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[patrickthehedgehog]

If you just keep fighting the guy, Sabin will tell you.

I guess this is the problem I ran into. It makes it sound like the game wants you to do blitz attack immediately, but of course you must wear down his health first using a standard attack.

Its sort of like in FFVII with the message about the tail laser on the scorpion.

ATTACK WHEN IT'S TAILS UP

*you could potentially attack*

*rest of message comes in* AND IT WILL COUNTERATTACK WITH LASER

Yay, Final Fantasy jank.

 

[ahoyhoy]

It'd still be missing some super heavy hitters from the era like Turtles in Time, Actraiser, DKC2, Ultimate MK3, etc. There's a reason people want to hack this thing and put more games on it. It's a great selection, but it's far from the "best" collection of games.

Actraiser really should have been on this. Such a unique game that could have represented two genres at once.

Sim City probably coulda been on this too.

 

[Robin64]

With the NES tool that allowed extra titles to be added, were most roms compatible or did it required specific coding for each?

I'd really like to add Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story onto my SNES Mini when the tools are available but I know it's not one of the most desired titles.

Good news everyone.

 

[LiK]

It'd still be missing some super heavy hitters from the era like Turtles in Time, Actraiser, DKC2, Ultimate MK3, etc. There's a reason people want to hack this thing and put more games on it. It's a great selection, but it's far from the "best" collection of games.

True, I guess I should mean SNES RPGs collection. CT and FFVI are pretty much my top 2 RPGs of all time. It also has EB and I haven't playe dit yet even tho I own botht he Wii U and 3DS versions, haha

 

[Waveset]

Actraiser really should have been on this. Such a unique game that could have represented two genres at once.

Sim City probably coulda been on this too.

Act Raiser's the first thing I'm installing when an easy hack is out.

 

[Maxrunner]

So pole are already hacking this to add new titles? Do the menu stays the same?

 

[Robin64]

So pole are already hacking this to add new titles? Do the menu stays the same?

Yes. Assuming you use good quality box art, nobody would be able to tell they weren't on there when you got it.

 

[VLEXP]

My Walmart pre-order is expected to arrive in a couple hours! Can't wait.

 

[TheNotoriousAFG]

So when the time comes that we can mod this, rather than what games you are putting on, are you taking any off?

I’m probably going to take Punch Out off- no nostalgia for the game, and from what I’ve seen it really doesn’t sound like my cup of tea.

 

[Dartastic]

I’m probably going to take Punch Out off- no nostalgia for the game, and from what I’ve seen it really doesn’t sound like my cup of tea.

Oh my god that's such a bad idea. It's so good.

 

[OriginalPoe]

So how can I buy one of these now?

 

[SOLDIER]

I wonder what happens to the save states or in-game save data for games you swap out of the Classic. I hope that stuff gets retained, as I plan to cycle games often.

 

[ParityBit]

I guess I mainly ask because I never had the SNES and most of the games I played a little, outside of my friends house. So they are all mostly new (outside of Punchout and some of the Zelda/Super Metroid). So I am working though what to play (I will try them all though!)

 

[ZiggyPalffyLA]

Oh my god that's such a bad idea. It's so good.

I wish there were a way to patch in the proper Little Mac instead of that blonde abomination.

 

[Yukinari]

I wonder what happens to the save states or in-game save data for games you swap out of the Classic. I hope that stuff gets retained, as I plan to cycle games often.

Didnt people put hundreds of NES games on the NES Mini.

How much storage do you get out of the SNES Mini?

 

[harz-marz]

Didnt people put hundreds of NES games on the NES Mini.

How much storage do you get out of the SNES Mini?

Think it's 300MB or so?

 

[poodaddy]

Didnt people put hundreds of NES games on the NES Mini.

How much storage do you get out of the SNES Mini?

I'm curious about this too. I've got a list of around 20 more SNES games that I think are literally essential that I need on there before I can call it a "definitive" library. If I have to I'll remove Kirby Dream Course Boring Golf Pool....because fuck that game.

 

[Retro Edge]

I wonder what happens to the save states or in-game save data for games you swap out of the Classic. I hope that stuff gets retained, as I plan to cycle games often.

If a game has a native save feature, don't you get an extra save file then?

