It may have escaped your attention but Future publishing have brought back a classic magazine for one final special issue. Superplay is or rather was the best Snes magazine in existence for those that didn't know. A mix of fair, well written reviews, encylcopaedic knowledge, and Anime aesthetics helped immensely too.
Our first issue was the Pop N Twinbee cover of Issue 8 (with the tagline Pop 'em Twinbee on the spine) and over time I've managed to collect the whole set. They've survived my school bag and most of my formative years laying up on the shelf, I'll never part with them.
I know its mainly to promote the Snes Mini as it has re reviews of all the releases as well as a preview look of the non prototype version of Starfox 2 which is bundled with it, but damn its exactly how I remember it. The art style is exactly the same with full colour box outs of all the games, up for review. There are some import reviews of the games for the Super Famicom Mini as there were import reviews back in the day, but more importantly it has all the characters you remember. Though the original Neko, who asked you to sub back in the day died in 2004. His son Neko Jr takes up the mantle.
Helen McCarthy's Anime World returns for a look back at the scene's origins back in the early 90's and what cart looks at some essential Snes games for you and marks the official acknowledgement of Terranigma and Streetfighter Alpha 2 for Snes, both were released after it had folded and not reviewed. Also you get a great Wil Overton cover as well (its Starfox 2)
You don't get a letters page (Obviously) and Mode 7 tips are scattered over each of the reviews now. There's no Fantasy Quest so I won't have to update the FAQ nor Final Fantasy Forum but you didn't get them at the end either so its no great loss.
In all its a great throwback to the golden age of Gaming, glad I have my copy.
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