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What Would You Want in a SNES Classic Mini Console?

Rich! said:
Because:

1. Cost. Not everyone wants to spend four times the price on a Wii U when they just want the retro games. A low cost also works as a gift incentive - I'll be buying the nes mini as a Christmas present for sure.

2. form factor. The Wii U is a Wii U. Playing retro titles on a console that looks like the real thing adds to the authenticity in a way that can't be matched. That's why I was able to sell two raspberry pi consoles built inside SNES shells for £130 a time.

3. Nostalgia. Ties into my above point, and will catch the eyes of people in store who otherwise wouldn't be interested in something like the Virtual Console.
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Your first point makes some sense,except that it's extremely limiting. Yeah, it's only 60 dollars but you only get the games that are on it and that's it. You have no way to buy more games or tailor it so you can only get the games you want. I also don't really agree that many people just want the retro games. Those people probably own an NES or have emulated the games else where. I don't think many people have been waiting until 2016 to play these games because they had no means to do it until now. I also don't think that there a ton of people who would be interested in something like this, that don't at least own a Wii or a Wii U or plan to buy an NX. I think they will sell some because it's cheap and cute novelty gift but not much nore than that. As far as your other two points again, I think they will sell some for novelty reasons but I don't see that hammering home the sales.
Just my opinion though.
 
As with the NES, something I REALLY want and would elevate the concept for me a ton would be support for actual carts but it's unlikely tbh.

As for games, I dunno, as long as there's Mega Man X, Yoshi's Island and Super Metroid in there I'm in. I love most SNES classic so there has to be stuff I'll like one way or another.

That being said, knowing Nintendo, they'll put every single game with "Super" in its title EXCEPT Metroid.
 
For me personally or to sell well? For me:

Chrono Trigger
Super Metroid
Zelda Link to the Past
Super Mario All Star
Kirby All Star
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Mega Man X
Mario Kart
DKC1
DKC2
DKC3
Killer Instinct (ha!)
Star Fox
Super Mario RPG
Earthbound
Dragon Quest V
Harvest Moon
Breath of Fire II
Super Castlevania
Terranigma
Secret of Mana

... idk. this is mostly a JRPG console. Also I got bored of trying to remember more games.
 
Kintaro said:
The big deal is that Nintendo is cashing in on Nostalgia. People aren't going to buy a Wii U for any reason anymore, let alone old ass games. 3DS sales continue to slow. So you put together a cheap nostalgia console, you can make some money riding the Nostalgia horse while you get your shit together on NX.
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When has Nintendo not been cashing in on nostalgia?
 
I have a feeling that it's a one time thing, but doing the same with 20-something SNES games for 50 bucks seems reasonable.

In that case I'm hoping for Super Mario World 2 and Stunt Racer FX.
If it's technical reasons they can't be on WiiU VC then I'd like them to be on such a thing instead.
If it's legal mumbo jumbo, well, I'm probably still shit out of luck then.

Ohyeah, and Terranigma definitely. Would that make it a first time it'd get a US release? (that might be something that would prevent it from appearing in such a set actually).
 
Honestly, if it only had 30 games like the NES miniconsole, I would personally want to include (took the titles from the IGN top 100 SNES games, I bet I could personalize this further, but this seemed ideal):

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Contra III: The Alien Wars
3. Donkey Kong Country
4. F-Zero
5. Final Fantasy III
6. Gradius III
7. Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics
8. Killer Instinct
9. Kirby's Dream Course
10. Kirby's Dream Land 3
11. Kirby Super Star
12. Mario Paint
13. Mega Man X
14. NBA Jam
15. Pilotwings
16. Secret of Mana
17. Sparkster
18. Star Fox
19. Street Fighter II Turbo
20. Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
21. Super Mario Kart
22. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
23. Super Mario World
24. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
25. Super Metroid
26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
27. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
28. The Lost Vikings
29. The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
30. Uniracers

It’s so hard to pick only 30 SNES games, I had to cut of some essential stuff!!! I would prefer to see the amount increased from 30.
 
Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
Super Mario Kart
F-Zero
Pilotwings
SimCity
Super Metroid
Kirby Super Star
Super Mario RPG
EarthBound
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy III (VI)
Secret of Mana
Super Punch-Out!!
Star Fox
Stunt Race FX
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Super Castlevania IV
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Street Fighter II Turbo
Mega Man X
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Uniracers
 
daniel77733 said:
Super Mario World
Super Mario All Stars
Super Mario RPG
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Super Castlevania IV
Donkey Kong Country 1, 2 and 3
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Punch Out
Contra III: The Alien Wars
TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
Super Metroid
Tetris Attack
Tetris 2
Super Street Fighter 2
Gradius III
Knights of the Round
King of Dragons
TMNT: Tournament Fighters
Nosferatu
Tecmo Super Baseball
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Tecmo Super Bowl III: The Final Edition
Shadowrun
Super Double Dragon
Saturday Night Slam Masters
F-Zero
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I was actually thinking about Super Double Dragon, but was wondering if it is popular enough for it and I'd throw in F-Zero if the game supported 2 players. I still never understood why a racing game was 1 player. Good shit on Saturday Night Slam Masters. I was trying to think of another sports game that could be on there. Haven't played it myself.

Sir_Crocodile said:
not on the snes
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??? I rented Turbo plenty of times back in the day.
 
zackmorris said:
I don't get this, what's the big deal? They use the same emulation software that they use for VC on the Wii U right? It's not like you can't play these game anywhere How about just releasing an actual snes controller for the Wii U/NX and call it day. I'll buy the individual games that I want to play.
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A cheap, HDMI enabled classic console for people who don't own a Wii/Wii U, with a retro aesthetic appealing to original fans, and list of games that if bought separately would cost a lot more on the VC.
 
zackmorris said:
Your first point makes some sense,except that it's extremely limiting. Yeah, it's only 60 dollars but you only get the games that are on it and that's it. You have no way to buy more games or tailor it so you can only get the games you want. I also don't really agree that many people just want the retro games. Those people probably own an NES or have emulated the games else where. I don't think many people have been waiting until 2016 to play these games because they had no means to do it until now. I also don't think that there a ton of people who would be interested in something like this, that don't at least own a Wii or a Wii U or plan to buy an NX. I think they will sell some because it's cheap and cute novelty gift but not much nore than that. As far as your other two points again, I think they will sell some for novelty reasons but I don't see that hammering home the sales.
Just my opinion though.
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Trust me, this console isn't designed for you.

It's for the consumer who played the games in the past, haven't got a Wii U (maybe they have an Xbox or a PS4, or neither), see the NES Mini in its cool packaging in their local asda or Walmart for the price of a single game and impulse buy it for themselves or as a gift.

And the hardcore Nintendo fans who buy everything too, but that's a given.
 
Aren't some legal reason reasons preventing Starfox and Yoshi's Island from been re-released? Not expecting those two.

Kirby Super Star and Super Mario World for sure.
 
fernoca said:
Aren't some legal reason reasons preventing Starfox and Yoshi's Island from been re-released? Not expecting those two.

Kirby Super Star and Super Mario World for sure.
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Argonaut's remnants still have licencing rights to some portion or something. It was cleared up in the "I love the super FX chip" thread.
 
Tough choices. If they can get third parties on board, I think pretty much all the games I'd want on it are covered.

Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
Yoshi's Island
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Earthbound
Zelda: Link To The Past
Super Metroid
F-Zero
Tetris Attack
Illusion of Gaia


Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Mega Man X
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Super Castlevania IV
Super Bomberman
 
Entropia said:
Tough choices. If they can get third parties on board, I think pretty much all the games I'd want on it are covered.
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It's a fairly reasonable assumption that any third-party games already on the virtual console have a decent shot of being on this type of thing.
 
