Did you know that
@Kickstarter
made us a 'Project We Love'? Not every project gets this accolade, and it shows that we're a project to be excited about! So why not check us out!
We're a brand new, independently run, premium video game magazine. HI!
Morning
#Nintendo
fans! We are Ninty Fresh, a new Nintendo magazine! We aim to cover all of Nintendo with a fresh outlook, from NES to Now. Our first issue is live on
@kickstarter
now. Secure your print copy from just £5 and help us keep Nintendo in print!
Who fancies a little work-in-progress peak? These four pictures illustrate the evolution of our design as we have gone on, from our concept
#WindWaker
feature to how it currently looks. It might even change again! This is the sort of thing you can expect to see in
@NintyFreshMag
!
If this image makes you think “I really miss [insert
#Nintendo
magazine name here]” then we are just the thing you need. Like a cross between ONM and Retro Gamer, covering NES to Now. We need you. Support our new print Nintendo magazine from just a fiver!
🚨 WE. ARE. LIVE!🚨
Help us make GENERATIONS a reality by backing us right now on Kickstarter!
This premium video game magazine aims to show how gaming's past shaped our future, with articles covering every generation from the first until today!
From
@PMurphy1978
(creator of Switch Player & GameBook) and
@oddment84
(former Editor-in-Chief of [lock-on] by Lost In Cult), comes a brand new PREMIUM video game magazine and book publisher. Sign up to our newsletter at below to be notified about our first project - coming soon!
Morning
#Nintendo
fans! We have just 10 days left on our
@kickstarter
for a brand new PRINT
#Nintendo
magazine! If you miss the old days of print,
@NintyFreshMag
is what you need. You won’t want to miss it - back from just £2 for digital or £5 for print!
What a week that has been. All of you have been incredible and have contributed above and beyond what we expected. Thank you so much for your faith and support. Miss the days of print
#Nintendo
magazines?
There’s still 22 days to support
@NintyFreshMag
!
GENERATIONS is coming! Our first premium quarterly magazine focused on how gaming's past has shaped our future. Featuring
#SteelBattalion
cover artwork by
@AlessioGrecoArt
, and an interview with the games creator
@hifumi_kono
. Sign up to our newsletter to be alerted when we go
"How gaming's past shaped our future" 🕹️➡️🎮
Introducing GENERATIONS, our first premium magazine. Filled with retrospectives and essays chronicling the history of gaming, from the 1st gen till today. Featuring beautiful art & photography, as well as illustrations by
@bobrobbaru
.
Like Craig David used to sing back in the early 2000s, seven days, check it out. Just a week remains to back our BRAND NEW and shiny
#Nintendo
Magazine on
@kickstarter
! Packed with new
#NintendoSwitch
stuff and
#Retro
Ninty coverage. Back from £2!
🚨10 DAYS TO GO!🚨 GENERATIONS launching soon on Kickstarter. Meet Coco, our cutesy cat mascot causing mischief in the magazine. More reveals in the thread below. Take a look! 🐱📖
We are moved by and loved so many
#Nintendo
publications from the past. Although our inspiration is rooted in UK publications like
#ONM
#NOM
and
#NGamer
we also loved
#NintendoPower
. These covers have left a lasting impression on us.
One paying homage to the other. Amazing.
❤️
Woah! You premium backers are in for a shiny treat!
All of these are gone, unfortunately, but you can still back our brand-new, print
#Nintendo
magazine on
@Kickstarter
!
One thing we always wanted to do with
@SwitchPlayerMag
but could never quite sort was “Where’s Waluigi”, obviously nicked from Where’s Wally/Waldo. If you ever thought that’s something you’d need in your life, support us on Kickstarter!
Morning
#Nintendo
magazine fans! We are close to 1100 backers on our
@kickstarter
!
A cheeky retweet or share would be appreciated to help us find those that miss and loved old-school magazines before we run out of time!
Mark it in your calendar! 🗓️
GENERATIONS launches on Kickstarter on the 14th August. Help us make this brand new physical magazine a reality!
Stay tuned each day until then to find out more about our cover artist, illustrator, writers, columnists, and generational characters.
Morning you awesome, amazing people. In just 24 hours we have completely smashed our funding goal. To reward all our print backers, if you support our
@kickstarter
you’ll get this cute little
#NES
badge!
#Nintendo
Our Certified “Ninty Fresh” badge will go on every game that we deem “fresh”, earning 90% or higher. All of our premium backers will get an enamel badge version of it! Just 41 left now!
We will have THREE button badges covering the different iterations of the
#NES
with our
@NintyFreshMag
@kickstarter
! The NES one has already been hit. If we hit the £10000 stretch, print backers will get the other two as well!
#Famicom
is next at £7500.
We are off to bed incredibly ecstatic.
Thank you all so much!
❤️❤️❤️
Now, if you incredible
#Nintendo
fans on Twitter could do your thing while we sleep and help us reach more folks, we’d love you forever. Who wants free pin badges with their issues?
We did it! Well, really it was all YOU. Smashed that £7500 target in just over three days. You all miss
#ONM
, huh? Us too. ❤️
Thanks to your awesomeness, all print backers will now get both a
#NES
and
#Famicom
button badge with their magazine! Any more?
