R.I.P. Official Nintendo Magazine
- Thread starter RhinoK
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Yea someone told me about this an hour ago. I bought it religiously when it first started, fell off it for a few years, and then started reading again about 5 months ago. 
Final issue is next week.
For anyone else who has a subscription, be sure to cancel it by October 17th otherwise you'll automatically be subscribed to GamesMaster - and I would not recommend that magazine.
Final issue is next week. For anyone else who has a subscription, be sure to cancel it by October 17th otherwise you'll automatically be subscribed to GamesMaster - and I would not recommend that magazine.
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Colour Bandit
Senior Member
And I was going to get myself a subscription too so I guess it is good I didn't now... I'm gonna miss it a lot, I was looking forward to their ORAS review. Plus I was hoping they'd give out a set of stickers like they did with the Pokemon X&Y one with the ORAS logos, I even left space on my XL for them
PaperLuigi3
CCR
It's sad to see NGamer and Nintendo Power fail, let alone ONM. I loved all three of those magazines.
Pardon me while I go fall into my grave
- - - Post Merge - - -
But really I'm almost surprised it lasted this long. It feels like it's been ages since Nintendo Power died and it feels like no one would care about a gaming magazine like they use to thanks to almost no one under the age of 30 reading anything that isn't digital based. How does Game Informer still sell? Does it still go? Why if it does.
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tamagotchi
i'm not mean
Bye ONM.
I wish I hadn't spent 5 years on ONM.
I wish I hadn't spent 5 years on ONM.
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spCrossing
80s anime is cool
What's with these Nintendo magazines and them always dying?
Although I grew up more with Nintendo Power, it shall be missed.
Although I grew up more with Nintendo Power, it shall be missed.
I feel like a lot of people were unaware. Probably a reason for it's downfall at this point.
Does anyone know why it was cancelled? I mean I think it's because of how everything is digital and a lot of news is covered my a lot of websites that going out to spend ?5 on it is pretty much worthless (not to me and others, however)
You grew up with both? I thought ONM was British only and Nintendo Power was American only. Shows how much I know.
You grew up with both? I thought ONM was British only and Nintendo Power was American only. Shows how much I know.
There's a lot of Nintendo Magazines. But they're becoming rarer and rarer.
Colour Bandit
Senior Member
I think it wouldn't have been cancelled if it was available digitally, I would have preferred to be able to read ONM on my Kindle Fire since the magazines take up so much space... I wish it would last until the end of the year so they could have one last Christmas issue as well as it being a goodbye
Are there any good magazines out there that include Nintendo games that I can get instead? Or are they all a bit rubbish?
Are there any good magazines out there that include Nintendo games that I can get instead? Or are they all a bit rubbish?
I think it wouldn't have been cancelled if it was available digitally, I would have preferred to be able to read ONM on my Kindle Fire since the magazines take up so much space... I wish it would last until the end of the year so they could have one last Christmas issue as well as it being a goodbye
Are there any good magazines out there that include Nintendo games that I can get instead? Or are they all a bit rubbish?
It was available digitally for ?2.99 a month. That's how I've been reading it.
GamesMaster covers Nintendo, but it's terrible IMO. But then again I just feel like it's exclusively aimed at a younger (<16) audience.
Personally, I think the best game magazine is gamesTM. They cover all platforms - including both mainstream and indie markets. But if you're only interested in Nintendo then it's probably not for you.
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Colour Bandit
Senior Member
It must just have not been available for my device then, shame because I would have got it each month then...
I think I'll just stick with getting Nintendo news online then, I'd rather get a Nintendo dedicated magazine than one with less Nintendo stuff and more platforms I don't care about...
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
Not the same person, but I'm pretty sure I got a copy of ONM a long time ago on a US Military Base. No idea why it was there, just that I had it. Not sure if I still have the thing.
Becoming rarer and rarer namely because the publications probably aren't meeting publisher demands anymore. Like somebody has already mentioned, why buy a magazine when the majority of news is online way ahead of release? Sure there's features and interviews, but those are also online and I can't imagine many people reading a majority of them anyways. There's always alternatives, pretty sure there is Nintendo Force and Pure Nintendo or whatever Tina recommends.
The final issue came out yesterday! Remember if you still have an on-going subscription to cancel it by Friday unless you wish to be automatically subscribed to GamesMaster! Physical subscriptions can be cancelled via phone - they won't do it via email unfortunately. I was able to cancel my digital subscription via iTunes.
If you want to try GamesMaster send me a PM and I'll forward you a coupon code for a free digital copy (for devices) of the October 2014 issue.
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