Supposedly, ONM (Official Nintendo Magazine UK) was holding out on a pretty big exclusive set to grace the cover of their next issue, set to release in September. They hyped up that this was something we'd yet to see, so the fact that it turned out their "secret exclusive" was none other than Battalion Wars 2, a game revealed at Leipzig, is equal parts laughable and pathetic. We haven't been following the coverage of this rumor as it snowballed on various message boards and blogs because it isn't in our nature to be a gossip rag. We respect our readers and even though ONM hyped this "secret exclusive" up for some time, we felt it did not need to be commented on. We'd let the guys at ONM handle their business. And handle it, they have.
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8-31-2006 @ 4:50PM
Derek said...
That's pretty weak. But it is most likely a situation of one hand not talking to the other on Nintendo's part.
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8-31-2006 @ 5:25PM
Lynx said...
ONM is always falling flat, infact, it always has some "exlusive" or hot news that never turns up. It's not a good magazine. I don't trust ONM, and likely never will given the amount of times it's managed to screw up in such a short time.
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8-31-2006 @ 5:29PM
All Your Lost Socks said...
That particular shot on the cover of the magazine makes it look like "Barbie Wars". O.o
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8-31-2006 @ 5:30PM
Dred said...
What happened to the silhouette of Leon?
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/capcom/exclusive-resident-evil-wii-coming-186386.php
That's what I wanna know.
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8-31-2006 @ 11:10PM
Wiggle said...
If you would look into things, YOU wouldn't be so pathetic, Joystiq.
BWii was supposed to be an exclusive for ONM. But at the last minute they added it to the Lezpig conference. It does have a 10 page spread in their mag, covering multiple different levels, both single and multiplayer. If you want to be taken serious, try researching what you are posting about.
Its funny that you don't want to be a "gossip rag" and you didn't want to comment on the exclusive, when it was actual fact that there was suppose to be a huge exclusive. It just didn't work out, so then you guys decide to do a misinformed (or not informed at all) write up on it, just to take a jab at ONM. Sounds pretty tabloidesque to me.
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8-31-2006 @ 11:29PM
Scoobydiesel said...
That really is a huge let down but if anyone wants to Digg it check it out.
http://digg.com/gaming_news/ONM_falls_flat_on_secret_exclusive
cheap product placment...i know lol
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9-01-2006 @ 10:59AM
Richard Mitchell said...
Meh. It's pretty much impossible for a magazine to have an "Exclusive" anything these days. Even if they manage to hide their news from the internet, it's all posted somewhere within a day of the mag hitting stands. Or people scan early copies. I've even seen people re-type entire articles verbatim.
Richard Mitchell
Xbox 360 Fanboy
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9-03-2006 @ 3:13AM
Swifty said...
OMG
For god sake stop picking on ONM, they are quite a new magazine (taking over NOM) and should be given a chance. They probably did get this exclusive but had no time to change it when it was announced on the net.
Swifty
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