Ninty Media — formerly known as Switch Player — has announced a crowdfunding campaign for a brand new premium print publication, called 'Ninsight'.
Both of the publication's magazines - Switch Player and Ninty Fresh — ceased publication earlier this year, but hope wasn't lost as they teased their eventual return in a more premium fashion, which is exactly what this new book is.
The planned hardback book will contain over 180 pages of Nintendo news and coverage, and is the "natural evolution of Switch Player and Ninty Fresh", the creators confirmed. Describing this as " Sort of like an annual, but with a magazine style approach.", the book is expected to have a longer release cycle, so rather than popping down the road once a month for your magazine, you'll get a bumper book full of detail to cover a much longer period of time.
An Indiegogo campaign for Issue 0 has opened up, and the book will have an even split of current Switch content and retrospectives. Bespoke artwork and more in-depth reviews will also be a part of the book. Other features include a look back at the Famicom, a huge focus on Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and developer interviews.
Those who pledge to the campaign will receive a copy of the book — for £25 / $30 you'll get a hardcover copy, finished with a numbered obi strip. For £40 / $49, that book will be accompanied by a selection of five art prints, your name in the book, a digital copy, a folded poster of the cover art, and a special Mario Wonder-themed pin.
Did you collect Switch Player? Will you be backing this new bumper-sized book? Let us know in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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Oooh, I'll try to back this!
Ninsight, foresight, more sight,
The clock on the wall
reads a quarter past midnight.
i don't know man. i backed the ninty fresh several times and i want to give this a try but having a book full of outdated nintendo articles sounds not very appealing. I'm also not sure what the benefit is from having a book...
@-wc-
And, to follow that up... here's a story about being free.
@jojobar I agree.
As lovely as this might be, the time of (gaming) magazines really has come to its end.
I only keep Walk-through Guides (and never use them anyway).
There's definitely something for being able to read something in physical format - maybe it's my age but I really like it. Switch Player was great - having a book format works for me & will certainly be easier to file and enjoy looking back in future years. Backed
Why would I want to read news this out of date? Looking at how many people have put money in, I can tell a lot of people agree...
the internet sadly killed print media, i still miss my Nintendo World(brazil most important magazine in regard to Nintendo)
@AndroidiOS I like print magazins but i think they have to have something that makes them special and i never had the feeling that the ninty fresh had something special. it was a solid magazin but it was not something i would learn new things.
print magazins need to fokus on more timeless content, like interviews, making of, retro and niche stuff.
reviews and previews and news are the worst content for print.
I don't really agree with the notion of the internet replacing the magazines. Sure, it's a fast way of getting news, but magazines offer insights in forms of longer articles that have no place on the internet "10 secs reads" sites
You know what would actually be good and cool? If online news sites were more like magazines in their presentation of information. NL has some nice magazine style features, but the presentation of the information is where things could get more interesting.
As for this annual... not for me.
Hey, unrelated, but just a quick note to let y'all know that N64 controllers are back in stock at the US Nintendo store.
Read 'Men's Night' for a moment there, which presumably would be a very different magazine.
What is a book? Is that an app?
@-wc- Immediately reminded me of how long it's been since I listened to Endtroducing. 🤓
How come NF is still in print? Was there a reason why this version ceased? Was the subscriber base too small?
Hope it's easier to read than their magazines, their fonts, leading and general layout were not good.
Could've been interested if there had been the option to get just a digital copy as the physical one would most certainly cost me too much due to shipping.
@Princess_Lilly I'm trying to figure out where you're finding "10 second read sites". Nearly every single article I come across spends 4 - 5 large paragraphs to answer the question of the headline in paragraph 6. It may seem counterintuitive, but I no longer care about long reads. Too many articles give useless and vastly incorrect information before getting to the meat & potatoes.
This website for insurance just had a soapbox piece (which I understand is opinionated) regarding Switch 2 and does it need BC. The article should have opened up with "Yes, it absolutely does, end of discussion", and then skipped down to the authors own bias. Instead, it was an incredibly dreadful read that didn't answer with the obvious and only correct answer: yes.
I’d rather a monthly or quarterly. Love getting my game informer each (most?) months. Nice to have something tangible and something to look forward to in ye ol mail box each month
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