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Nintendo World Report 
URL http://www.nintendoworldreport.com Type of site Video game news Owner Jon Lindemann Created by Billy Berghammer Launched March 7, 1999 Nintendo World Report (formerly known as Planet GameCube) is a Nintendo-specific video game website that covers Nintendo's current consoles, the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, and Wii.
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History
Nintendo World Report began its life as a small webpage run by Billy Berghammer in his spare time in March 1999. Berghammer's site eventually merged with friend Justin Nation's Nintendo site OPN2000 to become PlanetN2000. The site operated under this moniker until the unveiling of the Nintendo GameCube, upon which the name was changed to Planet GameCube. On November 14, 2006, the staff of Planet GameCube announced on their Radio Free Nintendo podcast the site would be renamed Nintendo World Report. The staff chose this name because of its professional sound, and the way it encompasses every Nintendo product, past, present, and future. The name and design change was made on November 16, 2006.[1]
Shortly after the site's fourth birthday in March 2003, Billy Berghammer retired as Director to become an editor at Game Informer magazine's new online edition. Taking over as Director for Berghammer was Jonathan Metts, who had run his own Nintendo website years prior with The Nformant. On November 16, 2006, the site announced Metts was stepping down as Director, transitioning to a more scaled-back role as Reviews Editor (he has since taken the role of Contributing Editor and considers himself "semi-retired"). Long-time staff member Steven Rodriguez assumed the role of website Director until 2009. He was succeded by former Reviews Editor Jon Lindemann, who took over on January 18, 2009.[2]. Neal Ronaghan is now the director of Nintendo World Report.
Content
Nintendo World Report content includes game reviews and hands-on impressions, game previews, editorials, and coverage of major industry events such as the Electronic Entertainment Expo. NWR also features a dedicated user forum community.
As of the website's redesign in July 2010, game reviews include a single, overall score and a section summarizing "Pros" and "Cons". Prior to July 2010, games reviewed by Nintendo World Report were judged based on the following criteria: graphics, sound, control, gameplay, and lasting appeal (represented by the invented word "Lastability"). The game's final score is not an average of these scores, however.
Staff
Nintendo World Report has a volunteer staff of more than twenty writers, who have appeared in publications such as 1UP.com, Electronic Gaming Monthly N64HQ, 64 Source, Next-Generation Magazine, Nintendo Gamer (Australia), America Online, Fusion's Intelligent Gamer, Prima's N64 Guide, AOL Critics Choice, GamePro and The Village Voice. They have been cited in major publications such as USA Today, MSNBC, CNN, CNN Asia, Famitsu, 64 Dream, and BBC News Online.
References
- ^ "Where is PGC" Nintendo World Report, Retrieved on June 4, 2008.
- ^ "A New Year, A New Direction" Nintendo World Report, Retrieved on March 13, 2009.
- About Nintendo World Report
- Nintendo World Report Policy
- Radio Free Nintendo Podcast
- Steven Rodriguez announced as new Site Director
- Former Director Billy Berghammer quoted in BBC News Online
External links
Categories:- Video game review websites
- Video game news websites
- Internet properties established in 1999
- Video game platform websites
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