Official Nintendo Magazine May 2009 Rabbids Go Home Mario Sonic Layton SKU 1467

Original Official Nintendo Magazine – Issue 42, May 2009, covering Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS games, previews, reviews and features from the period.

This issue has a particularly strong Rabbids Go Home theme, with the Rabbids dominating the front cover alongside the game’s distinctive green-suited characters. The cover promotes the game as the Rabbids’ first major adventure and also highlights new material for Mario & Sonic, Professor Layton, Ghostbusters and Rock Band 2.

Main Cover Feature – Rabbids Go Home

The principal feature is Rabbids Go Home, with the contents page showing a substantial preview beginning on page 32.

The issue presents the Rabbids in their chaotic comedy style, with the cover artwork showing multiple Rabbids riding in and around a shopping trolley while being chased through an urban setting.

This makes the issue especially collectable for fans of:

• Rabbids Go Home
• Rayman / Rabbids
• Ubisoft-era Wii games
• Nintendo Wii collecting
• Late-2000s Nintendo magazines

Other Major Games & Features

The contents pages show a wide selection of Wii and Nintendo DS material.

Nintendo Wii coverage includes:

• Rabbids Go Home
• Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
• Resident Evil / Resident Evil Zero
• Indiana Jones & The Staff of Kings
• Ghostbusters: The Video Game
• The Conduit
• Ikenie no Yoru
• Overlord: Dark Legend
• Punch-Out!!
• A Boy and His Blob
• Rock Band 2
• Super Punch-Out!!
• Little King’s Story
• Jungle Speed
• Club Penguin
• Family Table Tennis
• Trivial Pursuit
• Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
• MySims Party
• Ultimate Band

Nintendo DS Coverage

The Nintendo DS section includes:

• Pop Plus: Solo
• Mr Driller
• 3D Picross
• Rhythm Paradise
• Disgaea DS
• Lux-Pain
• Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume
• Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
• Suikoden Tierkreis
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Stardust Accelerator
• 2009 World Championships
• EA Sports Football Academy

Other Notable Features

The contents page also shows:

• Special Report: New Zelda!
• ONM At The Movies
• Virtual Reality
• The Making Of… House of the Dead: Overkill
• Game Guide: Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars
• Nintendo news and previews
• Wii and DS reviews
• Reader material
• Regular gaming features

The cover also advertises new Mario & Sonic screens, as well as coverage of Professor Layton, Ghostbusters and Rock Band 2.

Magazine Details

Publication: Official Nintendo Magazine
Issue: 42
Full Date: May 2009
Publisher: Future Publishing
Platforms: Nintendo Wii / Nintendo DS
Main Cover Game: Rabbids Go Home
Other Featured Games: Mario & Sonic, Professor Layton, Ghostbusters, Rock Band 2
Language: English
SKU: 1467

Condition

Pre-owned magazine with visible signs of normal age, handling and storage.

From the supplied photographs:

• Front cover remains colourful and attractive.
• Light surface rubbing and minor handling marks are visible.
• Some edge wear is present, especially along the spine and outer edges.
• Small amounts of corner wear are visible.
• Minor creasing and light waviness are visible around the cover edges.
• Spine appears intact with general rubbing from storage.
• Internal pages shown appear clean, bright and firmly attached.
• Contents spread remains clear and legible.
• No obvious writing is visible in the photographed pages.
• Back cover is present and advertises Ready 2 Rumble Revolution for Wii.
• Back cover shows light handling wear and minor edge/corner wear.
• Magazine appears complete from the photographed condition, although only the pages shown have been inspected visually.

Overall, a good used collector’s copy of a strong late-2000s Official Nintendo Magazine issue, particularly appealing for its extensive Rabbids Go Home, Mario & Sonic, Professor Layton, Ghostbusters and Rock Band 2 coverage.

SKU 1467