Nintendo Power

Før der fandtes gaming-hjemmesider, online fora og youtube-kanaler dedikeret til gennemgang af spil, var blade om videospil som Nintendo Power de primære kilder til viden om spillene. Nintendo Power blev produceret af firmaet Nintendo of America mellem 1988 og 2012.

Bladet blev skabt af den amerikanske marketingchef Gail Tilden. Mange af dem, som arbejdede på bladet, havde svært ved at opfylde Tildens høje forventninger til indholdet. Nogle af Nintendos medarbejdere frygtede hende efter sigende så meget, at hun fik tilnavnet ”Dragedamen”.

På omslaget af den første udgave af Nintendo Power ser man for første gang Mario i tre dimensioner. Indtil da havde fans af serien Super Mario Bros. kun set karakteren i sin todimensionelle form.

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Prior to the formation of gaming websites and online forums, magazines like Nintendo Power were a chief resource for finding information about videogames. Nintendo Power was produced by Nintendo of America between 1988 and 2012.

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The magazine was created by Nintendo’s American marketing manager Gail Tilden. Many of the staff working on the magazine regularly struggled to meet Tilden’s exacting standards. She was allegedly so feared by some Nintendo’s employees that she was nicknamed the “Dragon Lady.”

The inaugural issue of Nintendo Power is notable because it features the first ever three-dimensional rendering of Mario. Prior to its publication, fans of the Super Mario Bros. franchise had only ever seen the character in two-dimensional form.

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