Official Nintendo Magazine September 2007 Mario Collector's Edition Special SKU 1516

Original Official Nintendo Magazine Special Edition – Issue 09, September 2007, produced as a dedicated Mario Collector’s Edition celebrating the history, characters, games and return of Nintendo’s most famous mascot.

Magazine: Official Nintendo Magazine – Special Edition
Issue: 09
Full Date: September 2007
Theme: Mario Collector’s Edition
SKU: 1516

The front cover is dominated by a large action image of Mario, with the colourful MARIO Collector’s Edition branding across the top. The cover strap reads “Back With A Bang!” and promotes coverage ranging from Donkey Kong through to Super Mario Galaxy, making this a particularly Mario-focused collectible from the Wii-era Official Nintendo Magazine run.

FEATURED CONTENT

The photographed contents page confirms this is a dedicated Mario special rather than a standard monthly issue.

Major features include:

• The History of Mario – a substantial retrospective covering Mario’s history and development
• Mariobilia – Mario-related merchandise and collectables from across the years
• Super Cameo Bros. – appearances made by Mario outside his own main games
• Mariovision – coverage of Mario’s appearances in cartoons and film
• Hidden Treasures – rare and unreleased Mario games
• Controllable Chaos – enemies and characters from Mario’s history

PREVIEWS

Featured previews include:

• Super Mario Galaxy
• Mario Kart Wii
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
• Mario Party DS

These make the issue a strong period piece from the build-up to several important Wii and DS releases.

CHARACTER PROFILES

Dedicated character profile sections are shown for:

• Luigi
• Bowser
• Princess Peach

The contents photography also prominently features Mario, Bowser, Luigi and Wario artwork throughout the issue.

GAME GUIDES

The magazine includes guide material for classic Mario titles, including:

• New Super Mario Bros.
• Super Paper Mario
• Mario Strikers Charged Football
• Super Mario Bros. 1, 2 and 3

The contents page also references coverage across GBA, DS, GameCube, Wii and Virtual Console, making the magazine useful as a retrospective of several generations of Nintendo hardware.

CONDITION

This is a well-used vintage gaming magazine with significant visible storage and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• substantial wear along the top edge, including pronounced creasing, crushing and small splits/tears
• noticeable wear and compression along the bottom edge
• bottom corners are heavily rubbed and knocked
• upper corners show bending and impact wear
• visible rubbing, scratches and surface marks to the front cover
• front cover remains attached and the main artwork remains bright and presentable
• spine area shows general handling wear and creasing
• internal photographed pages remain readable and colourful
• page edges show age/use wear
• magazine does not lie perfectly flat due to previous storage and handling

This is therefore better suited to a collector who accepts visible age-related wear rather than someone looking for a near-mint example.

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

ORIGINAL EXTRAS / FREE GIFTS

Any original free gifts, promotional items, posters, supplements, cards, stickers, discs or other extras that may originally have accompanied this magazine are no longer included unless they are specifically shown in the photographs.

The sale is for the magazine and the contents/items actually shown only.

PACKAGING

The magazine will be packed carefully to help protect it during transit.

UK orders: Sent in a hardback envelope.

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