Editing Club Nintendo (Mexican magazine)

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[[File:Shigeru Miyamoto Club Nintendo (Mexican magazine).jpg|thumb|[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] holding a copy, signed by himself, of the issue no. 1.]]

'''Club Nintendo''', shortened as '''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.

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 1987, two advertising executives and gamers, Gus Rodriguez and Pepe Sierra, formed an agency called Network Publicidad. In 1988, they acquired a 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.

In 1989, Jorge Nogami, about to open an official Nintendo store in Mexico City, called Gus and Pepe to do some advertising for him. Instead of making ads for radio and newspapers, they decided to publish a bi-weekly newsletter called ''El Mundo de Nintendo'' (Nintendo's World), which contained information about the best-selling titles, tips and tricks. The newsletter started with four pages and two inks, was letter-sized, folded in three and included almost no photos or images since most had to be done by hand.

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''.

The magazine had various sections that disappeared or returned with some regularity. The most notable examples are:

*'''Canales Nintendo''' (Nintendo Channels): Where the content of [[WiiWare]]'s games is summarized.

*'''Mariados''': Where readers sent their questions regarding secrets or parts of videogames that are difficult to overcome or discover.

*'''S.O.S. - Servicio Organizado de Secretos''' (Service of Organized Secrets): Several lists of videogames with tricks to obtain unlockable content.

*'''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.

*'''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.

|1/1994

|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|2/1994

|''[[Super Mario World]]''

|8/1994

|''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]''

|11/1994

|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''<br>''[[Mario Paint]]''