 

[shiftplusone]

So when the time comes that we can mod this, rather than what games you are putting on, are you taking any off?

DKC, both star fox games, super g&g, probably dream course, maybe SMW if i decide to do SMW+all Stars.

 

[Rad Shadow]

Oh. This puppy is going to be LOADED with rpgs when applicable.

Can't wait.

 

[inner-G]

Didnt people put hundreds of NES games on the NES Mini.

How much storage do you get out of the SNES Mini?

Yes, but they have the same amount of storage and SNES games are larger files.

 

[Blue Submarine No. 6]

Received my Amazon UK order today. Picked up my purple version from my favorite local retailer Monday. I've got a bit of Star Fox, a bit of Super Mario World and a couple hours of Super Metroid in on that one already... good times...

Almost makes up for the fact that I'm still waiting to get my hands on a NES Classic Mini... :/

 

[Kain]

Bering the original version Vanish+Doom should work in FFVI right?

 

[BaneDrain]

There's still no relatively user friendly way to put additional titles on yet right?

 

[AuthenticM]

Bering the original version Vanish+Doom should work in FFVI right?

yes

though I encourage you to try the Brave New World mod like I will.

 

[BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie]

Got mine on release day, played a bit of Mega Man X, Kirby Super Star, Super Mario RPG and Super Mario Kart. Haven't played it as much as I'd have liked due to my new job, starting university and Cuphead, Nioh and a few other games taking my time. I love the system though, first time I've ever even held a controller not designed for 3D games and with Final Fantasy VI, Super Metroid, Secret of Mana and A Link to the Past also on the 'to play' list I think it will be £70 very well spent!

 

[ReyVGM]

I’m probably going to take Punch Out off- no nostalgia for the game, and from what I’ve seen it really doesn’t sound like my cup of tea.

If it works like the NESC, then you can't remove individual games. Either you remove them all, or leave them be.

The original games are in a read only area which can't be modified. The only reason you are able to add games, is because there is writable space available for save states.

 

[apieceofstrange]

The absence of any beat em ups or shmups is kind of baffling considering there were so many great ones on the SNES. Would have made for great coop titles too.

 

[Weltall Zero]

Well the NTSC patch for Terranigma makes it work fine, just without audio. At that point, I think we need to figure out how to do the "external PCM" thing Nintendo did for the games on here. There's a part in the footer where you specify where the external PCM begins, so we just need to get it there, then I'm confident the emulator can handle it. It seems to struggle with the audio being in the ROM as per normal with those games.

(Only Starfox and Yoshi's Island don't use the external PCM thing)

((Additionally, this is why some audio sounds odd. If you replace the SNES Mini's Super Mario World with your own converted one, for example, it sounds better))

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. I'm rooting for you to find a way around it and get those two amazing games on the system, I really want to play them with the missus.

I just realised, technically PAL/Europe got 3 unreleased games on the SNES Classic if you consider that Super Mario RPG and Earthbound wasn't formally released here.

Spoiler

yeah I'm usually slow to the party

If you mean SNES specifically, there are probably even more unreleased games. I know for a fact no Final Fantasy game released here before VII, I had to import them from the US before then (actually I also imported VII - IX, but that's neither here nor there...).

I hope Illusion of Gaia will eventually work on this thing such an amazing and underrated game.

Illusion of Gaia may be a lot of things, but underrated isn't one of them. It's widely considered to be one of the best action RPGs in the system alongside Zelda and Terranigma.

Just checking, Earthbound for NA and EU consoles are the same right? It's just using the NA ROM?

Every single game is using the NA ROM, actually. It seems they didn't want to bother with 50/60hz shenaningans.

Goodbye Kirby's Shitty Dreamcourse.

Aw. The generalized dislike for it is a bit sad, as this was the one game I never played before getting the mini SNES and I'm enjoying it a lot playing with the missus. :/

So when the time comes that we can mod this, rather than what games you are putting on, are you taking any off?

I was wondering one thing about this: since I never got my hands on a Mini NES, when you remove games, do you remove them all in bulk and have to readd ROMs for the ones you want to keep? If not, can you sort them into folders like the manually added ROMs? I want to have my games sorted in folders by genre and I'd like the original games to go to the appropriate folder.

 

[Robin64]

If it works like the NESC, then you can't remove individual games. Either you remove them all, or leave them be.

