NGamer

Nintendo Gamer

Issue 80 (October 2012) of Nintendo Gamer - the cover art is by Wil Overton and features Mario, Link and Samus Aran
Editor	Mark Green (2006-2007) Nick Ellis (2007-2010, 2012) Martin Kitts (2010-2011) Charlotte Martyn (2011-2012) Matthew Castle (2012)
Categories	Computer and video games
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	ABC 10,589 January–December 2010
First issue	13 July 2006
Final issue	7 September 2012
Company	Future plc
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	http://www.nintendo-gamer.net
ISSN	2049-4300

Nintendo Gamer was a magazine published in the United Kingdom which mainly covered Nintendo video game consoles and software and consoles. It was the successor publication to N64 Magazine, later renamed NGC Magazine (1997–2006) and Super Play (1992–1996), continuing the unique style of those magazines. The publication was originally known as NGamer, with the first issue being released on 13 July 2006. From issue 71 onward, released on 5 January 2012, the magazine was renamed Nintendo Gamer and was significantly reformatted. On 30 August 2012, it was announced that issue 80, which went on sale on 7 September 2012 was to be the final issue.

Upon launch the magazine covered the Nintendo DS, GameCube and Game Boy Advance formats, with pre-release coverage of the Wii. Full Wii and Nintendo 3DS coverage were added over time, as was reports about the then-upcoming Wii U in later issues.

Nintendo Gamer's main staff writers and designers were:

These people occasionally contributed game reviews, but were not regular NGamer or Nintendo Gamer staff members.

Nick Ellis "vanished" from NGamer HQ after issue 47, so Martin Kitts stood in as Editor until his return. Several small references to Ellis were made on the 'final word' page. He returned as Editor in issue 54, before leaving for good in issue 56. He made his return to the magazine in issue 78 and stayed until the magazine's sudden demise in issue 80.

NGamer had the following sections or features in its magazine from issues 1 to 70. This was subject to change as new issues were published.

In Issue 1, the magazine printed their revised review scores for GameCube, Game Boy Advance (GBA) and DS games; made by intense negotiation by the staffers. This was because they felt that review scores in NGC Magazine had been too lenient, so they used a stricter scoring system. This stricter system was used for all NGamer/Nintendo Gamer reviews.

The lowest scoring game in NGamer's history was the Nintendo DS game Secret Flirts II, which received a -47, the reviewer stating it to be "A hateful piece of software."