Today's the day! Exactly 30 years ago on February 21, 1986, the first Legend of Zelda game went on sale in Japan. So join us in celebrating Link's 30th birthday, won't you?
As you all know, we've been giving away 30 copies of that original NES adventure to celebrate the series' major milestone moment, and I've got six new winners to announce right this second. They are:
- Wilson, a.k.a. "wilflare"
- Josh Caudle
- Jeremy Benoit
- Justin Do
- Alejandro Valer...
2016-02-21 18:51:17 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back from your weekend, Nintendo Force fans! (Or happy President's Day, if you're enjoying a long weekend and have today off as well.)
First order of business this week is letting you guys know about two new tiers I've just added to the mix: the Double Print + Digital Combo Subscriptions for the United States and Canada. With these, you'll get two physical copies of each issue shipped to your mailbox – and the price is discounted versus what it would be if you made two sepa...
2016-02-15 16:00:59 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to all of you awesome, fast-moving patrons out there, we've done it! Our initial funding goal to cover our expenses of printing, packaging and shipping physical issues to our subscribers has been met. You guys rock!
We'll determine a new funding goal to shoot for soon, but for now just give yourselves a pat on the back and cross your fingers for the Fire Emblem Fates giveaway. Entries for that get cut off at midnight Eastern time tonight!
~ Lucas M. Thomas
2016-02-12 18:42:22 +0000 UTC
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Today has seen a strong push of new sign-ups, the result of which is that we've nearly hit our baseline goal of $8,000! As of this writing we only need about 50 or so more subscribers to come on board to hit that mark, so let's hope it happens soon!
Meanwhile, our Zelda giveaways roll on with the announcement of our next winner . . .
Frank F.!
Congratulations! That's one-third of our Zelda 1 winners picked and announced, but there are still 20 more chances to win throug...
2016-02-12 01:56:37 +0000 UTC
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Hey again, everyone! I gave your email inboxes a bit of a break with no new post yesterday, but that means I need to do two Zelda 1 winners this time. So they are . . .
Michael Rappe & Matthew Bleininger!
The fortune of the random number generator has smiled upon you two this day! Keep an eye on your incoming direct messages for a note from me about redeeming your prizes. Still 22 more chances to win Zelda 1 coming through the days and weeks ahead, everyone!
Today's...
2016-02-10 18:30:29 +0000 UTC
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We're nearly there, NF fans! New sign-ups over the weekend pushed our funding total over the $7,000 mark, meaning we're now only $1,000 shy of hitting our initial goal. So how about a new biggest giveaway ever to give us an extra push toward that goal just a bit faster?
This week we're giving away Fire Emblem Fates! Specifically, the totally sold-out and highly sought-after Special Edition of the game that can currently only be purchased for $250 or more through eBay. I have a copy here in...
2016-02-08 16:51:52 +0000 UTC
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Our fourth winner of a copy of The Legend of Zelda is . . .
Mike!
Just Mike. Mike didn't enter a last name here into his Patreon profile, so I'll just have to send him a direct message to let him know that, yes, it was specifically him who just won.
Speaking of that, everyone please make sure that the name you've used for your Patreon accounts here is the same name that the postal service associates with you and your address. If you've signed up here using an Int...
2016-02-05 19:54:18 +0000 UTC
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For our third winner of a copy of the original Legend of Zelda, the magic of the Internet's random number generator brought forth the name . . .
Jeffrey Wittenhagen!
Congratulations, Jeffrey! I'll send you a message with the details. There are still 27 more chances to win in the days ahead!
Which leads me to a Feedback Time question: Which kind of giveaway do you guys think is most exciting/enticing to potential new subscribers?
Option 1: G...
2016-02-04 19:20:56 +0000 UTC
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Just a brief update today to announce our second winner in the 30 Days of Zelda Giveaways! My apologies for posting this so late – the afternoon block of time I'd planned to be dedicated to nothing but NF work was spent at the hospital instead, as my grandmother fell and hurt herself today. She's feeling better now, so no worries! It'll be a long road of recovery (she broke her hip), but she's the sassiest, most high-spirited Memaw you could ever meet, so she won't let this slow her down in th...
2016-02-04 03:24:43 +0000 UTC
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Hey again, NF patrons! You'll be hearing from me a lot throughout this month of February, seeing as how I've promised to give away a copy of the original Legend of Zelda every single day this month! (If daily updates are too much, let me know and I'll dial down the frequency to once a week or so, and just announce multiple winners all at the same time.)
Anywho! Our first winner of a copy of the original Legend of Zelda is . . .
Nathan Eldridge!
Congra...
2016-02-02 18:08:16 +0000 UTC
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The month of January is now in the books, and thanks to all of you, we closed out that calendar page with 1,300 subscribers already pledged here through the all-new Patreon page! Thank you all again for your quickness in making the transition with us here to our new subscriptions hub!
I promised you all a free game giveaway, and I'm here to deliver! Every patron who was signed up by midnight Eastern last night had their name entered into a drawing to win a free copy of The Legend of Zelda:...
2016-02-01 18:44:43 +0000 UTC
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Nintendo Force fans, you continue to amaze! When I last posted an update for all you patrons here one week ago, there were about 850 of you in total, which placed us in the #108 position for all-time most-supported Patreon pages. One week later, our ranks have swelled to nearly 1,100 strong, making us rank in at #77 all-time! We've leapt up over 30 more spots!
Thank you all so much, again, both for your support and for the speed with which you've offered it – you all are the Early Birds,...
2016-01-29 03:39:16 +0000 UTC
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Created by the incomparable Daan Koopman, this special Tomodachi Life music video was used to kick off NF Magazine's 2015 Kickstarter campaign video! I seriously considered keeping it as part of the new Patreon video up above as well, but ultimately decided to jump straight into talking with you all. Perhaps wrongly? This little musical number is quite amazing, to say the least.
Just mentally update the lyric "two years" to "three years" while watching it and it'll still be totally acc...
2016-01-22 21:49:54 +0000 UTC
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Hey there again, Nintendo Force fans! Lucas here just past the one-week mark since we launched this new Patreon page, and my goodness, you guys have made it take off like a rocket! With just one notice posted over on last year's Kickstarter page, a single Facebook message and a handful of tweets from our @NintendoForce account, over 850 of you have already heard the call to action and jumped on board here – either renewing your existing NF Magazine subscription or signing up for the first time...
2016-01-22 02:44:59 +0000 UTC
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