FSLink said:
Not on the SNES, SNES only got Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers as the latest SF2 entry.
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nope. SNES got this

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AND this

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The first and main port is for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (titled Street Fighter II Turbo) released on August 1993. An update to the SNES version of the original Street Fighter II, this version includes all of the content of both the "Champion Edition" and "Hyper Fighting" updates (made selectable in the main menu) and an adjustable speed modifier. This version was digitally re-released for the Virtual Console of both Wii (on June 25, 2007) and Wii U (on August 22, 2013).
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before getting this

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those magical quest games were pretty good, Disney ain't giving that for free though lol

the one with mickey and donald was an awesome co-op, don't think the 3rd one ever hit the USA but the first one did B^)
 
dragonyeuw said:
Oh, I'm not particularly well-learned on the audio side of things.
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Every game is different, even Nintendo's which share the same nspc engine but with variations between most of their big titles. Games like Kirby's Super Star rapidly switch instruments and sequences between the 8 sound channels as well as utilising many at once for chords. And the sound effects can be in any one of those. And all over just two stereo channels for output.

Surround sound isn't possible. Pseudo surround maybe
 
Yes, please. But what games I'd want on it would be a bit tough, but it would for sure have to have Super Mario RPG.
 
Thinking realistically about it (so no licensed games, sorry Turtles, sorry Star Wars) it's a little tricky to reach 30. And a large amount of the games would be Square's, with the two FFs, Chrono Trigger, Mana and the Quintet games.
 
Realistically I'd expect a $60 SNES mini to probably boast less games. Maybe 20 and they'd probably be pretty general in appeal with established emulated releases, no super deep cuts or Super FX here. Say something like:

Contra III: The Alien Wars
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
Earthbound
F-Zero
Gradius III
Kirby's Dream Course
Mega Man X
Pilot Wings
Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Super Castlevania IV
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Super Punch-Out!!
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
 
MacTag said:
Realistically I'd expect a $60 SNES mini to probably boast less games. Maybe 20 and they'd probably be pretty general in appeal with established emulated releases, no super deep cuts or Super FX here. Say something like:
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No Square would definitely be a shame, The golden age JRPG's are a large part of the appeal of the SNES for a lot of folks.
 
Sorry if it's already been mentioned but are they supporting original carts, downloads or some other form of additional games with the NES mini? I didn't see anything mentioned so far by the looks of it.

Would seem weird if no, but who knows?
 
You folks who are including all three DKC games and not Mega Man X2 are monsters.

Also, Actraiser. Best goddamn sleeper hit of the system.
 
Blasian Persuasion said:
With Nintendo re-releasing the NES this November, many fans have shown their desire in a SNES classic console.

If this were to happen, what games and or features would you want in this console?

Me: I want wireless controllers, both AV and HDMI support, but if it's only HDMI I would be okay.

As for games, I'm looking at these 30:

Super Mario All-Stars (Probably a given)
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Metroid
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
Kirby Super Star
Earthbound
Super Mario Kart
Mega Man X
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Pilotwings
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Final Fantasy IV
Illusion of Gaia
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Chrono Trigger
Star Fox


Actually can't think of anymore. I've played more than this, but I don't think they should be on a collection like this.
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Add:
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy 5 (though technically this never got English releases on SNES)
Kirby's Dream Course
Kirby's Dream Land 3
F-Zero
SimCity
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Seiken Densetsu 3 (in my dreams if we're counting J only releases)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
R-Type 3
Gradius 3
 
I'm aware some of the games on my list may never happen (SuperFX Chip, licensing) but anyway...

My 30:
Super Mario World (Or Super Mario All-Stars...)
Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Star Fox
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario Kart
F-Zero
Kirby's Super Star
Kirby's Avalance
Tetris Attack
Super Punch Out!!
Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy II (IV)
Final Fantasy III (VI)
Chrono Trigger
Mega Man X
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Final Fight
Earthbound
Super Castlevania IV
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Mortal Kombat II
Gradius III
TMNT: Turtles in Time
Contra III
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
 
Hot Coldman said:
Thinking realistically about it (so no licensed games, sorry Turtles, sorry Star Wars) it's a little tricky to reach 30. And a large amount of the games would be Square's, with the two FFs, Chrono Trigger, Mana and the Quintet games.
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Why are those unrealistic? The Turtles NES game was on the Wii VC and Super Star Wars saw a PS4 rerelease.
 
Bladelaw said:
I'm aware some of the games on my list may never happen (SuperFX Chip, licensing) but anyway...

