Announcing PJN Magazine (UPD)

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UPD: Added a survey so I can obtain some first impressions. Make sure to fill it out!

I’m proud to announce that Pokéjungle.net will get its own self-published professional magazine! It’s an idea I came up with a month or two ago and I wanted to make sure it’d be possible for us to do it. I also wanted to wait until after the launch for XY, as it will involve lots of input from the community! Let’s start with the general information first.

General information

PJN Magazine (PJNM) will be a professional looking magazine released two or three times a year available in both digital and printed editions. Page count will be big enough for substantial articles but will also be kept reasonable to keep the price down. Price is as of yet undecided, but will be kept to a minimum seeing as the magazine is intended to be non-profit. The content consists of articles which normally wouldn’t be placed on the site, with a big focus on community and behind-the-scenes stuff.

I’ll now explain it in more detail, but keep in mind these are all subject to change seeing as we’ll use a lot of community input to give the magazine shape.

Release timing

We chose a scarce release for a number of reasons. First, it gives us enough time to write the magazine so we wouldn’t feel a deadline rush, so we can give it all the care it deserves. Second, it would become expensive to buy all printed editions rather quickly, and we’re not here to suck all of your (or your parents) money out of your pockets. And as a last bit, we want to give it a special feel by it being a sort-of limited release, making it feel more likely a luxury product for our truest fans rather than a business.

Price

We don’t intend this to be a profit-making product. Therefore, we want to keep the price down as much as possible. There are however some costs involved in putting together the content and especially in assembling the printed edition. Self publishing is relatively expensive, and we also must keep international shipping in mind. However, we still aim it to be nearly the same price as a normal magazine you buy in shops. If there will be a mark-up, we will try to get your input on it, and rest assured it will be very small (<$2). I can promise the first digital edition will be distributed free of charge to give you a feeling of the quality.

Printed Edition

PJNM will be printed on the same stuff your usual gaming magazine is printed on, in full color. We think we found a way of doing this at reasonable price. We will update with more specifics closer to printing release.

Content

PJNM won’t feature the normal news you can usually read on the site. Instead, if it features news, it will be in the form of thought out opinion articles. The magazine is intended to be read anywhere, anytime, something you can pull up years later and still enjoy reading. We’ll have articles on lots of older and obscure games from the Pokémon franchise. We also want to take this opportunity to get you to know the staff a bit more. The big outlook is mostly planned out already, but I’ll keep most of it under the wraps, and it will get trickled out in further announcements regarding the magazine.

FAQ

Who is part of the team?

PJNM will be led by Daedardus (Editor-in-chief), with moving second in charge and responsible for design. The rest of the PJN staff will be responsible for providing content, and of course Pokéjungle who gave his approval for the project.

Can I contribute?

If you mean writing your own article, we’re not sure on that yet. It mostly has to do with silly copyright laws and we don’t want to get hit by copyright trolls trying to pull down the magazine. This also means we’re not sure if we can feature fan-art. We’ll communicate more on that later. But rest assured, you can help along with the general shape of the magazine and we will greatly appreciate your input.

When can we expect the first issue?

Somewhere around January/February 2014.

Will you feature ads? Can I promote my business in the magazine?

You probably can’t. We don’t want to make a profit and while it’s true ads could keep the price down, we still want to deliver the best experience to the readers. The magazine is totally intended as fanservice from my part, and I believe fanservice shouldn’t involve $$$. However, I may have a cool idea in my head, stay tuned for more info :).

Will the magazine contain a picture of the rare and elusive Daedardus?

Yes. No. Probably. Maybe. I don’t know.

This idea sucks. Pokéjungle is the worst fan site there is and I hate all the staff.

That’s fine. You can read our competitor’s magazines in the meantime.

More info pls

Soon. Like next week soon.

UPD: You can fill in a (short) survey here. I’ll use this data in an upcoming post, which may take a week however. Stay tuned! 😉

~Daedardus~ on behalf of the whole PJN staff.

