Everywhere you look. Nintendo is sizzling, but here are some items of special note... mammmmiiir Perhaps the most eagerly awaited controller ever, Mattel's new Power Glove takes you into the next dimension with special 3D sensors Here's one of and a programmable keypad. the freshest, Now your whole arm is a power This is the R.RG. - the Role Playing most original source, slicing through the air, Game - that took Japan by storm. concepts in controlling the action on-screen with Dragon Warrior tests your ability video gaming pinpoint precision. to map out strategy, search out to come along If you thought the NES was hidden items and make decisions in years. No powerful before, wait till you experi- in the heat of battle. monsters, no ence the Power Glove - if II knock As you wander through the spells, no trea- your socks off! mystical land of Alefgard acquiring sures. Just new weapons, armour and magic hour after hour of heart-pounding, spells, your power increases until mind-boggling fun and excitement. you're ready to face the ultimate In Tetris everything depends on a test, the dreaded Dragon Lord. cool head and split-second timing. Dragon The longer you keep completing the Warrior. lines, the faster the action gets and Ifs the the higher your score. challenge Test your skill solo or take on a you've been friend. The game to beat this waiting for! t'i. Christmas is Tetris! IN THIS ISSUE • Dragon Warrior The day: Saturday, October 7th. ™ 4 and the all-new, totally rad • Faxanadu The place: MuchMusic's Toronto Power Glove in action. And, ™ 2 studios. The prize: the Nintendo when the smoke cleared, we had • Cobra Triangle Challenge Championship! ourselves a winner, 14 year-old Representing each of the Huy Luong of Toronto. • "Who is this Guy" country's regions, ten players put Thanks to Hostess Frito-Lay, winners their skill to the test on Super Mario Pepsi Cola and MuchMusicfor making Brothers, Rad Racer, To The Earth, this a summer to remember. And con- • Member's Forum Cobra Triangle and more. If you were gratulations to Huy Luong - Canada's watching, you also saw the Power Pad own Nintendo Challenge Champion. • Mailbag and more! ' fFmm the top The name of the game is going strong. Hello again, and welcome Member's Forum, Mailbag, to the new Power Flash. Pro's Corner and the By now you've had a Top 10 Games are still 1 . Super Mario Bros. 2 chance to subscribe going strong. And we still 2. Zelda II - The Adver to Nintendo's exclusive need your input to keep 3. The Legend of Zelck Nintendo Power maga- it that way. Plus, the Power 4. Mike Tyson’s Punch- 1 zine. And you've probably Flash is still your best 5. Contra™ noticed the Power Flash source of Canadian news 6. Super Mario Bros. has changed. But not as on events like theNintendo v 7. Blades of Steel much as you might think. Challenge. " 8. Double Dragon We're going to focus in on Canadian So stay tuned to the Power Flash and 9. Teenage Mutant Nir news, Canadian club member views help us keep the Power Club going lO. Ice Hockey and the games that are really popular in strong. Canada. All our departments are still Points system: A 1st choice vote nounis tor Spar with us. meons S pomls. <1 Ih is good tor 2 points OK or VPRO'S CORNER Battling the Basher. We call this villain the Basher because if he lands on your head DRAGON WARRIOR” he'll bash you into the ground Seeking the Stones of Sunlight. before you can say "Elf town of EolisT To build the Rainbow Bridge, Hide in some nook (or cranny) you'll have to find, amongst other where he can't get over you. Then, things, the Stones of Sunlight. Save the swimmers and yourself. as he bounds into the air, jump up Easier said than done. to meet him, smack him a couple One of the hardest stages in Cobra You'll find a clue that says the of times in the snout with your Triangle is the one where you have Stones are in the castle cellar. trusty sword and retreat very fast. to rescue the stranded swimmers You'd expect the cellar to be inside Fortunately, like most of the from your enemies before you run the castle walls. But, in fact, the Evil One's creations, the Basher out of time. cellar is outside the castle walls. isn't too smart. A few tilts and all The secret here is if you get in It's up to you to find and enter it thafs left of him is a handful of trouble near the end, before without finding yourself back in coins which the timer runs out, grab one of fhe the overworld. you can scoop E swimmers and sail in circles, (Hint: go south from the Key Shop, past the up and use avoiding the enemy, until the time water. Then use the Magic Key to get into the cellar and add the Stones of Sunlight to towards your EgfiggLjB runs out. That way you can pass your inventory.) next purchase. on to the next stage. Inc. ol Inc. ’designates Mallei ,u designate ©1989 Model Canado ©1989 Nintendo America trademark o! Canada Inc. ® & trademarks ol Nintendo of America Inc. Mallei Canada aulhorlzod user. ™ I ©1 989 Enix Como— | ", Soil. Under license from Folcom. 