[1] The magazine includes staff members from Destructoid, GoNintendo, IGN, Nintendojo, 1Up.com, and the writer and founder of the online comic Brawl in the Family, and Nintendo World Report, among others.

The debut issue had 80 pages, including a review of Fire Emblem: Awakening and a preview of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon as its main overview.

Force has a larger section on retro games, and also includes many full-color comics, a feature Nintendo Power used less often in its later issues.

The highest rated games so far are EarthBound, Super Mario Bros. 2, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, each scored a perfect 10.

Throughout the magazine, there are two or three comics per issue related to Nintendo games, including one by webcomic Brawl in the Family's artist Matthew Taranto.

The games with a 9.0 are Fire Emblem Awakening, Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan and Animal Crossing: New Leaf.