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In July 1991, Teruhide Kikuchi, a Japanese executive from {{wp|Itochu}} (formely C. Itoh & Co.), then the official distributor of Nintendo in Mexico, called Network Publicidad and Ediciones Continentales to create a magazine to inform about and promote Nintendo products.
In July 1991, Teruhide Kikuchi, a Japanese executive from {{wp|Itochu}} (formely C. Itoh & Co.), then the official distributor of Nintendo in Mexico, called Network Publicidad and Ediciones Continentales to create a magazine to inform about and promote Nintendo products.


Then they began to work on a prototype to show to Kikuchi, choosing the one made by Network Publicidad since Ediciones Continentales was planning to make a hobby magazine. Thus, the meetings for the magazine's creation began, where some names were proposed for it such as ''El Club de Nintendo'', which was Kikuchi's final choice. Thus, on December 8, 1991, the first issue of the magazine came out under the name ''Club Nintendo''.
Then they began to work on a prototype to show to Kikuchi, choosing the one made by Network Publicidad since Ediciones Continentales was planning to make a hobby magazine. Thus, the meetings for the magazine's creation began, where some names were proposed for it such as ''Universo Nintendo'', ''El Mundo de Nintendo'', ''Nintendo Juegos'', ''Nintendomanía'', ''Mariolandia'' and ''El Club de Nintendo''<ref>https://youtu.be/k4F8vmHrbWM?si=tVrziekHCKGGomsq&t=111</ref>, which was Kikuchi's final choice. Thus, on December 8, 1991, the first issue of the magazine came out under the name ''Club Nintendo''.


