Review Fix Exclusive: Jeffrey Wittenhagen Talks The Complete SNES – Collector’s Book

Review Fix chats with video game author Jeffrey Wittenhagen, who discusses his upcoming Kickstarter campaign for the definitive version of his Complete SNES – Collector’s Book.

Review Fix: Why is the SNES so important to video game history?

Jeffrey Wittenhagen: The Super Nintendo took what made the NES great and doubled the greatness. It showed that you could take amazing gameplay and overhaul the graphics to make some truly beautiful games. Some of the greatest games of all time were released on the SNES!

Review Fix: What inspired this book?

Wittenhagen: This book is essentially the definitive version of my 5th published book release, The Complete SNES. Upping the count to over 600 full color glossy pages, having a brand new Super Nintendo character collage cover and adding in a ton of requests, this is the ultimate SNES book!

Review Fix: How is it like your other books?

Wittenhagen: This book is part of my “Collector Series” of books and focusing on easy to read minimalist write-ups combined with box art and screenshots. Add in spots to track if you have the cartridge, box and manual and this lets each book be entirely customizable to each person’s liking.

Review Fix: What do you think makes you different from other game writers?

Wittenhagen: I write in a more minimalistic and personal style than others. It’s all about keeping this enjoyable and nostalgic for everyone!

Review Fix: What makes this upcoming Kickstarter a special one?

Wittenhagen: This Kickstarter Campaign is one that will really show how many people out there enjoy the Super Nintendo. It’s one of the most popular consoles of all time and I’m really trying to overhaul this book release to make it the definitive must have for everyone.

Review Fix: What makes Hagen’s Alley Books special?

Wittenhagen: I created Hagen’s Alley Books as a publishing company because I’ve had to learn the hard way how to get my books out there and get noticed. Most publishers are very limiting and only offer a very minimal amount of actual benefits aside from exposure. We are here for those writers that are more involved in their work, and we will help out as much or as little as they need. The goal is for everyone to succeed and everyone will benefit in the end!

Review Fix: Are you looking to publish other authors?

Wittenhagen: Absolutely! Anyone who is passionate about any subject, not just gaming, just has to contact me and we can go over details. The key is to offer people opportunity to get their vision out there who might not know how to accomplish it.

Review Fix: Bottom line, why must someone buy this book?

Wittenhagen: This is the definitive book about the Super Nintendo and with all the extra content, including over 300 Super Famicom games that don’t require reading Japanese to enjoy and upgraded quality on all fronts. It’s a must get for anyone who enjoys the SNES.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Wittenhagen: With my main series of books I’m going to be doing The Complete Genesis next year. However, in the mean time while I work on that book I am planning to re-release my original book Hidden Gaming Gems: Generation by Generation in this same amazing quality of this new book.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Wittenhagen: To me, as long as one person enjoys what I’m doing it’s amazing! So far the over pouring of support and positivity has been humbling.

Review Fix: Where can people go for more information on you and Hagen’s Alley?

Wittenhagen: Everything is available at www.hagensalley.com.

You can check out the campaign for the definitive version of The Complete SNES at www.tinyurl.com/snesbook, which you can actually set a reminder for the launch!

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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