Issue #82: Capcom's Cavalcade — March/April 2026
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Issue #81: The Legacy of the Virtual Boy — January/February 2026
Have you ever been excited to shove your face into a foam- lined hunk of bright red plastic? By golly, I have!
The summer of 1995. As I was beginning to do more and more frequently thanks to my growing admiration for all things Nintendo, I strolled into the nearest Best Buy store to see what the latest and greatest games on display might be. I turned the corner, scanned around with my eyes and then locked in on it — yes, it was there. The demo had been set up. It was a real Virtual Bo...
2025-12-23 17:21:57 +0000 UTC View Post2025's Black Friday Deals are Live!
It's that time of year when deals, discounts and every other variety of price drop demands your attention, and jumping straight into the middle of that fray is good old NF Publishing!
Visit nintendoforcemagazine.com/shop to see all of our new bundle options and bulk up your physical NF issue collection. There's also a new Digital Bundle available, and you can now order the brand-new book...
2025-11-20 22:15:49 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #80: Radical Racers (That Aren't Mario Kart) – November/December 2025
Mario Kart remains massively successful for Nintendo.
Following its launch alongside the new Switch 2 earlier this year, the series’ latest sequel, Mario Kart World, sold nearly 6,000,000 copies just within the month of June. That insane number — which makes it the biggest launch for a new Mario Kart game in history — was largely fueled by the fact that Nintendo offered the game in a bundle with the hardware. But for it to have been given that most prominent position of “pack-in...
2025-10-28 14:46:41 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #79: Of Mice and Mouse Control – September/October 2025
Most of the time, when Nintendo presents a new piece of video game hardware, it’s got at least one flashy new feature. Some off-the-wall aspect of its design that is eye-catching. Headline-grabbing. YouTube-thumbnail-earning!
A 3D screen that lets you see the 3D effect without needing to wear special glasses. A new controller that looks like a tiny white TV remote, and it senses the motions of your hand. A docking station that lets you play your games on the TV as normal, but then rel...
2025-08-26 15:24:02 +0000 UTC View PostPosters, Postage, Paper Supply & More: 2025
The end of July has arrived once more, so it's time again for our annual update on the state of the physical magazine printing industry. As in years past, this post has a one-time charge attached that helps us to offset the increased costs of postage, buying paper to print the magazine and especially the extra items – our wall posters – that we've been able to continue to offer with the help of this once-a-year extra bit of support from our patrons.
The wall posters we've been able ...
2025-07-31 23:03:44 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #78: I'm Gonna Wreck It! – July/August 2025
EMERGENCY!
Emergent gameplay is emerging with escalating frequency! Be warned that you are now at increased risk for an upsurge in personal creativity!
You might’ve heard that term getting kicked around more and more in recent years, but what does “emergent gameplay” really mean? Well, it’s when video game designers, rather than crafting specific gameplay moments that play out the same for every player, instead focus on creating systems out of which an untold number of un...
2025-06-24 15:19:46 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #77: The Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Guide — May/June 2025
Our spotlight is officially shifting!
We know the Switch 1’s not done, and we’ll continue our coverage of its continued life throughout the overlap years that lie ahead. But with the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 coming up on June 5, it’s time to fix our focus on the future! So welcome to the first official NF issue of the all-new Switch 2 generation. This is our Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Guide!
Inside this issue, our normally separate Features and Previews sections have be...
2025-04-21 19:05:26 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #76: Entering the Overlap – March/April 2025
HEADS-UP #1: No wall poster will be included with print copies of this issue. Instead, we're going to do two wall posters with our next issue, NF #77! That will be our big blow-out Switch 2 Launch Guide issue, so I figured we could shift things a bit to inject some extra hype for that one. You'll end up with the same numbers of posters for the year. :)
HEADS-UP #2: Thank you all for your patience through these last few months! This winter has ...
2025-02-28 18:11:53 +0000 UTC View PostRecent USPS Delivery Delays
Hey there, Force fans! Just wanted to drop you all a quick note to address some recent delivery delays with the US Postal Service.
We're nearing the end of January, and some of our US subscribers are still waiting for their copies of Issue #75 to arrive. This is largely because the USPS has been incredibly backlogged in some areas of the country. Around where the NF home office is here in Kentucky, we had some extreme winter weather and severely low temperatures that kept schools close...
