Well, I bought a copy of MicroGroup Game Review Vol.14. It wasn't as difficult to find as one would expect, there's 3 copies on Amazon right now. However, since I bought it, the price sort of...doubled. Came almost a week early, and ironically on what would have been Michael Jackson's 60th Birthday...with Michael Jackson's Moonwalker featured. That shook me a bit, haha. Anyway, using my printer to scan the entire book, I uploaded everything to Imgur. So, it's all online now, no more questions or anything to ask. It's all there now. So, what's in this fabled magazine? Not much relating to Pokemon, actually. In fact, it was only a page and a small segment even related to it. There was the Ken Sugimori Interview (which we can now see in high quality), and a small segment on what I assume to be PokeFever. It has Satoshi Taijri's Birth Year written, so it may be on the development. Without a translation available I'm not really sure what to think. Honestly, there really isn't much to see in the thing apart from what we already know. However, that doesn't mean that there isn't anything uninteresting in the magazine. There is some content relating to what I think is Hideo Kojima's aim to merge films and gaming together. There's also content on Takeshi's Challenge, something that also really shocked me due to the controversy behind Beat Takeshi at the time. There is also an 8 page feature on Intelligent Qube, which you can find on the "uploaded everything" link for the album. All in all though, we've at least got high quality images of the thing online. I benefited too of course, this thing looks great on my wall. Plus, once translated, there may be some interesting info on Hideo Kojima, and maybe even Takeshi's Challenge. If this does happen, it will get some special attention on this blog due to being related to the magazine.
My previous articles on this will give some additional details on this magazine. Specifically, the look over on the Ken Sugimori Interview, and the Tyranitar Dev History. For any future updates, there is a category for this specific magazine as well. I intend to do something on Hitmontop, and possibly some design comparisons on Tirtouga in the future.
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