In July 2011, Yellow Media went into receivership, and publication ceased after 24 issues. In February 2009, Yellow Media began publication of Pokémon, le magazine officiel ( Pokémon, The Official Magazine) in France. The magazine was published monthly and lasted for 55 issues.
In other countries Denmark Main article: List of Danish Pokémon Official Magazine issuesįrom February 2007 to December 2011, Egmont Group published Pokémon Officielt Magasin ( Pokémon Official Magazine) in Denmark. The magazine is published monthly, and is still in publication as of July 2021.
The magazine follows a similar format to Official Pokémon Magazine each issue is 34 pages in length, includes information on the anime, Trading Card Game and video games, and includes posters and free gifts. On March 29, 2017, Immediate Media Company began publishing Pokémon Magazine. Subscribers were transfered to Official Nintendo Magazine for the remainder of their subscriptions. Issues contained several pages retelling the plot of an episode from Pokémon the Series: Black & White, as well as a page summarizing an older episode, along with various 'fun pages' (which included coloring activities, word decoders and counting games) and pages dedicated to drawings of Pokémon sent in by readers.ĭue to poor sales, the magazine was cancelled after 13 issues. Each issue had 34 pages, including posters, covering various aspects of the Pokémon franchise such as video games, the Trading Card Game and the anime, and came with a free gift. In February 2013, Future Publishing, publisher of Official Nintendo Magazine, announced that it would begin publication of Official Pokémon Magazine from March that year. However, due to poor sales, the magazine was canceled after its second issue. The magazine was intended to be quarterly, with a new issue planned for release four times a year. 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." "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 first issue had 92 pages, and included three gifts a double-sided poster, a 3D Charmander model and six Pokémon fridge magnets.Įditor Tim Street made the following statement regarding the release of Pokémon Official Magazine: On October 1, 2004, the first official Pokémon magazine was published in United Kingdom. Pokémon Magazine issue 1 Pokémon Official Magazine