{"id":746,"date":"2015-05-16T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=746"},"modified":"2015-05-15T23:13:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T23:13:30","slug":"onm-remembered-275","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=746","title":{"rendered":"ONM Remembered – #275"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Needless to say this prize is extremely collectible and much sought after.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nfrom Official Nintendo Magazine issue 117 (June 2002)<\/p>\n

Come ONM’s revamp in early 2002 every issue now boasted a double-page spread of prizes to be won; the sheer quantity of prizes to be won every year was mighty nifty, though the goodies rarely stoked my excitement. Win a GameCube with some outlandish pack-in game. Win some dodgy peripheral they tried to assure you was really good<\/i> a few pages prior. Win a trip to Alton Towers – because boxes of Kelloggs Corn Flakes weren’t offering enough opportunities to go for free, apparently?<\/p>\n

Then I was pointed towards this particular contest page, wherein you could win a copy of Super Mario Advance<\/i> signed by SHIGERU MIYAMOTO!!<\/b> If that doesn’t impress the socks off of everyone in a three-mile radius, then it might be because one of them has a signed copy of Super Mario Advance 2<\/b><\/i>. And there’s only one way to top that…!
\n(no, it’s not the Sonic model made of fiber-optics. i’m pretty sure you could make that yourself in any school shop class)<\/span>
\nI’m actually surprised such a prize wasn’t given more attention; any appearance of Shigsy, be it an interview, an announcement or just him wearing a dapper shirt would almost always get mentioned in the contents page… but this? Zip!<\/i> It’s playing second fiddle to a selection of bland Joystick Junkies t-shirts that are most certainly not<\/i> one-of-a-kind collectibles. Wise up, Ninty!<\/p>\n

I could simply end this by asking “who knows where this prize is now?”… but that’d be awful greedy of me, because I wouldn’t even have known of this giveaway had the winner not come forward and emailed me about it! Kelan Headley<\/b> of Northern Ireland had the honour of winning this prize, and was kind enough to share some close-up photographs of it:
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\nKelan actually came to me looking to know what issue the contest took place in, and with a little process of elimination (and buying every single 2002 issue of ONM)<\/span>, we eventually found the source. It was a fun little adventure that also helped supply me with a month’s worth of content to poke fun at, so that’s a happy side effect. I’ve said it enough already, but thanks a bunch for mailing in, Kelan!<\/p>\n

(i probably shouldn’t have made fun of that fiber-optic sonic, maybe its winner will write in sometime)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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