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 Drunker 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 Super 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.
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Magazine covers[edit]
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The 64 DREAM volume 3 (December 1996), featuring Mario Kart 64
The 64 DREAM volume 11 (August 1997), featuring Yoshi's Story
The 64 DREAM volume 29 (February 1999), featuring Mario Party
The 64 DREAM volume 30 (March 1999), featuring Super Smash Bros.
The 64 DREAM volume 34 (July 1999), featuring Mario Golf
The 64 DREAM volume 39 (December 1999), featuring Donkey Kong 64
The 64 DREAM volume 40 (January 2000), featuring Mario Party 2
The 64 DREAM volume 47 (August 2000), featuring Mario Tennis
The 64 DREAM volume 49 (October 2000), featuring Paper Mario
The 64 DREAM volume 52 (January 2001), featuring Mario Party 3
Nintendo DREAM volume 58 (July 2001), featuring Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Nintendo DREAM volume 61 (October 2001), featuring Luigi's Mansion
Nintendo DREAM volume 73 (September 6, 2002), featuring Super Mario Sunshine
Nintendo DREAM volume 139, featuring Mario Tennis: Power Tour
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Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2005, from Nintendo)
WarioWare: Touched! (2005, from Nintendo)
Mario Power Tennis (2005, from Hiroyuki Takahashi and Shugo Takahashi)
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)
Mario Kart 7 (2013, from Nintendo)
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[edit]
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
Super Mario Sunshine-themed artwork by Benimaru Itoh, from the August 2002 volume of Nintendo DREAM
Illustration essay of Super Mario Sunshine by Akira Himekawa, posted on the October 2002 volume of Nintendo DREAM
Jimmy T. as drawn by Ko Takeuchi, used for one of the present of a lottery activity initiated by Nintendo DREAM
Mona as drawn by Ko Takeuchi, used for one of the present of a lottery activity initiated by Nintendo DREAM
9-Volt as drawn by Ko Takeuchi, used for one of the present of a lottery activity initiated by Nintendo DREAM
Back cover of the Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Luigi Ōen Guide appendix, from the volume 104 of Nintendo DREAM
A signature of Hiroji Kiyotake with a drawing of Wario, from a 2005 nengajō by the developers of Family Computer Disk System
Manga based on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by Kotetsu Kinoshita, from the January 2020 volume of Nintendo DREAM
External links[edit]
- Nintendo DREAM WEB official website
- Official Twitter account
- Official YouTube channel
- Official Niconico account
- Official Niconico Channel
References[edit]
- ^ 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.