5 designoles trademark ol Mallei, Inc. The Nintendo Power Flash is published by Mallei Canada Inc. All materials submitted, solicited or unsolicited, become the property ol Mallei Caro;: . ZELDAII THEADVENTURE OFLINK by Andrew Cogan, Ottawa, Ontario I've finally finished Zelda II - The Adventure of Link, and I think you guys outdid yourselves on this one. It took me a while to get the knack of it (not to mention finish it). But I know lots of guys are really stumped, so I POINTS POWER SOURCE! have some hints: 1,570 Heart Containers: 1) In a clearing southeast jre of Link® 1,146 See this sign? Look for it of the first palace. 2) In a cave near the first when you buy Nintendo 858 roadblock. 3) In the water north of the fifth products. ut!!® 769 palace. 4) In the coastai desert east of triple- 758 Only on Authorized eye rock (and the sixth palace). Nintendo Dealer can en- 706 Magic Containers: 1) In a cave south of the sure that your warranty 701 north castle. 2) Under the rock in Death will be honoured by 655 Mountain. 3) In the maze near the fourth Mattel and thdt your NES palace. 4) In the hidden town of Kasuto. Turtles* 543 will be serviced by Mattel's specially-trained 487 Down thrust: In the church in Mido. Use your technicians. jump spell. >temherd5, 1989. : j So tell your friends, tell your parents, tell Up thrust: In the town of Darunia. Go down the world. Shop where the real power is . the chimney of the house with the locked door. your Authorized Nintendo Dealer! Who is this Guy, anyway? ere's a twist. A screen, plus a dynamite H Sneak Peek of a movie! demonstration of the new Well, over 200 Nintendo fans The Wizard is about a Power Glove and a Sneak Peek sent us their impression of Guy 13 year-old boy helping his at Super Mario Bros. 3! Martin, and what a wild bunch brother get to The Wizard, they are. the world's starring TV's himself looked at them, biggest video Fred Savage, Guy and saw a little of himself in game cham- is coming to pionship. You'l a theatre near every one. You can see the see some of your favourite you December 15th. Be watch- overall winner next to Guy's Nintendo games on the big ing for it! byline in this issue's From The Top. But despair not. We'll be running some of our other THE BULLETIN BOARD favourites in that same spot in upcoming issues. *7<4c Nintendo dlatline (yame tipi) - Often Monday to ty>Uday, As always, congrats and 8a.m. to 8p..m. GaiteAn. ^ime; Satmday, 10 a.m. ta6p.m. - Gall thanks to everyone who 253 -PH (tony distance- cltaAyoi apply). (416) Ay entered. Your imagination and A&i eyuip*ne*U pAollemi - Gall called (416) 252- QAMG enthusiasm powers the Power Club. Don't let up. “2 Cobra Triangle TM is a trademark copyright 1988 Rare Ltd. ™3 ©1987 Electronicorg Technica (Elorg) ©1989 Nintendo. All rights resented. Original concept, design and program by Alexey Pazhitnov.™ 4 ©1988 Hudson :.»»: al correspondence to: Nintendo Power Hash. P.O. Box 902, Station U, Toronto. Ontario M8Z 5R5. MAIL BAG m Dear Nintendo, Dear Power Club, Dear Nintendo, it I I I think that the NES is the best video system I have started a Nintendo club and is For my birthday got the NES Advantage. ever created! One of my friends had a called 'Club NES! We come to the meetings didn't think it would improve the game so Nintendo, so when I went over to his house and play Nintendo. We take turns having the much. I thought the slow motion would make we would sit there all afternoon playing meetings each week and we have a presi- it hard to control your man. I was wrong. On I it to level. Nintendo. When I asked my parents to buy dent, vice-president and secretary who the Gradius could only make the 3rd me one, they said no, because it was too members elect.