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| 任天堂力量 Nintendo Power | |
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| File:Nintendo Power.jpg 1988年《任天堂力量》第一版 | |
| 总编辑 | 史蒂夫·托马森（Steve Thomason） |
| 历任编辑 | 克里斯·斯莱特（Chris Slate） |
| 编辑者 | 菲尔·赛博尔德（Phil Theobald） |
| 类别 | 电子游戏和相关产品 |
| 发行周期 | 1991年1月月刊，每年6刊 |
| 版式 | 杂志、月报 |
| 发行量 | 475,000 （2012）[1] |
| 首发日期 | 1988年8月/7月 |
| 最后发行日期 — 期数 | 2012年12月11日 285 |
| 公司 | 任天堂 （1988–2007）4 未来美国 （2007–2012） |
| 创刊地区 | 美国、加拿大 |
| 总部所在地 | 南旧金山 |
| 语言 | 美国英语 |
| 网站 | 官方网站 |
| ISSN | 1041-9551 |
| OCLC 编号 | 760783416 |
《任天堂力量》（英语：Nintendo Power）是一部起初只在任天堂内部出版的新闻和杂志月刊，之后独立出版。《任天堂力量》出版的创刊号是1988年6月/8月，主打游戏是NES（美版FC）上的《超级马力欧兄弟2》。2007年12月，任天堂将出版权交易给英国出版商未来（Future）的美国子公司未来美国。[2]此前它是在美国和加拿大地区最长寿的电子游戏杂志之一，更是任天堂在北美的官方杂志。
2012年8月21日，任天堂宣布将不再会与未来出版社（Future Publishing）续约，意味着《任天堂力量》将于首次出版的第24年的2012年12月停刊。[1][3] The final issue, volume 285, was released on December 11, 2012.[4] Nintendo Power officially returned on December 20, 2017 as a podcast.
历史
《任天堂力量》由任天堂美洲市场经理盖尔·蒂尔登（Gail Tilden）于1988年创刊。[5]在《任天堂力量》之前的是免费赠送俱乐部成员的数页长《任天堂欢乐俱乐部新闻》（Nintendo Fun Club News）。[6]然而在1988年中期，《任天堂欢乐俱乐部新闻》由于7个问题而停刊，间接地促进了《任天堂力量》的发展。[7]第一个问题出现于1988年7月/8月，这一刊过度突出了红白机游戏超级马力欧兄弟USA。此问题中，一共出版了360万份杂志，每位任天堂欢乐俱乐部成员都收到了一份免费杂志。
自创刊以来，《任天堂力量》着重于提供游戏策略、提示、小技巧、评价和将发售游戏的概览。1998年中期，《任天堂力量》首次允许了外部广告的出现，在先前只允许任天堂产品的广告。在杂志创刊的早期，广告只在杂志的头几页和后几页出现，这样广告就影响不到杂志的内容。
2005年7月起，《任天堂力量》更新了杂志设计以取悦读者，包括新图标和新文章格式。一同到来的包括了对任天堂粉丝、员工评价、谣言分析、包括更多读者邮件选读的粉丝服务的重视（即“脉冲”（Pulse）一栏）和修订的“社群”章节。任天堂引进了新的促销活动，包括在Nintendo.com上注册三个任天堂产品（或任天堂相关的产品）来获得三份免费试看的《任天堂力量》。之后，杂志的重心从游戏策略和作弊码转到了新闻、评价和即将发售游戏的文章。
2007年9月19日日，任天堂官方宣布大型杂志出版商未来美国将会发行《任天堂力量》。未来美国的首次发行在10月的第222刊（2007年9月）。更换出版商之后每年将会出版13期，额外出版的杂志为假日季刊。《任天堂力量》于2011年停止发行假日季刊。[8]
2012年8月21日，任天堂选择停止与未来出版社续约，这意味着《任天堂力量》24年的出版历史将被终结。最后一刊于2012年12月出版。资深编辑克里斯·霍夫曼（Chris Hoffman）称他的下属将会“尽力地使最后一期令人难忘” 。据报道，任天堂并没有参与将杂志网络化的讨论中。[9][10]
《任天堂力量》在2017年12月20日作为一档播客节目回归，延续了原初的图标设计。
格式
杂志起初由欢乐俱乐部“主席”霍华德·菲利普斯（Howard Phillips）编辑，他自己也是一个狂热的玩家。《欢乐俱乐部新闻》只专注于任天堂内部制作的游戏，《任天堂力量》作为一部允许评价由任天堂授权的厂商游戏（如科乐美、卡普空等）的刊物横空出世。1980和1990年代早期《任天堂力量》的吉祥物是任天堂力量，一个由菲利普（Phillips）制作的漫画角色。在菲利普离开任天堂之后，内斯特（Nester）成为杂志唯一的吉祥物。杂志早期有着两页的《霍华德和尼斯特》（Howard and Nester）漫画，而之后又被两页漫画《尼斯特的冒险》（Nester's Adventures）所取代，但之后减少到了一页，最终完全消失。随后，马力欧取代内斯特成为了杂志的吉祥物。在2000年代早期，资深编辑 艾兰·埃芙莉尔（Alan Averill）又为杂志制作了另外一个吉祥物。起初的埃芙莉尔面对镜头非常害羞，他从未在任何一张照片中露面过；他更愿意用《勇者斗恶龙》的史莱姆来替代他的出现。粉丝要求看埃芙莉尔真容的呼声越来越大，但杂志继续用玩具来替代他的出现，甚至声称艾兰实际上是一只蓝色的史莱姆。最终，埃芙莉尔从《任天堂力量》中退休，加入了任天堂美洲本地化部门。至今，大多数粉丝仍未见过埃芙莉尔的真容。2005年上半年早期，玩家脉搏部分出现了一张T先生（Mr.T）的照片。在杂志出版的后期中，查克·诺里斯本人和克里斯·谢泼德（Chris Shepperd）开支的笑料成为了经典笑话。
