Pokémon Official Magazine
The Pokémon Official Magazine is the name of several different publications worldwide.
In the United Kingdom
The world's first official Pokémon magazine was released in the United Kingdom. The first issue went on sale October 1st, 2004, and had 92 pages. The launch issue came with three gifts. Six Pokémon fridge magnets, a double sided poster, and a 3-D Charmander model were included in the package.
Editor Tim Street made the following statement regarding the release of Pokémon Official Magazine:
"There has never been a better time to launch this title; fans have demanded it for years, ever since the very first Pokémon phenomenon swept the globe at the turn of the millennium. The appetite for Pokémon has never waned - just look at the amazing sales success of the Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Game Boy Advance titles last year."
The magazine was intended to be quarterly, with a new issue planned for release four times a year. However, due to poor sales, the magazine was canceled after its second issue.
In February 2013, it was announced by Future Publishing that Pokémon Official Magazine[1] would be returning to the United Kingdom. The relaunched magazine had a publishing schedule of 13 issues per year. Each Issue also came with a free gift and posters. To promote sales of the magazine at launch, users could subscribe from 26th February to 19th April and receive the first 3 issues for £5.
- Issue 1 came out on March 20.
- Issue 2 came out on April 11.
- Issue 3 came out on May 9.
Since Issue 3, subscribers typically received new issues on the 9th of every month. Prior to Issue 11, all the magazines were A5 in size, with issues 11–13 having a A4 cover (though the pages inside remained A5). Issues 11–13 also contained an expanded Gallery section, changed from taking up 2 pages to 4 pages.
However, due to poor sales, the magazine was cancelled after thirteen issues, with the last issue being released on February 11, 2014.
In other countries
Pokémon Official Magazine is published in other European countries, such as Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Greece.
A special "Premiere Issue" of the magazine has also appeared in the United States and Canada in late 2009. It came packaged with a booster pack from Platinum: Arceus. No other issues have appeared in the North American region since then.
Gallery of cover images
First issue cover
The package the first issue came in
Eighteenth issue of the Danish version
North American Premiere Issue
Cover artwork for the new UK magazine
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