The Passing of a Legend *UPDATED* (N64 Magazine)

Name: Bezman

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Product:	N64 Magazine
Date:	12/09/00 (109 review reads)
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Advantages: fairly trustworthy and [reasonably] enjoyable to read

Disadvantages: not as good as it used to be

In the heydey of the SNES, one magazine supersceded any other.It's name was Super Play. It brought great fame to Will Overton - the artist - and Zy Nicholson - a reveiwer. Super Play remained enjoyable to read and enlightening. When it was discontinued, many people felt great sorrow in their hearts.

Then, N64 magazine was born. Over half of the main team were Super Play veterans including Zy Nicholson, Will Overton and Jonothan Davies - N64 Magazine's editor. To start wth, it seemed that it would reach the dizzy heights of Super Play. After all, it had been stated in the last issue that it's spirit would live on.

The first issue was resoundingly good and the editorial team rated games reliably. They still do. Anyone who directs people's attention to excellent titles they may not have heard of (such as Mischief Makers and Blast Corps) deserves a lot of praise. There are also a number of entertaining articles and a Gameboy-specific section which is fairly good.

The team know their stuff, but recently the collective knowledge of the team has dropped to become closer to average.

N64 magazine remains the best publication for the Nintendo 64. However, Super Play's finesse was never quite acheived. Now Zy Nicholson prefers Plastation publications and Will Overton, whose Anime style interpretations of everything and anything will be sorely mssed is having a break from journalism. N64 Magazine remains one of the top three comuter games magazines, but I had never realised its excellence was mortal.

Still a good magazine but, truly, the legend has passed. For now.
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Unfortunately, N64 Magazine has now become even worse.

Basically, it has now started to cater for a younger audience, and the magazine is now thinner, reviewing less games. The shortage o
f games to review and the changing audience is not their fault. However, when Super Play reached this situation, it began writing some great features, meaning that the mgazine remained excellent.

I will probably continue buying N64 Magazine for the rest of its lifespan, but that's mainly because I have every previous issue apart from 1 (number 37). I'd still say it is one of the top (if not the top) Nintendo-specific magazine. The reviews are still honest and fairly reliable - still giving acclaim to excellent games such as Sin and Punishment. The whole thing is still (reasonably) enjoyable to read, and it still gives you all the info you need on the N64 scene. Oh, and the gameboy section's still present and correct. But, it's definitely gone downhill.

Not the best magazine, but (probably) the best Nintendo one.

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