Official Nintendo Metroid (Nintendo Power, Vol. 31)

Really, I first read Nintendo Power since 2004. I decided to buy this issue to see what it would be like. I was very curious. When it arrived in the mail, I had opened the magazine and started looking at the pages. It was not your average modern-day issue. It highlighted several Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Game Boy, and Super NES games. The most notable being ActRaiser, Batman: Return of the Joker, and Metroid II.As I read the Player's Pulse, I was shocked to see that Nintendo didn't seem to respond to most of the letters. Only 2 out of the 8 letters shown in the Pulse. Half of the Pulse answers a question that the staff had asked the readers. This issue had the most interesting answers of what their ultimate video game systems would be like. The first letter was incredibly shocking. Here's the part of the letter that had me shocked: "What game would come with the system, you ask: Super Mario Galaxy, better known as Super Mario Bros 24!" 16 years after this issue, the game of that same name came out. The reader must be surprised himself.After the Pulse is an article on Return of the Joker. It shows the level maps, tips on playing the game, etc. Already, you can find a review score on the first page of the article. You know what reviewing is for right? Recommending the game for you and stuff. Today, Nintendo Power would put every review at the near-end of the issues. This issue does the same also, but some articles show the scores.After the Batman article is a Nester comic. Nester is a former mascot of Nintendo Power that stars in comics that are based on an upcoming game. This issue's comic is based on the Kid Icarus game for Game Boy. I like the comic. It's just plain funny.Now here's an article called Classified Information. It explains more tricks and tips that can be performed in certain games. The games shown are: The Simpsons (NES games), Battletoads, Whomp 'Em, Laser Invasion, and Super Mario World. It's funny how one of the tips for the Simpsons NES game (Bart vs the Space Mutants) just tells what the second stage is like.Next is an article of ActRaiser, a platform/simulation game for the Super Nintendo. Too bad the review score for the game isn't shown here.Counselors' Corner asks and answers certain questions about certain games. By now, some of us should probably already know where the secret exit from Cheese Bridge (in Super Mario World) is. In case you don't know, go ahead and start reading about it here.Now here's an article of the Addams Family game. The review score is shown, unlike the ActRaiser article.Right after the Addams Family article is a article of Tiny Toon Adventures. Review score, shown as expected.Yet another article shown, but this time, it highlights Metroid II. Since I own the game, I swear, this really helped me. The maps shown and stuff, they really guided me out of my situations in the game. No score.Ooh! A Ninja Gaiden Shadow article! No score.Adventure Island. A game starring a guy wearing a leaf skirt and a hat. No score.Now here's another Classified page. For some reason, it's separate from the Classified Information section. It gives tips on....Game Boy games. Here, I see Castlevania II (Game Boy) and Spanky's Quest tips. Never had I known there was a Game Boy version of Castlevania II.All on one page, this page has a Now Playing (Reviews) section, a list of upcoming Game Boy games, and a Top 10 Game Boy game list. Coming Soon: Star Trek, Gradius: Interstellar Assault, and the Addams Family. Now for the Top 10.1. Super Mario Land2. TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan3. Dr. Mario4. F-1 Race5. Final Fantasy Legend6. Castlevania: The Adventure7. Operation C (A Contra game)8. Batman9. Sword of Hope10. Gargoyle's QuestNow here's an article of Pilotwings. To think that there's gonna be a new Pilotwings game coming out for the 3DS. No score.Cool! 2 pages of Game Boy designs. The Ultimate Game Boy Design Contest has ended and I am looking at the winners' and runners-up' designs. One is based off of the King of Diamonds card (You know. Just cards). One design is dull. It's a white Game Boy with the screen border being an American flag. In between the buttons read "All American Game Boy". It's funny, but the whole design just isn't all that great. One of the winners show some kind of a Nintendo jungle pyramid. That's cool.Now here is a contest (That you can't even enter now) that has a Star Wars tour as a grand prize. The second prize is a mask of a Star Wars villain or hero, and a NES game. Third prize is a Nintendo Power jersey.Right here is a Now Playing (Reviews) section for NES and Super NES games. The games being reviewed here are TaleSpin, Golf Grand Slam, Kung Fu II, Home Alone, Paperboy 2, and Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball. When I saw Home Alone's score, I got confused. Were they reviewing the NES or Super NES version of the game? I assume the Super NES.NES Achievers is the worst section. It just shows players' high scores on some games. Showoffs.Now here is a list of the Top 30 selling NES games. I'll only show the Top 10 for this review.1. Super Mario Bros. 3 (Cool!)2. TMNT II: The Arcade Game (Also cool!)3. Final Fantasy4. Battletoads5. Crystalis6. Dragon Warrior II7. MegaMan III (Hard, but okay)8. Bart vs the Space Mutants (WHAT?!)9. Tetris10. Super Mario Bros 2Next is a Celebrity Profile page. For some reason, they highlight a celebrity that had an experience with video games. In this case, Mayim Bailik, from TV's "Blossom".Pak Watch highlights games that are about to be released soon.The next page shows 3 things. One mini-article highlighting the Nintendo Super System arcade cabinet. I find it pointless. I don't recall any arcade ever having a Super System or a Playchoice-10 arcade machine. Below it is a mini-article on Super Battletank. Below that shows an announcement of what is probably TMNT IV: Turtles in Time for Super Nintendo.And that is the whole issue. I hope I gave you a nice image of what it might be like. However, you can't fully experience it without buying the Power....Nintendo Power!

Obviously it’s used..... but wow. Amazing! It’s a blast from the past. The pages are in great condition and everything is here. Including the poster!!!. Very cool to have.