SNES Mini Confirmed Includes Starfox 2 - Sep 29th

[Mavrick]

26th June, 2017 – On September 29th the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo’s follow-up console to the legendary Nintendo Entertainment System, returns in a new petite form as the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Launched in Europe in 1992, the SNES introduced what many consider some of the greatest video games of all time – classics such as Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario Kart, Super Metroid and F-ZERO™.

The Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System contains 21 classic games and can easily be plugged into any high-definition TV using the included HDMI cable.

For the first time, players who pick up the system can enjoy the intergalactic adventure Star Fox 2, the sequel to the original Star Fox (originally titled Starwing upon release in Europe) game that was created during the Super NES era but never released…anywhere!

The Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System has the same look and feel of the original system – only smaller – and comes pre-loaded with 21 games:

• Contra III The Alien Wars
• Originally released in Europe as Super Probotector: Alien Rebels
• Donkey Kong Country
• EarthBound
• FINAL FANTASY® III
• Originally released in Japan as FINAL FANTASY® VI
• F-ZERO™
• Kirby Super Star
• Originally released in Europe as Kirby's Fun Pak
• Kirby’s Dream Course
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• Mega Man™ X
• SECRET of MANA®
• Star Fox
• Originally released in Europe as Starwing
• Star Fox 2
• Street Fighter™ II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
• Super Castlevania IV
• Super Ghouls’n Ghosts™
• Super Mario Kart
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
• Super Mario World
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• Super Metroid
• Super Punch-Out!!

Please note: all games included in the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System are the original US 60 Hz releases.

All of these games would be considered classics by anyone’s standards, and some of them in particular – SECRET of MANA®, FINAL FANTASY® III, EarthBound and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars – are massive role-playing games that can take dozens of hours to complete.

Even for super fans who have played all of these games multiple times, the inclusion of the never-before-released Star Fox 2 will offer them something entirely new to enjoy (players must prove their skill by completing the first level of the original Star Fox before Star Fox 2 is unlocked to play).

Included with the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System are one HDMI cable, one USB power cable* and two wired Super NES Classic Controllers, perfect for players to dive into multiplayer action right away.

Some of the games with multiplayer options include Street Fighter™ II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Super Mario Kart, Contra III The Alien Wars and SECRET of MANA®.

Step back into the '90s and re-experience a timeless classic when Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System launches in Europe on September 29th.

*Please note: an AC adapter for the USB cable is required to play the system but is not included in the packaging.



ORIGINAL:

Nintendo will follow up its smash hit NES microconsole with a mini version of the SNES, sources close to the company have confirmed to Eurogamer.

The SNES mini (or, to continue Nintendo's official branding, likely the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System) is currently scheduled to launch in time for Christmas this year. Development of the device is already under way, our sources have indicated.

Nintendo's plans for SNES mini are also a major reason why last year's NES mini did not see a reprieve from discontinuation, Eurogamer understands, despite the latter's continued popularity and sell-out status.

Last week, Nintendo explained that it never intended NES mini to be a permanent product. From the company's perspective, the microconsole was planned as a cool novelty item perfect for Christmas 2016, and the numbers in which it was manufactured and shipped were expected to be enough to suit this goal.

But NES mini ended up breaking out to become more popular than anticipated and quickly sold out, leading to a bustling resale market on eBay. NES mini shipments continued into the early part of this year, but its production run could not be extended further - as SNES mini was slated for production instead.

Hopefully, more stock of the SNES mini will be made available to avoid a repeat of the same shortages.

The reality of a SNES mini is certainly exciting - while the NES was unique for being Nintendo's first home console, the SNES arguably boasts the better software line-up, and a catalogue of classics far more advanced than their NES forebears. Compare The Legend of Zelda on NES to A Link to the Past, for example, or Donkey Kong to Donkey Kong Country.

Other top SNES games from Nintendo include Super Metroid, Super Mario Kart and Super Mario World, as well as Earthbound, Star Fox and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The console also had some of the best RPGs of the era, including Square's Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana.

For the SNES mini, Nintendo is expected to stick with the NES mini's plug-and-play setup, and its array of games which come preinstalled and ready to play.

