SNES Classic Edition

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Yeah they do have a history of starving resellers with their products. But considering Star Fox 2 is included and the success of NES Mini I'd be surprised if they didn't make a lot more of this than last time at least, not necessarily making enough of them though.

I already own all of the system's games I want in original cartridge form

Not Star Fox 2 I believe. Hopefully it's the full game too.
None of the other games are really expensive or hard to find though I think.

I was referring to the NES' library there.

Ah right, my mistake.

[Ghegs]

https://nintendosoup.com/european-nintendo-distributors-become-biggest-snes-classic-scalpers/
https://nintendosoup.com/swedish-retailer-confirms-nintendo-distributor-scalping-snes-classic-edition/

Assuming I keep my pre-order in, I'm going to be paying EUR 149.90 or USD ~172 for it. 

[P]

Bergsala has long been considered greedy, but this is pretty bad! Checking Swedish online stores shows that $180 is indeed the retail price. And Nintendo doesn't seem to produce much more of this than the Famicom one last year like they promised.

Looks like I'm not getting a PAL version. And if the Japanese version turns out to be as hard to get, I might just wait for Star Fox 2 to get dumped instead.

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Let's look at the trend so far - they sold out in the UK store in 7 minutes - way faster than the NES did.

It'll be the same story, because even if they make more the audience for the SNES is at least double.

To be honest this scarcity approach is really starting to grate, there's simply no honest reason for it.

It's making me actively dislike modern Nintendo as a company, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

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The US SNES Classic has been previewed by some outlets and there are some surprises.

It now has a rewind feature...  Plus you can add borders - one of which is Super Famicom themed?

http://kotaku.com/we-played-snes-classic-and-it-has-rewind-now-1798161324








I've pre-ordered the UK version, which comes with SFC style body but US games.  So that makes me wonder - what will the PAL (and indeed SFC) menu look like?

They also mentioned that US pre-orders will open before August has passed.  Next Friday is September the 1st, so not long to go till you can (try) and snag one.

[NintendoKing]

That's funny they added a rewind feature after AtGames announced such a feature on Sega Genesis Flashback.

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Yes I noticed that timing as well, but I think it must have been planned some time back.  It's common on most emulators after all, but who knows.

They also just released a Super New Tude trailer for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN8ZnDghWAY

[NintendoKing]

I mean it's possible but I honestly think they just programmed it in after seeing Genesis Flashback.

[Pikkon]

Here's the super famicom one,it's way longer and shows off way more features.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvg00aOwqxk

[P]

I think Nintendo and AtGames both programmed it in because every other emulator is using it nowdays, so why not. Not funny at all.

The review doesn't tell much about Star Fox 2. He said it seemed to be pretty much the same as the hacked proto, but he didn't play very far so there's no telling if it's a large game (unlike the proto which is very short and easy).

[Pikkon]

From what I read one of the devs said the build on the net is missing 10% of the final.

[P]

I see, so maybe it was never made into a large game, although it was finished.

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And here is the UK SNES trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Ge7iVyOyw

The UK trailer has a very nice 90s House vibe to it, but I definitely prefer the JP SFC trailer out of all these  

Also saw this, which times nicely with all of this: https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/22/16183356/snes-edition-new-nintendo-3ds-xl-europe-only



I saw the NES mini at Gamescom last year, but I'm not over this year sadly to see the SNES in Cologne    

[Pikkon]

Looks like the pal snes mini uses US box art instead of the pal box art.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd26Bq7P3eo


And here's some more of the super fami mini,you can hear the main music playing and it's not to bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP_3V0iYlig

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Thanks for the links - yeah I noticed that theboxes are US ver. like the NES mini, but I think that's OK.  The menu HUD artwork is different this time of course, much more like the SFC version.


By the way if anyone wanted a SNES 3DS they are up for pre-order now - https://store.nintendo.co.uk/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-console/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-super-nintendo-entertainment-system-edition/11537758.html