Nintendo Power Issue 082 (March 1996)

SYSTEMS COVERED:

• Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Game Boy
• Nintendo 64
• Virtual Boy

(Synopsis loosely based on TOC, with bullet lists and (notes) added. This issue’s poster: Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (SNES))

FULL COVERAGE:

• College Slam (SNES, 8 pages)
• Frantic Flea (SNES, 4 pages)
• Cutthroat Island (SNES, 8 pages/GB, 2 pages)
• Super Mario Kart (SNES, 6 pages)
• 3-D Tetris (VB, 6 pages)
• NHL ’96 (GB, 4 pages)
• The Smurfs (GB, 4 pages)

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Digipen’s Fearless Team (Digipen behind-the-scenes; 4 pages)
• Griffey Goes On-Line (Ken Griffey Jr. interview; 4 pages)
• Yoshi’s Island: Most Wanted Tips (boss strategies; poster fold-out)
• Nintendo Power Awards (‘The Nintendo Power 1995 Awards;’ nominations; 8 pages)

EPIC CENTER:

• Epic News (‘Epic Center News;’ 1 page)
  • Zelda and SimCity Return (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, SimCity to be re-released)
  • Enix Fans Speak Out (readers comment on Enix of America closing)

  [*]Super Mario RPG Preview (‘Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars;’ 8 pages)

  [*]Tales of Phantasia (2 pages)

  [*]Epic Strategies (P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations; 4 pages)

EVERY ISSUE:

Player’s Pulse (letter’s column, envelope art, reader polls)

Arena (challenges, quizzes, best times, top scores)

Classified Information (tips & codes)

• SeaQuest DSV
• Red Alert
• Lemmings 2: Tribes
• Jungle Strike
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Mutant Chronicles: Doom Troopers
• Shaq Fu
• MK3 (Mortal Kombat 3)
• Pac-In-Time

Counselor’s Corner (tips Q&A)

• DKC 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (SNES) (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest)
• Breath of Fire II (SNES)
• SMW 2: Yoshi’s Island (SNES) (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island)
• Link’s Awakening (GB) (The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening)
• Q&A Fast Facts (sidebar; Secret of the Stars, Dragon View, Donkey Kong Land)

Now Playing (capsule reviews)

• Cutthroat Island (SNES)
• Cutthroat Island (GB)
• NHL ’96 (GB)
• The Smurfs (GB)
• 3-D Tetris (VB)

Virtual Boy Now Playing Recap:

• Galactic Pinball
• Jack Bros.
• Golf
• Mario Clash
• Mario’s Tennis
• Nester’s Funky Bowling
• Panic Bomber
• Red Alarm
• Teleroboxer
• 3-D Tetris
• Vertical Force
• Virtual Boy Wario Land
• Virtual League Baseball
• Waterworld

Pak Watch:

• Power Piggs of the Dark Age (SNES?)
• Disney’s Pocahontas (GB)
• Kirby’s Blockball (GB)

Insider Update:

• Super NES Classics (rumored games to be re-released)
• What’s In The Cards? (Killer Instinct CCG)
• Disney Drops The Ball (Disney Interactive delays and cancellations)
• Flea For Your Life (Frantic Flea)
• Panel De Pon (planned US released)
• Game Boy Slam (College Slam (GB))
• Toy On Boy (Toy Story (GB))
• Release Forecast
• Pak Watch Exclusive Interview (Genyo Takeda, “unsung father of the Nintendo 64”)
• Special Update – NOA Announces 64-Bit Name and Release Changes (sidebar)

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