Nintendo Power V259 is the 259th issue of Nintendo Power. It featured Epic Mickey on the cover and had several features pertaining to then-upcoming Wii titles such as Kirby's Epic Yarn and Metroid: Other M, including a few pages dedicated to the entire Metroid series.
Power Up
In this issue, the Gust Jar from The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is placed in the middle of the "O" in Power Up. Bowser is this issue's "Star Power" character. Ryo Hazuki, three Street Fighter characters, and two Mega Man character figurines are presented in Collector's Corner. The Power Quiz features questions pertaining to Mickey Mouse games. Interviewees include Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest series, and four WWE superstars, who talk about the Wii video game WWE All Stars. In Game Forecast, the following games were ranked as the Reader's Most Wanted:
Wii
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Mario Sports Mix
- Sonic Colors
Nintendo DS
- Pokémon Black and White (in the previous issue, these two games were featured separately)
- Super Scribblenauts
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-land Mayhem
- Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
- Sonic Colors
Nintendo 3DS
Previews
Games featured in previews include Kirby's Epic Yarn (2 pages), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2 pages), Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (1 page, including a complete track list), Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (1 page), FIFA soccer 11 (half a page), Rock Band 3 (half a page), Super Scribblenauts (2 pages, including a feature where the writers re-create game scenes from Super Mario Bros., Metal Gear Solid and Sonic the Hedgehog), Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (1 page), NBA Jam (2 pages), Samurai Warriors 3 (1 page), Shaun White Skateboarding (1 page), Eterian Odyssey III: The Drowned City (two pages, including a look at six of the game's classes as well as the art book that comes with pre-orders of the game), DJ Hero 2 (1 page with a track list), Tron: Evolution - Battle Grids (half a page), Babysitting Mama (half a page), Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes (1 page), and Wii Party (1 page along with four mini-game examples).
The Forgotten World of Disney
This is a ten page special feature for Epic Mickey, this issue's cover game. The Nintendo Power team went down to Austin, Texas to get exclusive hands on time with the game and interview the creator Warren Spector, who provided the team with lots of information including two full pages worth of info regarding the game's primary villains, the Mad Doctor and the Phantom Blot. This article was written by long-time Nintendo Power editor Steve Thomason. While the entire article featured tidbits from a massive Warren Spector interview, the second to last page featured three questions they asked him that couldn't fit anywhere else including queries regarding the game's composer, the possible inclusion of Mickey's friends in the game, and the inspiration of the cinematics.
Ultimate Metroid
In this feature, Nintendo Power listed the best entries in the Metroid series, as well as several other "best of" moments, weapons and enemies from the games. The following were the top ranked games in order:
- Super Metroid
- Metroid Prime
- Metroid: Zero Mission
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Metroid Fusion
- Metroid
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Metroid II: Return of Samus
- Metroid Prime Hunters
Other awards given included:
- Best weapon: Ice Beam, several titles
- Most dramatic moment: The Baby Metroid's sacrifice, Super Metroid
- Best enemy: Metroid, several titles
- Best secret: Samus is a woman!, Metroid
- Best armor: Varia Suit, Super Metroid
- Best Ridley: Meta Ridley, Metroid Prime series
- Best ability: Spider Ball, Metroid Prime series
- Best self-destruct escape: Finale of Super Metroid
- Best ship: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Best tune: Main theme, Metroid
- Best ending: Eight different endings, Metroid: Zero Mission
Interviewees
- Yuji Hori, Square Enix (on Dragon Quest IX)
- Dusty Rhodes, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase and Ted DiBiase Jr., WWE (on WWE All Stars)
- Antti Ilvessuo, RedLynx (on MotoHeroz)
- Makoto Yamamoto, Capcom (on Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes)
- Warren Spector, JunctionPoint (on Disney Epic Mickey)
- Jun Senoue, Sega (Power Profile interview)
- Michelle Morse, Princess Zelda cosplayer from Salt Lake City, Utah
- Michael Wootton and Jenna Cook, plush toy creators from Roseville, California
- Rick Dries, custom figurine maker from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- Kimberly Young, artist from Sarasota, Florida
Staff
- Editor in Chief: Chris Slate
- Executive Editor: Steve Thomason
- Senior Editor: Chris Hoffman
- Associate Editor: Justin Cheng
- Art Director: John Seeger Gilman
- Contributing Editors: Patrick Cunningham, Carolyn Gudmundson, Andrew Hayward, Casey Loe, Nathan Meunier, Randy Nelson, George Sinfield, David F. Smith, Phil Theobald
- Copy Editor: Candace Cunningham
- Licensing Manager: Frances Wall Jha