The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo’s follow-up console to the legendary Nintendo Entertainment System, launched in 1991 and 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 Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo's follow-up console to the legendary Nintendo Entertainment System, launched in 1991 and introduced what many consider some of the greatest video games of all time. (Photo: Business Wire)

On Sept. 29, this beloved console is coming back to stores in the form of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition. The mini system, which contains 21 pre-installed classic games and can easily be plugged into any high-definition TV using the included HDMI cable, will be available at a suggested retail price of $79.99. And 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 game that was created during the Super NES era but never released … anywhere!

“While many people from around the world consider the Super NES to be one of the greatest video game systems ever made, many of our younger fans never had a chance to play it,” said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “With the Super NES Classic Edition, new fans will be introduced to some of the best Nintendo games of all time, while longtime fans can relive some of their favorite retro classics with family and friends.”

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

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  • 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™

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 game will offer them something entirely new to enjoy – if they can unlock it by proving their skills in the original Star Fox game. (Well, they only have to complete the first level – we didn’t want to make it too hard!)

Included with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition are one HDMI cable, one USB charging cable with AC adapter and two wired Super NES Classic Controllers, perfect for playing multiplayer games. Having two controllers will make it easy for two 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.

*Note that an AC adapter for the USB cable is required to play the system but is not included in the packaging.

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition launches on Sept. 29 at a suggested retail price of $79.99.

Super Nes Classic Official Site

 

[the_randomizer]

Nah, for the retail price. GBATemp discount.

Are you serious...? You...would do that? I may have to take you up on that offer. I can iron the details via PM.


Edit: I'll wait and see how the Amazon US pans out before I make any decisions but I'll keep you posted.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Are you serious...? You...would do that? I may have to take you up on that offer. I can iron the details via PM.

Yeah, I've done it before.

It works out charging more to a seller buyer so I get a bonus but happy to help you out.

 

[the_randomizer]

Yeah, I've done it before.

It works out charging more to a seller buyer so I get a bonus but happy to help you out.

I'll keep you posted, and I'll keep an eye on how/when preorders happen in the US, I just hope NOA doesn't drop the ball Either way, I'll likely take you up on the offer. The ROMs run at 60 fps despite being for EU right?

 

[NESjimbo]

If I manage to get both preorders (HAHAHA), I'll definitely pay one of them forward. But now I don't feel too confident. The Amazon UK terms clearly state they only ship video game consoles within EU countries.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Why wouldn't the EU ROMS run at 60fps?

 

[the_randomizer]

If I manage to get both preorders (HAHAHA), I'll definitely pay one of them forward. But now I don't feel too confident. The Amazon UK terms clearly state they only ship video game consoles within EU countries.

Which is pure bullspit if you ask me. They shouldn't allow non UK customers to preorder things that can't be shipped.

Why wouldn't the EU ROMS run at 60fps?

Because in the past they weren't optimized for PAL regions and run 20% slower (audio included)? Very few if any 16-bit game back then ran as well the US counterpart.

 

[NESjimbo]

PAL vs NTSC isn't really a thing anymore in the HD age. Everything is 50/60Hz compatible now.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

I'll keep you posted, and I'll keep an eye on how/when preorders happen in the US, I just hope NOA doesn't drop the ball Either way, I'll likely take you up on the offer. The ROMs run at 60 fps despite being for EU right?

Yup. The roms will run at 60.

I was also gonna pre-order from Smyths Toys but they're out of stock for home delivery so... nah.

 

[the_randomizer]

Yup. The roms will run at 60.

I was also gonna pre-order from Smyths Toys but they're out of stock for home delivery so... nah.

Okay will definitely take ya up on that, gonna monitor how it goes over here, and will let ya know

Edit: Some idiot on a Facebook Nintendo group is saying "you'll still get it shipped even though it says it can't", yeah right kid lol. And be out 90 dollars? Okay XD

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

I find it strange that Amazon is charging £79.99 when Smyths Toys are doing it for £69.99. I wonder where Nintendo Store UK will end up at.

Oh, don't forget Zavvi will also have it.

 

[NESjimbo]

You can tell right off the bat that all games are 60Hz because every game is the US version (Star Fox rather than Starwing), plus FF3(6) which was never released on SNES in Europe. The NESC ran 60Hz worldwide.

 

[VinsCool]

That's cool. Hopefully we can crack open it like the NES Mini and add unlimited games.

 

[KiiWii]

Preordered mine

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Preordered mine

Which retailer?

 

[the_randomizer]

That's cool. Hopefully we can crack open it like the NES Mini and add unlimited games.

Hopefully Amazon gets off their asses and opens preorders in the western hemisphere XD

 

[KiiWii]

Which retailer?

GAME, I became an Elite member a few weeks back, so I'm trying it out.

 

[DarthDub]

Can't wait for there to be none in stores!

 

[NESjimbo]

Hopefully Amazon gets off their asses and opens preorders in the western hemisphere XD

Hear hear! If at all possible, I want the EU version, but I'll definitely try to get one here opening day .... or morning .... or midnight. I'll bring a chair and lots of coffee...

I already have 2 SNES classic controllers, one from JP and one from EU, so I won't have use the purple ones, provided the ports truly are the same ... Where the heck do the controllers plug in if the ones in the front are fake?

 

[RustInPeace]

Quite the thing to wake up to.

 

[the_randomizer]

Hear hear! If at all possible, I want the EU version, but I'll definitely try to get one here opening day .... or morning .... or midnight. I'll bring a chair and lots of coffee...

I already have 2 SNES classic controllers, one from JP and one from EU, so I won't have use the purple ones, provided the ports truly are the same ... Where the heck do the controllers plug in if the ones in the front are fake?

Yeah, someone is saying that it'll still "ship to the US" as you can use a US Amazon account and go to the UK store, preorder it, despite it saying "won't ship to US", so how does that work? Why would Amazon UK allow a US customer to buy something that won't ship? Just to screw you out of money?