1990年代早期，杂志使用了独特又昂贵的促销手段：免费向每个新订阅者送出一份全新的红白机游戏《勇者斗恶龙》。[11]这项促销活动是任天堂通过没有达到预期销售额且剩余一大堆未销售卡带的《龙战士》（即《勇者斗恶龙》日本版）赚钱举措之一。这使得任天堂除掉了未销售的商品并为杂志赢得了数以千计的读者。[12]
Following the release of the 超级任天堂, the magazine featured lengthy, continuous comic stories based on Super Mario World and 塞尔达传说 众神的三角力量. After these stories ended, they were replaced by similar multi-issue stories based on 星际火狐系列, 超级银河战士, and later on, 任天堂64 games such as Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Blast Corps. Comics based on the animated series of 精灵宝可梦系列 and 星之卡比 (动画) also made several appearances. Toward the end, short excerpts based on Custom Robo and 合金装备 (1998年游戏) are featured, as well as a very short 银河战士Prime comic, and one based on the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games translated from the original Japanese version.
Official Guides from Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power produced a series of strategy magazines called Official Guides from Nintendo Power. The first one is simply called The Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Since Nintendo Power switched from a bi-monthly magazine to a monthly magazine in May 1990, every other issue is a strategy guide focused on a single game. Only four such strategy guides were released. Nintendo then outsourced production of official guides to 普莉玛游戏.
Spin-off magazines
During 2001, Nintendo Power released a spin-off semi-magazine named Nintendo Power Advance, featuring the Game Boy Advance and its games. A copy of the first issue was given complimentary to subscribers in addition to being sold at newsstands. Four issues of Nintendo Power Advance were printed, the last of which serves as a strategy guide for 超级马力欧世界.[来源请求]
With the release of Pokémon for the Game Boy, Nintendo Power includes six mini-issues of Pokémon Power mainly featuring tips and strategies for the game.
In 1989, a smaller version of the magazine called Pocket Power was distributed at movie theaters showing The Wizard.[13]
Nester
Nester is the long-time teenage 吉祥物 and comic strip star of Nintendo Power. Nester was created by Howard Phillips, "President" of the Nintendo Fun Club and a former editor of Nintendo Power, to be the supporting character in his comic strip, Howard & Nester. The comic strips generally advertised new games, often by dream sequences where Nester was actually a given video game character. From 1989 to 1993, The Nintendo Power Awards featured Nester-shaped trophies and were referred to in the magazine as the "Nesters" as a reference to the 奥斯卡金像奖.
