I think that any person of a certain age knows it to be a fact that Nintendo Power once had magical powers. The magazine today does not have these powers, it's just a magazine, but back then it was an amazing doorway into the greatest thing in the world. However, it also had another power; the power to predict the future.
In December of 1991 a (theoretically) young man named Jimmy Peterford wrote a letter into Nintendo Power describing his dream system. You can clearly see this letter above. Along with requesting the almighty power of over 28 million colors and a whopping 512 bits he proclaims that his dream system will play Super Mario Galaxy! The kid had been to the future, seen the Wii game, become terribly confused about technological advances, gone back in time and told us all about it. AMAZING!
In an actual interesting twist that isn't just a random coincidence, Jimmy shows just how long people have been thinking about a single platform for all videogames. It's interesting to note that even a child from 1991 had dreams of a single platform world where he could play any game without owning multiple systems. One day your dream will come, Jimmy. One day.
Woah: Nintendo Power predicted Super Mario Galaxy in 1991 [True/Slant]
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10:00 AM on 02.14.2010 | 
Trust Nintendo to use someone elses idea!
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It is quite weird how shit like this happens. Like on TV, someone a program says the exact thing you think they will.
I'm not a PC gamer (I've gamed on consoles for the last decade), but there has never been a console game that a PC couldn't handle. The reverse can't be said.
An omni-console will never happen, because the entire console business-model is designed to be proprietary.
Still...cool article.
It's funny that he talks about a special "chip" so you can make your own games. Nowadays we call them "mod chips".
or IS IT?
Well, discounting spinoffs and remakes, it would technically be Super Mario Bros 7
Here in gamer land that probably would be our equivalent of world peace.
That's more than half a Steel Battalion controller.
that was pretty dead on.
This. WTF Dtoid, this game---and the story, coincidentally--are now far too old for anyone to care.
"This. WTF Dtoid, this game---and the story, coincidentally--are now far too old for anyone to care."
This game came out 2 years ago. How is that old? Apparently you have no concept of time.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1135631392&ref=search&sid=1366470032.1154342296..1
You own a 360, remember? Way to look like a fanboy who doesn't even know what consoles you own -- Keep up the good work.
As far as the story goes, that's actually really creepy.
It's all relative man; there's been an entirely new Mario game released for the Wii in the 2-year timeframe, as well as an announcement of Galaxy 2. Microwave society, brother. Games are only "new" in the 12-15 months of their initial release, IMO.
That is pretty cool! Dude, he fucking nailed the title!
Still and will always love, love, love SMG! =)
And man, you're right about that magazine. I was a subscriber until I finally fell out of the Nintendo loop (i.e. when I couldn't afford to buy an N64), and looking back it seems like there was a certain innocent joy about the way Nintendo Power gleefully hyped the living hell out of everything--and with no 3rd-party advertisement space, at that!!
It had a nice balance between articles on good games that've been around for a while and whatever's the new hotness, too.
In the first instance; I recall how it had Secret of Mana for a cover story; I fell hook, line, and sinker for that game because it looked so much like the natural succession to Zelda: Link to the Past. Then a year later, they came back to that game and ran an *awesome* multi-part strategy series for it, complete with original artwork.
They later did the same for Final Fantasy 3 (now known as 6) and Chrono Trigger. I would have never given those games a second glance were it not for the attention NP lavished onto them (and GOD did it hype CT), so I have that magazine to thank for obsessions that remain with me some 15-20 years later.