He added that Nintendo doesn't seem interested in taking over direct control of the magazine again (Nintendo and Future representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story). Advertisementīut our source says that Nintendo, which was always 'difficult to work with,' was uninterested in renewing that contract or in taking part in a number of digital initiatives that Future saw as necessary for the long-term health of the brand. the magazine went monthly in 1990, with Nintendo producing articles that were often just thinly veiled marketing copy through late 2007, when it started contracting the brand out for a more independent angle from tech-and-game-focused Future Publishing. Nintendo Power is one of the longest-running game magazines in the country, having been published continuously since the summer of 1988, when it started as a bi-monthly outgrowth of the previous Nintendo Fun Club newsletter. That experience is set to become yet another relic of a past era, as Ars Technica has learned that Future Publishing is planning to stop publishing the magazine. Gamers of a certain age likely remember the days when their main fix of information about new and upcoming video games came in the form of the monthly Nintendo Power magazine that was delivered directly to their mailbox.

UPDATE: Nintendo Power Senior Editor Chris Hoffman seemed to confirm our source's information on Twitter, saying that he was ' sad to see it go' and that the editorial team would ' try to make the last issues memorable.' Nintendo Power writer Phil Theobald, meanwhile, promised on Twitter that they had ' something pretty sweet planned for the final issue.'

'We have nothing further to announce at this time.”

' Nintendo Power magazine is closing and is not moving to a new publisher,' a spokesperson said. Nintendo also seemed to cut off the possibility that it might once again publish the magazine internally. FURTHER UPDATE (8/22/12): Nintendo has confirmed the news of Nintendo Power's closing, which we first reported yesterday, saying that the magazine will cease publishing at the end of the year. “Nintendo can confirm that Future US will end the production of Nintendo Power magazine with the last issue slated for December 2012,' the company said in a statement, directing users to a customer service page for subscription inquiries.

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