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Club Nintendo
Cover of the second French Club Nintendo issue for 1989.
Issue 2/1989 of Club Nintendo, promoting Super Mario Bros. 2
Publisher Nintendo[1]
Original language French
Issues France 24
Switzerland 54
Release dates France January 1989–June 1993[1]
Switzerland 1989–1998[2]

Club Nintendo was Nintendo's official, bimonthly published magazine in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and French-speaking Switzerland, which started publication in 1989. It can be seen as the French equivalent to the American Nintendo Power. The publication of the magazine took place from 1989 to 1993[1] and was sent to players who had filled and returned an inscription card present in the console boxes, first in the Nintendo Entertainment System boxes and later Game Boy and Super Nintendo Entertainment System boxes but also in the games and accessories. In addition, there was a questionnaire form to allow Nintendo of France to make statistics about players and other things.

The series of magazine was divided into five volumes, one for each year. The first (1989) was composed of four issues along with a special one for Christmas, all of which featured 20 pages. The next three (1990, 1991, and 1992) were composed of six issues, and the number of pages increased from 20 to 32. The last volume (1993) had only one issue, which contained 32 pages and was not published in French-speaking Switzerland. There was also a bonus issue called Club Nintendo Classic, which was released in 1993 for subscribers to Club Nintendo throughout France.[3]

Readers could also send a letter about anything related to the Club Nintendo and the magazine responded directly to readers' letters. The letters' contents occasionally included jokes about Luigi and some were signed under Mario's name.

In 1991, Club Nintendo had over 300,000 subscribers.[4] In 1993, the number reached 800,000.[5]

Although the French magazine was discontinued in 1993, Switzerland continued to publish Club Nintendo in French for their French-speaking readers until 1998, with the same layout as in France with six issues per year.[2]

Club Nintendo is also the name of official Nintendo magazines from various other countries, most of which have been discontinued. Club Nintendo México, the official Nintendo magazine in Latin America, was the longest lasting of all the Club Nintendo magazines, which continued to be published until 2019.

ContentsEdit

The issues included overviews of recently released and upcoming games (called Coup d'œil furtif), reviews (Revues), tips on games (called Trucs et astuces), records and score performance, readers' letters, players profiles, game guides and drawing contest. Readers and players could suggest some tips, records, profiles, and drawings by sending a letter to Club Nintendo for them to appear in the magazine.

There was also some objects and gifts that were given to readers, likes pins, posters, and timetables. The pins were given occasionally at different events, but also in the letters sent back by Nintendo to readers.

Sometimes, there were promotions for different Nintendo-related events such as the Nintendo Super Tour '92.

List of Super Mario game reviewsEdit

Issue Game Pages
1/1989 Super Mario Bros. 8
2/1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 6
5/1990 Tetris 14
5/1990 Super Mario Land 16
6/1990 Golf 18
3/1991 Dr. Mario (Game Boy) 12
3/1991 Dr. Mario (NES) 19
6/1991 Super Mario Bros. 3 15
2/1992 Dr. Mario (NES) 5
4/1992 NES Open Tournament Golf 10
4/1992 Super Mario World 20
6/1992 Yoshi 7
6/1992 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 26
6/1992 Mario & Yoshi 29
1/1993 Mario Paint 20
1/1993 Super Mario World 22

GalleryEdit

Magazine coversEdit

  • Issue 6/1991

  • Issue 2/1993 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 3/1994 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 6/1994 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 3/1995 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 5/1995 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 1/1996 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 4/1996 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 6/1996 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 1/1997 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 3/1997 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

  • Issue 6/1997 (French-speaking Switzerland only)

ArtworkEdit

The following artworks are not exclusives to the French Club Nintendo. Most of it are found in other Club Nintendo magazines such as the German one.

CharactersEdit

  • Mario, issue 1/1989

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  • Issue 2/1989

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  • Issue 2/1989

  • Issue 3/1989

  • Issue 4/1989

  • Issue 4/1989

  • Issue 4/1989

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  • Issue 4/1989

  • Christmas special issue (1989)

  • Christmas special issue (1989)

  • Christmas special issue (1989)

  • Issue 1/1990

  • Issue 1/1990

  • Issue 1/1990

  • Issue 1/1990

  • Issue 1/1990

  • Issue 2/1990

  • Issue 2/1990

  • Issue 3/1990

  • Issue 3/1990

  • Issue 3/1990

  • Issue 4/1990

  • Issue 5/1990

  • Issue 5/1990

  • Issue 6/1990

  • Issue 6/1990

  • Issue 6/1990

  • Issue 6/1990

EnemiesEdit

MiscellaneousEdit

  • French Nintendo's minitel, issue 6/1990

Accessories and objectsEdit

  • Timetable

  • Poster front

  • Poster back

  • Member card

MiscellaneousEdit

  • Print ad for the magazine showing the first issue

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c Club Nintendo magazine
  2. ^ a b https://www.edition-limited.net/t22237-magazine-club-nintendo
  3. ^ Magazines Club Nintendo
  4. ^ Letter from Club Nintendo to a reader
  5. ^ Nintendo. TV News section dedicated to Nintendo's emergence in France. INA.
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