Official Nintendo Magazine Issue 106

This issue was cover-dated April 2014 and cost £4.50.

Incoming
The Big Story - Joe Skrebels - 2 pages (8-9)


 * News Editor Joe Skrebels explains how, if Wii U sales seem out of control, it's the controller's allure that will see Nintendo succeed once again.

Mouthpiece - Christopher Robin Miller - 2 pages (10-11)


 * You may not know the face, but you surely know the voice. This is none other than Christopher Robin Miller, aka: Professor Hershel Layton.

World of Nintendo - 2 pages (12-13)


 * A load of dots in the shape of a map, covered in some stories about Nintendo.

MiiVerse
Mii Plaza - 2 pages (18-19)


 * Check out what's hot in the Official Nintendo Magazine community this month.

Connect - 2 pages (20-21)


 * How do you communicate with ONM? Let us count the ways...

ONM Rant - 2 pages (22-23)


 * EShop Needs A Rethink, Not Just Slashed Prices - Alex Dale

Network - 2 pages (24-25) Smash Update - 2 pages (26-27)
 * Pokemon X &amp; Y: Pokebank (Online) - 3 stars - 1 page (24)
 * Spin the Bottle Update Pack #1 - 3 stars - 1 page (25)


 * Picking through the month's Super Smash Bros. news, with a little help from our friends...

Features
The A-Z of Super Smash Bros. - 8 pages (30-37)


 * What makes the supremely entertaining multiplayer brawler so special is the love poured by Nintendo into every frame. Such a loving tribute to the big N deserves a celebration of its own, so here's an alphabetically ordered list of reasons why Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS is the most exciting game of 2014.

Might Makes Wright - 4 pages (62-65)


 * Ace Attorney creator, Shu Takumi, talks us through 10 years of finger pointing and excessive shouting.

Clash of the Crime Stoppers - 4 pages (66-69)


 * Eight of the greatest super-sleuths in Nintendo history lock wits in a special, single-elimination tournament to crown the ultimate Digital Dick Tracy.

What the Hell is Link Doing in Dynasty Warriors? - 6 pages (92-97)

Previews
Sonic Boom (Wii U / 3DS) - Justin Towell - 4 pages (42-45)

Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) - Chris Schilling - 2 pages (46-47)

Hometown Story (3DS) - Joe Skrebels - 1 page (48)

Moon Chronicles (3DS eShop) - Tom Sykes - 1 page (49)

Teslagrad (Wii U) - Simon Parkin - 1 page (50)

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut (Wii U eShop) - Matthew Castle - 1 page (51)

Bayonetta 2 (Wii U) - Chris Schilling - 2 pages (52-53)

Mario Golf: World Tour (3DS) - Tom Sykes - 1 page (54)

LEGO The Hobbit (Wii U / 3DS) - Joe Skrebels - 1 page (55)

X|Monolith's X (Wii U) - Simon Parkin - 2 pages (56-57)

Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (3DS) - Tom Sykes - 1 page (58)

Hero Bank (3DS) - Tom Sykes - 1 page (59)

Continue
Rewind: Yoshi's Island - Michael Gapper - 2 pages (100-101)

Time Capsule - Alex Dale - 2 pages (102-103)


 * Top 10 Mario Kart games that don't feature Mario Kart

Classic Moment - Simon Parkin - 2 pages (104-105)


 * The Tetris Shuttle - Tetris

The best of... Legends Professor Layton vs... - 1 page (114)
 * Nintendo Wii U - 2 pages (106-107)
 * Nintendo 3DS & 2DS - 2 pages (108-109)
 * Nintendo 3DS & 2DS eShop - 1 page (112)
 * Nintendo Wii U eShop - 1 page (113)
 * Nintendo Wii - Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure - 1 page (110)
 * Nintendo DS - Rhythm Paradise - 1 page (111)

Other Credits
News Editor
 * Joe Skrebels

Video Producer
 * Gavin Murphy

Video Assistant


 * Tom Hockin

Production Editor
 * Jim Findlay

Acting Art Editor
 * Will Morse

Contributors
 * Alex Dale, Matthew Elliott, Michael Gapper, Mark Mitchell, Simon Parkin, Al Parr, Chris Schilling, Tom Sykes, Justin Towell