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Nintendo Power, issue 44 (1993-01)

staff, Nintendo Power. 1993. “Nintendo Power, issue 44 (1993-01).” Nintendo Power, vol. 44. Nintendo of America.

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Nintendo Power 44
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© Nintendo of America; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
"Now Playing" review and Power Meter, pp. 105-106. Scan in the Internet Archive item "Nintendo Power Issue 044 January 1993".
Notes
The January 1993 Now Playing gives Mega Man 5's review prose on p. 105 and its Power Meter ratings on p. 106 (graphics and sound 3.9, play control 4.0, challenge 3.9, theme and fun 3.7, each out of 5). Its fact box on p. 105 dates the game "January 1993", which conflicts with Nintendo of America's NES list ("December 1992", `nintendo-nes-games`). The OCR has several small errors ("gemes", "es inventive", "thera's rally").

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In the story, Proto Man leads an army of robots against the city and kidnaps Dr. Light.p. 105, Now PlayingPublisher
Keiji Inafune says the team, feeling Mega Man 4 had already done everything, powered up the charge shot for Mega Man 5, which made it bigger and gave it more colors.pp. 79-80, Mega Man V review, openingPublisher
Some of Mega Man 5's bosses came from a design contest held in Japan, which drew 130,000 entries.pp. 79-80, Mega Man contest pagePublisher
Nintendo Power's review called the control outstanding and the graphics great, and found nothing bad about the game unless the player wanted more variety; it rated the game 3.9 for graphics and sound, 4.0 for play control, 3.9 for challenge, and 3.7 for theme and fun, out of 5.p. 105, Now Playingp. 105, Now Playingp. 105, Now Playingp. 107, Power Meterp. 107, Power Meter keyp. 107, Power Meter keyMagazine