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[[File:Shigeru Miyamoto Club Nintendo (Mexican magazine).jpg|thumb|[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] holding a copy, signed by himself, of the very first issue (1991).]]
|title=''Club Nintendo''
'''''Club Nintendo''''', shortened to '''''CN''''' or '''''ClubNin''''', was the official magazine of [[Nintendo]] for Mexico and the rest of Latin America. It was created by [[Gustavo "Gus" Rodríguez]] and [[José "Pepe" Sierra]]. Editorial Televisa was its publisher until February 2019, where due to financial problems of the editorial, its publication was immediately stopped for those Latin American countries where it was still published (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, and Chile in monthly physical format), adding to its digital version.
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|founded=December 8th, 1991
|defunct=February 2019
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[[File:Shigeru Miyamoto Club Nintendo (Mexican magazine).jpg|thumb|left|[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] holding a copy, signed by himself, of the very first issue.]]
'''''Club Nintendo''''', shortened to '''''CN''''' or '''''ClubNin''''', was the official magazine of [[Nintendo]] for Mexico and the rest of Latin America. It was created by [[Gus Rodríguez|Gustavo "Gus" Rodríguez]] and [[Pepe Sierra|José "Pepe" Sierra]]. Editorial Televisa was its publisher until February 2019, where due to financial problems of the editorial, its publication was immediately stopped for those Latin American countries where it was still published (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, and Chile in monthly physical format), adding to its digital version.


In December 2011, the magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary and in December 2014 they published their last issue in monthly physical format in Mexico.
In December 2011, the magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary and in December 2014 they published their last issue in monthly physical format in Mexico.


==Development and history==
==Development and history==
[[File:DyH6TgbUcAITiiA.jpg|thumb|First issue of ''El Mundo de Nintendo'', the newsletter that preceded the magazine.]]
In 1987, two advertising executives and gamers, Gus Rodríguez and Pepe Sierra, formed an agency called Network Publicidad. In 1988, they acquired an NES along with ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]'', when these were not very well known in Mexico, and thus began their love for Nintendo and its works.<ref name="love for nintendo">[https://scanclubnintendodb.blogspot.com/2023/05/club-nintendo-ano-05-n-01-mexico.html]. Club Nintendo - Year 5, issue no. 1 (January 1996), pp. 6 and 7</ref>
In 1987, two advertising executives and gamers, Gus Rodríguez and Pepe Sierra, formed an agency called Network Publicidad. In 1988, they acquired an NES along with ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]'', when these were not very well known in Mexico, and thus began their love for Nintendo and its works.<ref name="love for nintendo">[https://scanclubnintendodb.blogspot.com/2023/05/club-nintendo-ano-05-n-01-mexico.html]. Club Nintendo - Year 5, issue no. 1 (January 1996), pp. 6 and 7</ref>


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In July 1991, Teruhide Kikuchi, a Japanese executive from {{wp|Itochu}} (formely C. Itoh & Co.), then the official distributor of Nintendo in Mexico, called Network Publicidad and Ediciones Continentales to create a magazine to inform about and promote Nintendo products.
In July 1991, Teruhide Kikuchi, a Japanese executive from {{wp|Itochu}} (formely C. Itoh & Co.), then the official distributor of Nintendo in Mexico, called Network Publicidad and Ediciones Continentales to create a magazine to inform about and promote Nintendo products.


Then they began to work on a prototype to show to Kikuchi, choosing the one made by Network Publicidad since Ediciones Continentales was planning to make a hobby magazine. Thus, the meetings for the magazine's creation began, where some names were proposed for it such as ''Universo Nintendo'', ''Nintendo Juegos'', ''[[List of references in live-action television#Nintendomanía / Power Up! Gamers|Nintendomanía]]'' (this one used later for a Saturday-only TV program on 1995 presented by Gus Rodríguez), ''Mariolandia'' and ''El Club de Nintendo''<ref>https://youtu.be/k4F8vmHrbWM?si=tVrziekHCKGGomsq&t=111</ref>, which was Kikuchi's final choice. Thus, on December 8, 1991, the first issue of the magazine came out under the name ''Club Nintendo''.
Then they began to work on a prototype to show to Kikuchi, choosing the one made by Network Publicidad since Ediciones Continentales was planning to make a hobby magazine. Thus, the meetings for the magazine's creation began, where some names were proposed for it such as ''El Club de Nintendo'', which was Kikuchi's final choice. Thus, on December 8, 1991, the first issue of the magazine came out under the name ''Club Nintendo''.


