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The newest issue of Official Nintendo Magazine from the UK is out. This time, they've really let us all down. After promising a new Wii title being exclusively unveiled, as well as exclusive new Twilight Princess screenshots and artwork, they crank out media as old as E3 2006, and their exclusive title was BWii - Batallion Wars 2 for the Wii. This marks the third time they've promised big Zelda news, and failed to deliver.

As for the content of the Twilight Princess article, I've never seen such a poorly written piece of crap. There are numerous, obvious errors with facts regarding the game, such as the picture of Wolf Link in color, which they assume is Wolf Link existing outside the Twilight Realm. Yes, this would be a good mistake to make...at the time of E3 when this was revealed. But now that everyone knows the Twilight Realm is no longer black and white, but a warped, color-filled world, this was a very stupid mistake to make, especially for an official Nintendo magazine.

People are badmouthing Nintendo Power, but its UK counterpart is a joke. I could have written a better article blindfolded with my hands tied behind my back. Heck, any Zelda fan site could have. But it gets better. On their final page of the Twilight Princess feature, they promise more new media...on October 27th, 2006. Is this stuff catching on? Nintendo loves to delay stuff, so now the magazine loves to as well? Give me a break, anyone who subscribes to this magazine needs to seriously consider setting their money on fire rather than paying for this nonsense. Oh yeah, wasn't this magazine supposedly staffed by the guys who wrote NGC - that magazine that claimed Twilight Princess was delayed last year for Revolution?

I now 100% believe the story was fabricated, and that they totally BSed their way into a lucky claim. Re-read the article - if Wii comes out in October, everything in that article was a lie. Yes, Twilight Princess on Wii will fully utilize the Wiimote as NGC said - but that wasn't determined until THIS MONTH publicly, and as of May 2006, it wasn't in effect. More like a that crack-pot fortune teller on late night TV who does a cold reading to get some of the facts right! Seriously, ONM has no credibility in my eyes when it comes to Zelda, and the entire European scene for Zelda in general is a joke. If you can't get info before Japan/America, make it up. Good job.

As for their History of Zelda feature, which obviously has a page listing the games by North American dates, they have the games out of order. For starters, Master Quest came out before The Wind Waker. Oh, it came out at the same time in Europe? Hmm, okay. Why is The Minish Cap lsited as a 2005 title, then? It came out in 2004 in Europe, right? Seriously, it makes me wonder sometimes for a company that is so uptight about details, their official publications can't even get them right sometimes. Oh yeah, they're still using the term "Ganondorf Dragmire", if that's any indication of how ancient their fact checking is. They somehow get the rarer CD-i games information correct, yet they can't keep the actual official games in order.

So, with this shortcoming, what do we have to look forward to? Here's an outline of hope. Between today and next week, brand new Tingle RPG media and information will be revealed courtesy of myself and perhaps others as the imports arrive to people who pre-ordered the game. Two weeks from today, events in Japan, USA and Europe will take place, promising new info. Additionally, I will be attending my Wii party in two weeks, and I should have hands on time with the new Twilight Princess build.

Source: Official Nintendo Magazine | Media

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