My 30:
Super Mario World (Or Super Mario All-Stars...)
Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Star Fox
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario Kart
F-Zero
Kirby's Super Star
Kirby's Avalance
Tetris Attack
Super Punch Out!!
Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy II (IV)
Final Fantasy III (VI)
Chrono Trigger
Mega Man X
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Final Fight
Earthbound
Super Castlevania IV
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Mortal Kombat II
Gradius III
TMNT: Turtles in Time
Contra III
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Super Turbo was even released on the SNES.
 
I'm more looking forward to a Super Famicom Mini because it's bound to have Final Fantasy 4,5, and 6, plus some Dragon Quest games, hopefully including the remakes of 1,2 and 3 along with 4,5 and 6. If they don't include them though, I still hope they'd add some of the DQ or FF games on the Japanese New 3DS VC.
 
GamerJM said:
Why are those unrealistic? The Turtles NES game was on the Wii VC and Super Star Wars saw a PS4 rerelease.
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Star Wars would need work done to remove the outdated publisher references. With Turtles I was thinking of Konami's TMNT brawlers, which let's face it, they're not going to be paying Viacom to bring those games back any time soon.
 
Anoregon said:
No Square would definitely be a shame, The golden age JRPG's are a large part of the appeal of the SNES for a lot of folks.
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I'm shocked the NES one got two Square games. Well one Square and one Taito.

I could maybe see the SNES one getting a FF (either II or III) and perhaps Secret of Mana but that's it. Nothing from Enix or Taito really resonated enough in the era (at least outside Japan) and Chrono Trigger is probably a bridge too far. I'd actually half expect Mystic Quest over FF2/3 too.
 
My list from the announcement thread:

Imagine the Snes version of this with 30 titles:

Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Zelda: Link to the Past
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Metroid
Pilotwings
Earthbound
F-Zero
StarFox
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario Kart
Super Punch-Out!!!
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana
Contra 3
Super Castlevania IV
Turtles in Time
Mega Man X
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
ActRaiser
Final Fight
Final Fight 2
Mortal Kombat 2
Illusion of Gaia
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zackmorris said:
I don't get this, what's the big deal? They use the same emulation software that they use for VC on the Wii U right? It's not like you can't play these game anywhere How about just releasing an actual snes controller for the Wii U/NX and call it day. I'll buy the individual games that I want to play.
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You realize they're actually releasing an NES controller you can plug into a Wii remote that can be bought separately, right? Also not everyone wants a $250+ console just to relive some memories. The elitism is strong in this post...
 
Actraiser
Chrono Trigger
Contra III
DKC
DKC2
DKC3
Earthbound
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fight
F-Zero
Harvest Moon
Illusion of Gaia
Killer Instinct
Mega Man X
Mega Man X2
NBA Jam
Secret of Mana
SMW2: Yoshi's Island
Star Fox
Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Bomberman 2
Super Castlevania IV
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Super Punch Out
TMNT Turtles in Time
Zelda: LTTP


There's 30. I could rattle off another 30 pretty easily, especially RPGs, and especially if we open things up to non NA market released titles. I think a majority of the titles on that list would be obvious ones to make the cut. Greatest system ever.
 
CrunchyFrog said:
Add:
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy 5 (though technically this and 4 never got English releases on SNES)
Kirby's Dream Course
Kirby's Dream Land 3
F-Zero
SimCity
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Seiken Densetsu 3 (in my dreams if we're counting J only releases)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
R-Type 3
Gradius 3
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What? 4 got an English release...what are you talking about? The only Snes FF game we missed was 5...
 
My dream list of the 30 included games:

Super Mario World
Yoshi’s Island
Super Mario All-Stars
F-Zero
Super Mario Kart
Star Fox
Super Metroid
Zelda: ALttP
Earthbound
Illusion of Gaia
DKC
DKC 2
DKC 3
Street Fighter II: Turbo
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
Mortal Kombat II
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Super Castlevania IV
Contra III: The Alien Wars
ActRaiser
Final Fight
Mega Man X
Mega Man X-2
Mega Man X-3
TMNT: Turtles in Time
 
I'm not all that interested in one at the moment, but if I were to buy one, good emulation (visuals AND sound) and some graphical options would be ideal.

For example, having scanlines as an option is a must.The Mega Man collection just did it. And The Last Blade 2 on the PS4 did it. All sorts of emulators do it.
 
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