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Nintendo Power · Volume 77

Super Mario World 2

Issue
#77
Published
Oct 1995
Poster
Waterworld 📌

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island took the cover as Mario's prequel arrived, with Mega Man 7, Batman Forever, Primal Rage and Aladdin inside. A Mario history feature marked ten years of Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario RPG got its first coverage. Readers pushed Virtual Boy titles onto the Most Wanted list.

What? This sounds like Halloween last year? Good thing you're on Yoshi's Island.

The Yoshi's Island strategy article
Pull-out poster from Nintendo Power issue 77 — Waterworld
Pull-out poster
Games featured in this issue
Super Mario World 2 cover
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars cover
Mega Man 7 cover
Aladdin cover
… as well as the following games not in my collection:
  • Batman Forever
  • Primal Rage
  • AAAHH!!! Real Monsters
  • Vertical Force
  • Panic Bomber

Sweepstakes

The winner and a guest would travel to the set of The Mask II to appear as extras, a trip valued at $5,000. The sequel never got made, which the official rules did not anticipate.

Classified Information

The codes and secrets this issue gave away.

Earthworm Jim
Stage select
ActRaiser 2
Fight again
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Unlimited continues
Mortal Kombat
Special effects
Aero Fighters
New pilots, powerful planes
Rise of the Robots
Big help
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Unlimited help
FIFA International Soccer
Dream teams and crazy balls
Tetris
Get ahead of yourself
Adventure Island
Continue with all items
Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!
More fun passwords

Counselor's Corner

Game Counselors on call

Readers wrote in to ask Nintendo Game Counselors questions about the following games: Killer Instinct, EarthBound and Animaniacs.

Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 77, page 100
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 77, page 101
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 77, page 102
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 77, page 103
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Power Charts

These were the top Nintendo games in Oct 1995, as voted by Nintendo Power readers. Arrows show the move since the previous issue's chart; the peak is the best position the game had reached by then.

# Super NESGame Boy
1
▲1 Killer Instinct peak #1 · 4 issues
▲1 Donkey Kong Land peak #1 · 9 issues
2
▼1 Donkey Kong Country peak #1 · 12 issues
▼1 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening peak #1 · 30 issues
3
NEW Mortal Kombat 3 debut
▲2 Tetris peak #3 · 37 issues
4
— The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past peak #1 · 46 issues
▼1 Metroid II: Return of Samus peak #1 · 46 issues
5
NEW Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island debut
NEW Mortal Kombat II debut
6
▼3 Final Fantasy III peak #2 · 10 issues
▲1 Kirby's Dream Land 2 peak #4 · 5 issues
7
▼1 Super Metroid peak #1 · 18 issues
▼1 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins peak #1 · 7 issues
8
▲3 Mortal Kombat II peak #1 · 3 issues
NEW Earthworm Jim debut
9
▼1 EarthBound peak #8 · 3 issues
▼5 Donkey Kong peak #1 · 17 issues
10
▼5 Chrono Trigger peak #4 · 3 issues
▼2 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 peak #1 · 20 issues
11
▼4 Earthworm Jim peak #5 · 12 issues
12
▼3 Doom peak #9 · 3 issues
13
▲3 NBA Jam: Tournament Edition peak #5 · 9 issues
14
▼1 Mega Man X2 peak #7 · 8 issues
15
▼5 Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen peak #6 · 3 issues
16
▲2 Illusion of Gaia peak #7 · 10 issues
17
▼5 Secret of Mana peak #6 · 6 issues
18
NEW Mega Man X debut
19
— Super Mario Kart peak #2 · 2 issues
20
▼6 Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball peak #2 · 8 issues
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