SNES Classic edition announced – To be released on the 29th of September in Europe/US
While Wololo is more of a hacking site, it’s a tad hard to pass on the announcement of this microconsole. The SNES classic edition is the successor of the NES Classic edition that disappeared from stores pretty quickly due to Nintendo not producing many and high demand.
What’s the SNES classic edition?
As you may have already assumed, it’s a smaller replica of the iconic SNES console released back in 1991 in the US and 1992 in Europe. Like the NES Classic edition, this replica has a limited range of games built-in and probably, there will be no way to add more till it’s hacked that is. The list of games are on all consoles:
- Contra III: Alien Wars
- Donkey Kong Country
- Final Fantasy III
- F-Zero
- Kirby Super Star
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Mega Man X
- Secret of Mana
- Star Fox
- Star Fox 2 (which had been cancelled very late in the development stage)
- Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
- Super Mario Kart
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of Seven Stars
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
- Super Metroid
These are games only available on PAL and NA microconsoles:
- Earthbound
- Kirby’s Dream Course
- Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
- Super Castlevania IV
- Super Punch-Out!!
These are games that are only available to the Japanese Super Famicon microconsoles:
- Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
- The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
- Panel de Pon
- Super Soccer
- Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
The games are from almost all of the SNES era and are mostly from Nintendo, Square, Capcom and Konami.
What features does it have? How much does it cost?
The microconsole is designed to look identically to the SNES and is slated to cost $79.99 in the US, £69.99 in the UK and €79.99 in the EU. The system connects to your television via HDMI and it comes with two wired controllers. Like the NES classic, it will PROBABLY have an ARM chip with specs that are not stellar and an easy to use interface.
SNES clasic wired controller
Make sure you place your pre-order with your preferred retailer such as GameStop to get one on your hands! While Nintendo has announced that the SNES Classic edition is slated to ship more units, there may still be availability issues.
What’s your take on the games? Did you want to see something different (I’d have loved to see Chrono Trigger as it’s an awesome RPG)? Will you be getting one or do you have another system for emulation?
Nintendo page on the microconsole: http://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic
Wikipedia page for easy to read information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_Classic_Edition
Images courtesy of Nintendo
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too bad in my country is gonna be sooooo expensive
Brazil?
The price of a SNES Mini in Sweden will be the same price as if you were buying 2 units in USA/Canada.
It’s insanly expensive!
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i understand the nostalgia of these classic consoles. people will buy these up and scalp them for insane prices.
Its just over hyped and waste of money when there are PCs, Android devices and a hacked consoles a 3.60 PS Vita or other handheld that can play all these games. you can buy a USB controller that is similar to get the original feel of the controller. waste of money. there are other devices that run these limited games for free.
While I understand that it’s supposed to be a replica of the original console/controllers but like the nes classic before it I really don’t understand the wired controllers, they at least made the cords longer this time but not having wireless controllers included seems strange to me
I also was expecting to see Chrono Trigger! But at least we got D3 🙂
I meant FF3 🙂
Damn… you’re right. One big game missing is Chrono Trigger.
Come to think of it, a traditional flying shooter is also needed. Not Star Fox, but more like R-Type.
79,99€? Now i know why they are so fu**** much against emulators…
Damn Big N. Haven’t thought you’d go the cheeky way.
PS: FIRST!
It’s slightly cheaper here, $120 AUD which translates to $71 pounds
AU$120 is what I paid for my original Super Nintendo back in ’93. I guess it came with no games though, and it’s pleasing to note that they seem to have what is to me the three essentials: Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, and StarFox. I think I’ll stick with my PS3 emulating it though. It does the job perfectly. Not as cute perhaps. However, I have an original Super Nintendo in its box in the garage if I ever get too nostalgic!
I would definitely get that out of the garage, so the box doesn’t get damaged. Even without the box the SNES should be worth around 100 AUD, with the box even more, if the box is in good condidtion. Prices for Nintendo stuff went haywire the last few years.
The NES Mini was 79,99€ aswell, and within four months sold at ebay for twice that money, because Nintendo couldn’t deliver enough units.
Wow, so they are really making it happen. That’s pretty awesome. The SNES is the system I grew up with when I was a kid. Definitely getting one to replay some of my favorite titles and some that were popular back then that I haven’t tried yet. Hyped! I hope I can get a preorder. These games are as legit as you get by Nintendo, games should run full speed and everything working; unlike emulation sometimes there are some issues haha. Emulation is still awesome via hacking in my opinion of course as long as you still own the actual games and etc.