During the first years the magazines were stapled together, covers were airbrushed on cardboard four times the original size, pictures of the games were taken with a camera directly from the monitor with the Game Boy's games were photocopied from the screen, other images were hand-drawn and maps were drawn on albaneno paper with a stylograph and colored with markers.
During the first years the magazines were stapled together, covers were airbrushed on cardboard four times the original size, pictures of the games were taken with a camera directly from the monitor with the Game Boy's games were photocopied from the screen, other images were hand-drawn and maps were drawn on albaneno paper with a stylograph and colored with markers.
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==Content==
==Content==
The magazine had various sections that disappeared or returned with some regularity. The most notable examples are:
The magazine had various sections that disappeared or returned with some regularity. Some examples are:
*'''D℞. MARIO''': Column of questions sent by mail, traditional or electronic, with answers by [[Dr. Mario]] himself.
*'''DR. MARIO''': Column of questions sent by mail, traditional or electronic, with answers by [[Dr. Mario]] himself.
*'''Canales Nintendo''' (Nintendo Channels): Where the content of [[WiiWare]]'s games is summarized.
*'''Canales Nintendo''' (Nintendo Channels): Where the content of [[WiiWare]]'s games is summarized.
*'''CN Profile''': A detailed summary of Nintendo-related characters.
*'''CN Profile''': A detailed summary of Nintendo-related characters.
*'''Mariados''': Where readers sent their questions regarding secrets or parts of videogames that are difficult to overcome or discover.
*'''Mariados''': Where readers sent their questions regarding secrets or parts of videogames that are difficult to overcome or discover.
*'''S.O.S. - Servicio Organizado de Secretos''' (Service of Organized Secrets): Several lists of videogames with tricks to obtain unlockable content.
*'''Curso Nintensivo''' (Nintensive Course): Full and complete guides to beat games the best possible.
*'''Un Vistazo a Japón''' (A Glimps of Japan): Section dedicated to the culture of [[Japan]], things such as manga, anime or videogames that are popular there and/or that have never been released outside that market.
*'''El Control de los Profesionales''' (The Professionals' Controller): Section that talked about video games at a deeper and more technical level, approaching them from a more ethical perspective.
*'''Información Clasificada''' (Classified Information): Section with extra and unpublished information about video games in general, which was mostly provided by [[Nintendo Power]].
*'''S.O.S. - Servicio Organizado de Secretos''' (Secret Organized Service): Several lists of videogames with tricks to obtain unlockable content.
*'''Un Vistazo a Japón''' (A Glimpse of Japan): Section dedicated to the culture of [[Japan]], things such as manga, anime, or video games that are popular there and/or that have never been released outside that market.
*'''Los Años Maravillosos''' (The Wonderful Years): Section dedicated to remembering [[Nintendo]]'s consoles from the past and some of their most memorable games.
*'''Los Años Maravillosos''' (The Wonderful Years): Section dedicated to remembering [[Nintendo]]'s consoles from the past and some of their most memorable games.
*'''Galería CN''' (CN Gallery): Where readers can send their fanarts by traditional mail.
*'''Galería CN''' (CN Gallery): Where readers can send their fanarts by traditional mail.
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!Game
!Game
!Pages
!Pages
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|1/1991
|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
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|-
|-
|2/1991
|2/1991
|''[[Super Mario World]]''
|''[[Super Mario World]]''
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|18
|-
|8/1991
|''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]''
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|-
|-
|11/1991
|11/1991
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''<br>''[[Mario Paint]]''
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''<br>''[[Mario Paint]]''
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|3
|-
|-
|8/1993
|8/1993
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
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|6
|-
|1/1994
|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]''
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|-
|5/1994
|''[[Wario Land]]''
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|-
|-
|11/1994
|11/1994
|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
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|9
|-
|-
|10/1995
|10/1995
|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
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|7
|-
|-
|12/1995
|12/1995
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|9/2006
|9/2006
|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]
|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]''
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|Special 2007
|Special 2007
|Art book of [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'''s franchise]]<br><small>(Up to then's newest game: ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.)</small>
|Art book of [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]<br><small>(Up to then latest game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'')</small>
|All
|All
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|6/2015
|6/2015
|Special edition: [[Amiibo]]
|Special edition: [[amiibo]]
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|4/2017 (Digital)
|4/2017 (Digital)
|''[[Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle]]
|''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]
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|5/2018 (Digital)
|5/2018 (Digital)
|''[[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)]]''
|''[[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|Luigi's Mansion]]'' ([[Nintendo 3DS]])
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Club Nintendo Mexico Logo.png|First logo
Club Nintendo Mexico Logo.png|First logo
Club Nintendo Año 04 Nº 01 (México) -Ver. 2.png|Second logo
Club Nintendo Año 04 Nº 01 (México) -Ver. 2.png|Second logo
Club Nintendo Año 01 Nº 01 (Editado).jpg|1st year, issue no. 1.<br>[[Mario]] landing by parachute near of the [[Angel of Independence]] in [[Mexico City]].
Club Nintendo Año 04 Nº 08 (México) -Ver. 2.png|Third logo
Club nintendo n 200 2008.jpg|17th year, issue no. 7.<br>Special edition for reaching 200 issues of the magazine.
Club Nintendo Año 04 Nº 10 (México) -Ver. 2.jpg|Third logo, variation inspired by ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
Club Nintendo Año 11 Nº 04 (México).png|Fourth logo
Club Nintendo Año 11 Nº 07 (México).png|Fifth logo
Club Nintendo Año 12 Nº 08 (México) -1.1.png|Sixth logo
Club Nintendo Mexico Logo 7.png|Seventh logo
Club Nintendo Año 22 Nº 02 (México).png|Eighth logo
Pngkey.com-nintendo-logo-png-3378581.png|Ninth logo
Club Nintendo Año 01 Nº 01 (Editado).jpg|Year 1, Issue no. 1<br>[[Mario]] landing by parachute near of the [[Angel of Independence]] in [[Mexico City]]
Club nintendo n 200 2008.jpg|Year 17, Issue no. 7<br>Special edition for reaching 200 issues of the magazine
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==
[[File:ClubNScan.png|thumb|Scanned image of the magazine explaining the glitch with the authors' names at the bottom right.]]
*Although it was already known even before the release of the game in the Western side of the world, the November 2000 edition (Year 9, Issue no. 11) was the first to officially document the existence of the [[Backwards Long Jump]] glitch from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
*The edition of February 1996 (Year 5, Issue no. 2; ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' on the cover) made a short cameo in an official commercial in Mexico released in October 2024 for both TV and {{wp|Twitter, Inc.|X}}.<ref>https://x.com/NintendoLatam/status/1846967224915185793/</ref>
*Year 3 (1994) is the only one in which [[Mario]] does not appear on the cover of any of the 12 issues.


==References==
==References==
{{NIWA|NWiki=Club Nintendo Mexico}}
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Shigeru Miyamoto holding a copy of Club Nintendo (Mexican magazine), issue no. 1, signed by himself.
Shigeru Miyamoto holding a copy, signed by himself, of the very first issue (1991).

