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

 

[Wiisel]

I'm still bitter, since the whole NES Mini scenario Nintendo are dead to me.....

 

[NESjimbo]

Mine was £66.66 also. I hope it's legit and not just hastily put up by Amazon or Nintendo. It DID say sold by Amazon EU.

 

[Plochan]

£67? How did you get that price?

preorder was live for cca 30min, that was its listed price.
at the end, with postage(4) and VAT(18) it will be £89 for me.

 

[tatumanu]

OMG the list ... its exactly how i dreamed and even wrote a post somewhere in gbatemp, STAR FOX 2... i can´t believe they pulled it off! im totally getting this!

 

[YuseiFD]

why are people so excited and shocked ? i thought they discontinued the nes classic shit xD which idiot approved this marketing scheme ?

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

preorder was live for cca 30min, that was its listed price.
at the end, with postage(4) and VAT(18) it will be £89 for me.

The price that I saw always on Amazon UK was £79.99 but would've been nice to get it for £67.

 

[Plochan]

The price that I saw always on Amazon UK was £79.99 but would've been nice to get it for £67.

I cant 100% confirm but I think that it was same for me, £79.99.
but after the order went through, those new numbers showed up. Nothing strange for amazon to f up.

 

[Harsky]

Damn, missed the pre-orders. Only the Nintendo UK one is my last hope. Makes me wonder if the Virtual Console for the Switch is still not ready and this is just another stop gap.

 

[Mansize]

FTW no DKC2 and DKC3? An insult. Only 20 games? *rolls eyes*

No Super Tetris 3? No Zombies ate my neighbours? Nintendo WHY.

Also, if this thing doesn't have 3-player support for Secret of Mana, I'm out.

 

[HitnRunTony]

"We aren't providing specific numbers, but we will produce significantly more units of
Super NES Classic Edition than we did of NES Classic Edition." - Nintendo's latest comment

They also said that the controller cables will be 5 feet long this time, so thats a plus

https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/26/nintendo-hopes-to-avoid-snes-classic-shortages/

 

[doughmay]

I wish the PAL version was available for the US, the SNES was great, but the US NTSC version looks, meh, compared to the PAL version.

 

[NESjimbo]

Five feet? That's still at least three feet too short.

 

[Mansize]

I wish the PAL version was available for the US, the SNES was great, but the US NTSC version looks, meh, compared to the PAL version.

Agree, very much. The USA SNES is just plain FUGLY.

 

[Kioku]

Everyone is saying the US SNES is ugly.. I think it's beautiful.

 

[the_randomizer]

why are people so excited and shocked ? i thought they discontinued the nes classic shit xD which idiot approved this marketing scheme ?

People who don't want to pay some idiot on eBay $200 for a rare Snes game. It's not like you're forced to get one.

 

[Frezgle]

Star Fox 2 surprises me. I heard that the prototype ROM that's been floating around on the internet for a long time wasn't even the most finished one that was made, and that a still-unreleased ROM had some further differences despite being so late in the game's development. I hope that's what we're getting.

 

[Kioku]

why are people so excited and shocked ? i thought they discontinued the nes classic shit xD which idiot approved this marketing scheme ?

The same idiot that's making some serious money while you're on the internet criticizing it. Hm.

 

[Byokugen]

Preorder is 79.99£ on amazon...@saiyan Lusitano I also wonder

 

[kehkou]

Not sure how many times this has been said, but:

We need to dump that Star Fox 2!!

 

[Taleweaver]

A great lineup... But what's with those wired controllers? Is there anyone nostalgic enough to have to be glued to your monitor?