Nearing a decade since the last official Ninty mag graced our shores, Nintendo Australia have announced the launch of the Official Nintendo Magazine in Oz. The mag will be published by UK-based Future Publishing, the same guys behind the uber-popular UK and US versions.

ONM looks set to be for fanboy and casual gamers, alike, taking the best international material and mixing it with home-grown content from some of Oz’ leading games journos.

According to Managing Ed. Nic Healey;

“The Official Nintendo Magazine- Australia and New Zealand will be the definitive source of Nintendo news and features for both the traditional gamer, and the new audience of Nintendo fans too… Our official status gives us unlimited access to the newest Nintendo games and the people who make them, as well as the latest developments on the console platforms.”

So mark December 10 guys, because that’s the day the first issue hits newsstands.