Nintendo Official Magazine November 2006 Red Steel Wii Mario Strikers SKU 1467

Original Nintendo: The Official Magazine – November 2006, from the period immediately surrounding the launch of the Nintendo Wii.

This is a particularly interesting issue for Nintendo collectors because the magazine is heavily focused on the then-new Wii hardware and its launch line-up. The front cover is built around a large image of the Wii Remote, alongside characters from Red Steel, with prominent cover text announcing official Wii release-date, price and launch-game news.

The cover also advertises an exclusive Red Steel preview, making this a strong period piece from the Wii launch era.

Featured Games & Characters

From the photographed contents and cover, games featured include:

• Red Steel – major feature / preview, page 60
• Mario Strikers Charged
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: March of the Minis
• Micro Machines V4
• Monster 4x4 World Circuit
• Open Season
• Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
• The Original Trilogy [DS]
• The Original Trilogy [GC]
• Harvest Moon Wii
• GT Pro Series
• Final Fantasy V Advance
• FIFA 07
• Far Cry Vengeance
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
• Cars
• Bomberman Land Touch!
• Blazing Angels
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Asphalt: Urban GT 2
• 42 All-Time Classics
• Madden NFL 07
• Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?
• Scurge: Hive
• The Settlers
• Sonic and the Secret Rings
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature From the Krusty Krab
• Tomb Raider: Legend
• Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
• Winx Club: Quest for the Codex

The photographed contents spread is especially dominated by Red Steel, showing the game's male and female characters flanking an oversized Wii Remote graphic.

Wii Launch-Era Content

The front cover prominently promotes:

“Official News! Wii Release Date, Price + Launch Games”

This makes the issue a nice historical snapshot of Nintendo's marketing and coverage right around the launch of the Wii console.

The cover also includes a “Win A Wii!” competition promotion.

Free DS Case

The original front cover advertises:

“Free DS Case! Protect your DS and DS Lite”

However, no separate DS case is shown in the supplied photographs, so this listing should be treated as magazine only unless the original free gift is separately confirmed to be present.

Magazine Details

Title: Nintendo: The Official Magazine
Date: November 2006
Publisher: Future Publishing
Main Cover Feature: Red Steel / Nintendo Wii
Format: Gaming magazine
Language: English
SKU: 1470

Condition

Pre-owned vintage gaming magazine with noticeable signs of previous handling and storage. Please study all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description.

Visible points include:

• Front cover remains bright and clearly readable.
• Noticeable creasing and crumpling along the bottom edge, particularly around the central area beneath the Wii Remote image.
• Bottom-left corner has creasing, rubbing and edge wear.
• Lower front edge shows some small nicks / compression from handling.
• Spine has general rubbing and handling wear.
• Top edge shows some light wear and minor waviness.
• Top-right corner has a small amount of bending / corner wear.
• Right-hand edge shows light handling wear.
• Some light surface marks and general age-related rubbing are visible on the cover.
• Internal photographed pages remain bright, colourful and clearly readable.
• The photographed contents spread has some minor page-edge waviness / handling creases.
• Binding appears intact in the supplied photographs.
• Back cover is present and carries a colourful Crash Tag Team Racing advertisement.
• No major missing sections are apparent from the photographs provided.
• Original advertised DS case is not shown and should not be assumed included.
• No poster is visible in the supplied photographs, so none is being advertised as included.

Overall, this is a good original reader/collector copy with visible handling wear, particularly around the lower cover edge, but still an attractive example of Nintendo's official magazine from the important Wii launch period.

SKU 1470