Talk:Homemade Nintendo Power magazine

Reformatting

Unless this sort of reformatting would somehow mess everything up, this article's transcript and picture gallery should probably be combined page-by-page, just like how the Week With Christian Chandler article is set up. Llort 01:49, 4 July 2009 (CEST)

• Since nobody protested my suggestion of three months ago, I've totally overhauled the page formatting to mimic what's been done with A Week With Christian Chandler. It took a long time - and plenty of the lesser formatting will still need to be corrected - but I think the page works and looks significantly better this way. :3 Llort 22:58, 12 October 2009 (CEST)

• Holy shit. Transcribing some of these lesser details that were earlier overlooked is turning out to be well worth the effort. Postcards sent in by fictional readers "Rocket Thompson" and "Rocky Coolio"? Yes, Chris. Proceed. Llort 01:16, 13 October 2009 (CEST)

Chris and his "Clairvoyance"

You know, one has to wonder about what Chris did in this magazine and how much of it actually came true. I mean, it's sad: there WAS a Mega Man game for the N64 (it was a port of Legends, not Chris' shitty X1/Mega Man 3 fusion game), there WAS a Beast Wars: Transformers fighting game (Beast Wars: Transformers: TransMetals, a fighting game for the PS1 and N64 based off of the second season of Beast Wars) and, of course, Sonic making appearances on Nintendo consoles. Of course, we could always chalk it up to Chris talking out of his ass, as usual, and not realizing it. --Blazer 17:53, 17 August 2009 (CEST)

It's not that hard of a guess to make. Mega Man is one of the most absurdly fecund game series of all time, and that there was only one Mega Man game for the N64 is more astonishing than there being any Mega Man game for the N64, seeing as how it started on Nintendo consoles! The longest shot would be Transformers, but it had a resurgence of popularity at the same time as the N64, so there was an elevated chance of a game coming out. Sonic coming out for Nintendo consoles was the single weirdest thing, given that while Sega wasn't doing so hot in the console wars with the Saturn, it was still a healthy company at the time. One would have to make some pretty bold predictions to calculate failure from the floundering of one console, seeing that momentary failure was no object to Nintendo or Microsoft. Of course, Chris didn't predict based on some crazy moment of foresight; he was just had a dream about playing Sonic on Nintendo consoles, and because Chris's dreams are "infallible"... Ensign disposable 01:58, 13 October 2009 (CEST)

Something Is Very Wrong

The last four pages presented here couldn't have come from Chris's original Nintendo Power magazine!

Chris's homemade mag was created in 1998. The last four pages presented here talk about Sonichu (whom Chris didn't create until 2000) and the Nintendo Gamecube (which wasn't released until 2001).

All of this confused the hell out of me until I revisited the Sonichu Adventure page, where there's a totally separate mock Nintendo Power cover. In fact, that one specifically mentions Sonichu Adventure, which is what the last four pages presented here are about.

Conclusion: Holy shit! I think Chris made two Nintendo Power magazines, and it's just that the second one was only four pages long! It looks like that second Homemade Nintendo Power had its pages added here by mistake, and it in fact requires its own new article! Llort 04:33, 18 October 2009 (CEST)

• Well if you notice, the last four pages are in progression from the previous pages (that is, this is entitled "038-CWCsNP35.jpg", that is page 35 of Chris's Nintendo Power, which follows 34 which is definitely from the old one). From what I recall, Nintendo Power use to have supplementals, like a mini magazine in the magazine (like when Pokemon first came out, there was a mini strategy guide usually covering one town at a time, with a in-game newspaper hinting at whoever the gym leader was in that level or what Pokemon to look out for) so that could explain for style differences. And don't forget, Chris is a lazy ass, odds are it would be 3 years before he bothered to finish his Nintendo Power.

It's very possible Chris did mean to do that, but didn't do a very good job of indicating this in the slideshow. It's very well possible that that cover was just a mock up to have ready in case he was approached by Nintendo for a Sonichu game.

I think it'd be alright to keep these pages though, maybe make a note about the time difference, so we can point out that it took Chris three fucking years to finish this. --Champthom 10:25, 18 October 2009 (CEST)