Club Nintendo, shortened to CN or ClubNin, was the official magazine of Nintendo for Mexico and the rest of Latin America. It was created by Gustavo "Gus" Rodríguez and José "Pepe" Sierra. Editorial Televisa was its publisher until February 2019, where due to financial problems of the editorial, its publication was immediately stopped for those Latin American countries where it was still published (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, and Chile in monthly physical format), adding to its digital version.

In December 2011, the magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary and in December 2014 they published their last issue in monthly physical format in Mexico.

Development and history[edit]

In 1987, two advertising executives and gamers, Gus Rodríguez and Pepe Sierra, formed an agency called Network Publicidad. In 1988, they acquired an NES along with Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda, when these were not very well known in Mexico, and thus began their love for Nintendo and its works.[1]

In 1989, Jorge Nogami, about to open an official Nintendo store in Mexico City, called Gus and Pepe to do some advertising for him. Instead of making ads for radio and newspapers, they decided to publish a bi-weekly newsletter called El Mundo de Nintendo (Nintendo's World), which contained information about the best-selling titles, tips and tricks. The newsletter started with four pages and two inks, was letter-sized, folded in three and included almost no photos or images since most had to be done by hand.[2]

The newsletter became so popular in the store that it quickly grew to eight pages and three inks, and special editions of some games such as Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 were also made. Some time later, two new members nicknamed Axy and Spot joined the team (contributing with a section called Warp Zones), as were Jesús Medina "Chucho" and Adrián Carbajal "Carqui".

In July 1991, Teruhide Kikuchi, a Japanese executive from Itochu (formely C. Itoh & Co.), then the official distributor of Nintendo in Mexico, called Network Publicidad and Ediciones Continentales to create a magazine to inform about and promote Nintendo products.

Then they began to work on a prototype to show to Kikuchi, choosing the one made by Network Publicidad since Ediciones Continentales was planning to make a hobby magazine. Thus, the meetings for the magazine's creation began, where some names were proposed for it such as Universo Nintendo, El Mundo de Nintendo, Nintendo Juegos, Nintendomanía, Mariolandia and El Club de Nintendo[3], which was Kikuchi's final choice. Thus, on December 8, 1991, the first issue of the magazine came out under the name Club Nintendo.

During the first years the magazines were stapled together, covers were airbrushed on cardboard four times the original size, pictures of the games were taken with a camera directly from the monitor with the Game Boy's games were photocopied from the screen, other images were hand-drawn and maps were drawn on albaneno paper with a stylograph and colored with markers.

Over time, the magazine underwent several changes in style and format, it began to be bound, more pages were added, new sections began to appear and special editions began to be released. In addition, the magazine organized several parties, meetings, tournaments and attended many events such as the CES, the E3 and the EGS. They also usually give away consoles, games and other items related to Nintendo or the magazine during special events or promotionals posted in the magazine.

It was with the issue of December 2014 (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U on the cover) that the magazine stopped its monthly publishing for Mexico's market, meanwhile in countries like Chile or Peru continued this format of publishing until its cancellation in February 2019. An issue was planned for March 2019 with Yoshi's Crafted World as the main article, but it was canceled too.

With this, the magazine ended with a record of 263 issues and more of 13 special editions.

Content[edit]

The magazine had various sections that disappeared or returned with some regularity. Some examples are:

  • DR. MARIO: Column of questions sent by mail, traditional or electronic, with answers by Dr. Mario himself.
  • Canales Nintendo (Nintendo Channels): Where the content of WiiWare's games is summarized.
  • CN Profile: A detailed summary of Nintendo-related characters.
  • Mariados: Where readers sent their questions regarding secrets or parts of videogames that are difficult to overcome or discover.
  • Curso Nintensivo (Nintensive Course): Full and complete guides to beat games the best possible.
  • El Control de los Profesionales (The Professionals' Controller): Section that talked about video games at a deeper and more technical level, approaching them from a more ethical perspective.
  • Información Clasificada (Classified Information): Section with extra and unpublished information about video games in general, which was mostly provided by Nintendo Power.
  • S.O.S. - Servicio Organizado de Secretos (Secret Organized Service): Several lists of videogames with tricks to obtain unlockable content.
  • Un Vistazo a Japón (A Glimpse of Japan): Section dedicated to the culture of Japan, things such as manga, anime, or video games that are popular there and/or that have never been released outside that market.
  • Los Años Maravillosos (The Wonderful Years): Section dedicated to remembering Nintendo's consoles from the past and some of their most memorable games.
  • Galería CN (CN Gallery): Where readers can send their fanarts by traditional mail.

