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''Nintendo Magazine System'' was the official Nintendo magazine of Australia. In publication for seven years until 2000, the magazine was a branch of ''
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'', the UK's official Nintendo magazine, which was also called ''Nintendo Magazine System'' at the time. On 12 November 2008 a new official Australian Nintendo magazine was announced. The Australian version of ''NMS'' was originally published by Trielle Corporation as a 68-page magazine. The first issue appeared in April 1993, and featured ''
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'' on the cover. It was Australia's official Nintendo magazine, and was very critical to poorly made video game software, with scores for such games often in the low thirties. The magazine often included news and articles not relating to Nintendo products, from information on the idea of
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, to the highest selling coin-operated arcade games at the time. Starting with Issue 34 in January 1996, Catalyst Publishing took control of the magazine, but retained the issue numbering. The last issue of ''Nintendo Magazine System'' was Issue 89, the August 2000 issue.


See also

* ''
Nintendo Power ''Nintendo Power'' was a video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America. The magazine's publication was initially done monthly by Ninten ...
'' * '' Nintendo Official Magazine''


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External links

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Nintendo Magazine System - Retro Gaming Australia
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Archived Nintendo Magazine System
on the
Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...
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