Nintendo Remains Tight-Lipped On SNES Classic Mini Rumours

All he had to do was say no if they weren't going to make it happen. I expect an announcement at E3.

I just don't get why they wouldn't milk the NES Classic Mini first for all it's worth before then moving onto the SNES. If it was because of piracy, sort that out and rerelease it.

Would it kill them to just put the games on a cartridge for the Switch? The NES Classic is a cute novelty, but it's poorly designed for the modern age.

I'll be interested to see if this actually becomes a thing, but also to see if there will be 2 versions of it as here in the UK the snes looked like the Japanese super famicom but over on the US they got that hulking great purple boxy thing (no offence intended) so that will be interesting.

Predictions: 20 games, $79.99.
1. Super Mario World
2. Super Mario World 2
3. Super Mario Kart
4. Super Mario RPG
5. Super Metroid
6. Super Punchout!!
7. Earthbound
8. F-Zero
9. Pilotwings
10. Kirby Superstar
11. Super Castlevania IV
12. A Street Fighter II
13. Contra III
14. Final Fantasy III/VI
15. Donkey Kong Country
16. Donkey Kong Country 2
17. Donkey Kong Country 3
18. Star Fox
19. LoZ Link to the Past
20. Megaman X
If 30 we get the real unliklies, but wanted:
21. Final Fantasy II/V
22. Castlevania Dracula X
23. Gradius III
24. Actraiser
25. Chrono Trigger
26. Secret of Mana
27. Final Fight 2
28. Final Fight 3
29. Sim City
30. Yoshi's Cookie
Alternatives: Kirby's Dreamland 3 and NBA Jam.-no way, but think happy thoughts.

@Switch81tch Sure they do that all the time. They ignored our pleas to fix the Battle Mode in Mario Kart 8 on Wii U and are instead charging us another €60 from tomorrow for essentially the same game not even 3 years later. Even when we paid for the DLC before we knew what it was, a lot of us were asking for it to be an improved Battle Mode.

https://mobile.twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/738777797125144576

Ya, 3 years and another €60 later!

Edit: And the cherry on top? Soon, you'll be paying to play this online. Can you chat in race this time? Good God No! Still behind the times and still treating us like children.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You and me both. People usually joke around that Nintendo "hates money", but in this case, I think it's almost a valid argument. Every other company would kill to have such a low cost product that everyone wants and is willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money for.

They didn't say no so the chances are pretty good.

I want this, but do not want to pay a bloated amount to get it. Especially since I still have a lot of good games in cartridge form, but I do fear cartridge rot at some point with the loss of saves so getting good emulated versions all packed into a tight little system would be great. There are so many good games for SNES I think they could raise the price slightly and do a 50 game pack even and it would sell well. I just hope they properly stock it this time around.

I'm not sure why this is so hard for people to figure out. Nintendo is obviously going to open the Virtual Console on the Switch pretty soon and they don't want yet another method for people to poach sales from the Switch. Think of it this way. If you want to play the classic Nintendo games, what is best for NINTENDO? Letting people buy a huge chunk for $60 or making them pay $5 each on the Virtual console for 3DS and Switch? Common business sense, albeit a harsh reality for consumers. Let's be honest, we are all going to at least be tempted to buy them on Switch even if we already owned them on Wii, Wii U, 3DS, and NES Classic.

@Switch81tch If I were to follow logic (which granted, Nintendo doesn't seem to always do), if they are willing to put out a new device like it which people likely would want even more, I'd think they would now prepare themselves better for it, based on the experience with the NES Classic. I actually wouldn't even care if it still has stock shortage issues, as long as they don't cancel it before one can buy it without having to stalk retailers.

@Hordak You may be right, but even what you said is still speculation. Having a SNES Mini does not necessarily kill the Switch VC, because the Switch version is still portable, and considering how us Nintendo fans are, I'd bet many would buy both the SNES Mini and some of the games on the Switch. Also, you're assuming that everyone wants a Switch. The NES/SNES Classic is a nice alternative for those who just want a simple console to buy, which would never pay 200 or 300 for a console. Finally, you are also assuming that the Switch VC will be like past consoles where you select which games to buy, which more than likely is correct, but as far as we know it might even be something completely different, like Netflix. Hell, even if for example the new VC honors past purchases on 3DS and Wii U (which again, unlikely but still a possibility), a SNES Mini is another way to get you to buy those games again.

TL, DR: All we have is speculation, nothing is certain about what Nintendo will do.

I would like to think Nintendo discontinued the NES Mini because they know in advance that a SNES Mini will be a much bigger deal and are ramping up manufacture to meet expectations.

Flood the market, £60 a pop and sit back and watch the money roll in.

If this does happen and we get a SNES Classic (Mini), then for the love of the Mushroom Kingdom, Nintendo better offer pre-orders in all territories for it. The NES Classic didn't do pre-orders in North America and as such, it was ridiculously difficult to find one. I lucked out and secured one in the second round of stock that Best Buy Canada got. But I was refreshing their forums every day looking for news. If Nintendo is doing this, and I really hope they are, then the SNES Classic needs proper pre-order information so they can judge stock levels appropriately. Give those who want one a decent shot at actually getting one!

@Switch81tch or particularly how followers and fans should be viewed and treated in my opinion, so I'm personally not in a position to oppose that policy even if it's true.

"Nintendo remains tight-lipped"

Wow, that's atypical. XD

@Alikan I agree. The NES Classic was revealed at E3 last year. Preorders never really happened which was a sign of things to come. Hopefully Nintendo can up the production on an SNES Classic so that retailers can open up preorders this time around. And no, an hour of preorderability on Target.com on August 15th was not good enough.

