List of Nintendo Power covers

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One of the things that has always held fan interest is the game that shall appear on the cover of Nintendo Power magazine. From the first issue (July/August 1988), which featured Super Mario Bros. 2, to the most recent issue (June 2007), which features coverage on Spider-Man 3, there have been a great variety of covers.

The covers are usually animated by the NP staff on computers, or images from the respective game are used to create the cover. However, numerous celebrities have graced the covers, and early issues saw the use of clay models recreating scenes from the games.

Another traditional part of the magazine is the Next Month section, which clues fans in on what's to come the following month. Ever since the total redesign started by issue #193 (July 2005), the Next Month section lists at the top the subject of the next issue's cover, as well as key articles that will likely be featured in the magazine, giving fans a better taste of what they can expect.

Below is a list of NP covers, with either the main game featured on the cover or a generalization of the cover's topic (i.e., the April 2001 issue is referred to here as simply having "Game Boy Advance" on the cover, while the May 2001 issue specifically denotes focus on the Zelda Oracle series). In addition, cover headlines are included for the later issues that feature them, starting with the August 2005 issue.

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  • As of June 2007, forty Nintendo Power covers have featured Mario and/or a Mario character, including six covers featuring Donkey Kong games. To date, the only major Mario games released after 1989 to not be featured on the cover are those of the Super Mario Land/Wario Land series for the various Game Boy consoles, with the exception of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 in 1994.
  • As of June 2007, twelve Nintendo Power covers have featured games from the Zelda series. In fact, the only new Zelda game (that is, not a remake like the Game Boy Advance NES series or the Collector's Edition disc) to not appear on the cover of Nintendo Power was the original The Legend of Zelda for the NES, which was released prior to Nintendo Power's first publication.
  • As of June 2007, six covers have featured Metroid games.
  • As of June 2007, fourteen covers have featured Pokémon games.
  • Celebrities such as Hulk Hogan, Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Tony Hawk, and Ken Griffey, Jr. have appeared on a number of Nintendo Power covers. However, since the end of the N64 era as marked by Tony Hawk's appearance on issue #146.
  • As of June 2007, there have been 30 covers featuring games based off of licensed properties.
  • As of June 2007, there have been 4 covers featuring games in the Final Fantasy series.
  • For the issue #92 covers, 10% were IG-88, 25% Boba Fett, 25% Dash Rendar, and 40% Stormtrooper.
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