Nintendo Wii Fanboy

• Manages monthly Nintendo Power Magazine licensed to the new publisher, Future US Maintains close communication with Future US regarding editorial plan, production plan, and marketing plan
• Provides necessary material and/or information
• Manages approval process of magazine content
• Oversees the approval process with Future US, will be the point person between Future US and Nintendo of America Inc (NOA)
• Point of contact for requests for access to software, assets, or interview possibilities
• Coordination of annual marketing plan support program for Nintendo Power
• Often necessary to change duties, projects or direction on short notice
• Heavy work volume, fast-paced environment with fluctuating production requirements
• Periodic adjustments to work schedule and/or usual hours may be required
• Up to 15% travel

From hosting parties with Wii ambassadors to tagging along with touring bands, Nintendo has been pushing its new system in lots of creative ways. It's helped a lot to spread the word about the Wii to not just traditional gamers, but lapsed and non-gamers as well.

Our latest issue of Nintendo Power came in the mail packed with a 12-page booklet promoting the console's features. Considering that most of the magazine's subscribers likely already have a Wii, this doesn't seem noteworthy at first, but turning to the last page, Nintendo has a message encouraging people to pass around the advertising piece.

We doubt that there are many situations where you'd want to evangelize Nintendo with the booklet, but it sounds like an effective way to give information about the console to someone who's interested in the Wii, but doesn't know much about it. Jump past the post break for the scanned message.

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• Madden NFL 07
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion
• Wii Sports

• WarioWare: Smooth Moves is to utilize a 'pass-the-Wiimote' 12-player multiplayer mode and Mii support (which we already knew).
• The Wii Play bundle everyone else is getting has finally been confirmed for a January release in North America and will be bundled with the Wiimote.
• A new baseball game has been revealed in The BIGS, which is set to release in Q3 2007 and will support online gameplay. It is being handled by 2K Sports and Big Castle Games.
• The issue has an interview with Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi, where he claims that the Wiimote is too gimmicky for a Castlevania title.