Whatever....After being burned over the nes mini fiasco they can take a running jump. I'll use emulator options or buy a SNES. Simple.

Um... guys.
What do you think about SupaBoy ?

Good news for me would be if they don't announce one for this year. I'd much rather them focus all of their time, resources and manufactoring muscle behind the Switch this coming holiday.

I really can't see this happening. But if it does come I'll will buy 5 like everyone else.

@Anti-Matter I got one last christmas. Its a great device if you want to bring a bit of life back into your old snes collection.

@Anti-Matter

That'll be about the length of the controller cords too.

@FlashmanHarry
Hm... sounds good.
I will consider SupaBoy as both Portable Super Famicom & SNES.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
And both Super Famicom & SNES games too.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE it's revolutionary design. It's a hybrid. Home console and portable.

@Hordak OR there will never again be a virtual console and an endless parade of mini retro console toys featuring different parts of the libraries will be how they sell the VC in various combinations over and over forever.

Think of it as an SNES Amiibo with an HDMI port

@Anti-Matter That design is just horrible, but the concept is cool. I'm all for any box that can play the original carts, considering new SNESes aren't growing on trees

Honestly, even if Nintendo made a SNES classic, they still probably wouldn't say anything about it.

@sillygostly Imagining a $60 retail release of the Classic Edition game line-up with some awesome retro art. Yep, I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

If they are going to approach it the way they did the NES Classic Edition, I would just as soon then not make it.

Not sure under what circumstances he'd say "no."
Even if not going to the pressure for it could change their mind / make it worthwhile. People talking about Nintendo is always a good thing - if demand for old games grows that helps the VC!

I wanted that nes mini and decided to wait for all the hyped up people/scalpers to run their course before even attempting to look. And then Nintendo goes and discontinues it. So now I have to be this vile, rampaging Black Friday-esque toddler brained maniac to secure a snes mini? Screw that. I will attempt an amazon preorder but beyond that, no freakin thanks Nintendo.

thank$ in advance nintendo.

@subpopz I remain hopeful that Nintendo will cut a deal with whatever entity (corporate or demonic) that may possess the rights to the FX chip. If there's someone to play ball with I doubt they'd just sit on the FX chip which is making them no money by not being licensed. Worst case, throw the GBA version of Yoshi's Island on there.

Much as I want a SNES Mini, they (Nintendo) would be smart to put it off and focus on the Switch this holiday 2017. Multiple consoles just dilute the Nintendo brand, and Switch is where the future is.

Once the Switch is sufficiently saturated in the market, with a steady stream of first and third party games, then they could launch the SNES Mini and lit a fire on its loyal fans.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I'm with you on that. Close the piracy loopholes and gimme my Nes Mini! I could see it being a stock/manufacturing issue though. Demand highly exceeded availability so, they now know they have a viable product for future endeavors.

@Alikan for this list, I'd easily pay $100.

@Anti-Matter Supaboy is pretty excellent. A bit bulky to play using only the console, but it gets the job done better than the rest of the competition (save for the original SNES of course)

@nab1 its low cost yes, but the margins were so slight, aparently £2, and with an imediate ceiling and no upscalability in terms of additional software there's little sense, in terms of economics anyway, to keep pushing it out.

@firstnesfan me too. It's gotta be more than the $59.99 they were charging for the NES classic since I read they were barely making a profit at that price.

Who cares. No one's going to be able to get one anyways.

We know the Nintendo IPs are gonna be in:

Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario Kart
Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3
Super Metroid
Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past

The one game they have to include but I don't think they will is Super Mario All-Stars. I think this would help make up for fact most people weren't able to buy an NES classic.

Most games were better on the SNES anyway, A Link to the Past is better than Zelda 1 or 2, Super Metroid is better than the original Metroid, the Donkey Kong Country games are better than the Donkey Kong arcade games. The only exception is Super Mario Bros. 3 being better than Super Mario World.

I like Super Mario World better, but I bet more people would argue that Mario 3 is better. By giving us All-Stars, they would give us the first three Mario games (4 counting the Lost Levels) which would be basically be enough to go along with 29 other SNES games to make up for the fact most people couldn't get an NES Classic.

I think this will be another super rare collectors item that scalplers and the media will enjoy, but no one else. Nintendo should not bother with this.

I'm already stressing over the 2 hours of refreshing crashing websites in the hope of POSSIBLY placing one of these in a shopping cart and HOPING to get through the checkout process to finally attaining the prize of prizes... an order confirmation number!!!

Seriously, these releases are worse than standing in line for an event shirt at an Iron Maiden concert

"Even so, there's still no official word on the system, or if it really will be hitting store shelves this holiday season."

I think I can safely say that even if it is released, it won't be hitting store shelves, the exact same way no NES Minis managed to make it as far as the store shelves!

Have a feeling that if this turns out to be a thing, Super Mario Odyssey is going to be a next year release.

Why not sort the NES Mini debacle out (and the millions of sales they left on the table for some reason) first before even thinking about a SNES Mini.

They'd be daft not to make a SNES Mini. It's got a much stronger catalogue of games than the NES. But then again they were daft enough to pull the NES Mini when supply had nowhere near met demand so...

Ring me when the gamecube mini hits.

If they can begin anew with an SNES mini, then they could've continued on with the NES mini, but I digress. I still don't believe the rumors. While tons of people WOULD be happy with an SNES mini, it still doesn't help those that missed out on the NES mini, but I digress. Do whatever you want on that one, Nintendo...