Nintendo's 'SNES Classic' Announced, Includes Star Fox 2 and 20 More Games
The next in Nintendo's minature console line features a slate of 21 games, including some rarities, for $79.99.
Nintendo has announced the SNES Classic Edition, another miniaturized plug-and-play console pre-loaded with a host of games from its 16-bit era. To sweeten the pot this time, the line-up includes some rare and never-released games.
It will come loaded with 21 games in all–venerated Nintendo classics like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Mario World right alongside third-party games like Mega Man X, Secret of Mana, and Final Fantasy 3. For fans of game history, the SNES Classic includes Star Fox 2, the sequel that was developed but never actually released during the SNES era.
SNES Classic will launch on September 29 for $79.99. It will also come with not one but two Super NES styled controllers, to accommodate the two-player games included in the set like Contra 3: The Alien Wars and Street Fighter 2.
We had previously heard rumors of the SNES Classic Edition, which we concluded made sense as the explanation for Nintendo's plan to discontinue the wildly successful NES Classic. Now we know it was true. Check below for the full line-up of games:
- Contra III: The Alien Wars
- Donkey Kong Country
- EarthBound
- Final Fantasy III
- F-ZERO
- Kirby Super Star
- Kirby’s Dream Course
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Mega Man X
- Secret of Mana
- Star Fox
- 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 Metroid
- Super Punch-Out!!
- Yoshi’s Island
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An android TV box with bluetooth+8bitdo controller and retroarch > these one off nintendo boxes. every time.
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Honestly I'd have traded out Super Ghoul's 'n Ghosts for a Shmup or something as well, it was popular at the time but is kind of a shitty game to play nowadays.
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You had Cybernator, Gradius III, and Super R-Type from what I remember the most.
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If they'd make more than 30 of them I'd be interested. I agree with Boarder2, though in that I'd rather have this stuff on VC on the switch/3ds/etc.
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I really want this to be released as a Game/App for Switch instead, but they know they could make way more off of it a la carte :(
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Five feet according to Kotaku http://kotaku.com/nintendo-announces-snes-classic-1796418700
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Imo the only thing missing from this list is Chrono Trigger, Super R Type, and Soul Blazer. Then it'd be perfect.
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Honestly It could be longer as there are plenty of quality games on the SNES.
I wish it had TMNT: Turtles in TIme as IMHO it's the best Beat'em up on the SNES and this little box has no Beat'em Ups.-
Yeah, considering how many were on there TMNT: TiT would've been a great addition.
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I'd sooner have street fighter 2 and contra 3 out before Yoshi's Island or Kirby Superstar.
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I haven't played the Dreamland entry but I agree that both aren't necessary. KSS is probably the best Kirby ever so that one really should stay in.
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Yoshi's Island is one of the best 2D platformers ever. It's sad that the series hasn't been able to live up to it since then and I honestly am glad that it's there as opposed to DKC2 (which I'm a bit sad they don't have in there, but it does have the original so I think I'll be ok).
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I've got and played Wooly World, it is good, but I still think YI is the best in series. WW easily slips into 2nd there.
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Figuring out how to move in 3D and not with a mouse + keyboard took a whole generation.
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Exactly. I feel like the N64/Sega Saturn/PS1 era was basically the same for 3D gaming as the Atari era was for 2D gaming.
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I have to agree. PC games during that era were light-years past. And not like now where they are just prettier with better framerates. You look at the FPS lineup on N64 and PSX compared to PC and it wasn't even close 1996-2000, just another world.
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No one had figured out a close enough approximation. Golden Eye was great because it gave the "console gaming masses" a taste of what LAN parties were back then. At the time all prior attempts (see Wolf3D and Doom in particular) ported quite poorly compared to their original PC versions.
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Golden Eye was great for consoles. And Mario / Zelda / Metal Gear / FFVII were all great.
But PCs were getting GL Quake World, Duke 3d, Command and Conquer, Warcraft II, Total Annihilation, Half-Life, etc. The level of sophistication was unmatched, at the time.-
I was just talking about FPS's. Outside of that you basically had western RPGs on PC and JRPGs on consoles. You don't hear about PC only platformers or anything like that of that era because Commander Keen couldn't compare to Mario. Certain control schemes just work better for certain game designs. They never got RTSs working well on consoles, for instance.
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They were and they weren't. Very important things like analog stick movement, z-trigger lock-on, and complex 3D dungeons were figured out by Nintendo.
PC had FPS nailed down but third person movement and console shooter mechanics were nailed down by Super Mario 64 and Ocarina Of Time. Its kind of insane that the mechanics of Navi the fairy is used by nearly every console shooter and 3D RPG to this day.
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DKC2 was so good.
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Sold. Sold so fucking hard.
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Two official SNES controllers?!?!
Mario/Zelda/Metroid/FF3/Street Fighter 2?!?!
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Yes, but think of all that sweet, sweet publicity.
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Wow, Star Fox 2?!
And SSFII Turbo is one of my all-time faves. That, Mario Kart, and Super Mario World make this pretty attractive.
But I was really hoping for Tetris Attack.
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