Now Live on Kickstarter! Hand-Drawn Game Guides: Mega Man
The third NF Book Kickstarter is now on . . . and already fully funded before I could even jump over to this tab to post this!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nfpublishing/hand-drawn-game-guides-mega-man
It took only 12 minutes for the baseline funding goal to be achieved. Jump in now and make a pledge yourself to preorder your own copy!
Every dollar...
2025-01-14 19:04:19 +0000 UTC View PostNew Book! Hand-Drawn Game Guides: Mega Man
Readers of NF Issue #75 got an early look at this announcement, but today's the day we've broadcast the news to the wider online world: We're making a Mega Man book! An officially licensed, partnered-with-Capcom guide to the original Mega Man game!
It's coming to Kickstarter one week from today, on Tuesday, January 14. The preview page is already live, so you can read more and sign up to be alerted when the full campaign launches right here:
Issue #75: The Value of Replay – January/February 2025
We're heading into the beginning of NF’s 13th year of publishing!
The release of this issue coincides with the conclusion of a dozen years of Nintendo Force, and 12 years deep we again find ourselves on the verge of another major hardware reveal and release.
. . . But Switch 1 isn’t quite done yet, so we still have some old titles to look back over before charging fully ahead into the new generation. Yes, the Switch release slate is still awash in remakes and ports as its sun ...
2024-12-20 19:04:06 +0000 UTC View PostBlack Friday is Here!
Happy post-Thanksgiving shopping day, everyone! I first gave all of our patrons here a heads-up about our annual Black Friday Back Issue Bundles sale last week, but since Black Friday has now officially arrived, here's a collective reminder!
Visit nintendoforcemagazine.com/shop to see all of the new bundle options and bulk up your physical NF issue collection. There's also a new Digital Bundle available,...
2024-11-29 15:06:53 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #74: The Bond Between Brothers – November/December 2024
Scheduling has become a constant struggle.
Who’s going to play first? How long is he going to play? What game is he going to pick, and when he’s done, who will be the next in line? Rinse and repeat the process for every one of the siblings, then pause only long enough to sleep and wake up the next day to the same questions being asked yet again.
As I continuously remind our readers in our issues, my primary job is not “magazine editor” — it’s Dad. Of five...
2024-10-22 16:21:38 +0000 UTC View PostLast Call for NES Endings Compendium: Volume 2!
Hey again, Nintendo Force patrons! I didn't want to bother you all too much about our newest Kickstarter campaign throughout this past month, but I'm directing your attention toward it one last time today, since we're less than 10 hours away from it ending now!
Here's the campaign link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nfpublishing/nes-endings-compendium-volume...
2024-10-10 16:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostNow Live on Kickstarter! NES Endings Compendium: Volume 2
Our second NF Books Kickstarter campaign is a go!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nfpublishing/nes-endings-compendium-volume-2
Click there to jump over now, check out the video, the campaign page and the pledge tiers, and become one of our first backers helping us to reach our funding goal!
Thanks in advance for your continued support of all of NF P...
2024-09-10 14:00:56 +0000 UTC View PostNew Kickstarter Launching Soon! NES Endings Compendium: Volume 2
Greetings again, Nintendo Force fans!
I hope your Septembers are getting off to a solid start. Print copies of our newest issue should be arriving in most subscribers' mailboxes soon (if they haven't already), but don't freak out if yours hasn't arrived quite yet. The Labor Day weekend always bumps USPS deliveries back by a bit.
When you do get that crisp new copy of NF Issue #73 in your hands and you flip open the front cover, you'll find our official Kickstarter campaign announc...
2024-09-05 15:52:29 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #73: Leading Ladies 10 Years Later – September/October 2024
Hello, Nintendo Force readers!
When we were doing the planning for this issue, I discovered that not only would this be the 10th anniversary of our Leading Ladies cover story, but it would also be the 10th anniversary of my first contribution to Nintendo Force! (I wrote about the PAX East Pokémon League, which is still going strong, in the Community section.) In the past decade, I’ve covered the Pokémon World Championships, traveled to conventions to demo all sorts of interes...
2024-08-22 01:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostPosters, Postage, Paper Supply & More, 2024
Our annual update on the state of physical magazine publishing has arrived, and with it our once-a-year look back at our last 12 months' worth of wall posters.
We're coming off of a particularly popular one, as a lot of fans across social media have praised our selection of classic Chrono Trigger promo art that was included alongside our Tribute to Toriyama issue. Even though Marle lighting up Crono's blade with fire didn't end up being in-game accurate in the final version of that 199...