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1,596 thoughts on “Announcing PJN Magazine (UPD)”

  6. Hey everyone! I hope everyone has been hang an excellent week! I was just wondering how to get my friend code in my 3ds because each time I try to register someone as my friend, it says that I can’t do it for some reason… Does anyone have any idea how to fix that?

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  7. Just though I’d bring this up. Do we know if these three names are for any of the 68 revealed Pokemon or could they be event only Pokemon yet to be revealed?

    Dianshii – ???
    Hariboogu – Quilladin
    Gekogashira – Frogadier
    Borukenion – ???
    Dedenne – Dedenne
    Horubii -Bunnelby
    Nyaonikusu – Meowstic
    Burigaron – Chesnaught
    Jigarude – Zygarde
    Mafokushii – Delphox
    Fuupa -???
    Gekkouga – Greninja
    Torimian – Furfrou
    Teerunaa – Braixen

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  8. Just a note:

    If you have a Hidden Ability Male with a Ditto, it passes on the Hidden Ability.
    If you have a Hidden Ability Female with a Ditto it passes on Hidden Ability
    If you have a Hidden Ability Female with Normal male it passes on Hidden Ability.

    if you have a Hidden Ability Male with Normal Female it DOES NOT pass on Hidden Ability.

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    • I have tried the following with no success using a Smeargle:

      Rapid Spin, Toxic Spikes, Stealth Rock, Drain Punch, Mach Punch, Close
      Combat, Superpower, Power Whip, Storm Throw, Focus Punch, Sucker Punch, Pursuit, Zen Headbutt, Bullet Punch, Cross Chop, Horn Leech.

      The ones I can confirm are: Spikes, Synthesis, Rollout, and Curse

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      • Really, no Close Combat or Superpower? What the fuck, Gamefreak?

        Something seriously odd has happened to Egg moves this gen, I’m sure of it.

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        • Yeah, I’m very disappointed with it’s terrible choice of choosing among Brick Break or Hammer Arm and Wood Hammer or seed bomb. Who knows, maybe I’ll find something but I almost completely exhausted every single fighting and grass move. But seriously bulletproof is too good!

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          • Well my strategy is pretty much going to be Leech Seed/Spiky Shield/Leftovers, but I really wanted Revenge because Chesnaught’s speed means it would be deadly to anyone daring to attack him and leave him not knocked out. But the lack of Revenge really sadens me. Still convinced weird things are happening to Egg moves, supposedly TMs are no longer passed down either?

          • yeah, I think it’s to make in-game not as easy. Because you can find a smeargle in that route to sketch any move to pass down. With TM moves being passable it will be easier.

  13. Oh God, You can’t pet Slugma in Pokemon Amie. That’s so sad. And that little creature has no idea why you are not giving him love and asks you like “what’s wrong why don’t you pet me?”. That’s even sadder （；へ：）

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  14. LOL… confide has to be one of the funniest moves I’ve heard in a while.

    “The user tells the target a secret, and the target loses its ability to concentrate. This lowers the target’s Sp. Atk. stat.”

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    • If one of the pokemon that’s needed for breeding is from a different country, your chances increase….but it’s really not noticeable. You could still go days without finding a shiny or find it in a matter of minutes. It’s really luck based.

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    • Masuda method- if the two parents are of different languages (So a Japanese Ditto with an English Sandshrew, for example) then the chance of a shiny is slightly higher.

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    • I have a regular Noibat (Don’t know if you’re looking for a Hidden Ability) really close to evolving if that’s okay.

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  17. anyone have a friend safari with quiladin or any of the kalos starters? I want to start hunting them as soon as possible. Here is my info:
    my code is 4742-5919-6541
    name alex

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  19. I remember yesterday someone posted a video of the new Pikachu game. I didn’t have time to view it. If anyone has the link or bookmarked it, could you please be so kind as to give me the link?

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  22. Oh TC, have you finished E4 yet? I just did yesterday….I am so happy that you have scrappy Loudred in your friend safari xD

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