Nintendo Power seeking kids' creative power!   REDMOND, WA - If you don't believe in gypsies and your crystal ball is cracked, let Nintendo Power predict the future of entertainment in technology through the imaginations of students nationwide. Combining video games, creative design and personal invention, Nintendo Power, Nintendo's monthly magazine, will hold the "Design the Video Game of the Future" contest for kids nationwide focusing on the theme of technology in the 21st century. Mailed directly to teachers for classroom participation, the contest invites students to use their imaginations and have fun while designing an original magazine cover featuring a video game product from the year 2064. One lucky grand prize contest winner will receive a trip to Nintendo headquarters as "editor-of-the-day" to help produce Nintendo Power's August issue featuring their own winning design. "Nintendo Power magazine has always been committed to providing a creative outlet for kids," said Gail Tilden, editor-in-chief, Nintendo Power. "Nintendo Power's `Design the Video Game of the Future' contest is the latest opportunity for children to explore skills that have become crucial to wide-ranging careers in journalism and technology, such as those required to work at Nintendo Power." Promotion of the "Design the Video Game of the Future" contest includes an in-school mailing to 50,000 computer teachers and school librarians in grades 5-12 in 35,000 schools across the country. Contest information will also be featured in Nintendo Power's March issue as well as on Nintendo Power Source, the magazine's on-line edition, to allow kids nationwide to participate. The contest entry period begins on March 15, 1997, and will be open until April 15, 1997. Contest entries will be collected throughthe mail with winning entries featured in Nintendo Power's August issue. The grand prize winning entry will also be posted electronically on Nintendo Power Source. In addition to the grand prize Nintendo trip, Nintendo Power will donate a multimedia computer system to the grand prize winner's school. The top five entries in each grade category will also receive his or her very own Nintendo 64 home video game system. About Nintendo Power Nintendo Power is published monthly by Nintendo of America Inc. With a printed circulation of nearly 750,000 and a projected2.5 million pass-along readership, Nintendo Power is the most widely read video game publication in North America. About Nintendo Nintendo Co. Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, is the leader in the worldwide $15 billion retail video game industry. Nintendo and its international subsidiaries have sold more than 1 billion video games worldwide. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America, based in Redmond, serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere, where more than 40 percent of American homes own a Nintendo system.