Nintendo developing SNES Classic Edition –report

A lot of gamers still pining for Nintendo’s little retro mini consoles, the NES Mini and NES Classic Edition, got their hopes shattered recently when the company announced that it has discontinued production of the nostalgic 8-Bit systems.

This left the question of whether or not a successor was on the way, and sure enough speculation is that the company is moving towards a new homage—this time to the 16-bit gaming era.

Citing undisclosed insiders, Eurogamer said that Nintendo is hard at work on a tiny version of their popular Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which will likely be called the “SNES Mini” or “SNES Classic Edition”.

One can reasonably expect the upcoming new retro console to at least sport 30 pre-installed games, HDMI support, and a save state feature, just like its hugely popular 8-bit predecessors.

Despite the NES Classic Edition having extended its time in the video game market, leading to quick sales and hot auctions on eBay, the product was soon discontinued by Nintendo in Europe as well as in the US.

Its Japanese counterpart in the “Famicon Mini” also temporarily halted sales, and will most likely be supplanted by a “Super Famicom Mini” successor from Nintendo of Japan.

Released in 1990 in Japan and coming to the US the following year, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System or SNES is the second home console Nintendo brought to the video game market – becoming a global success and dominating the 16-Bit market of gaming thanks to its vast library of titles like Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, and Super Castlevania IV.

The SNES went head to head and directly competed with then SEGA’s own 16-Bit console in the Sega Genesis (known as Sega Mega Drive in Japan), as both were relatively popular platforms in the 90’s. — TJD, GMA News