Nintendo declined to comment when contacted by Eurogamer.

http://www.eurogamer.net/amp/2017-04...mini-this-year

[Petey Parker]

Hopefully Nintendo learns its lesson with the supply issues this time. SNES is my favorite system of all time and while I was able to score the NES Classic without any major issues, if I miss this one I would certainly ground my muddy boots all over Nintendo's couch.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by EuroGamer

Hopefully, more stock of the SNES mini will be made available to avoid a repeat of the same shortages.

Don't get your hopes up for that. It's Nintendo's (flawed) business model. I'd imagine this would also get a price bump from $60 to $70-$80. As for production having to end so that they could make the SNES...I don't buy that at all; Nintendo is a pretty large company, they could easy turn out both 'systems' at the same time considering how simple they are.


I'll stick with the Switch Virtual Console for the games I want to buy...assuming we ever actually get it I've already got too many things hooked up to my receiver.

[Scottie]

http://wwg.com/2017/04/19/nintendo-w...-by-christmas/

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by iScottie

http://wwg.com/2017/04/19/nintendo-w...-by-christmas/

Is that for real? If so, I can't believe they wouldn't include Super Punch Out or Actraiser. Goof Troop? Seriously? And I highly doubt they'd be able to include Super Star Wars. Also, that selection has too many RPG's.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Is that for real? If so, I can't believe they wouldn't include Super Punch Out or Actraiser. Goof Troop? Seriously? And I highly doubt they'd be able to include Super Star Wars. Also, that selection has too many RPG's.

It's not, just some mock ups from that site.

[RSuarez]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Is that for real? If so, I can't believe they wouldn't include Super Punch Out or Actraiser. Goof Troop? Seriously? And I highly doubt they'd be able to include Super Star Wars. Also, that selection has too many RPG's.

Actraiser needs to be included... Batman & Robin adventures would be nice too.

[shinobipopcorn]

I would buy one if it was reasonably priced, but only if I could find one directly. No scalpers.

Game selection would be a major deciding factor as well. I have enough copies of Link to the Past to satisfy me, but I would like SMW, Yoshi's Island, some of the Kirbys, and at least FF6.

[Doctor Jack]

F-Zero, Supet Star Wars, Super Metroid, Mario Kart. If it has those, I'm all over this.

[shamus]

why not just put these games on switch?

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Petey Parker

Hopefully Nintendo learns its lesson with the supply issues this time.

They won't. They never do.

It will be a rerun of the NES Classic. The BS will start when they don't take preorders.

[Region_unlocked]

I hope they include Super Mario All-Stars + World. Also I hope they play fair and include it as ONE game and not two, cause it was released that way (I know because I own the legit cart).

[Steelmaker]

Don't waste your money. Get a Raspberry Pi and you can play virtually EVERY SNES game and so much more!

https://www.amazon.com/Vilros-Raspbe...f_rd_i=desktop

[Region_unlocked]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Don't waste your money. Get a Raspberry Pi and you can play virtually EVERY SNES game and so much more!

https://www.amazon.com/Vilros-Raspbe...f_rd_i=desktop

Do you know how to set that kind of thing up? No, wait, revised question: Do you think your average joe knows how to set one of those things up? It's pretty basic stuff if you're tech savvy, but I've met people who have a hard time setting up a DVD player. Also, a Pi is not much cheaper when you get down to it. You need the Pi itself (Pi 3 is recommended): so that's $35 right there. An SD card that's at least 8Gb: Another $10. A case if you want it to look anywhere near decent: Lets say $10 (if you want it to look like an SNES it'll be more). A cheap phone charger to power the thing: $10. And a USB SNES control: $10 (and that's for a REALLY crap one). That's not even including an HDMI cable and that's already $75 for just the parts. For a regular person a pre-assembled product you could just buy is much better.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Region_unlocked

Do you know how to set that kind of thing up? No, wait, revised question: Do you think your average joe knows how to set one of those things up? It's pretty basic stuff if you're tech savvy, but I've met people who have a hard time setting up a DVD player. Also, a Pi is not much cheaper when you get down to it. You need the Pi itself (Pi 3 is recommended): so that's $35 right there. An SD card that's at least 8Gb: Another $10. A case if you want it to look anywhere near decent: Lets say $10 (if you want it to look like an SNES it'll be more). A cheap phone charger to power the thing: $10. And a USB SNES control: $10 (and that's for a REALLY crap one). That's not even including an HDMI cable and that's already $75 for just the parts. For a regular person a pre-assembled product you could just buy is much better.

