You heard the rumors last week, and now we bring you the official confirmation thatNintendo Powerwill no longer be the in-house job that we’ve come to expect since 1988 — by none other than Nintendo itself. Instead,Future USwill be taking over the duties of keeping the popular magazine and Website on track, and will start with the December 2007 issue (volume 222). As the senior vice president of marketing at Nintendo,George Harrison says, making the switch seems like the obvious choice:
“By teaming with Future US, Nintendo is ensuring the continued growth of the magazine’s circulation and bringing even greater value to Nintendo enthusiasts. The team at Future will carry on the quality and traditions of Nintendo Power, and the magazine will now be available at more newsstand locations than ever before.”
See all the juicy details in their naked glory for yourself, after the jump.
Nintendo and Future US Team to Publish Nintendo Power MagazineNintendo partners with country’s premiere young men’s media company to produceone of gaming industry’s most well-regarded magazines
About Future USFuture US is a leading publisher of cutting-edge special interestmagazines (Official Xbox Magazine, Official Sony PlayStation(R) Magazine, PCGamer, Maximum PC, Mac|Life, Pregnancy, Future Snowboarding Magazine, GuitarWorld, and Revolver) and websites (GamesRadar,gloob.tv, and Next Generation)which sell in excess of 2.1 million and reach more than 3.5 million uniquevisitors per month. Future’s publications reach a young, active, affluentaudience and rank 12th among audited newsstand publishers in gross newsstandrevenue.Future US is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in NewYork, Los Angeles and San Diego.
About Nintendo of AmericaThe worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment,Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware andsoftware for its Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and NintendoGameCube(TM) systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion videogames and more than 420 million hardware units globally, and has createdindustry icons like Mario(TM), Donkey Kong(R), Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) andPokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based inRedmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in theWestern Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company’sWeb site athttp://www.nintendo.com.
