins3012 3 года назад +2

    Nintendo on!

  • @starman9458
    @starman9458 3 года назад

    I currently have 190 out of 285 issues and only needing 95 more for a complete collection. I used to collect the magazines back in early 2002 and they got ruined and I used to have the Nintendo Power game calendars from 1990 to 1993. I restarted to collect the magazines from 2007 to 2012 and ordered every magazine from 1988 to 2004 on Amazon and a few on Mercari and I keep my Nintendo plushies intact with their tags on them and the figurines sealed in their boxes. I’m going to have a house built by next year and I’m going to have a bedroom in the basement and it’s going to be my gameroom which will be a lot bigger than my current bedroom and I may host a Smash Bros. competition every once in a while.

  • @stephengavin2208
    @stephengavin2208 2 года назад

    I was stuck trying to find the last dungeon in legend of zelda until my friend brought his nentendo power to school which had a walk thru of it inside.

  • @fan226
    @fan226 Год назад

    Amazing just mind blowing!🤯

  • @weenfain2321
    @weenfain2321 3 года назад +3

    Damn we have a lot but nowhere near this level of epicness lol

  • @benjaminkitaura498
    @benjaminkitaura498 Год назад

    Congratulations! Now you need a Nintendo Power never read sealed in box complete set……it’s in a warehouse or storage unit somewhere…….

  • @TheRavenwolf666
    @TheRavenwolf666 3 года назад

    I have the whole Nintendo Power collection from mail, eBay, in store. I still have them all and I thought about ordering a copy on eBay that was damaged but I never got a chance to do that.

  • @michaelharris5281
    @michaelharris5281 3 года назад

    What I would like to see is all of a specific franchise or series of the cover arts then the posters and then like the backs

  • @ShonenJump121
    @ShonenJump121 Год назад +1

    I always wondered how people dealt with those address mailer stickers.
    I think only one of mine has one, but to it being practically adhesived to the paper I can't imagine it would come off without at least some sort of damage or residue.

    • @NintendoCollecting
      @NintendoCollecting  Год назад

      I can't take mine off without causing damage so I've left then on mostly

    • @ShonenJump121
      @ShonenJump121 Год назад

      @@NintendoCollecting I've seen some methods apparently that work online, but I don't know. It would be best to test it with something else first.
      I would rather if I had the choice the sticker stay on though rather than having sticky residue behind.

  • @IrishAnonymous01
    @IrishAnonymous01 3 года назад

    Congratulations! I think a video on each would be good, as an internet archive of them alone, but 285 videos might not be too favourable for regular viewers.

  • @ericcook5745
    @ericcook5745 3 года назад

    I've always been so curious in these I never really had an opportunity to get them growing up my parents would have never ordered them for me even if I wanted them to plus you do got to keep in mind I was born in 85 so right around the time things came out I would have been too young to read them anyways but just the same I wish they still made them now or even better yet if there was a way to go back and get the originals like this guy has here I know you can get digital versions online which is cool so I'm able to read them that way but it's just not the same what I think they should do what should be a good compromise for everybody they should just take the whole series and just make a book out of it

  • @danielbedgood8248
    @danielbedgood8248 2 года назад

    im 3/4 the way to full collection and refuse to buy on ebay as i love the hunt. love the video and agree on all you said

  • @Cocachao
    @Cocachao 2 года назад

    the reaction behind final issue reminds me when the archie sonic comics ended

  • @BM-wh5qk
    @BM-wh5qk Год назад

    It was very unlikely that you would find NP at a newsstand. Maybe a comic book store or a massive NYC one.

  • @hyrulegend9786
    @hyrulegend9786 3 года назад

    SO happy for you, what a long Search Journey 🙏🏻🤩 Congratulations way to go on your hard work🥳🎉 keep up the great work & keep collecting! Btw I was Born in 1988 too 😜

  • @drew8235
    @drew8235 3 года назад +2

    I kind of expected an explosion of stars or something when you slotted that last one in.

  • @Cmchristich88
    @Cmchristich88 3 месяца назад +1

    On the final issue of Nintendo power, did you get the Subscriber Edition that comes with the farewell letter?

