Talk:List of publications

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German-Japanese and German comics

Did you know that there were released a lot of Nintendo comics in Europe in Germany (and German-speaking regions like Austria) until 2000? I think these ones are also important, as far as I know they weren't avaiable outside of the mentioned regions. But let me introduce:

There was the official magazine Club Nintendo (1989 - 2002), the German equivalent to Nintendo Power. From 1991 to 1998 it featured comics which were drawn by Japanese manga artists, but the stories and texts came from the German editors of the magazine. In 1999 and 2000 it featured pure German comics (N Gang series) made by the same people who also made Bumm-Badabumm Im Urwald.

The most of these dozens of different comics include characters from Marioverse.

Well, while some of the comics are closely related to the games, some of them are also... very fancy and obscure. However, they are all drawn very nice, especially the characters in the German-Japanese comics do often look like the original artworks.

Then a publisher called Computec took over Club Nintendo and the complete editorial department was changed, but the "new" Club Nintendo started in 2001 was already aborted in 2002. They did also kick the comics.

Fortunately, the most of the comics are avaiable on web pages:

• Nearly all comics form the regular magazine (that there was a comic in 2001 is a mistake, it must be from 2000)
• Nearly all comics from the special issues, these are much longer
• One of the makers of the N Gang hosts also a comic which isn't on the first page: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Also if you can't read German, just give it a try. In my opinion the Yoshi's Island special issue is the comic which is closest to the comics - not only the story, great character artwork and the backgrounds are exactly in the style from the game. Sadly, on the web page (which doesn't have to do with the Nintendo Power magazine in spite of its name) nearly all pages after page 21 are missing, but it's still very good.

That's all now, I think Club Nintendo should also get it's own article. If you want to see covers of the magazine, look there and there. And excuse my bad English, please. --Grandy02 14:23, 26 May 2007 (EDT)

You should've added that in the article, not here...
Sorry, but I am Confused 22:28, 29 May 2007 (EDT)

Blip

Back in 1983, Marvel put out a videogame themed magazine named Blip. The first issue featured a brief Mario/Donkey Kong comic, as seen here: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/12/07/comic-book-legends-revealed-396/ I'm not sure if we should add this. Thoughts? Thanos6 (talk) 06:05, 26 January 2014 (EST)

Archie Comics

Not much more than trivia, but around the same time they were pitching ideas to Capcom, Archie Comics apparently approached Nintendo to try and see if they could work out a comic deal. Here's a link showcasing the concept art drawn up by Archie artist Tracy Yardley. -- Sir Grodus (talk) 06:48, 4 June 2014 (EDT)

Interesting! Is there more details about the attempted dealing? If so, I guess there could be a short Argonaut Yoshi platformer-style page. --Glowsquid (talk) 15:11, 18 June 2014 (EDT)

Unfortunately, the sketches are all I've been able to find. -- Sir Grodus (talk) 16:41, 19 June 2014 (EDT)

More concept art. -- Sir Grodus (talk) 19:02, 24 February 2016 (EST)

Skylanders

The latest Skylanders comic came out yesterday, or thereabouts. I'm bringing it up here since it happened to star Bowser and Donkey Kong, with it being indicated that they might appear in later stories. Anyway, a sample image. -- Sir Grodus (talk) 16:21, 17 September 2015 (EDT)

The Best of Super Mario Bros.

Not sure if it is official but there is a publication I can’t find anywhere on the wiki. It’s called “The Best of Super Mario Bros.”. I would put it in the publication list if I had permission
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Crimson Polygon (talk).

I think you're talking about the Nintendo Comics System, which did have a book called The Best of Super Mario Bros. release as part of the series. We already have most of those covered on the wiki. If this isn't what you're talking about, correct me. Rykitu (talk)

Super Mario Story: Luigi in the Forest of Illusion?

While researching to try to find scans for Super Mario Wakuwaku Game Land, I found a Twitter post of what appears to be an officially licensed publication in a magazine that did not look like any of the other mangas. The tweet mentioned there might have been multiple installments of this but did not mention the manga by name, but the supposed title of the manga can be found on one of the images. The closest translation of the manga I could find is Super Mario Story: Luigi in the Forest of Illusion, but when I search it up, even in Japanese, nothing comes up. This either means this Twitter post is the only thing on the Internet that mentions this, or I am translating it wrong. Can somebody please translate this properly and see if we can identify the title? Rykitu

Looks like the Twitter post got deleted. Here's one of the images from the post I saved before it was deleted:

Rykitu

While trying to translate it, I found two translations: "Super Mario Story:Luigi disappears in the Lost Forest" and "Super Mario Story: Luigi Disappears in the Forest of the Island" I don't know which one is more accurate.