2024-07-31 20:12:18 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #72: A Tribute to Toriyama – July/August 2024
My little brother’s always been a better artist than me.
I can knock out a knock-off of Mario easily enough, just off the top of my head, but that’s about the extent of my artistic talents. Dan, on the other hand, can craft original characters out of thin air, with no trouble at all. Give him a piece of paper, a pencil and a general idea of what kind of character he’s aiming for, and he’ll sketch it out in seconds flat. It’s impressive!
And I think a lot of Dan’s creat...
2024-06-24 20:24:46 +0000 UTC View PostPoll Responses Needed!
Hey everyone! It seems like there's been a glitch with the email address we normally use to receive submissions to our Player's Poll questions. Only two emails have come through correctly to respond to the questions printed in Issue #71! Could you please take a minute and answer the questions by responding directly to this post here on Patreon? Otherwise Issue #72's Inbox is going to look mighty thin!
1) What was your first exposure to the work of Akira Toriyama? An episode of D...
2024-06-19 21:37:54 +0000 UTC View PostIn Memory of My Father-in-Law
Nintendo Force fans and followers, my apologies if you've been waiting to hear back from me with a response to a question or comment or complaint. I've fallen quite far behind on checking the inbox here, as family life has drawn my attention elsewhere for most of the last month. My father-in-law, David Lundquist, was moved from his nursing home and into hospice care early in May. He passed away less than a week later, and I've spent a lot of time recently in my wife's hometown, supporting her...
2024-05-31 02:11:56 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #71: Just Add Water – May/June 2024
I try not to worry about water.
In fact, thinking back across even my formative years as a Nintendo gamer, I remember actively seeking out water levels more than I do avoiding them. I have clear memories of honestly enjoying the swimming sections in Super Mario Bros., to the point where I’d avoid taking the Warp Zone in World 1-2 to skip to World 4 — because that would mean not getting to splash around in World 2-2. Bubble Man’s stage was always a joy to jump into in Mega Man 2, b...
2024-04-22 19:35:22 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #70: Peach in the Limelight – March/April 2024
I've always been a Toadstool supporter.
Every since my first time playing Super Mario Bros. 2, all the way back at the end of the '80s when I was only seven years old, I've been cheering her on. She won me over with her incredible hovering long jumps in that adventure, and I'd regularly choose her over the others on the character select screen time and time again. I dabbled with Luigi. I gave Toad a shot once or twice, just to see for myself how his speed differed from the others. But i...
2024-02-28 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #69: Three Takes on Remakes – January/February 2024
Books don't usually get rewritten. Music is sometimes re-recorded, either by its original artists or by cover bands paying tribute to those originals. Movies getting remade is a fairly frequent occurrence, and has led to things like the film Freaky Friday having four different versions and lots of different spin-offs and homages beyond that . . . but even Hollywood's total count of remakes can't quite keep up with the video game industry. In the gaming world, old media being brought back to l...
2023-12-18 23:16:55 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #68: The ABCs of RPGs – November/December 2023
The next NF issue is imminent!
Print production has begun, and completed issues will be mailed to print subscribers within the next week. Digital issue download links will be emailed to digital subscribers on Friday, October 27.
Our print production time was scheduled for a little later in the month than usual, so my apologies there – but, to compensate for the few days' worth of extra wait, we've included an extra bonus with each of the physical issues: One randomly selected Ar...
2023-10-26 01:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Impact of Iwata: Preorders Now Available!
Preorders for NF's first book, The Impact of Iwata, are now available through BackerKit: https://theimpactofiwata.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
It's been exactly two months since our Kickstarter campaign ended! But if you missed it, you can now place a preorder. It's like rewriting history to make it like you didn't miss it!
I know some people don't care for Kickstarter, so thi...
2023-09-13 23:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostIssue #67: Sidescrolling Showdown – September/October 2023
2D, or not 2D? That is the question.
It's been over 30 years now since Nintendo began to transition away from two-dimensional game worlds and started to put more of a spotlight on 3D environments instead. (I look at the original Star Fox, released in 1993, as the game that began that movement.) For a while there -- especially in the back half of the '90s during the age of the N64 -- 2D gaming was really looked at as "behind the times." 3D was the wave of the future! Why would anyone sti...
2023-08-21 20:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post