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| Editor | Sprea Media Italy |
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| Categories | Games magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Format |
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| Publisher | Xenia |
| First issue | 2002 |
| Final issue Number | July 2013 142 |
| Company | Sprea Media Italy |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Milan, Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Website | Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale |
Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale (from Italian:Nintendo The Official Magazine), also known by theacronymNRU, was theItalian edition ofOfficial Nintendovideo game magazine, specializing in allNintendovideo game consoles andhandheld gaming platforms. The magazine featured previews,reviews, andcheat codes for Nintendo games.
Launched in 2002 byFuture Media Italy, a division ofFuture Publishing, and from February 2007Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale was published by the Italian publishing houseSprea Media Italy.
Previously, from November 1998 to around the beginning of 2002, the official Italian magazine of Nintendo had beenOfficial Nintendo Magazine, published by Xenia Edizioni.[1] The monthly then closed suddenly, according to the former editor-in-chief due to a lack of agreement between Xenia and Nintendo Italy.[2] TheNational Library Service of Italy regardsNintendo Official Magazine as a continuation of that same magazine.[3]
Among the most important news announced by the magazine we find the innovative consolesNintendo DS (NRU 28, July 2004),Wii (NRU 41, July 2005),Nintendo 3DS (NRU 115, April 2011) andWii U (NRU 135, December 2012).
In 2003, initially as a supplement to NRU,Game Boy Advance la Rivista Ufficiale was born, dedicated only to theGame Boy Advance portable console and released irregularly for a few issues until 2005, when the name was replaced byNintendo DS la Rivista Ufficiale, dedicated to theNintendo DS.[4]
In July 2013NintendoItaly announced the closure of the magazine after 11 years of activity. Issue 142 of the magazine was the last to be published by Sprea Media, with the consequent abandonment of the historical editorial staff. Nintendo tried to find a new publisher but failed, thus declaring the end of the magazine.[5] This was the second official Nintendo magazine to close in less than a year, the first being the US-basedNintendo Power.