Although I remember seeing that image while searching for more images of Mario & Donkey Daibōken, while researching, I found other posts about other alleged issues of the same manga. The first issue I found, when translated, is called "Super Mario Story: Yoshi and the Appearance", however, it may be mistranslated. According to the post, it was serialized in Shōgaku Ichinensei, while it claims that the artwork was done by Studio Pierrot Co., Ltd (the same studio that animated Naruto). There are only three images available.

original twitter post

(Looking at the image you attached, it says that the illustrations were done by Pierrot Project, while the setting and text were done by Isao Shizuya).

I'm not very sure about the second post. It says that it's also from Super Mario Story, but the drawing style looks different, and the script is credited to Fumihiko Iino and the drawings to Junichiro Saito.

original twitter post

I'd really like to help more, but that's all I was able to find. I hope this information is helpful to you.

FallenPr1ncess

Thank you so much! I think a good title for an article would be "Super Mario Ehon (Shōgaku Ichinensei)" Rykitu

Hòot-Man-Haa gàp Maarí'oo

The Thai magazine Animation Magazine features a manga titled Hòot-Man-Haa gàp Maarí'oo ("Brutal-Fun-Funny with Mario"), which appears to be a Thai translation of originally Japanese-published manga, the title of which I don't know. Can someone help identify the original manga, if it exists? The manga is official as far as I can tell.

Here is some photos of the manga taken from an online listing:

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Maw-Ray Master (talk) 21:07, October 5, 2025 (EDT)

The art style of this manga seems to be similar to that of Ganbare Mario, which would eventually be turned into Soreike!! Donkey Kong. Judging how Luigi has his white and green colors from SMB1, this is probably one of the first issues of Ganbare Mario translated into Thai. Rykitu

Looking at some issues of Ganbare Mario, I'm ninety-nine percent sure that Hòot-Man-Haa gàp Maarí'oo is a Thai translation of the manga. I asked what manga this is supposed to be as it appears to have originally been a Japanese-language publication, but I couldn't find the manga listed on the template. Thank you so much! Maw-Ray Master (talk) 21:27, November 16, 2025 (EST)

New Uho'uho Daishizen Gag: Donkey Kong Pages

On Discord, someone shared an article reviewing an issue of CoroCoro Comic that included a page from Uho'uho Daishizen Gag: Donkey Kong. The thing is, when I checked the page, I realized it didn't appear in either of the two individual volumes. While searching for more pages, I also found two other new ones.

The first story is titled "Honto ni, donkī?" (Really, Donkey?) and comes from the December 2000 issue. This story appears to be an adaptation of the Kong Fu episode.

Source

The other two images are from the May 2000 issue and are titled "Donkī ni ittai nani ga…?" (What on earth happened to Donkey…?) in which DK becomes a giant, on the other page, King K. Rool (who also became giant) is seen fighting DK. However, Diddy, in Funky's plane, manages to put a pill in his mouth, causing him to return to normal and allowing DK to defeat him. It's also specified that the next volume will continue the storyline of Giant DK.

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Source

I'd like to know if there are more stories not included in the individual volumes (I doubt there's a third volume) or if there are more pages of the stories I found. I'd also like to include these stories in the main article for Uho'uho Daishizen Gag: Donkey Kong, but I don't know how. Could someone help me?

FallenPr1ncess

My theory is that similar to the Super Mario Bros. 2 manga, there might have been a third volume planned but ultimately never released for whatever reason. This volume would've included the final chapters, which were the ones you just found. Again, this is just my theory, and my words shouldn't be taken as gospel. I think we could include the non-volume chapters on the page for the series itself (or we could go the Super Mario Bros. 2 route and make a red link for an entire article for those non-volume chapters; probably could call it "List of non-volume Uho'uho Daishizen Gag: Donkey Kong chapters". Still don't know about that though) Hope this helps! Rykitu