NGamer Magazine is a British magazine specialising in Nintendo created consoles; the first issue was released on July 13, 2006. It is the successor publication to N64/NGC Magazine (1997-2006) and Super Play (1992-1996), continuing the unique style of those magazines. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... July 13 is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Future Publishing (FTSE:FUTR) is a magazine publishing company based in Bath, UK. Future Publishing employs more than 1,500 people worldwide, and is one of the largest publishing houses in the UK. It is responsible for publishing over 150 magazines, in the UK, US, France and Italy. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a popular video game console. ... July 13 is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Super PLAY (often abbreviated SP) is a Swedish video game magazine. ...

Sections

NGamer has the following sections or features in its magazine. This is subject to change as new issues are published.

Welcome!

This is simply where the editor (currently Mark Green) has an introduction of himself and the magazine. It also features a mini contents of everything on the cover, and the full credits for the magazine.

Contents

Where everything in the magazine is given its corresponding page number.

NGExpress

A round-up of news, rumours, gossip, facts and opinions. Also occasionally include a one-page interview (known as NGamer Interview), and a release schedule for Wii and Nintendo DS.

News Blast

This section contains a page of pictures, each accompanied by a couple of sentences describing a rumour or news story of the month. It also usually contains the charts for British Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo GameCube game sales, as well as international charts. The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ... “NDS” redirects here. ... The Nintendo GameCube , GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ...

Preview

This section gives previews of upcoming games on Nintendo systems. The major previews can vary in length from one to six pages, with a double page spread at the end in which other games "they didn't have space for" receive small pictures and paragraphs each. It also has an NGamer Diary, in which each member of the NGamer team writes a short article about their current favourite upcoming game. Although primarily for comical purposes, it does give away small bits of information.

Reviews

This section has reviews for all games already out or out very soon. It has a front page explaining how they score as well as a mini contents section. It then has bios for each member of the NGamer staff, with a small box for each one profiling them and giving their answers to select questions. As well as UK releases, NGamer also reviews the major Japanese and American releases and has a 'roundup' of other games at the end of the section.

Feature

A section of the magazine that contains a special feature on a certain subject. A past example of this was "20 Magical Nintendo Moments", a list of the staff's favourite obscure, forgotten or hard-to-reach moments in Nintendo games. In some issues this has been integrated into the World of Nintendo section (see below).

World of Nintendo

Almost a tribute to Nintendo, this section is varied. Over the life of the magazine it has contained:

• A "20 Nintendo Happenings" double page spread, detailing odd Nintendo-related events, websites or objects that the team have discovered.
• A tips section or walkthrough solution for a specific game (past examples including New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Strikers Charged.
• One or two articles that can contain anything - examples include a guide to the toughest stages of the Super Monkey Ball series and a double-page spread of pictures showing 100 ways that Mario has been able to die in his series of games.
• A Top Tips section, where readers can send in tips for various games, and NGamer gives its own, usually for recently-released games.
• A section about what people have done Nintendo-wise outside of gaming, for example, getting Nintendo tattoos, modifying an NES, and creating a cardboard Wii.
• An interview with a video game developer, for example Yasuhiro Wada, the creator of Harvest Moon.
• A competition page.

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Mailbox

The letters section of the magazine, where letters, emails and texts from readers are published. The majority of the section comprises several letters sent in by readers, with the editor replying to each one. It also contains many mini-sections (some of which originated in predecessor N64 Magazine), including:

• "Star Letter", where the best letter received is displayed, with the reader who wrote the letter winning a prize, usually a Wii game or some DS games. Past star letters have ranged from standard letters to poetry.
• "Correction Corner", where readers point out errors in previous issues, including spelling mistakes, inaccurate information, and printing errors. Also occasionally featured alongside it is "Not Correction Corner", where letters are displayed from readers pointing out mistakes that aren't actually mistakes.
• "Bonus Letters", where bizarre excerpts from letters that didn't make the main section are printed, usually with a humorous reply from the editor.
• "So Tell Me This...", a Q&A section where the NGamer team attempt to answer questions that readers send in.
• "Mini Poll", a small section that asks a question where people can text in their choice. Previous results are shown below the current question.
• A section containg the best text messages received.
• An art section where the best artwork sent in is displayed.
• A section displaying the best messages sent by readers to NGamer's Wii consoles. Also a few pictures of the best Miis sent in are displayed, in pictures labelled "From You to Mii".
• A section containing jokes that readers have sent in.

Download

This section is dedicated to retro gaming and fielded by "R.O.B.'s brother: DR64". It contains: The Robotic Operating Buddy R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) was an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. ...

