Nintendo has released an online magazine in Japan showing off all things Switch, and you can check it out for free.
Naturally, the whole thing's written in Japanese, but the bright, colourful pictures make it a joy to flick through even if you can't understand the finer details. It features plenty of write-ups for some of Switch's most popular games, as well as advice for consumers and even a look at some physical merchandise. You can view it for yourself here:
It'd be lovely to see something similar appear in the west - we wouldn't mind a seasonal release that lets us check out certain games we might've missed - so we'll keep an eye to see if Nintendo does produce such a thing going forward.
Of course, Nintendo magazines are slowly but surely coming back into fashion these days with the likes of Ninty Fresh, Falcon Punch and Switch Player. If you're missing the good old days of print media, you might want to check those out to complement your online-based coverage from us here at Nintendo Life.
[source nintendo.co.jp, via twitter.com]
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That lower right page confirms that the ghosts in Nintendo games are pretty much all the same character lol.
The last page is a really nice artwork / two month calendar for Animal Crossing New Horizons.
It can even crop into a 16:9 wallpaper pretty nicely thanks to the resolution.
Wow, lotta good ghosts out there these days
Why does Japan get all the good stuff 😔
looks nice , but cant understand it so...
Nintendo Force is another pretty decent magazine in addition to the ones mentioned at the end of this article. Still hope Nintendo Power returns in the States someday, even if it was just in digital form.
You press the link and there is just a blank white page! Awesome.
@Gamer83 Trouble with Nintendo force is that they never release it on time and they review games that are months old. It looks neat bit overall it’s a piss poor effort.
when might the FALCON PUNCH, be out does anyone know?
In this episode of "Japan Gets All the Cool Stuff":
Nintendo IP's advertised with lifestyle products is extremely effective at increasing brand loyalty. I especially love slice-of-life fan illustrations.
I was at that age range where I grew up with newspapers and gaming magazines, so I really enjoy the old-school magazine aesthetic. Wish I could order an in-universe Pokemon newspaper like in Twilight Wings episode 7.
There's should definitely be a print version of this available in some stores or whatever.
I am the target demographic for these kind of shameless adverts. I eat this all the way up.
Wow that is some serious good layout and design there.
To advance the switch, they need to leave the tegra behind. They can't reach "mobile" high performance with a 5.5y old soc, while having good battery life and thermals.
A more premium switch model, with increased performance while still retaining all current games and maybe improved per game performance with updates.
Personal wish would be a PSVita clone switch mini with full features.
Reading the article about this on the Japanese Nintendo site, seems there is a physical version too, 'available at shops selling video games nationwide'.
The digital version is a lot more accessible if you don't live in Japan though, would probably never have seen one if there wasn't a digital version.
It looks like a more eyecatchy version of the Software Catalogues they've been doing for at least a few years now, so it probably doesn't mean anything for the west.
Though, Nintendo did go sending everyone those Games Radar things around Christmas time last year...
i was over here and then i got ousted from the banquest can you show me a good way to take naps at home or in a car thanks
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