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'''Nintendo Power''' was a monthly magazine that was released officially by Nintendo from the years 1988 to 2012. Among the 285 issues released, a couple of issues were focused primarily on the ''Pikmin'' series.

This issue contains information about [[Pikmin (game)|the first ''Pikmin'' game]] on pages 40-44, and an ad for the game on page 178. The game itself is also reviewed, with all five reviewers giving it a perfect score.

This issue features ''Pikmin'' on the front cover, and contained information about [[Pikmin (game)|the first ''Pikmin'' game]], along with a sticker sheet. The issue's monthly sweepstakes were also ''Pikmin''-themed. The grand prize was a [[Nintendo GameCube]], a copy of ''Pikmin'', and a trip to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The second prize was a copy of ''Pikmin'' by itself, and the third prize was a ''Nintendo Power'' t-shirt.

This issue features ''Pikmin 2'' on the front cover, and contained information about {{p2}}, as well as a ''Pikmin 2'' temporary tattoo sheet.

This issue features a section on ''Pikmin 2'' which contained brief walkthroughs in the same style as the [[Strategy guides|official strategy guide]]. The game itself was also reviewed. Four out of five reviewers gave it a perfect score, and one reviewer gave it a score of 4.5/5.

To celebrate the magazine's 20th anniversary, this issue features a section detailing the 20 best games on each Nintendo console. ''Pikmin'' was rated the 7th best Nintendo GameCube game.

The monthly Nintendo Power Sweepstakes in this issue is themed around the recently-released ''[[New Play Control!]]'' series. The grand prize was a [[Wii]] with copies of {{npcp1}} and ''[https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Power_Tennis#New_Play_Control.21_series New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis]''. The second prize was the same, but without the Wii included. ''New Play Control! Pikmin'' did not get a review, but is featured in the "Also This Month" section of the reviews.

''Pikmin'' is featured on the list of "250 Reasons to Love Nintendo", listed alongside other Nintendo strategy game series ''Advance Wars'' and ''Fire Emblem''.

This issue was released in July 2012, and contained information about the [[Wii U]] and various Wii U games including ''Pikmin 3''. Subscribers of the magazine received a special cover featuring ''Pikmin 3'' art.

 

 

 

This issue features information on playing ''Pikmin 2'' on pages 132-135, and a brief advertisement of the e+ cards on page 93.

This issue features information on playing ''Pikmin 2'' on pages 126-129.

This issue features information on playing ''Pikmin 2'' on pages 128-135, and a brief advertisement of the game on page 56. Page 206 features information on the e+ card games that players can play with ''Pikmin 2'', and included the ''Ivory Candypop'' promo card in a tear-away insert.

This issue features a first look at ''Pikmin 2'' on pages 36-39.

This issue features a full-page ad for ''Pikmin'' on page 45. It also features a walkthrough of the ''The Impact Site'', ''The Forest of Hope'', and ''The Forest Navel'' on pages 100-105. Lastly it features an advertisement for a Pikmin art book on page 126.

This issue features a brief advertisement for ''Pikmin'' on page 202.

This issue headlines ''New Play Control! Pikmin'' With new art that was made specifically for this issue.

This issue features a section on ''Pikmin''. It included general tips and information, as well as a walkthrough to beat the game in the 30-day time limit. It also featured strategies for fighting the [[Goolix]], [[Mamuta]], and [[Smoky Progg]], and talked about the ''[[chaenostoma cordatum]]'' flower, among other things.

This issue contains a section on ''Pikmin 2''. Like before, it contains general tips and info about the game. It also had the locations of all above-ground treasure and strategies for each sublevel of each cave.

 

 

 

 

''New Play Control! Pikmin'' (erroneously referred to as "''Play Control! Pikmin''") is included in a section of recently-released space-themed video games. Like in their coverage of ''Pikmin 2'', a [[Pikmin prerelease information|early screenshot of the original game]] is used in the article.