• A "History Lesson" section which looks at the story of a video game company, character, console or game series - past examples have included the MSX and the Mega Drive.
• A section called "The Way We Were", which takes a look back at an old issue of either Super Play or N64/NGC Magazine.
• A section on the Wii's Virtual Console, including announcements and rumours of upcoming games, a list of every VC game released so far, and a challenge section where the staff challenge the readers to beat their high scores or best times on select VC games.

Occasionally there is another retro-related article - one of example of this was a two-issue game on how to make an arcade joystick for use with the Wii. A logo from Nintendos Virtual Console website Virtual Console ), sometimes abbreviated as VC, is a specialized section of the Wii Shop, a video game download service that is currently offered by Nintendo for its Wii gaming console. ...

Online Desk

A double-page section dedicated to Nintendo on the Internet, including information on upcoming games that will use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, choice websites that can be viewed on the Wii's Internet Channel, and a section on flash games that are compatible with the Wii Remote. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection logo Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is an online service run by Nintendo to facilitate free Internet play in compatible Nintendo DS and Wii games. ...

Meanwhile...

An unusual double-page spread which summarises key new titles and news related to non-Nintendo platforms: the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation Portable for example. The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged... The PlayStation Portable , officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ...

Subscribe

A double-page spread describing how to subscribe to NGamer. Currently a free Wii branded bag is given away for doing so. The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ...

NGamer Directory

Conatins a list of every Wii game on release, along with a summary and review score for each one. The Directory also lists NGamer's Top 15 DS and GameCube games, and their top five GBA games. It also contains a small mini-section where each member of staff says what they are currently playing, and a mini-section showing the attempt of each member of staff to draw a well=known video game character using the DS's PictoChat.

Next Month

This is a single page previewing the next issue.

The Back Page

In early issues the last page of the magazine was a quiz that gave readers a chance to win a prize - previous prizes including a Nintendo DS Lite. However, the questions were very hard and could only be answered by someone who had read the magazine cover to cover, as it asked very obscure questions. Currently it contains a random image, such as an early photograph of Mark Green trying to play professional wrestlers at a wrestling game on Nintendo 64, however for issue 12 the staff have requested readers to send in Nintendo-related photos of themselves to fill the page. This page also contains "The Last Gasp", which contains four or five items that either didn't fit in anywhere else or only added just before the magazine went to press. The Nintendo DS Lite ) sometimes abbreviated DSLite, or simply Lite, sold as the iQue DS Lite in China, is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ...

Top scored games

In Issue 1, the magazine printed their revised review scores for GameCube, GBA and DS games; made by intense negotiation by the staffers. This was because they felt that NGC Magazine's review scores had been too lenient, so they used a stricter scoring system. This stricter system is used for all NGamer's reviews.

(List complete as of Issue 12)

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NGTV

NGTV is the name applied to the DVD given away with each issue of NGamer. Each 'episode' contains footage of both newly released and upcoming games, as well as other footage of interest, for example of little-known or unreleased Mario titles (Episode 2) or retro games that the NGamer staff would like to appear on the Wii's Virtual Console (Episode 3). Episodes 3 and 4 have both featured commentary by editor Mark Green, with Episode 4 containing a documentary of some of the NGamer team going to test the Wii. Episode 5 contained a video walkthrough of the first few dungeons and villages in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Episode 6 contained a video walkthrough to the last five dungeons of The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess, as well as a video guide showing small easter-eggs that can be done on the Wii. Episode 7 showed a detailed Virtual Console review guide, as well as a review for Pokémon Battle Revolution, and a guide to importing Japanese Wiis and games. Retro is a term used to describe the culture of the past. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ... A logo from Nintendos Virtual Console website Virtual Console ), sometimes abbreviated as VC, is a specialized section of the Wii Shop, a video game download service that is currently offered by Nintendo for its Wii gaming console. ... A logo from Nintendos Virtual Console website Virtual Console ), sometimes abbreviated as VC, is a specialized section of the Wii Shop, a video game download service that is currently offered by Nintendo for its Wii gaming console. ... Pokémon Battle Revolution ) is the first Pokémon game on Nintendos Wii home console. ...

Dutch [N]Gamer

There is another Nintendo magazine named NGamer (alternative spelling: [N]Gamer), of Dutch origin with no links whatsoever to the UK's NGamer magazine.. It is published bi-monthly and is the longest running Nintendo-related publication in the Benelux. This magazine predates the British version by three years; its first issue was released in 2003. Other than the similar name and the shared specialization, they are wholly unrelated. Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Location of Benelux in Europe Official languages Dutch and French Membership  Belgium  Netherlands  Luxembourg Website http://www. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official Site
• Official Subscription Site
• Dutch NGamer site

Trivia

• To tie in with the many 'Wii' gags made when the console's new name was finally unveiled, a joke was made that 'some of us (NGamer team) wanted to rename the magazine "GameN". They were outvoted'.