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Video Expansion Achieved! + Other Goals

The next chapter of the NF story begins! Thanks to a surge of new subscription sign-ups here at Patreon.com/NintendoForce since our last issue, we've soared past our latest stretch goal – meaning video content will now be created to support NF Magazine!

It's an exciting next step, and one that Nintendo Power never got to take before its cancellation at the end of 2012. YouTube was just beginni...

Switch Giveaway Revealed! + Shantae Giveaway Winners Announced!

Hey there, Nintendo Force fans, and Happy New Year! Let's kick off 2017 with a bang, shall we? 

How about a free Nintendo Switch?

It's the giveaway contest we've been building toward ever since we launched this Patreon page a year ago! Yes indeed, Nintendo Force fans – one of you loyal patrons will be getting an all-new Nintendo Switch, totally free, just for being our patron. As so...

December Giveaway & RETRO Recommendation!

Hey again, Force fans!  With only a few days remaining in 2016, our final giveaway of this calendar year features the final Wii U release of the year! WayForward's gorgeously animated Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has just barely made it out to market as a 2016 release, and we've been playing it, and we love it so much that we're sharing the love with you!

If you're signed up as an NF patron her...

Issue #25: Farewell Wii U, Hello Switch! – January/February 2017

Our milestone 25th issue is complete! 

As 2016 comes to an end and 2017 is ushered in, Nintendo is in a time of transition. The Wii U is done – its time in the spotlight is over. And the all-new Nintendo Switch is mere months away!

Here in this in-between time, we've taken the opportunity to look back and reflect on the entirety of the Wii U era. But it's not a simple walk down memo...

2016 Awards Voting & Don't Anger the Ox!

As promised, it's time to vote! From suggestions made by you all in response to last Monday's post (as well as a few from the NF staff) we've assembled a slate of nominees for each category. Please read over the options, then vote by replying with a comment on this post and picking your favorite in each category! (Or just vote for the categories you care the most about.)

Also, if you'd like to s...

2016 Game of the Year Award Nominations + November Giveaway Winner!

Greetings once again, Nintendo Force faithful! It's the first Monday of a new month, so it's time to check in with you all once again. 

Work on our all-new Issue #25 with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the cover is quickly coming to an end, and the plan is to have it wrapped up by a week from Friday. One piece of the puzzle we still need to address, though, is the pages dedicate...

November Giveaway Announced + October's Winners!

Our newest giveaway prize is guaranteed to be one of the hardest-to-find items of the holiday shopping season: Nintendo's new NES Classic Edition! For whatever reason, Nintendo kept normal pre-orders from going live with most retailers for this super-small stocking stuffer that's packed with 30 classic NES games. But we've got an extra one! One lucky winner will get to stay home from fighting the ...

Issue #24: The Version Inversion – November/December 2016

Our latest issue is on its way to subscribers!

I've been looking forward to making this particular issue all year long – ever since Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon were announced way back on February 27, the series' 20th anniversary date. And now they're just a few weeks away! So we've gone all-out with the production of this edition.

Seriously, this is the most complex and coolest is...

October Giveaway! + New Bonus Item Announcement

Just 10 days left until the cut-off date for the next NF issue hits: October 21! Help us get the word out to potential new subscribers and you'll be entered to win in our latest giveaway!

This time around, five winners will be selected in total. Two lucky winners who have their name drawn out of the hat will walk away with brand-new copies of Pokémon Sun or Moon (your choice), while thr...

The Silence of September + The Player's Poll

Hey there, Nintendo Force fans! 

Well, it's been a mostly silent September, hasn't it? Both here on the NF Patreon page and from Nintendo, too. Many expected that the Big N would have held the big reveal for the new NX by now, but with only a single day left in this calendar month, it's looking like predictions of a September unveiling aren't going to come true.

It's had us treadi...

Issue #23: A Fresh Coat of Paint – September/October 2016

Our latest issue is on its way to subscribers!

For this edition, we were faced with some difficult choices for potential cover position games. We considered Metroid Prime: Federation Force, but fan reaction has been so intensely negative toward that one that we didn't think people would appreciate it being placed front and center – and especially since Nintendo's celebration of Metroid's 3...

Don't Anger the Ox & Pokémon GO Snapshots!

Hey there, Force fans! We're just a few weeks away from wrapping up our next issue of NF Magazine, and as always we need some submissions from you all to give everyone here a chance to be featured!

Two things to contribute this time:

1. Would you like to be the one who tries to "Anger the Ox" this time around? Post your questions in the Comments box below, and David Oxford will ...

The Sega Nerds Need Your Support!

OK, I know, I know. Nintendo and Sega are bitter rivals for all eternity. But! Things aren't nearly so malicious between these two fandoms today as they were right around 25 years ago, and there may even be some of you Nintendo Force members out there who'd also count yourselves as fan of the House of the Hedgehog. If that's you, Mega Visions could be your new jam!

Mega Visions is a new ...

The Pokémon GO Referral Giveaway!

It's been too long since our last giveaway. Let's fix that!

If you're like millions of other people around the planet, you've probably been enjoying the real-world monster-hunting experience of Pokémon GO in the past few days! (Or else you're patiently awaiting its arrival in a country where it hasn't gone live yet.) In honor of its massive, sudden, totally wild mainstream success, we'r...

Issue #22: The Fight Against Time – July/August 2016

Our latest issue is on its way to our subscribers! 

This time around, we've turned our attention to time itself. Time travel, time manipulation, racing against the clock . . . there have been all kinds of interesting ways that video games have played around with the natural, linear flow of time from one moment to the next, and we're looking back on many of the great ones to support ...

