Official Nintendo Magazine August 2008 Issue 32 Mario Super Sluggers Smash Bros SKU 1516

Original Official Nintendo Magazine – Issue 32, August 2008, focused heavily on Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS games, with Mario Super Sluggers taking the main cover position.

Magazine: Official Nintendo Magazine
Issue: 32
Full Date: August 2008
SKU: 1516

The cover features Mario in baseball gear swinging a bat, promoting Mario Super Sluggers under the headline “Mario Strikes Back!”. Other prominent cover features include Super Smash Bros., Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the return of the Rabbids, and coverage of upcoming Wii titles.

MAGAZINE CONTENT

The photographed contents pages show a strong mix of Wii and Nintendo DS coverage.

Major Wii previews and features include:

• Summer Sports Special
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked
• SimCity Creator
• Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
• Family Trainer
• Ferrari Challenge

Reviews and additional coverage include:

• Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
• Alone in the Dark
• Opoona
• Samurai Shodown
• Family Table Tennis
• Big Beach Sports
• Pokémon Puzzle League
• My Pokémon Ranch

Nintendo DS content includes:

• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
• Final Fantasy Tactics A2
• Space Invaders Extreme
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
• LEGO Indiana Jones
• Arkanoid DS
• The Incredible Hulk
• Doodle Hex

FEATURED ARTICLES

The contents pages also show several notable editorial features:

• Watch And Learn – coverage of Nintendo’s Game & Watch history
• An Audience With Masahiro Sakurai – interview feature with the creator associated with Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• The Making Of LostWinds – behind-the-scenes coverage of the WiiWare title
• Mario Super Sluggers – major feature on the baseball-themed Mario game

There are also game guides covering:

• Mario Kart Wii
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Boom Blox

This makes the issue particularly appealing to collectors interested in the Wii era, Smash Bros., Mario, Nintendo developers and late-2000s gaming.

CONDITION

The magazine is in used vintage condition with visible age and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• noticeable rubbing and general surface wear to the front cover
• light creasing and handling marks across the cover
• edge wear, particularly along the spine and lower edges
• corners show some rubbing and minor bending
• small marks and scuffs are visible on the white cover areas
• the internal pages shown remain bright, clean and readable
• no major internal tears are visible in the photographed pages
• the magazine appears complete from the pages shown, but only photographed contents can be confirmed

Please inspect all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description.

ORIGINAL FREE GIFTS / EXTRAS

The front cover originally advertises “2 Great Free Gifts”, described as a Collector’s Edition Nintendo art book and a Wii sticker sheet.

These original free gifts are NOT included with this copy.

Any other original promotional items, inserts, gifts, stickers, supplements, discs or extras that may originally have been supplied with the magazine are also not included unless specifically shown in the photographs.

PACKAGING

This magazine will be packed carefully for shipping.

UK orders: Sent in a hardback envelope.

International orders: Sent in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during transit.