The original games are in a read only area which can't be modified. The only reason you are able to add games, is because there is writable space available for save states.

Yeah but what you see is a copy of the games, so you can remove a copy and it is effectively "gone", despite the original game still being in the read-only area.

 

[sixteen-bit]

The absence of any beat em ups or shmups is kind of baffling considering there were so many great ones on the SNES. Would have made for great coop titles too.

SNES was pretty weak on the stg front compared to contemporaneous platforms like Genesis and pc engine. That really doesn't excuse them from including something like Axelay or Space Megaforce! Do they think 2 starfoxes fill the quota?

 

[darkjedi187]

Not sure why anyone would take off anything, I just don't get it. Isn't there enough room to put a ton of additional games on it. Now I can say there are some I really want on it. Actraiser and Chrono Trigger come to mind.

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

Went through every SNES game on GameFAQs to see which ones would be worthwhile to have on the Classic besides the 21 preinstalled ones. Placed them into two groups ("must-haves" and "nice to have").
It's just a hypothetical list for an ideal world where we could easily obtain every single SNES game:

Must-Haves:

ActRaiser
Adventures of Batman & Robin, The
Batman Returns
Blackthorne
Bust-A-Move
Captain Commando
Chrono Trigger
Death and Return of Superman, The
Demon's Crest
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Earthworm Jim
Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie, The
Hagane - The Final Conflict
Illusion of Gaia
Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
Inindo - Way of the Ninja
King of Dragons
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Knights of the Round
Legend of the Mystical Ninja, The
Lion King, The
Lufia II - Rise of the Sinistrals
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
Mega Man VII
Mega Man & Bass
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Metal Warriors
Ninjawarriors
Parodius Da!
Pilotwings
Plok
Prince of Persia
Rock 'n Roll Racing
R-Type III
Secret of Evermore
Skyblazer
Soul Blazer
Sunset Riders
Super Bomberman
Super Bomberman 2
Super Double Dragon
Super Mario All-Stars (with physics patch)
Super R-Type
Super Star Wars
Super The Empire Strikes Back
Super Return of the Jedi
Super Street Fighter II
Super Tennis
Super Turrican
Super Turrican 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV - Turtles in Time
Terranigma
Tiny Toon Adventures - Buster Busts Loose!
U.N. Squadron
Uniracers
Wild Guns
X-Men - Mutant Apocalypse
Zombies Ate My Neighbors


Nice to Have:

ActRaiser 2
Addams Family, The
Aladdin
Amazing Spider-Man, The - Lethal Foes
Axelay
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Battletoads & Double Dragon - The Ultimate Team
Brain Lord
Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
Bugs Bunny - Rabbit Rampage
Claymates
Cool Spot
Earthworm Jim 2
Final Fight 2
Final Fight 3
Ignition Factor, The
Jungle Book, The
Lost Vikings, The
Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, The
Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems
Mickey Mania - The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse
Ogre Battle - The March of the Black Queen
Pac-In-Time
Pitfall - The Mayan Adventure
Prince of Persia 2
Rendering Ranger R2
Seiken Densetsu 3
Space Megaforce
Sparkster
Spider-Man & Venom - Maximum Carnage
Star Ocean
Stunt Race FX
Super Adventure Island
Super Adventure Island II
Super Bonk
Taekwon-Do
Tales of Phantasia
Tetris Attack
Top Gear
Top Gear 2
Treasure of the Rudras
True Lies
Undercover Cops

Skipped (most) sports games, so no NBA Jam or Megaman Soccer.

What do you think about this list? Which really good SNES titles did I miss (except sports games)?

 

[Caja 117]

Got my from the UK last night, pit that baby on and its just awesome, my son cant stop playing Super Mario world, he says is the best game ever...yeah, Is a great game indeed!

 

[LowParry]

Is there enough room to add in MSU-1 games?

 

[Dimmle]

What's up with the Dream Course hate? I'd never played it before, have zero nostalgia toward it, and I'm infatuated with it. It's hard as hell, though.

 

[ZugZug123]

Is there some adapter cable I can use to hook this to on my PC monitor and external speakers? It seems easy to do w/o sound (usb for power, HDMI for video to monitor) but I'm not sure what to do to get sound. Google search has a lot of results on how to hook up the original SNES to a monitor ^^'

 

[Robin64]

Is there enough room to add in MSU-1 games?

