Nintendo Gives Us A Magazine

I think the loss of dedicated magazines is one of the biggest that has hit the videogame hobby. Books which were, at least in the early days, real hobbyist literature; written by fans and for fans. Magazines haven’t gone away entirely, and Nintendo has decided that they want to give us one, for free! Digitally, at least.

Now, it’s not quite what I was writing about above. This magazine is more of an advertisement than a passionate extolling of our favourite game that month. Basically, Nintendo releases a magazine in Japan to give everyone a look at what’s out and what’s coming up for Nintendo. This ‘Summer’ magazine has been translated and made available for fans outside of Japan to have a gander—though remember that this is meant for Japanese audiences, so dates and such might not be accurate to people outside of Japan.

If you want to read the magazine, you can do so here.

Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Something I’m doing at the moment? Returning to the black hole that is Football Manager.