Official Nintendo Magazine September 2009 Scribblenauts Metroid Prime Layton SKU 1467

Original Official Nintendo Magazine – Issue 46, September 2009, covering Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS releases from the period.

This issue has a particularly distinctive Scribblenauts cover featuring Maxwell surrounded by illustrated objects and characters representing the game's object-summoning concept. The main cover story describes Scribblenauts as an ambitious Nintendo DS title built around imaginative problem solving and the ability to summon a huge variety of objects.

The magazine covers a broad selection of Nintendo DS and Wii games, previews and reviews, making it a strong period gaming collectible.

Main Cover Feature – Scribblenauts

The principal feature is Scribblenauts, with Maxwell taking centre stage on the front cover.

The cover artwork shows numerous objects and characters associated with the game's open-ended puzzle mechanics, including:

• Maxwell
• Dinosaur / dragon-style creatures
• Wizard
• Duck
• Sailing boat
• Piano
• Telephone box
• Aircraft / airship
• Shop building
• Gardening / lawn equipment
• Various imaginative objects drawn around Maxwell

Inside, Scribblenauts begins on page 36 and is promoted as an extensive hands-on feature exploring the game's unusual vocabulary-driven gameplay and enormous range of possible objects.

Games & Characters Featured

The photographed contents show substantial coverage of both Wii and Nintendo DS titles.

Notable games include:

Nintendo DS

• Scribblenauts
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
• Professor Layton and Pandora's Box
• Kirby Super Star Ultra
• Flipnote Studio
• Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
• Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver
• LEGO Battles
• Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince
• Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits

Nintendo Wii

• Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
• A Boy and His Blob
• Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
• FIFA 10
• Sin & Punishment 2
• Endless Ocean 2
• Bit.Trip Core
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
• Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest
• Metroid Prime Trilogy
• Ashes Cricket 2009
• Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits

Further games visible in the magazine's A–Z section include:

• 42 All-Time Classics
• Asphalt: Urban GT 2
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Blazing Angels
• Bomberman Land Touch!
• Cars
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
• English Training
• Far Cry Vengeance
• FIFA 07
• Final Fantasy V Advance
• GT Pro Series
• Harvest Moon Wii
• LEGO Star Wars II
• Madden NFL 07
• 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
• Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?
• Scurge: Hive
• 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

Other Major Features

The contents page also advertises:

The ONM Mystery Casebook – page 28
A retrospective-style feature looking through mysteries, rumours and stories from Nintendo history.

Alone In The Dark: The Metroid Story – page 70
A major Metroid Prime Trilogy feature celebrating the release of the compilation and looking back across Samus Aran's adventures.

The Heat Is On – page 96
A feature comparing traditional summer activities with videogaming alternatives.

Game Guide: Wii Sports Resort – page 114
A guide covering the events and activities in Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort.

Magazine Details

Publication: Official Nintendo Magazine
Issue: 46
Full Date: September 2009
Format: Nintendo gaming magazine
Platforms Covered: Nintendo Wii / Nintendo DS
Main Cover Game: Scribblenauts
Main Cover Character: Maxwell
Publisher: Future Publishing
Language: English
SKU: 1467

Condition

Pre-owned gaming magazine showing genuine signs of previous handling and storage. Please study all photographs closely as they form an important part of the condition description.

Visible condition points include:

• Front cover remains bright, colourful and clearly readable.
• Top-right corner has noticeable creasing/folding with associated edge wear.
• Top edge has some light handling wear and small creases.
• Bottom-left corner has noticeable rubbing, compression and paper wear.
• Lower front edge has some light creasing and small nicks.
• There is a visible crease/handling mark around the lower central area of the front cover.
• Spine shows general rubbing and age-related handling wear.
• Right-hand edge has light wear.
• Cover has some minor surface marks and handling impressions consistent with a used magazine.
• Internally, the photographed pages remain bright, colourful and easily readable.
• Contents spread appears complete and securely bound.
• Some internal page edges display mild waviness / handling creasing.
• Back cover is present and features an advertisement for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord for WiiWare.
• Back cover shows some light surface marks and corner/edge wear.
• No obvious writing is visible in the supplied photographs.
• No poster is visible in the supplied images and therefore no poster is being advertised as included.

Overall this is a good used collector/reader copy, with noticeable corner and edge wear but strong colour, intact photographed pages and an excellent selection of late-2000s Nintendo Wii and DS content.

SKU 1467