Nintendo DREAM
Nintendo DREAM is a Nintendo game magazine published in Japan. Originally titled The 64 DREAM, the magazine's first volume was released in July 1996[1] and features coverage on Super Mario 64, with volumes 1 through 55 covering games for the Nintendo 64. One feature during this era was a comic strip titled Dream Dunker illustrated by Shigehisa Nakaue, which starred Bowser and a single Shy Guy in stories promoting recent Nintendo 64 releases. Nakaue would later leave the magazine in 2003 to work directly with Nintendo. The magazine's title was changed to Nintendo DREAM to account for the release of the Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance, starting with volume 56, the May 2001 issue.[2][better source needed] An appendix to the December 1999 issue is titled The GB DREAM, and features a manga with Mario characters and coverage of Game Boy games.[3]
The magazine is published monthly on the 21st day of every month. From the release of volume 72 on August 21, 2002 to the release of volume 135 in July 2005, the magazine was instead published twice monthly, on both the 6th and 21st day of each month.[2][better source needed] The magazine is referred to by shorthand as Nindori, which is also its official Twitter handle and the name of a villager in the Animal Crossing series, who serves as the magazine's mascot. Nintendo DREAM also has its own YouTube channel, as well as a website known as Nintendo DREAM WEB, which provides online access to articles.
Gallery
Magazine covers
The 64 DREAM volume 39 (December 1999), featuring Donkey Kong 64
The 64 DREAM volume 49 (October 2000), featuring Paper Mario
Nintendo DREAM volume 73 (September 6, 2002), featuring Super Mario Sunshine
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2010, by Shigeru Miyamoto)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2010, from AlphaDream)
WarioWare: D.I.Y. (2010, by Goro Abe)
New Super Mario Bros. U (2014, from Nintendo)
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2014, from AlphaDream)
Super Mario 3D World (2015, from Nintendo)
Super Mario Maker (2015, from Nintendo)
Mario Kart 8 (2015, from Nintendo)
Waluigi (2015, from Camelot Software Planning)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2015, from Nintendo)
Miscellaneous
Artwork celebrating the first anniversary of The 64 DREAM by Shigeru Miyamoto
Manga introducing the Nintendo Power cartridge from The GB DREAM, by Shigehisa Nakaue
Artwork of Luigi from the back cover of NSW2K Hand Book
Illustration essay of Super Mario Sunshine by Akira Himekawa, posted on a 2002 volume of Nintendo DREAM
A signature of Hiroji Kiyotake with a drawing of Wario, from a card with signatures by various Nintendo staff posted on the magazine's Twitter account
External links
References
- ^ kitsunebi. The 64Dream Issue 1. Retromags. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ a b Nintendo Dream. Retromags. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ The 64DREAM (March 20, 2021). The 64 DREAM(1999-12) Saddle Stitched Appendix The GBDREAM scans 600dpi. Internet Archive. Retrieved May 8, 2023.