Please. It doesn't take a genius to set one up. It's not much more complicated than setting up your WiFi information on a Roku. Besides, there are countless YouTube instructional videos out there that show you how and it's not very complicated at all if you know how to follow simple step by step directions.

Also, the Pi is definitely cheaper considering all the content you have access to. You can get a starter kit on Amazon that includes everything you need, including the casing, the SD card, HDMI cable, AC Adapter, and two SNES type controllers for 94.99. That's cheaper than the combined price of the NES and SNES minis plus you can play so much more content than what those two products provide like Mega Drive, Genesis, Neo Geo, Saturn, N64, PS1, Gameboy, Gamegear, Atari 2600, etc.

Rationalize it all you want but the Pi is a way better value.

[Havok83]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Please. It doesn't take a genius to set one up. It's not much more complicated than setting up your WiFi information on a Roku. Besides, there are countless YouTube instructional videos out there that show you how and it's not very complicated at all if you know how to follow simple step by step directions.

Also, the Pi is definitely cheaper considering all the content you have access to. You can get a starter kit on Amazon that includes everything you need, including the casing, the SD card, HDMI cable, AC Adapter, and two SNES type controllers for 94.99. That's cheaper than the combined price of the NES and SNES minis plus you can play so much more content than what those two products provide like Mega Drive, Genesis, Neo Geo, Saturn, N64, PS1, Gameboy, Gamegear, Atari 2600, etc.

Rationalize it all you want but the Pi is a way better value.

The NES Classic is a novelty item. Anyone that got it, theoretically could use a much cheaper setup using emulation on their laptop/desktops. There's the nostalgia factor in the package, not found with this Pi product. It was manufactured in limited quantities and spoke to a very specific demographic that grew up with the original in the 80s. Put side by side, I think most of those people would still go with the NES Classic over Pi.

[GasmaskAvenger]

I'm really going to keep my eye out for this, since I would love to play some of the SNES gems without actually having to download ROMs or...gasp...dare to buy hard copies in the BS game collector market.

[jimidini]

Originally Posted by iScottie

On the other hand... thinking about that...



Yoshi's Island? I doubt that. Looks like a fan's wishlist.
The rights issues w/ Super-FX hard+software are surely not resolved. And if they were, the game would already be on Virtual Console.

There is also some other "rumor" about 120 games (that games of other platforms would be included). I also doubt that. SNES had tons of great games already. Why would they release a SNES Mini with all sorts of other games, when the SNES library contains so many classics. I would hope that they include more than 30 games though, because otherwise tons will not be on there. And I hope Square Enix + Konami are on board.

Turtles in Time - as a proper digital version - finally. That alone would make it worth it (the remake on PS3/360 is crap). And the Gamecube Turtles game had only the arcade version as a bonus, not the SNES version.

Also: why would they add other games, when they can sell a N64 Mini in 2 years?

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Don't waste your money. Get a Raspberry Pi and you can play virtually EVERY SNES game and so much more!

Yes for piracy.
Oh wait, no. I don't pirate.
And don't tell me how to spend my money. When you earn my money, you can tell me how to spend it.

And if that's okay for you, why don't you simply pirate everything? Every game? You do know that you can basically pirate everything. You can also steal food and CDs and DVDs. But of course there is risk involved in the latter, so you won't do that.

[PenguinMaster]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Don't waste your money. Get a Raspberry Pi and you can play virtually EVERY SNES game and so much more!

Don't waste your money on any movies or TV shows or music or video games. You can just pirate it all for free!

[shinobipopcorn]

Originally Posted by PenguinMaster

Don't waste your money on any movies or TV shows or music or video games. You can just pirate it all for free!

This is exactly what I think when I see people advocating making your own over buying one of the Nintendo ones. Why is it so much more accepted to download roms than it is to download movies or music? Game designers are trying to make a living too, they need your money way more than Gaga does.