Launching on Kickstarter August 2024. More info soon! Sign up to our newsletter via to be the first in the know!
Want to write for us? Pitch your 1200/2250 word piece to us via hello
@wearegamebound
.com right now! We're looking for pieces on every
Thanks for the follows, everyone. We will give you more news on Monday, but for now - if you and your friends miss proper
#Nintendo
gaming magazines like ONM etc., you’ll want to follow us and watch us on Monday. If not, we will know you don’t want one or something. 👊
Another fine day from all of you amazing people. A smidge under 500 backers. Mrs NF isn’t going to be happy with all the boxes...
If we can get another 100 more or you, every print backer will get both of these badges with their copy!
Happy
#gamescom2024
to all those in beautiful Köln (we're there in flyer form, see the pic), and everyone following along at home! We're all about celebrating gaming too, which is why you'll find incredible features throughout the history of video games in our new physical
Stretch goals? We got em! If you'd like additional digital content, or translated versions of GENERATIONS then be sure to help us stretch beyond the initial funding goal!
#Deutsche
and
#Espanol
are on the cards! How about
#Francais
too?!
Waking up to 1050 backers on our
@NintyFreshMag
@kickstarter
is very nice! Thanks for all being so amazing! Here’s another cheeky tease from the editorial, again with bespoke artwork. The work is by
@Jofamo
and is a riff on a popular
#Nintendo
meme!
Another solid day with another solid milestone. You folks are incredible. And on to our first weekend, can we spread the word wider?
Behind the scenes we are working so hard. We might even have a couple of pages for you to cast your eyes on...
Woah! We are ever so close to 1000 supporters on
@kickstarter
! You are all so amazing and shows tha clamour for the old days of print
#Nintendo
magazines! There must be at least 6 more of you out there, surely? My OCD can’t take it!
As well as featuring articles about each gaming generation, GENERATIONS will feature an 'intermission' with a piece about something that transcends the generations. In this issue, former
@gameinformer
associate editor
@LeBlancWes
will be contributing a piece!
Hey
@NintendoPlayUK
! We are a fresh, new Nintendo magazine which is live on
@kickstarter
now. Don’t suppose you can retweet this for your communities to see could you? From £5 and you’ll get a print copy of a cross between ONM and Retro Gamer!
🚨ONE DAY TO GO!🚨
Let's give Val a wave as she ushers in the final day before the GENERATIONS Kickstarter campaign goes live! She's also all about the first generation, so you're likely to find her playing Pong or the Magnavox Odyssey.
One last reveal for you down below...
GENERATIONS is coming! Our first premium quarterly magazine focused on how gaming's past has shaped our future. Featuring
#SteelBattalion
cover artwork by
@AlessioGrecoArt
, and an interview with the games creator
@hifumi_kono
. Sign up to our newsletter to be alerted when we go
Just 3 more backers takes us to 1025! When we hit that, we will give you a tiny tease of our welcome artwork. ;)
Give us a cheeky retweet please and help us get there!
Morning
#Nintendo
fans! We have just 10 days left on our
@kickstarter
for a brand new PRINT
#Nintendo
magazine! If you miss the old days of print,
@NintyFreshMag
is what you need. You won’t want to miss it - back from just £2 for digital or £5 for print!
I’ve always wanted to use this GIF!
You folks are all incredible! So close to that £10,000 stretch goal now. ❤️
And only around 50 of those premium options left too so if you want one of those funky enamel badges, you’ll need to sign up quickly...
Our cover feature takes a look at the incredible Xbox game
#SteelBattalion
, as we speak to its creator
@hifumi_kono
. He reveals the story behind the development of the game and its unique controller to writer and photographer
@socialanigirl
, and his thoughts on game dev today.
From
@PMurphy1978
(creator of Switch Player & GameBook) and
@oddment84
(former Editor-in-Chief of [lock-on] by Lost In Cult), comes a brand new PREMIUM video game magazine and book publisher. Sign up to our newsletter at below to be notified about our first project - coming soon!
At
@WeAreGameBound
, we're launching a new magazine about gaming though the GENERATIONS.
We're currently looking for pitches for all gens (Dino Crisis & the Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future VHS game especially). Email hello
@wearegamebound
.com with your idea today!
Just over a week to go! Madness how quick the time has flown. Ahem. Still time left to back a brand-new Nintendo magazine!
Miss those days of ONM, N Gamer, NOM, N64, Cube, Total!, N Revolution, Super Play, NMS, etc? This is for you. 👊
Down to 148 premium issues on our
@kickstarter
out of 400, and all of the
#Nintendo64
have gone!
If you want a poster, an enamel pin badge and our eternal gratitude, don’t miss out and sign up for a copy of
@NintyFreshMag
today!
You are all amazing!
Only FIVE DAYS to go! Gabriel represents the mid-90's, and therefore the fifth generation of gaming — the dawn of 3D games on console, and so much more. Gabriel will be your companion through this generation.
Want to know more about GENERATIONS? Keep reading...
