This issue was cover-dated December 2013 and cost £4.50.
Incoming[]
The Big Story - Chandra Nair - 2 pages (16-17)
- Editor-In-Chief Chandra Nair struggles to contain himself at the prospect of three new Zelda games as we enter a purple patch in the series' rich history.
Mouthpiece - Eiji Aonuma - 2 pages (18-19)
- Wise, brave and powerful, Eiji Aonuma is the natural leader for Nintendo's Zelda team. This interview is the link between your world and his.
World of Nintendo - 2 pages (20-21)
- Go global with an entire planet's worth of the very hottest gaming news.
MiiVerse[]
Mii Plaza - 2 pages (26-27)
- Check out what's hot in the Official Nintendo Magazine community this month.
Connect - 2 pages (28-29)
- How do you communicate with ONM? Let us count the ways...
ONM Rant - 2 pages (30-31)
- It's Dangerous To Go Open World, Take This - Chris Schilling
Network - 2 pages (32-33)
- Pokemon X & Y (Online) - 4 stars - 1 page (32)
- Pikmin 3 Collect Treasure Pack - 4 stars - 0.5 page (33)
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist: Homeland DLC - 2 stars - 0.5 page (33)
Features[]
A Very Nintendo Christmas - 8 pages (38-45)
- 'Tis the season to be jolly? 'Tis with our guide to the ultimate Nintendo Christmas!
New Directions - 8 pages (56-63)
- With the help of five of eShop's most exciting developers, ONM finds out how Nintendo is finally embracing and changing the digital market.
Anatomy of a Murder - 4 pages (90-93)
- ONM interrogates Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies' creators to discover the secret to pulling off the perfect digital death...
Previews[]
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) - Matthew Castle - 4 pages (48-51)
Mighty No. 9 (Wii U / 3DS) - Matthew Castle - 1 page (52)
Hyper Light Drifter (Wii U) - Joe Skrebels - 1 page (53)
Wii Fit U (Wii U) - Ben Griffin - 2 pages (54-55)
Reviews[]
- Not so much a baby step into HD 3D platforming as a triple backflip onto a Goomba's dome. A constant source of joy, surprise and ideas, ideas, ideas.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
- Classic Zelda fare riddled with veins of audio-visual mastery and an inspired gameplay twist. The greatest Legend of Zelda title of recent years.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- A huge, almost constantly entertaining game. Brash, soulful and clever, it's astonishing that a title on a yearly schedule comes out this meaty.
- Like some work of over-stimulated fanfiction with a Tony Stark-size budget, this plays out with all the excess, in-jokes and idiocy that entails. Wonderful.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution: The Director's Cut
- Human Revolution respects how you like to play games and is good at all the things it attempts, from the stealth to the shooting to the RPG systems.
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
- A series so successful it sees no need to improve beyond its template, even for new hardware. It gets the gold medal for pig-headedness, at least.
- As smart a business decision as this might turn out to be in the long term, it'll never be the game-changing behemoth that it once, quite literally, was.
- Want open worlds? Go for Assassin's. Want heroes? LEGO Marvel. Looking for a dark corner to brood away the holidays? This may be the one for you.
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
- Compared to the superhero shovelware that usually hits 3DS, Blackgate is the real deal. Lumpy in places, thumpy in others, this is generally good fun.
Moshi Monsters: Katsuma Unleashed
- To think we played this straight after Super Mario 3D World. Ha! The doodads don't even make a noise, for pity's sake.
Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi
- Hypnotically odd, if some way from being in any way essential. Bookish gamers sre guaranteed to lap it up.
Disney Infinity: Toy Story Play Set
- One for the kids, if only because every edge has been rounded off in the quest for better profit margins.
- The very worst version of a game good enough to still be playable in spite of its journey through a meat grinder.
- Rubbish, but at least feels like the game that Capcom wanted to make without time constraints and compromises.
- This could have been the best scrolling beat 'em up ever if Virtual Console had unlocked the full power of Wii U.
Continue[]
Rewind: Banjo-Kazooie - Alex Dale - 2 pages (96-97)
Time Capsule - Ben Griffin - 2 pages (98-99)
- Christmas crackers - Home Alone, James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod, Batman Returns, Daze Before Christmas, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, Clayfighter 63 I/3, Banjo Kazooie, Animal Crossing, Elite Beat Agents, Bully
Classic Moment - Chandra Nair - 2 pages (100-101)
- Save Santa! - Secret of Mana
How to...
- Spot 3D World's little touches - 2 pages (102-103)
- Live the Hy-Life before Lorule - 2 pages (104-105)
The best of...
- Nintendo Wii U - 2 pages (106-107)
- Nintendo 3DS & 2DS - 2 pages (108-109)
- Nintendo 3DS & 2DS eShop - 1 page (110)
FAQ...
- Nintendo 3DS & 2DS - 1 page (111)
Legends
- Nintendo Wii - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 1 page (112)
- Nintendo DS - Professor Layton and Pandora's Box - 1 page (113)
Official Nintendo Magazine Carol Service - 1 page (114)
Other Credits[]
Associate Editor
Staff Writer
Online Editor
Video Producer
Production Editor
Art Editor
Deputy Art Editor
Contributors
- Jon Blyth, Alex Dale, Michael Gapper, Ben Griffin, Chris Schilling, Jack Tomlin
External Links[]
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