Hello and Welcome
to todays episode of Lost & Found. Many of you probably have
heard the drama surrounding the upload of all Nintendo Power issues
and the take down notice by Nintendo which followed. While this is
truly regrettable, because this was a wonderfully nostalgic window
into the gaming past, today I have a small consolation for you.
While it's not the
whole magazine some good managed to upload all of the Howard &
Nester strips from the magazines. Now if you don't know what these
strips were about then here is a shamelessly copy&pasted
explanation from the side itself.
Anyone who has read
Nintendo Power since its beginning has, obviously, at least glanced
at the little comic strips in a couple of pages of the magazine
called "Howard & Nester", which chronicled the
adventures of bowtie-wearing Howard Philips (who was an actual
employee of Nintendo and president of the Nintendo Fun Club at the
time) and a stubborn redheaded teen named Nester. Together, the two
ventured into the worlds of various NES games, gave us a couple of
thinly-veiled legitimate tips, and always provided a little bit of
humor for us all.
In Volume 25 of
Nintendo Power, Howard left the magazine to pursue other goals (JVC?!
I'll bet that worked out well), and left Nester to star in a series
of comics of his own. But a few years after, all traces of Nester
(and Howard) vanished, and left the magazine to wilt away.
Take a look, have some
laughs and return to a time when gaming was much much simpler. I hope
you enjoy this trip down memory lane as much as I did.
And as always
thanks for reading
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