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Following the discontinuation of the NES Classic Edition, Nintendo has announced a September release of another miniature, retro game console with pre-loaded games. It will come in two versions: one for Europe, Australia, Japan and the UK; the other for America. They will differ in styling and in the included games. US Gamer lists the games that will be built into both versions. Star Fox 2, written circa 1995, is to be released for the first time as one of the built-in games.
The consoles will be powered by USB and will not include a mains adaptor; output will be over HDMI and
all games included in the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System are the original US 60 Hz releases.
Two controllers will be hard-wired.
As usual, the console is expected to be in short supply. Nintendo's share price fell after the announcement.
additional coverage:
- official announcement (in Japanese)
- Polygon (about short supply)
- Express (about short supply in UK)
- BBC News
- Engadget
- Wikipedia article
- The Verge (about Star Fox 2)
- Polygon (about Star Fox 2)
previous stories:
Nintendo to Bring $60 "Retro" Video Gaming Console to U.S. Market
Nintendo to Discontinue NES Classic Edition/NES Classic Mini
(Score: 2) by idiot_king on Wednesday June 28 2017, @04:37AM (2 children)
As much as I HATE HATE HATE capitalists for pulling these """shortage""" shenanigans, Star Fox 2 would have been an absolutely Earth-shattering, groundbreaking game had it been released in its day. I understand their hesitation to release such a low-poly game right before the launch of the N64, but the amount of innovation beyond graphics in that game are incredible. Battles that actually have consequences in the overworld map, a range of characters to choose from, and the ability to turn your ship into a mech(!) would have absolutely blown people away at that time had it actually been released.
If you get a chance to play Star Fox 2, I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone and everyone who has access to an emulator or a SNES mini. Seriously!
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday June 28 2017, @04:44AM (1 child)
Shortage means more emulation (MESS) .. :-)
And of course copy*.* :p
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 28 2017, @01:41PM
Speaking of emulation, does this thing do Blargg's NTSC [slack.net]? If it doesn't, I'd rather stick to Snes9x (and Nestopia etc). Granted, it's not essential for SNES like it is for Atari games or whatnot that relied on sub-pixel CRT tricks, but it gives me a warm fuzzy nostalgic feeling like I'm a teenager again I guess.