N64 Magazine Issue 52

Introduction

Star Wars: Battle for Naboo was on the cover of issue 52, as they got the chance to go to San-Francisco to visit Factor 5, and take a look at both Battle for Naboo and Indiana Jones. They managed to get playthroughs of various levels of both of the games, and thought things were shaping up fairly well - although at this point they were both dated for Autumn. The only Future Look this issue was Conker’s BFD, with the team praising the originality of the game, looking at some of the more interesting set pieces.

Planet Game Boy had another look at the Game Boy Advance with the Japanese release less than a month away.  They had the first proper shots of Mario Kart Advance, as well as the games they expected to release in 2001. There wasn’t much going on in reviews, as Bionic Commando was the highest score with four stars. There was a competition courtesy of EON Digital Entertainment to win various Game Boy Accessories.

As had become the norm for 2001, there weren't many reviews this issue. Pokemon once again starred, with Puzzle League scoring 89% and the Japanese version of Stadium Gold and Silver scored 90%. Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue scored only a tenth of that, with one of the lowest ever ratings, scoring a pitiful 9%. Mario Party 3 was comfortably the worst game in that series so far, scoring 74%.

This month’s big guide looked at Majora’s Mask, and provided tips to find everything, including all the heart-pieces, all the bottles and how to upgrade all your items. At the back of the mag Mark looked at some of the Nintendo classics that were lost to the depths of time. The games featured on the Japanese SNES add-on the Satellaview, and were basically games beamed via satellite to be stored on special cartridges.