Official Nintendo Magazine September 2011 Star Fox 64 3D Xenoblade Resident Evil SKU 1467

Original The Official Nintendo Magazine – Issue 72, September 2011, published by Future.

This is a particularly strong Nintendo-era issue with Star Fox 64 3D taking centre stage. The front cover features Fox McCloud piloting an Arwing, surrounded by additional spacecraft, laser fire, explosions and a space-battle backdrop. The headline promotes the return of Star Fox 64, making this an attractive issue for Star Fox, Nintendo 3DS and retro gaming collectors.

The lower cover also prominently advertises Resident Evil, Xenoblade and Super Mario coverage.

Main Feature – Star Fox 64 3D

The contents page confirms a substantial Star Fox 64 3D review on page 82, describing it as the classic Nintendo title returning in updated form.

The cover artwork is especially displayable, with:

• Fox McCloud clearly visible inside his Arwing
• Multiple Arwing spacecraft
• Space combat and laser effects
• Explosions and asteroid imagery
• Large “Fantastic Mr. Fox” cover headline
• Star Fox 64 branding strongly represented throughout the issue

Major Games & Features

The contents pages show a broad selection of Nintendo 3DS, Wii and DS material.

Featured previews include:

• Resident Evil: Revelations
• Rayman Origins
• Just Dance 3 / Tintin
• Fortune Street
• Paper Mario
• Picture Lives! / FIFA 12 / James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
• Kirby: Mass Attack

Reviews Include

• Star Fox 64 3D
• Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Double Dragon / Qix
• Fairy Tale / Captain America: Super Soldier / Transformers: Dark of the Moon / Cars 2
• Kirby’s Dream Land
• Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar
• Mario’s Picross
• Captain America: Super Soldier
• Williams Pinball Classics
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• Xenoblade Chronicles

The contents page also highlights Xenoblade Chronicles as a major RPG feature and review, making this a useful issue for collectors of the Xenoblade series.

Other Nintendo Features

The issue also includes editorial and retrospective material such as:

• Next-Gen Starts Now: Developers Talk Wii U
• Mario in Motion: Latest trailers dissected
• Your adventures in Augmented Reality
• 24 Things You Didn’t Know About Ocarina
• The Life and Times of the Game Boy Advance
• Pokémon Guide material
• New Pikmin discussion
• Nintendo history and hardware coverage
• Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS directory sections
• Games reviews, previews and regular features

The contents photography also prominently shows material relating to Resident Evil: Revelations, Xenoblade Chronicles, Star Fox and Nintendo’s upcoming hardware direction at the time.

Magazine Details

Magazine: The Official Nintendo Magazine
Issue: 72
Full Date: September 2011
Publisher: Future
Main Cover Game: Star Fox 64 3D
Main Character: Fox McCloud
Other Major Games: Xenoblade Chronicles, Resident Evil: Revelations, Super Mario, Kirby, Pokémon, Paper Mario
Format: UK gaming magazine
Language: English

Condition

Pre-owned vintage gaming magazine with visible signs of previous handling and storage.

From the supplied photographs:

• Front cover remains very bright and colourful with strong Star Fox artwork.
• Some light surface rubbing and handling marks are visible across the glossy cover.
• Minor edge wear is visible, particularly around the spine and lower edges.
• Corners show light rubbing and small handling bends.
• There is a small amount of wear along the top edge.
• Spine appears intact and the magazine remains properly bound.
• Interior contents pages shown are clean, colourful and clearly readable.
• Pages appear reasonably flat with only light age-related waviness/handling.
• No obvious writing or heavy staining is visible in the photographed areas.
• Back cover is present and features a Nintendo 3DS advertising campaign with Pac-Man imagery and several 3DS game cases.
• Back cover shows light surface and edge wear consistent with normal storage.
• No major tears or significant missing sections are visible in the supplied photographs.

Overall, this presents as a good used collector’s copy, with ordinary cosmetic wear but strong cover appeal and excellent Nintendo gaming content.

SKU 1467