I really want Fire emblem but i’m from N.A
Canada: MSRP $99.99 (Canadian of course). With a little luck the FX rate changes significantly and maybe it’ll be available for 89.99. Let’s hope Nintendo didn’t put in demands for the device to be completely locked-down and we can add Chrono Trigger ourselves.
I already have one of these, It’s called a gaming PC.
I doubt ya need a gaming PC for SNES games! I have one of these in a form of a 2003 17″ Al PowerBook G4 which in my opinion, has a better design and can play a lot more SNES games!
Hehe, that’s our Aurora, the absolute tech addict.
Don’t forget our beloved VITA ! Best emulation on the go, by far.
Currently enjoying Jungle strike, Wiz’n Liz, Landstalker and S3&K…Haaa, I can’t thank you enough Wololo…
The 3DS is better for emulation on the go actually, if you exclude the fact it can’t play psp/ps1 games.
Seriously ?
I thought 3DS’s GBA emulator was barely running, due to heavy memory costraints.
And as far as I know, it doesn’t even run DS roms, so long trauma 2. The ‘protective shell’ is the only good thing about this machine if you ask me (and its touch system, more fun than VITA’s).
In the end, it depends on the user: 3DS is too small for me, even the XL.
VITA feels more comfy.
I agree that the vita is more comfortable but GBA games run just fine on the 3DS, not sure about running via emulators but if you install them in the form of .cia files they run without a problem. but for DS roms just use a flashcard or wait for twloader compatability to support loading more roms from the sd card.
lol, thats not Aurota, thats The_Zett
Who cares honestly? Because the BIO says they’re female and they could be male? Waste your energy on something productive.
Aurora is a tranny lmao
I just mean in general my PC is a emulation station.
I currently have:
DC
DS
GBA
N64
NES
SNES
PS1
PSP
WII
And many more running perfectly on one device.
I’d rather use my Raspberry Pi 3 to play SNES games and more.
I have 5 consoles that can emulate SNES pretty flawlessly but still it isnt the same as a emulation console that is made by nintendo and looks like a SNES that is just the *** right there! 😀
I know right!
Damn shame they’re giving PAL regions Contra 3 and not the far superior Super Probotector: Alien Rebels
I just want this for nostalgic reasons!
pre-ordered it! hope they didnt make an empty promise because i heard with the nes mini some shops just let people pre-order whitout having a clue how many consoles the will be getting.
I already have access to these games via the Wii Shop Channel, and of course games like SMW and CT have been ported since, and I own those ports. Even if I don’t have one of these games, I can emulate most of them on my PSP (sans Star Fox, perhaps). Why should I get this?
So how are they handling the 3-player co-op in Secret of Mana on this…
Raspberry Pi 3 w/ latest retropie = way better..
No one is talking about the UNRELEASED starfox 2 that we were pretty sure wasn’t ever gonna pop up. I mean that’s pretty neato
I did some research and the game is actually unfinished. I wonder if they’re getting the original team together to fix up the loose ends?
I agree that’s the consoles best feature, hopefully someone can rip the rom and post it up somewhere. I would gladly pay for the rom but I don’t think Nintendo will do that. I just can’t see myself buying this console for one game.
There’s technically a mastered rom of the game, which would’ve been the fully completed and finished product if it were released, however nintendo pulled the plug on it due to the impending release of the N64. So this is the complete finished game that they put onto this micro console.
Also on another note…..I’m not a fan of you pushing pc and gpd win stuff here. So the vita isn’t your cup of tea, but you constantly recommending someone to steer clear of it and go for something more pc’esque is some pretty good trolling imo. If you don’t care for vita and it’s games then why bother posting here? Go somewhere else with your gpd win and pc ***.
Anyone considering this or the Nes classic I have 2 words for you
RETRO PIE
For all the Noobz: Star Fox 2′ been out and available on roms sites forever along with F-Zero 2 (also not mentioned in this stupid packages). Do youselves a favor…order a Raspberry Pi3 and a snes case for it (or whatever case you want) and you’ll be *way happier…
Those versions are NOT complete. This is known for years. It has been confirmed by the original developer too. YOU are a noob.
And F Zero 2 for Snes never existed. I have no idea what the *** you’re talking about.
It will probably have an ARM board and a stolen and/or inaccurate emulator. I’d rather wait for a decent FPGA console that can run VeriSNES.