  • @togakure9
    @togakure9 3 года назад +1

    OMG PLEASE MAKE A SERIE SHOWING EVERY SINGLE ISSUE!!!’ I beg you kkk

  • @speedyav46
    @speedyav46 3 года назад

    I wish I collected the older magazines as a kid. I still have some but they will cost an arm and a leg. My first task is to collect every Nintendo Handheld, then get every Nintendo Console. After that go for all the Game and Watch Systems. I have most of the Handhelds including two Pokémon edition Gameboy Colors.

    • @NintendoCollecting
      @NintendoCollecting  3 года назад +1

      Nice! That has basically been my goal too. I need the Game Boy Pocket next.

    • @speedyav46
      @speedyav46 3 года назад

      @@NintendoCollecting Thank you, I have two Gameboy Pockets but one doesn't work due to water damage. The other works but I need to replace the burned out screen. I have the Original Gameboy from my uncle but he didn't take the best care of it. I'm missing the Gameboy Light, Gameboy Micro, Nintendo DS Lite,DSI, DSI XL, 3DS, 3DS XL, 2DS, and New 3DS XL. I had a DS Lite at one point but sold it. I regretted it since then, I try to keep all my handhelds. The Light didn't release outside of Japan if I remembered correctly so they will be pricey to get a hold of. I saw them going for 300 dollars or more a few years ago. I don't know how much they go for now.

  • @ArtofNintendoPower
    @ArtofNintendoPower 3 года назад +1

    Late AF to the party, but CONGRATS!

  • @jimmerseiber
    @jimmerseiber 2 года назад

    Do you have the "how to win at Super Mario bros" Nintendo official guide from 87? Or the official Nintendo players guide from 87? Or the super mario 2 inside out 1 & 2 from Nintendo power? Mario Mania or Mario All Stars guides?

  • @omegacomics3548
    @omegacomics3548 3 года назад

    Hey i just got a huge lot of nintendo power mags and there so coll but i wanna frame some of the poster do you know the dementions ? Thanks love ypur channel :)

  • @xrayblaster4874
    @xrayblaster4874 3 года назад +1

    My copy of Nintendo Power 1995 Bonus Issue has two front pages
    (Volume 68)

  • @SolorideryR6CX650C
    @SolorideryR6CX650C 3 года назад

    hey so now that there is no Nintendo power magazine anymore....is there a magazine like it where you can get things like posters and stuff?????

  • @bee098bee098
    @bee098bee098 2 года назад

    which issue talked about the possible CD drive for the SNES?

  • @snoredizzle3242
    @snoredizzle3242 Год назад +1

    Amazing

  • @Nesguy92
    @Nesguy92 18 дней назад +1

    Id like to collect only up til gamecube era. btw second quest is refering to the game+ in the first Zelda

  • @glipk
    @glipk 3 года назад

    What a legend

  • @theninlegogamer
    @theninlegogamer 3 года назад

    But do you have the variant of volume one, where it says "free sample copy" instead of "free poster inside"? 🤔

  • @dimebagdarrell2390
    @dimebagdarrell2390 3 года назад

    Here in the uk it’s very hard to get Nintendo power magazines. I only have one and it’s issue 33. The problem is they don’t come up for sale here because we didn’t get them so I’d have to pay £15 to get them here but because they are magazines there’s a massive chance they’d be bent :(

  • @davidpetrusewicz8172
    @davidpetrusewicz8172 3 года назад

    I didn’t even know that the Nintendo power magazine were worth and thing I was buying it in 1988 and Have everyone. Up 2010 I quit my subscription . But have everything one in between those year even the special edition that came with it . Still have my 3-D virtual boy my favorite game on that was 3-D pin ball. Power glove, tip trick packets that came. Still have box and games my friend told me that Nintendo power magazine had value. I was shocked. I look like I have everything that there .

  • @noahgladdish2007
    @noahgladdish2007 3 года назад

    Awesome! Just curious... How much did you spend on these?

  • @leeartlee915
    @leeartlee915 3 года назад

    It looks like you’re missing some of the strategy guides. For example, I don’t see the CHRONO Trigger guide. Maybe it’s just tucked away in there.

  • @videotape2959
    @videotape2959 2 года назад

    Nintendo Power was available to residents of Canada. Were French issues of the magazine ever made?