This issue is cover-dated April 2006 and cost £3.99. Free gifts included some Super Monkey Ball coasters and a 50 Nintendo Games that Changed the World booklet.
Regulars[]
Welcome - 2 pages (4-5)
Contents - 1 page (6)
Next Month - 2 pages (28-29)
Subscribe - 2 pages (58-59)
The A-Z of Nintendo: B - 1 page (130)
Global (News)[]
Explosion Imminent! - 4 pages (8-11)
- New games and accesories set DS up for global domination.
The New Generation Cometh - 2 pages (12-13)
- Development houses in Revolution software confirmation shocker!
Tokyo Fever - John Coates - page 12
Page 14
- Born in the USA - Bradley Sullivan
- Hands Up: We Screwed Up
- I've created a Monster!: Monster Warriors TV show on Jetix
- Splinter Cell Slips Away: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent delayed.
What do you mean you've never played... Jet Force Gemini - Chandra Nair - 1 page (17)
Official Sales Charts - 1 page (18)
If you play one game today, then play... Mario Kart DS - Tom East - 1 page (19)
Official Release Dates - 1 page (20)
The next best game in the world ever is... WarioWare: Twisted! - Charlotte Martyn - 1 page (21)
Features[]
Behind the Scenes: Grasshopper Manufacture - 4 pages (24-27)
- Interview with Suda51
Something in the Air - 6 pages (52-57)
- Wi-Fi hot spots are the coolest places to be seen this summer, as the DS takes worldwide multiplayer gaming outside. How can you be a part of this phenomenon? Find out here...
Let There Be Lite - 6 pages (88-93)
- We go hands-on with the hottest new hardware in town.
Coming Soon (Previews)[]
Incoming - 2 pages (30-31)
- Pokemon Link! (DS), Mario Basket: 3 on 3 (DS), Over the Hedge (GameCube), Magnetica (DS), Big Brain Academy (DS)
Metroid Prime: Hunters (DS) - 6 pages (32-37)
Trauma Center: Under the Knife (DS) - 2 pages (38-39)
Tetris DS (DS) - 1 page (40)
New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 2 pages (42-43)
Super Monkey Ball Adventure (GameCube) - 2 pages (44-45)
Metroid Prime Pinball (DS) - 2 pages (46-47)
Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop (DS) - 2 pages (48-49)
Lost Magic (DS) - 1 page (50)
Reviews[]
| Game Title | Publisher | Format | Reviewer | Pgs | Pg No(s) | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Crossing: Wild World | Nintendo | DS | Lee Nutter | 6 | 62-67 | 95 |
| Top Spin 2 | Take 2 | DS | Jes Bickham | 2 | 68-69 | 74 |
| Resident Evil: Deadly Silence | Capcom | DS | Simon Bramble | 4 | 70-73 | 79 |
| Rainbow Islands Revolution | Rising Star | DS | Mark Green | 2 | 74-75 | 27 |
| Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe | Buena Vista | GameCube | Jes Bickham | 1 | 76 | 70 |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney | Capcom | DS | Kath Brice | 4 | 78-81 | 81 |
| Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary | Namco | GameCube | Tim Weaver | 2 | 82-83 | 26 |
| Bust-a-Move DS | 505 Game Street | DS | Tom East | 2 | 84-85 | 72 |
| FIFA Street 2 | Electronic Arts | GameCube | Jonathan Todd | 2 | 86-87 | 39 |
Game Guides[]
Mario Kart DS (DS) - 4 pages (94-97)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube) - 2 pages (98-99)
Worms: Open Warfare (DS) - 2 pages (100-101)
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube) - 4 pages (102-105)
Directory[]
Letters - 4 pages (108-111)
Wi-Fi - 2 pages (112-113)
Website - 1 page (114)
Diary: Animal Crossing: Wild World - 2 pages (116-117)
Retro: Resident Evil Series - 2 pages (118-119)
Swag - 2 pages (120-121)
Challenges - 2 pages (122-123)
Rated: GameCube - 2 pages (124-125)
Rated: DS - 2 pages (126-127)
Rated: GBA - 2 pages (128-129)
Adverts[]
Worms: Open Warfare - 1 page (7)
SBK: Snowboard Kids - 1 page (15)
Rainbow Islands Revolution - 1 page (23)
Mario Kart DS - 1 page (51)
Game Boy Micro - 1 page (60)
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble, Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble! - 1 page (77)
Battalion Wars - 1 page (115)
Mario Party 7 - 1 page (131)
Other Credits[]
Associate Editor
Online Editor
Senior Art Editor
Art Editor
Deputy Art Editor
Production Editor
Contributors
- Writing - Jes Bickham, Simon Bramble, Kath Brice, John Coates, Mark Green, Jamie Sefton, Jonathan Todd, Tim Weaver
- Design - Matt Wiggins
Senior Editor
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