Nintendo Power/YMMV


 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: Nester returning in the 100th issue and 20th anniversary issue.
 * Crowning Moment of Funny
 * 8.8: In the early days, the magazine was more blatantly a sales pamphlet, often giving good "reviews" to games that were being trashed in other video game magazines. They gradually got away from this in later years, although no "official" magazine for a company can ever escape it completely.
 * Funny Aneurysm Moment: In one issue, a reader uncertain about the fate of Megaman Legends 3 wrote a triumphant letter telling everyone reading to contact Capcom so much they can't possibly ignore it. This is really depressing to read today, considering the project got cancelled.
 * The June 2011 (Sonic Generations cover) issue contained an entire article about the game, featuring gameplay details, screenshots, developer interviews, and more. It's excruciatingly painful to read.
 * Hilarious in Hindsight: In the very first April issue, they had a joke about how they'd be introducing the AFD Reality System line of games, which included learning to cook and one called Muttroid in which you would have to take care of a dog, including walking it, picking up after it, and bathing it.
 * As noted in Not So Different, the writers have joked about the Nintendo-Sega partnership of the Wii era has been turning the magazine into their old rival mag Sega Visions.
 * A mock debate was held about whether Solid Snake or Pit would be a better fighter in Super Smash Bros Brawl after the trailer was released. One of the pro-Pit arguments was that Snake can't fly. Then Nintendo revealed Snake's moveset, specifically his Up+B attack.
 * Magazine Decay: Although the magazine initially began as giving strategies and reviews for the most recent video games, it now focuses mostly on news, with very little, if any, video game hints and strategies. Justified with the advent of the Internet and free, in-depth, fanmade guides.
 * And the internet isn't a challenge to its news coverage? Printed walkthroughs seem like they would be more convenient....
 * Nausea Fuel: Some of the ads in later issues.
 * Nightmare Fuel: The infamous Castlevania II cover, which had a graphic picture of Simon Belmont holding Dracula's severed head. Many angry parents called and wrote letters saying that it gave their children nightmares. NP, on the other hand, considers it one of their crowning achievements.
 * Note that this was only their second issue
 * The Scrappy: Steve Thomason, likely because of his Sega fanboyism. NP seems to be aware of this, judging by the amount of jokes at his expense.
 * In their own views, The Scrappy is Big the Cat and Slippy Toad. Readers who don't sign their names in their letters get their names affixed to it.
 * Unpopular Popular Character: Chris Shepperd.