In the June 1991 issue (Volume 25), Phillips was written out of the strip after his real-life counterpart left Nintendo to work for LucasArts. The strip was retitled Nester's Adventures the following issue and continued publication until Volume 55 (December 1993). Nester, now as a college student, appeared in Nintendo Power issue #100.[14] He is seen again in issue #231, the magazine's twentieth anniversary, here a grown man with a son new to Nintendo.[14] Nester's final appearance in Nintendo Power is in the final issue, Volume 285, in a comic titled "Nester & Max", where he is seen reading and lamenting the final issue.[15] He is then reminded by his son that, "None of this is really going away, is it? I mean, Nintendo Power had a great run and you've got it all right here. It's like when you finish a great game - you're kind of sad to see it end, but really proud and happy, too. You know what I see when I look at this final issue? 100% completion."[来源请求]
Nester had also been featured in a few video games that were released while the character was still featured in the magazine. His first appearance was as a commentator in NES Play Action Football. Other appearances include the ending of To the Earth. Nester was the main character in Nester's Funky Bowling for the Virtual Boy, which also introduced his sister Hester. The character of Lark in Pilotwings 64 for the 任天堂64 was based on Nester.[16] Several games for the NES featured the name "NESTER" as one of the pre-set names on high-score lists, or a default character name such as in To the Earth. The original 红白机 release of 勇者斗恶龙系列 references both Howard and Nester through character dialog, however this was removed in the later Game Boy Color version. He is mentioned in one line of dialogue in the game StarTropics. A 可下载内容 microgame in WarioWare D.I.Y. created by Nintendo Power called Funky Boxing (a loose reference to Nester's Funky Bowling) does not have any apparent references to the character, but if the game is opened in the editor, the player's boxer is named "NESTER."[17]
Podcast
| Nintendo Power | |
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| 节目 | |
| 类型 | Entertainment, talk |
| 语言 | English |
| 制作 | |
| 集数 | 2 (截至2018年1月26日[update]) |
| 播出信息 | |
| 播出日期 | December 20, 2017 |
| 电视网 | 任天堂 |
| 网址 | Nintendo Power |
On December 20, 2017, Nintendo of America announced the official return of Nintendo Power in the form of a podcast, hosted by former Editor-in-Chief of the original magazine, Chris Slate.[18] In the first episode, Slate states that the podcast was a "passion project" for Nintendo and that he wanted Nintendo Power to return. He also acknowledged that the format of that episode was experimental and that the frequency of the series' episodes hasn't been determined.[19] Later in the episode, Slate interviews with the developers of 塞尔达传说 旷野之息 and discusses the 任天堂Switch.[20]
另请参阅
- 官方任天堂杂志，英国和澳大利亚地区的同类杂志。
- 任天堂杂志系统 (澳大利亚)，先前澳大利亚地区的同类杂志。
- 任天堂梦想，日本地区的同类杂志。
- 任天堂俱乐部，墨西哥和拉丁美洲地区的同类杂志。
- 任天堂世界，巴西地区的同类杂志。
- 任天堂部队，一部精神续作.
- 海勒营，于1995年到2007年间存在的任天堂网络社群，为任天堂力量的附属社群。
- 电子游戏史
- 任天堂
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- ^ Mallory, Jordan. Nintendo Power coming to an end. Joystiq.
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- ^ Harris, Blake J. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation. NY, NY: HarperCollins. 2014: 56, 58. ISBN 978-0-06-227670-4.
- ^ Phillips, Howard. Welcome to the Club. Nintendo Fan Club News. 1987, 1 (1) [17 December 2014].
- ^ Phillips, Howard. Nintendo Fan Club News #7. Nintendo Fan Club News. July 1988, 2.
- ^ Future officially takes over Nintendo Power. Nintendo Forums. 12 October 2007 [2014-05-21].
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- ^ Sarah LeBoeuf. Nintendo Power Ceasing Publication After 24 Years. Escapistmagazine.com. August 21, 2012 [August 21, 2012].
- ^ THE UNDERWHELMING FATE OF DRAGON WARRIOR. Press The Buttons. [18 December 2014].
- ^ Parish, Jeremy. The New Dark Age of Dragon Quest. USgamer. 21 August 2013 [20 December 2014].
- ^ Luke Plunkett. Pocket Power Unearthed. Kotaku. [2009-03-29]. （原始内容存档于October 12, 2012）.
- ^ 14.0 14.1 Caoili, Eric. Promotional Consideration: Nester's return. Engadget. June 29, 2008 [December 22, 2017].
- ^ Webster, Andrew. Link to the past: making Nintendo Power’s final cover. The Verge. December 24, 2012 [December 22, 2017].
- ^ Nintendo Power: "His handle is Lark, but everyone in class knows this guy is Nester." Nintendo Power. Nintendo of America. September 1996, page 25.
- ^ Mario Maze by WADY.
- ^ Nintendo Power Returns As An Official Nintendo Podcast. My Nintendo News. December 21, 2017 [December 21, 2017].
- ^ McWhertor, Michael. Nintendo Power returns as an official podcast from Nintendo. Polygon. December 21, 2017 [December 22, 2017].
- ^ Gach, Ethan. Nintendo Power Comes Back In Podcast Form. Kotaku. December 21, 2017 [December 22, 2017] （英语）.
