This issue was cover-dated September 2013 and cost £4.50
Incoming[]
The Big Story - Chandra Nair - 2 pages (8-9)
- Editor-in-Chief Chandra Nair prepares for some heavily blistered thumbs as he contemplates a shocking reality: Wii U releases are here!
Moutchpiece - Yasuhiro Wada - 2 pages (10-11)
- Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada sells his farm for a shop. ONM pays him a visit in order to sample some of his fresh digital wares.
World of Nintendo - 2 pages (12-13)
- The Wii U continues its post-E3 march towards global gaming supremacy.
MiiVerse[]
Mii Plaza - 2 pages (20-21)
- Check out what's hot in the Official Nintendo Magazine community this month.
Connect - 2 pages (22-23)
- How do you communicate with ONM? Let us count the ways...
Legends - 2 pages (24-25)
- No More Heroes (Wii) - Matthew Castle - 1 page (24)
- Pokemon Conquest (DS) - Joe Skrebels- 1 page (25)
ONM Rant - 2 pages (26-27)
- Forget Mario 64: 3D World is the future - Alex Dale
Network - 2 pages (28-29)
- Resident Evil: Revelations HD (Online) - 3 stars - 1 page (28)
- Resident Evil Revelations HD Weapons / Costumes - 2 stars - 0.5 page (29)
- Streetpass Games - 4 stars - 0.5 page (29)
Features[]
Life in the Fast Lane - 8 pages (32-39)
- We take an in-depth look at the three tracks Nintendo has unveiled for Mario Kart 8 . Study them well, friends. The competition is going to be intense!
25 Things You Didn't Know About Super Mario 3D World - 6 pages (66-71)
Previews[]
Watch Dogs (Wii U) - Alex Dale - 4 pages (42-45)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) - Joe Skrebels - 2 pages (46-47)
Hometown Story (3DS) - Matthew Castle - 1 page (48)
Wii Party U (Wii U) - Matthew Castle - 1 page (49)
Yoshi's New Island (3DS) - Simon Parkin - 2 pages (50-51)
Oddworld Stranger's Wrath (Wii U) - Matthew Castle - 1 page (52)
Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty! (Wii U) - Joe Skrebels - 1 page (53)
Bayonetta 2 (Wii U) - Joe Skrebels - 2 pages (54-55)
Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails (Wii U eShop) - Joe Skrebels - 2 pages (56-57)
Chibi-Robo Photography (3DS) - Matthew Castle - 1 page (58)
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (Wii U) - Joe Skrebels - 1 page (59)
Disney Infinity (Wii U/3DS/Wii) - Joe Skrebels - 2 pages (60-61)
Previews Round Up - 2 pages (62-63)
- Yokai Watch, Puzzle and Dragons Z, Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies, Pac-Man Museum, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, Denpa Men 3
Reviews[]
| Game Title | Publisher | Format | Reviewer | Pages | Pg No(s) | Rating (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pikmin 3 | Nintendo | Wii U | Chandra Nair | 6 | 74-79 | 90 |
| New Super Luigi U | Nintendo | Wii U | Alex Dale | 2 | 80-81 | 78 |
| Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger | Nintendo | 3DS | Ben Griffin | 1 | 82 | 66 |
| Mighty Switch Force 2 | WayForward | 3DS | Chris Schilling | 1 | 83 | 73 |
| Spin the Bottle | KnapNok | Wii U eShop | Joe Skrebels | 2 | 84-85 | 88 |
| Urban Trial Freestyle | Tate Interactive | 3DS | Ben Griffin | 1 | 86 | 72 |
| Kokuga | G.rev | 3DS eShop | Joe Skrebels | 1 | 87 | 71 |
| Streetpass Garden | Nintendo | 3DS Mii Plaza | Joe Skrebels | 0.33 | 88 | 55 |
| Streetpass Squad | Nintendo | 3DS Mii Plaza | Joe Skrebels | 0.33 | 88 | 76 |
| Streetpass Battle | Nintendo | 3DS Mii Plaza | Joe Skrebels | 0.33 | 88 | 60 |
| Streetpass Mansion | Nintendo | 3DS Mii Plaza | Joe Skrebels | 0.33 | 89 | 85 |
| Bugs Vs. Tanks | Level-5 | 3DS eShop | Joe Skrebels | 0.33 | 89 | 60 |
| The Smurfs 2 | Ubisoft | Wii U | Joe Skrebels | 0.33 | 89 | 45 |
- Like dormant seeds, this is slow to germinate but, given time, it blossoms, an explosion of scintillating strategy and phermone-laced fruitiness.
- Like rubbing your tummy and patting your head while childhood enemies tickle your armpits with a dead pigeon. Cute, but Mario is 2D king... for now.
Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger
- With its limited tower strategies, bland stretches of desert to navigate and repetitive fight mechanics, this is more a case of chide 'em, cowboy.
- More of the same, a little bit tougher and a little more lame. It's a fiendish, addictive, intelligent game, but if you find yourself cursing, you know who to blame.
- Nintendo keeps promising us new ways to play on Wii U and we can't help but feel KnapNok might have got there first. There's nothing quite like this.
- Hazards are sometimes more Urban Trial and Error, but this is a fun, if slightly shameless, physics-based platformer for £5. Shame it only lasts two hours.
- Iuchi's new game mixes tome-honoured design with new ideas, but this time they don't quite match up. More will love it, but some won't abide it.
- What should be green shoots for StreetPass seems withered. It's a blooming shame. We promise to stop now.
- It might not be quite tough enough for our tastes, but StreetPass Squad's easily the best action game in Mii Plaza.
- At best, it's a childhood game played by armies. At worst, it's just a screen telling you that you can't play right now.
- The best of the bunch is a surprising masterclass in using system restrictions to craft good design.
- Bugs Vs. Tanks does exactly what it sets out to do. We're just not entirely sure if that qualifies as a success.
- A game rendered so easy by the needs of its target market, that it's dead on arrival. Consider this its Smurf eulogy.
Continue[]
Rewind: Mario Kart: Super Circuit - Ben Griffin - 4 pages (92-95)
How to... Lead a Pikmin army to victory - 2 pages (96-97)
How to... Become an Animal Crossing monarch - 2 pages (98-99)
Studio Visit... Dakko Dakko - 4 pages (100-103)
The best of...
- Nintendo Wii U - 2 pages (104-105)
- Nintendo 3DS - 2 pages (106-107)
- Nintendo eShop - 1 page (108)
- Nintendo Wii - 1 page (110)
- Nintendo DS - 1 page (111)
FAQs...
- Nintendo 3DS - 1 page (109)
Official Ninteno Magazine Animal Crossing Diary - 2 pages (112-113)
- The monthly goings-on in Chansted, CoolTown, The Void and [CENSORED]
Official Nintendo Magazine Animal Crossing Gallery - 1 page (114)
- Share your favourite moments from your alternate life as the cartoon mayor of animal town.
Other Credits[]
Associate Editor
Staff Writer
Online Editor
Video Producer
Production Editor
Art Editor
Deputy Art Editor
Contributors
External Links[]
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