E3's Done. How Did Nintendo Do?

Some of you have been waiting patiently to answer this question for a long time, but now's the time! With this year's expo now completely in the books, we want to know:

What did you think of how Nintendo handled E3 2016?

The company broke from the pattern of the last couple of years by choosing not to have a Nintendo Direct video presentation, as they instead launched di...

E3's Nearly Here + New Inbox Questions!

We're less than a day away, Force fans! Other companies have already started broadcasting their pre-E3 press conferences, and Nintendo's presentation is happening tomorrow. It's not going to be the same kind of Direct we've seen in past years, but we will at least finally have the curtain pulled back on the next Legend of Zelda game coming to Wii U and NX!

One new piece of art is making the ...

New Goal Achieved! Let's Talk Options

Well, I went away to visit family over the long holiday weekend, and you guys decided to take that opportunity to surge our patron total up once again! We've now leapt up past our $11,000 stretch goal, meaning we'll be able to do another bonus similar to the papercraft Mario we included alongside last year's Super Mario Maker issue.

An image of what that looked like is pictured here, to jog ...

Issue #22 Revealed!

Since the day that Super Mario Bros.’ countdown clock started ticking its seconds away, players have had to fight against not only the enemies and obstacles placed before them in video games, but also against time itself. In the decades since, manipulating time, traveling through time and racing against the clock have all become more refined and complex ideas leveraged by great game designs...

Issue #21: Lost in Untranslation – May/June 2016

Our finished Mother 3 issue is heading your way! 

EarthBound fans are sure to be especially pleased by the volume we've just assembled, but even if you have no familiar with the Mother/EarthBound series, you'll love getting caught up with the decade-long saga of Mother 3's non-localization. And who knows? This may just be the perfect salute and send-off to the past 10 years of disappoin...

Issue #21's Poster Revealed!

Hey again, Nintendo Force fans! We brought you the reveal of Issue #21's cover art last week, and today we're showing off the pack-in poster! For the first time ever, Brawl in the Family artist Matthew Taranto has brought his talents out of the interior pages of our magazine and onto the much larger canvas of our posters. He's crafted the scene you see here to pay homage to the entire adventure of...

Time to Anger the Ox!

Hey there, patrons! Just a quick check-in today with an opportunity for one of you to contribute a bit to our next issue. Who wants to Anger the Ox?

As most all of you know, we run a little segment from David Oxford in the Inbox section of each issue called "Don't Anger the Ox," in which he, our most rage-prone writer, wrestles with his emotional state while responding to a question pose...

Issue #21's Mother 3 Cover Revealed!

It's been two weeks since we let you all know that Mother 3 would be claiming the coveted cover spot for NF Magazine's next issue, along with giving you an early in-progress look at Ruy's clay models of the cast. Now he's finalized the heroes, added a few more faces to the mix, embellished the whole thing with some snazzy PSI effects and composed the final cover! Have your first look at the cover ...

Mother 3 Claims the Cover of Issue #21!

Not an April Fools' Day joke! As I said a few days ago, I wanted to wait until we were far enough past that day of Internet untrustworthiness to let you all in on the direction we're heading for our next issue, and yes, the iconic Mother 3 will indeed be the next game to grace the cover of NF Magazine.

Issue #21 will be called "Lost in Untranslation" and turn its attention to the many differ...

Miitomo is Here! Send Us Your Miifotos!

Hey again, Force fans! The dawn of Nintendo's next era has finally arrived, as Miitomo has just become available for download through Google Play and Apple's App Store today, marking the company's first official step into the mobile gaming market. It's a lot of goofy fun! You should download it and try it out if you haven't already, and if you own a smartphone capable of running it – which isn't...

Referral Giveaway Winners Selected!

Alrighty, Force fans, the cutoff point for entering our first-ever Patreon Referral Giveaway has come and gone, and the random number generator has done its work to select a pair of winners from among the submitted entries. This time around, fortune has smiled upon . . .

Michael Weinmayr!

He was able to inspire his friend Bryan Tanoue to become a new NF subscriber, an...

Print Copies of Issue #20 in the Wild!

Monday update time again, patrons! This week I'm pleased to share the attached photographic proof that print copies of the all-new Issue #20 are officially in the wild, and deliveries to our print-subscribing patrons have begun. Keep an eye on your mailbox throughout the next week or so to await the arrival of your copy! (Perhaps later for our subscribers living outside the United States, of cours...

The NF Patreon Referral Giveaway!

Hey there, Force fans! Time for our next giveaway – but this one with much better odds to win if you keep helping us grow!

We've done well here on Patreon thus far, leaping up to over 2,100 subscribers and clearing our first three goals in just two months' time – but I'm asking for everyone's help to keep bringing more new subscribers into the NF family! There's a significant price break...

Issue #20: 30 Years of The Legend of Zelda – March/April 2016

Here it is, Nintendo Force patrons! The first new NF Magazine issue of the new Patreon era. Thank you all for your patience in waiting until the very end of March 7 to allow some last-minute sign-ups to get in under the wire and make the cut for receiving this issue. If you're reading this, your copy's on its way!

Here's some info on how issue distribution will work, step by step:

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Final Winners for the 30 Days of Zelda Giveaways!

The month of February is in the books! That means our 30 Days of Zelda Giveaways have come to an end, and we've got one last batch of winners to unveil. The final 10 recipients of a copy of the original Legend of Zelda are:

- Adam from King George, VA

- Jordan from Westlake, OH

- Anthony Draper

- Zanthos Dramountanis

- Makeda Bunsie<...