During the first years the magazines were stapled together, covers were airbrushed on cardboard four times the original size, pictures of the games were taken with a camera directly from the monitor with the Game Boy's games were photocopied from the screen, other images were hand-drawn and maps were drawn on albaneno paper with a stylograph and colored with markers.
During the first years the magazines were stapled together, covers were airbrushed on cardboard four times the original size, pictures of the games were taken with a camera directly from the monitor with the Game Boy's games were photocopied from the screen, other images were hand-drawn and maps were drawn on albaneno paper with a stylograph and colored with markers.
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==Content==
==Content==
The magazine had various sections that disappeared or returned with some regularity. Some examples are:
The magazine had various sections that disappeared or returned with some regularity. The most notable examples are:
*'''DR. MARIO''': Column of questions sent by mail, traditional or electronic, with answers by [[Dr. Mario]] himself.
*'''Canales Nintendo''' (Nintendo Channels): Where the content of [[WiiWare]]'s games is summarized.
*'''Canales Nintendo''' (Nintendo Channels): Where the content of [[WiiWare]]'s games is summarized.
*'''CN Profile''': A detailed summary of Nintendo-related characters.
*'''CN Profile''': A detailed summary of Nintendo-related characters.
*'''Mariados''': Where readers sent their questions regarding secrets or parts of videogames that are difficult to overcome or discover.
*'''Mariados''': Where readers sent their questions regarding secrets or parts of videogames that are difficult to overcome or discover.
*'''Curso Nintensivo''' (Nintensive Course): Full and complete guides to beat games the best possible.
*'''S.O.S. - Servicio Organizado de Secretos''' (Service of Organized Secrets): Several lists of videogames with tricks to obtain unlockable content.
*'''El Control de los Profesionales''' (The Professionals' Controller): Section that talked about video games at a deeper and more technical level, approaching them from a more ethical perspective.
*'''Un Vistazo a Japón''' (A Glimps of Japan): Section dedicated to the culture of [[Japan]], things such as manga, anime or videogames that are popular there and/or that have never been released outside that market.
*'''Información Clasificada''' (Classified Information): Section with extra and unpublished information about video games in general, which was mostly provided by ''[[Nintendo Power]]''.
*'''S.O.S. - Servicio Organizado de Secretos''' (Secret Organized Service): Several lists of videogames with tricks to obtain unlockable content.
*'''Un Vistazo a Japón''' (A Glimpse of Japan): Section dedicated to the culture of [[Japan]], things such as manga, anime, or video games that are popular there and/or that have never been released outside that market.
*'''Los Años Maravillosos''' (The Wonderful Years): Section dedicated to remembering [[Nintendo]]'s consoles from the past and some of their most memorable games.
*'''Los Años Maravillosos''' (The Wonderful Years): Section dedicated to remembering [[Nintendo]]'s consoles from the past and some of their most memorable games.
*'''Galería CN''' (CN Gallery): Where readers can send their fanarts by traditional mail.
*'''Galería CN''' (CN Gallery): Where readers can send their fanarts by traditional mail.
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!Game
!Game
!Pages
!Pages
|-
|1/1991
|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
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|2/1991
|2/1991
|''[[Super Mario World]]''
|''[[Super Mario World]]''
|18
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|-
|11/1991
|8/1991
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
|''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]''
|3
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|-
|11/1991
|11/1991
|''[[Mario Paint]]''
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''<br>''[[Mario Paint]]''
|3
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|-
|-
|8/1993
|8/1993
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|6
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|1/1994
|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]''
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|5/1994
|''[[Wario Land]]''
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|-
|-
|11/1994
|11/1994
|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
|9
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|-
|-
|10/1995
|10/1995
|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
|7
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|-
|-
|12/1995
|12/1995
|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|7
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|-
|2/1996
|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
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|-
|-
|1/1997
|1/1997
|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
|7
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|-
|-
|6/1997
|6/1997
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]''
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]''
|18
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|-
|-
|11/1997
|11/1997
|''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''
|''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''
|12
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|-
|-
|2/1998
|2/1998
|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
|6
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|-
|-
|2/1999
|2/1999
|''[[Mario Party]]''
|''[[Mario Party]]''
|43
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|-
|-
|4/1999
|4/1999
|''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
|''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
|9
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|-
|-
|12/1999
|12/1999
|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
|10
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|-
|-
|1/2000
|1/2000
|''[[Mario Party 2]]''
|''[[Mario Party 2]]''
|6
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|-
|-
|9/2000
|9/2000
|''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''
|''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''
|4
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|-
|-
|1/2001
|1/2001
|''[[Paper Mario]]''
|''[[Paper Mario]]''
|3
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|-
|-
|5/2001
|5/2001
|''[[Mario Party 3]]''
|''[[Mario Party 3]]''
|39
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|-
|-
|8/2001
|8/2001
|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''<br><small>(Part of E3 2001 event's report.)</small>
|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
|9
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|-
|-
|11/2001
|11/2001
|''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''
|''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''
|8
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|-
|-
|12/2001
|12/2001
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
|16
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|-
|-
|3/2002
|3/2002
|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
|7
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|-
|-
|8/2002
|8/2002
|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|8
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|-
|-
|11/2002
|11/2002
|''[[Mario Party 4]]''
|''[[Mario Party 4]]''
|8
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|-
|11/2002
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''
|8
|-
|-
|5/2003
|5/2003
|''[[Wario World]]''
