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"New NGC, already!!"

Yep, that's right! The Christmas 2003 issue of NGC (Issue #88) arrived through my letter-box this morning, the best part of 10 days before I usually come to expect it, at this time in a month!

They must be feeling very generous, and working really hard, or something... Either that, or they really haven't got much to write about, right now...!


Anyway, here are the various scores from this issue, you want to see:

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 93/100
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System - 82/100
XIII - 86/100
Tony Hawk's Underground - 79/100
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup - 62/100
True Crime: Streets of LA - 75/100
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun - 67/100
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - 45/100
Gladius - 70/100
The Hobbit - 58/100
Star Wars, Rogue Sqaudron 3: Rebel Strike - 83/100
Beyblade - 10/100 (Yes, that's TEN!!! :D )
Need for Speed: Underground - 77/100
NBA Live 2004 - 86/100

...And a load of GBA reviews which I can't be bothered with, now.
(What's so wrong with you buying the mag., anyway??)


So, it looks like they have had "quite" a lot to do, afterall, then...!

And, if that wasn't enough, there's also a £5-Off GAME voucher for Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, ANOTHER free Hints-book, and a Poképlanner-thing; which is a Mario Kart poster on the other side.


Overall, I'd say it's worth the £3.50 - like it always seems to be!

So, just go out an buy it.


Merry Christmas....! :S

NGC isn't poor, but it just isn't my bag any more, baby.

I can see why people like it, however.


Edge's reviews are poor in comparison to the rest of the mag, and it is worth the £4 solely due to the columns and articles.

Mattribute = Idiot
NGC = Best Nintendo Mag on the market by a long, long way

I wouldn't disagree about Edge though, good mag.

Mattribute wrote:
> NGC = poor.
>
> Matt = getting EDGE subscription for his Christmas

Ok...You buy the magazine that bashes Mario Kart after almost giving yourself an enema after i said the game was disappointing.

Makes sense...

NGC = poor.

Matt = getting EDGE subscription for his Christmas

If you're going to do jungles, youahev to do them properly, or not at all. Take Vietcong for example: great jungle, good game.

Shame about "Rising Sun".

Ok, so i wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but i expected it to get a higher score than Frontline. Its amazing how a game can take such a backstep.

But thats EA for you!

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Rise of Sin-Tzu?

Sin-Tzu is a completely new villian devised just for the game, which is based on the Animated Series and, like all Batman games, is rubbish, despite great source material.

Dringo wrote:
> Why the low score for Tony..... I'll just buy the issue.

Because it's the same old crap being rehashed with the added bonus of being able to get off your skateboard (why bother?) and drive cars that handle like a badly oiled wheelchair.

Good, accurate score for Mario Kart, methinks.

I got mine too, ive given it a brief glimpse.

Still no word on the SNES super mario kart comp though. :(