@SwitchPlayerMag
We miss ONM too. And Nintendo Gamer. And NOM. And Total. And Mean Machines. And Super Play. And Cube. And N Revolution. And Nintendo Power. If you miss any of these magazines as well, you’ll want to check out our Kickstarter on Monday!
There’s still time to back our fresh new
#Nintendo
magazine, hybridising modern
#NintendoSwitch
content with retro coverage. If you miss the days of print Nintendo magazines then please consider backing us! Just £2 for a digital or £5 for print. Go on!
It's getting close now! Only FOUR DAYS to go! Lashonda is our representative for the fourth generation, so you'll see her getting excited about the Game Boy, Atari Lynx, Super Nintendo, and more!
Do you want to know more? Then mosey on down to the reply post!
It's Saburo! He may be a bit older, but he's full of energy and ready to accompany you in our third generation section. He's also happy to tell you that there are only THREE DAYS to go! This is not a drill!
Check out the reply for more info on what GENERATIONS has in store!
As promised! Each issue we plan to welcome readers with a bespoke piece of artwork alongside our intro. This one was inspired and themed around our love of Mario titles and classic gaming magazines and systems. The full image has a lot more going on, but here’s a tease for now!
Just 3 more backers takes us to 1025! When we hit that, we will give you a tiny tease of our welcome artwork. ;)
Give us a cheeky retweet please and help us get there!
With only 9 days to go until the Kickstarter for GENERATIONS, say hello to Quinn! You'll find them hanging around the ninth generation, in illustration pieces created by Brighton-based
@bobrobbaru
.
Want more info on the mag? Check out the reply below!
Hi Brandon! This distinguished gentleman is always hanging around the eighth generation, getting involved in whatever topic is being discussed in that particular issue. Oh, and there are only EIGHT DAYS until our Kickstarter for GENERATIONS launches!
Want to know more...?
Welcome to the second generation — Harpreet has been expecting you! He loves the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Microvision and Intellivision just as much as you, and can't wait to share some awesome articles with you.
Find out about one of those pieces in the reply below!
Hey
@GAMEdigital
welcome back! Any chance you can give a cheeky boost to our BRAND NEW
#Nintendo
magazine please? It’s print as well! What is this, 2014 or something?
Hey look, it's Michael! He's your go-to guy for all things sixth generation. You may see him playing a spot of tennis in our first issue! If you want to join him in discovering the creativity of this era, you can back the Kickstarter for GENERATIONS in just six days time!
Launching on Kickstarter August 2024. More info soon! Sign up to our newsletter via to be the first in the know!
Want to write for us? Pitch your 1200/2250 word piece to us via hello
@wearegamebound
.com right now! We're looking for pieces on every
Also in this first issue you’ll find a stonking
#NES
retrospective that has been written by everyone’s favourite Tired Old Hack, Chris Scullion, author of the
#NESEncyclopaedia
!
Check out co-founder of GameBound, Andrew Dickinson, chatting indie games with
@Cressup
and
@JuliaMinamata
for his other job over with
@debugmagazine
. Well worth a watch/listen!
How do you make your indie game stand out?
I discussed this & more with Canadian developer Julia Minamata & Editor-in-Chief of Debug magazine Andrew Dickinson for my Indies In Depth podcast!
On YouTube & Spotify - link in comment below!
@debugmagazine
@oddment84
@JuliaMinamata
1067 of you are incredible. Our OCD is killing us though, you must know some more folks that can help us reach 1100 supporters, right? A brand new print Ninty mag has got to be worth a punt surely? Oh, here’s a
#NOM
throwback tease to tempt you!
SIX pages of Tim Street.
Just over a week to go! Madness how quick the time has flown. Ahem. Still time left to back a brand-new Nintendo magazine!
Miss those days of ONM, N Gamer, NOM, N64, Cube, Total!, N Revolution, Super Play, NMS, etc? This is for you. 👊
Who remembers the Captain Power VHS games? Well,
@LewisPackwood
certainly does, and he's taking a deep dive into these curios. Featuring an informative interview with former Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske.
Photo Credit:
Hey
@Nintendo_SoS
@ninbasildon
do your awesome community folks know we are sandwiched between you both? Would be awesome if your folks led the way supporting our brand new, full-sized, all
#Nintendo
magazine!
£2 digital, £5 print! And loads of badges!
Uzma is here to rep the seventh generation! Love the PS3, Xbox 360, or the Wii? Uzma has you covered. Today she's here to tell you that there's just ONE WEEK until the Kickstarter campaign for GENERATIONS goes live!
Ready for another exclusive reveal?!
It's GameBound co-founder
@oddment84
's 40th birthday today, so why not make his special day even better by signing up to our newslette () or Kickstarter page () so you can be notified as soon as the GENERATIONS campaign goes live?!
@Shtev21
They all will be, but from issue three they will have multi issue tiers.
We can only make this from issue to issue, because we are making this from home, and don’t have funds to risk doing a run and not selling. :(
@risu_chuu
@Morfid_plays
@b0bbylen
@JhoCarneiro
It’s the best thing she’s made for us. I mean, it’s the only thing she’s made for US. But you know what we mean. It’s incredible. We can’t wait to show you it. June 15th.