|''[[Wario World]]''
|8
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|-
|-
|11/2003
|11/2003
|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|8
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|-
|-
|12/2003
|12/2003
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
|7
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|-
|-
|8/2004
|8/2004
|''[[Donkey Konga]]''
|''[[Donkey Konga]]''
|7
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|-
|-
|9/2005
|9/2005
|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
|54
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|-
|-
|10/2005
|10/2005
|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|26
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|-
|-
|11/2005
|11/2005
|''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
|''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
|24
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|-
|-
|2/2006
|2/2006
|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
|28
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|-
|-
|5/2006
|5/2006
|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|54
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|-
|-
|9/2006
|9/2006
|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]''
|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]
|24
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|-
|-
|1/2007
|1/2007
|''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''
|''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''
|58
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|-
|-
|2/2007
|2/2007
|''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''
|''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''
|44
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|-
|-
|7/2007
|7/2007
|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
|46
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|-
|-
|11/2007
|11/2007
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|36
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|-
|-
|12/2007
|12/2007
|''[[Mario Party DS]]''
|''[[Mario Party DS]]''
|36
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|-
|-
|Special 2007
|Special/2007
|Art book of [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]<br><small>(Up to then latest game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'')</small>
|Art book of ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario's franchise]]'' (up to ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'')
|All
|All
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|-
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|5/2008
|5/2008
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|50
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|-
|Special 2008
|[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]
|''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'': 8<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'': 32''<br>[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'': 54
|-
|-
|4/2010
|4/2010
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|5/2010
|5/2010
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|42
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|-
|12/2010
|12/2010
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|11/2011
|11/2011
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
|44
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|-
|-
|6/2012
|6/2012
|''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''
|''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''
|36
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|-
|11/2012
|11/2012
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|2/2013
|2/2013
|''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
|''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
|48
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|-
|-
|5/2013
|5/2013
|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''
|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''
|52
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|-
|-
|12/2013
|12/2013
|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|44
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|-
|-
|1/2014
|1/2014
|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|50
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|-
|-
|3/2014
|3/2014
|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|48
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|-
|-
|4/2014
|4/2014
|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
|46
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|-
|5/2014
|5/2014
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|-
|7/2014
|7/2014
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''<br><small>(Part of E3 2014 event's report.)</small>
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|46
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|-
|11/2014
|11/2014
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|6/2015
|6/2015
|Special edition: [[amiibo]]
|Special edition: [[Amiibo]]
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|4/2017 (Digital)
|4/2017 (Digital)
|''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]
|''[[Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle]]
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|-
|5/2018 (Digital)
|5/2018 (Digital)
|''[[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|Luigi's Mansion]]'' ([[Nintendo 3DS]])
|''[[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)]]''
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Logos===
<gallery>
Club Nintendo Mexico Logo.png|First logo
Club Nintendo Año 04 Nº 01 (México) -Ver. 2.png|Second logo
Club Nintendo Año 04 Nº 08 (México) -Ver. 2.png|Third logo
Club Nintendo Año 04 Nº 10 (México) -Ver. 2.jpg|Third logo, variation inspired by ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
Club Nintendo Año 11 Nº 04 (México).png|Fourth logo
Club Nintendo Año 11 Nº 07 (México).png|Fifth logo
Club Nintendo Año 12 Nº 08 (México) -1.1.png|Sixth logo
Club Nintendo Mexico Logo 7.png|Seventh logo
Club Nintendo Año 22 Nº 02 (México).png|Eighth logo
Pngkey.com-nintendo-logo-png-3378581.png|Ninth logo
Club Nintendo Año 26 Nº 05 (México).jpg|Tenth and last logo
</gallery>
===Covers===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Club Nintendo Año 01 Nº 01 (Editado).jpg|Year 1, Issue no. 1<br>[[Mario]] landing by parachute near of the [[Angel of Independence]] in [[Mexico City]]
Club Nintendo Año 01 Nº 01 (Editado).jpg|Cover of year 1, issue no. 1. [[Mario]] landing by parachute near of the [[Angel of Independence]] in [[Mexico City]].
Club nintendo n 200 2008.jpg|Year 17, Issue no. 7<br>Special edition for reaching 200 issues of the magazine
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==
[[File:ClubNScan.png|thumb|Scanned image of the magazine explaining the glitch with the authors' names at the bottom right.]]
*Although it was already known even before the release of the game in the Western side of the world, the November 2000 edition (Year 9, Issue no. 11) was the first to officially document the existence of the [[Backwards Long Jump]] glitch from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
*The edition of February 1996 (Year 5, Issue no. 2; ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' on the cover) made a short cameo in an official commercial in Mexico released in October 2024 for both TV and {{wp|Twitter, Inc.|X}}.<ref>https://x.com/NintendoLatam/status/1846967224915185793/</ref>
*Year 3 (1994) is the only one in which [[Mario]] does not appear on the cover of any of the 12 issues.


==References==
==References==
{{NIWA|NWiki=Club Nintendo Mexico}}
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