The magazine joined Metacritic in 2019 with its consistent stream of first-party and third-party video game reviews.

Soon after, Justin Sharp teamed up with James Higginbotham, and the website eventually turned its focus towards Nintendo-related news.

On September 11, 2012, Pure Nintendo launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the magazine and start a subscription service.

[3] The subscription service for the magazine began with the seventh issue for October and November 2012.

On January 24, 2013, Pure Media LLC., with the help of Ben Stitzer, released an app on Google Play to facilitate an interactive digital version of PNM.

[5] PNM was included in the May 2013 Loot Crate, a subscription box service, which featured the theme "Equip.

As of June 2014, Pure Nintendo officially announced that they have discontinued print subscriptions.

The Indie Spotlight is a section of PNM that highlights an independent game developer.

Let's Talk features short opinion pieces from the Pure Nintendo staff.

Topics typically revolve around gaming and occasionally touch on Nintendo specific subjects.

Three Pixel Puzzles are featured in each issue and are solved by filling in the appropriate amount of squares with the corresponding color.

After the puzzles are complete, the reader is left with a depiction of a colored in sprite of a Nintendo related object or character.

The Retro Review is a retrospective of a game from Nintendo's catalog of past titles.

Recipes have included rice crispy treat 'bombs' from The Legend of Zelda, Professor Layton Hint Coin cookies, Kingdom Hearts Sea Salt Ice Cream, and a cake from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

As of April 2020 and the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch, PNM revived the recurring spread to discuss tips, tricks and monthly gets from the newest addition of the Animal Crossing franchise.