List of Super Mario game reviews[edit]

Issue Game Pages
2/1991 Super Mario World 18
11/1991 Super Mario Kart
Mario Paint 		3
8/1993 Super Mario All-Stars 6
11/1994 Donkey Kong Country 9
10/1995 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 7
12/1995 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
2/1996 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
1/1997 Mario Kart 64
6/1997 Game & Watch Gallery
11/1997 Diddy Kong Racing
2/1998 Yoshi's Story
2/1999 Mario Party
4/1999 Super Smash Bros.
12/1999 Donkey Kong 64
1/2000 Mario Party 2
9/2000 Mario Tennis
1/2001 Paper Mario
5/2001 Mario Party 3
8/2001 Mario Kart: Super Circuit
11/2001 Luigi's Mansion
12/2001 Super Smash Bros. Melee
3/2002 Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
8/2002 Super Mario Sunshine
11/2002 Mario Party 4
5/2003 Wario World
11/2003 Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
12/2003 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
8/2004 Donkey Konga
9/2005 Mario Superstar Baseball
10/2005 Mario Kart DS
11/2005 Super Mario Strikers
2/2006 Super Princess Peach
5/2006 New Super Mario Bros.
9/2006 Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
1/2007 WarioWare: Smooth Moves
2/2007 Diddy Kong Racing DS
7/2007 Mario Strikers Charged
11/2007 Super Mario Galaxy
12/2007 Mario Party DS
Special 2007 Art book of Super Mario franchise
(Up to then latest game Super Paper Mario) 		All
2/2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 54
5/2008 Mario Kart Wii
Special 2008 Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros.: 8
Super Smash Bros. Melee: 32
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 54
4/2010 WarioWare: D.I.Y. 42
5/2010 Super Mario Galaxy 2
12/2010 Donkey Kong Country Returns 42
1/2011 Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition 40
11/2011 Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
6/2012 Mario Tennis Open
11/2012 Nintendo Land 38
2/2013 Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
5/2013 Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
12/2013 Super Mario 3D World
1/2014 Mario Party: Island Tour
3/2014 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
4/2014 Yoshi's New Island
5/2014 Mario Kart 8 50
7/2014 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
11/2014 Special edition: Bowser
12/2014 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
1/2015 Special edition: Donkey Kong
3/2015 Mario Party 10
4/2015 Super Mario Maker
6/2015 Special edition: amiibo
6/2016 (Digital) Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
1/2017 (Digital) Mario Sports Superstars
2/2017 (Digital) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
4/2017 (Digital) Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
5/2017 (Digital) Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
3/2018 (Digital) Mario Tennis Aces
5/2018 (Digital) Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
6/2018 (Digital) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Gallery[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Part of the page 92 of Club Nintendo's Mexican magazine (Year 9, Issue no. 11) with an explanation and an image about the most famous glitch in Super Mario 64: the Backwards Long Jump.
Scanned image of the magazine explaining the glitch with the authors' names at the bottom right.
  • Although it was already known even before the release of the game in the Western side of the world, the November 2000 edition (Year 9, Issue no. 11) was the first to officially document the existence of the Backwards Long Jump glitch from Super Mario 64.
  • The edition of February 1996 (Year 5, Issue no. 2; Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars on the cover) made a short cameo in an official commercial in Mexico released in October 2024 for both TV and X.[4]
  • Year 3 (1994) is the only one in which Mario does not appear on the cover of any of the 12 issues.

References[edit]

Club Nintendo coverage on other NIWA wikis:
  1. ^ [1]. Club Nintendo - Year 5, issue no. 1 (January 1996), pp. 6 and 7
  2. ^ Club Nintendo - Year 13, issue no. 12 (December 2004), p. 65
  3. ^ https://youtu.be/k4F8vmHrbWM?si=tVrziekHCKGGomsq&t=111
  4. ^ https://x.com/NintendoLatam/status/1846967224915185793/
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