New Release: Electronic Gaming Monthly Issues 116,141 (March 1999,April 2001)

[Sean697]

Retromags Presents!

Courtesy of OGM

Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 116

March 1999

Database Entry!

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Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 141

April 2001

Database Entry!

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Thanks to Jason at OGM and KiwiArcader for these scans!

Edited March 26, 2016 by Sean697

[parallaxscroll]

Awesome! Thanks so much Jason, KiwiArcader, Sean.

Also, sooo looking forward to EGM Number 18 - January, 1991 !!

[flugle]

BTW I am Jason, I've been a very long time lurker here at Retromags under this account so I'm glad to see some of my scans up here finally

[skrefetz]

Oni review: why does this game have dual analog controls they aren't as good as Z-targeting!

Feel really bad for these people because of what happens over the next 15 years where that becomes the default control scheme

[miketheratguy]

2 EGMs in one day? Always a great way to start a morning! And what's this? A 2001 issue? Awwwwww yeah. We're starting to get into that millennial sweet spot.

Thank you all!

[miketheratguy]

Oni review: why does this game have dual analog controls they aren't as good as Z-targeting!

Feel really bad for these people because of what happens over the next 15 years where that becomes the default control scheme

Hell, wait until they get to gimmick-ass motion controllers. They won't know how they good they had it.

[twiztor]

so, someone spoil it for me: is 1999 the year that Nintendo gets it right?

[aloram]

Thanks!!!!!

[miketheratguy]

so, someone spoil it for me: is 1999 the year that Nintendo gets it right?

No. Nintendo still hasn't gotten it right. In fact I would argue that they've been getting it more wrong than ever.

[kitsunebi]

In 1999? No.

But currently? Well, that depends on where you live and what you want from Nintendo. For most people on this site, I'd say Nintendo and other Japanese developers have continued on a downward slide as their console releases decrease in significance. In Japan, however, the 3DS and other handheld gaming market is HUGE, and Nintendo's recent decision to enter the mobile game market is pretty much THE BIGGEST NEWS EVER around these parts. Is having Mario and Pikachu on my phone what I want from Nintendo? Hell no. But it's the way the Japanese market is trending, and the fact that Nintendo is jumping on board rather than continue their long-standing tradition of stubbornly refusing to adapt to changing trends can only bode well for their financial well-being (if not their creative one).

[KiwiArcader]

I still think Super Mario 64 is/was the high point for Nintendo. Sure, I got the Gamecube and the Wii but nothing on those really affected me like Mario's N64 in terms of sheer wonder and delight. Maybe I was older and more jaded so everything just felt like a rehash, even Mario Galaxy. The fact I still play Mario 64 on an emulator regularly tells me that at the very least 1996 was a great time for Nintendo

Then again, nothing at all has made me want to buy any model of PlayStation. And I have an Xbox 360 and an Xbox One and they're pretty much gathering dust.

[twiztor]

you know what? in 1999, Nintendo made Super Smash Bros. for the n64.

i would say that they got it right.

but man, other that that? there's not much that Nintendo did at all that year.