Nintendo Classic Mini Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Product Information

These consoles are hard to get your hands on, but if you're lucky enough to get one you will not be disappointed! People have pointed out that the controller isn't quite the same as the one that came with the original console, but the differences are minor enough to only be apparent if you place the two next to each other. From pure classics like the original Mario Kart, to the sci-fi shooting frenzy of Mega Man X and Super Metroid, to the legendary fantasy epics Final Fantasy III and The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, to brilliantly fun and quirky games like Donkey Kong, Super Mario: Legend of the Seven Stars and even the amazing Earthbound! However, I’ve managed to get it powered and running off my laptop successfully, so it doesn’t need much power to run. The SNES Classic comes with HDMI hookups, bringing you the retro games you love in gorgeous clarity.

All you have to do to unlock it is complete the first stage of the first Star Fox game to unlock it. If you're desperate for more games to play, you can always use the controllers to play more games on the Wii’s virtual console, or you can take matters into you own hands and hack the console yourself. Earthbound and Super Mario RPG are hidden gems that previously needing importing (or, years later, illegal emulation) to play, making their inclusion alone worth picking the hardware up for. Thankfully, with the controller, Nintendo appears to have made the single biggest improvement over the NES Mini. What will make the SNES Mini a must-have for many players, particularly in the UK, is the availability of titles that were never released here on the actual SNES.

At the tail end of last year, before it introduced the all-new Nintendo Switch to the world, Nintendo took a dive into its archives. Doug Bowser, current President of Nintendo of America, said that "Our focus right now is absolutely on our dedicated platforms such as Nintendo Switch Lite and our flagship Nintendo Switch. Well, Japanese gamers will be able to play the following games that European players cannot: Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Panel de Pon, Tetris Attack, Super Formation Soccer and Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. It’s better than the NES Mini, sure, but considering that Nintendo has tacitly admitted it was an issue, it's surprising that the company didn't go all the way and make the cables as long as the original's. There's a reason why people continue to claim this is the best Zelda game, and the result is its utterly timeless appeal.

But beyond that, this is exactly what you'd want a retro console to be: lovingly designed, packed with classics, and functional for a modern audience. It resurfaced with the NES Mini, a micro-console packed with retro delights from the software library of its first home console.

If you want to delve into the world of SNES gaming for less, head over to the SNES Classic Mini hotukdeals listings. While the North American release features an appearance based on the straight-angled grey-and-purple design of the Super NES, the Japan and PAL region releases are modelled after the rounded edge Super Famicom/PAL Super NES design as originally released in these regions. In some ways, putting the game behind a wall of completing the first level of Star Fox is a smart move: it works to dampen expectations by reminding you how tricky the original was.

a b c Earthbound, Final Fantasy VI and Super Mario RPG were previously unreleased for the original Super Nintendo in the PAL region. The Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System has the same look and feel of the original system - only smaller - and comes pre-loaded with 21 games: •Contra III: The Alien Wars Donkey Kong Country •Earth-bound •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 IVSuper Ghouls 'n Ghosts •Super Mario Kart •Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars •Super Mario World •Super Metroid •Super Punch-Out! Ars Technica also noted that Starfox 2 couldn't be accessed without beating a tough level on the original Starfox, which seemed a little strange. A tiny version of the original masterpiece, it's been one of the sensations of 2017 and is a wonderful way to resurrect one of the greatest of all games consoles.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.