Introduction
The first issue of NGC brought with it coverage from Spaceworld 2001 and a number of newly announced games, including the very first looks at Mario Sunshine and what was to become Zelda Wind Waker. They also had more in depth news on the Japanese launch which was to come in the December issue.
There were still a couple of reviews this issue however, with two of the last N64 games being launched - Mario Party 3 and Pokémon Stadium 2, with Pokémon gaining a very respectable score of 90%. Planet Game Boy was still running strong and gave Pokémon Crystal 4 stars out of 5.
With the UK Gamecube launch still over 6 months away, the back of the mag was still dedicated to the N64, with a number of features carried over like the Directory and tips sections. A new section at the back of the mag looked at the making of Goldeneye and the team even had space for a comedy take on Big Brother titled Big Bowser and Featuring Nintendo characters
Articles
Previews
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Wave Race: Blue Storm
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
Luigi's Mansion
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
Soul Calibur 2
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
Rune
Anticipation Rating: 3 -
Super Monkey Ball
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
Starfox Adventures
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
Super Smash Bros Melee
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
1080 GC
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
Bomberman Generations
Anticipation Rating: 3 -
Eternal Darkness
Anticipation Rating: 5
Special Investigation
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Crazy Taxi
Anticipation Rating: 4 -
Mario Sunshine
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
The Legend of Zelda
Anticipation Rating: 5
Reviews
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Pokemon Stadium 2
Author: Alan Madrell
Country: UK
Score: 90 -
Mario Party 3
Author: Geraint Evans
Country: UK
Score: 72
How To
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Get Between the folds of Paper Mario
Features
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Win! A Panasonic Gamecube -
The Making of: GoldenEye 007 -
Big Bowser
PGB Features
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Super Mario Advance 2 -
Sonic Advance -
Gradius -
Sabrewulf -
Street Fighter Alpha 3 -
Tekken -
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
PGB Reviews
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Pokemon Crystal
Country: Jap
Score: 4 -
Lego Islands 2
Country: Uk
Score: 3 -
Jurrasic Park III: The DNA Factor
Country: UK
Score: 1 -
Lego Racers 2
Country: UK
Score: 1 -
Lego Bionicle
Country: Uk
Score: 2
Future Look
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Metroid Prime
Anticipation Rating: 5 -
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Anticipation Rating: 4
Staff
- Tim Weaver Editor
- Mark Green Deputy Editor
- Dan Geary Production Editor
- Justin Webb Art Editor
- Paul Edwards Deputy Art Editor
- Alan Maddrell Writer
- Geraint Evans Writer