Even if there was, this thing wouldn't know what to do with that chip. Sorry.

 

[socksfelloff]

Is there enough room to add in MSU-1 games?

I don't think you understand how msu-1 works!

 

[Xaero Gravity]

So when the time comes that we can mod this, rather than what games you are putting on, are you taking any off?

I thought you couldn't take any games off


Edit: Well if you can hide them, Dream Course is outta there for sure.

 

[Flysquare]

Being French, a lot of the nostalgia around the snes go with the dragon ball z games we had at the time. Super Boutoden 1, 2, 3 and Hyper Dimension.
First thing i would add !

 

[inner-G]

I thought you couldn't take any games off

You should be able to remove them from the menu at least

 

[HitCtrlAltDel]

Is there some adapter cable I can use to hook this to on my PC monitor and external speakers? It seems easy to do w/o sound (usb for power, HDMI for video to monitor) but I'm not sure what to do to get sound. Google search has a lot of results on how to hook up the original SNES to a monitor ^^'

What you are looking for is an HDMI audio extractor. Make sure though that you can’t plug speakers directly into your monitor, that’s what I do for my sources going to my display.

 

[KojiKnight]

Good news everyone.

What about the translation? It's the poster child for terrible presumptions made about the SNES based on zsnes (the translation's text won't appear at all in modern Snes9x, Higan, etc releases)

 

[KojiKnight]

Is there enough room to add in MSU-1 games?

The emulator has to be built with support for the special chip, just like any other one. It's very unlikely in this official nintendo product that they added MSU-1 support since it was never an officially licensed product.

 

[ZiggyPalffyLA]

What's up with the Dream Course hate? I'd never played it before, have zero nostalgia toward it, and I'm infatuated with it. It's hard as hell, though.

People might be feeling that it's taking up the spot of another game they'd prefer, although that's obviously not true. I'd trade it for Chrono Trigger any day but I appreciate it's uniqueness among the lineup.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

The only game that I really feel needs to be added is Tetris Attack, and not just because I really loved it, but it's one of the few games my wife really loves as well. So that's number 1 on my priority list by a country mile. Outside of that:

Games I really enjoyed in my youth:
Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3
Super Street Fighter II
Mortal Kombat II and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Killer Instinct
Bomberman 2

Games I've never played and feel like I should:
Chrono Trigger

Anything else would be gravy, but frankly I doubt I'd play much beyond that. But that's just a testament to how good the games already included on the SNES Classic are.

 

[World SkiFree]

Went through every SNES game on GameFAQs to see which ones would be worthwhile to have on the Classic besides the 21 preinstalled ones. Placed them into two groups ("must-haves" and "nice to have").
It's just a hypothetical list for an ideal world where we could easily obtain every single SNES game:



Skipped (most) sports games, so no NBA Jam or Megaman Soccer.

What do you think about this list? Which really good SNES titles did I miss (except sports games)?

Very good lists. I would add Stunt Race FX to my "must have" list but I'm probably in the minority.

I have not had a chance to play much of the SNES Classic Mini yet but so far, so great. I no longer have a SNES so this has been a pretty welcome addition. In contrast, I ended up selling my NES Mini because I already own and regularly play the NES games on my CRT. I was having lag issues as well so the value just wasn't there for me.

Having dabbled a lot with emulators in the late 90s, I would rather have a more customized "playlist" for the SNES (I don't play RPGs) and will at least look into modding if the process is easy enough for me.

Edit: Folks should really give Kirby's Dream Course a long look. Fantastic game I owned back in the day.

 

[Fallout-NL]

As for Final Fantasy 3 (or 6) when you fight that big snail thing at the beginning, it tells you not to attack the shell, but how do you know when not to input an attack command if it can just disappear into its shell at any time?

Do you just eyeball it or is there some method to cancel an attack I'm missing?

The absence of any beat em ups or shmups is kind of baffling considering there were so many great ones on the SNES. Would have made for great coop titles too.

Yeah, no Final Fight? I mean wtf.

 

[panama chief]

Dream course is the reason I love golf/bowling. You guys are nuts. Learn how to read the meter.