Two Classic Super Famicom Games Are Set For A Special Reprint In Japan

The title is a bit misleading, as these are Super Famicom (Japanese SNES), not Famicom (Japanese NES) games.

Also, the name of the first game has a typo.

Super double dragon is pretty great. It’s slower than other beat em ups but it’s well worth a play

A reminder to every retro gamer out there that the Japanese version of Super Double Dragon is superior to the one we got in the west, so allow me to copy paste from tcrf:

-The title theme and most of the background music were shuffled around (i.e.: the Mission 1 theme from the western version is played during Mission 4 in the Japanese version)
-The player can perform certain actions which cannot be done in the western version (such as retrieving a boomerang after throwing it or hitting an opponent more than once successively with the hurricane kick).
-The enemy placement is different
-Weapons such as knives and incendiary bombs do less damage.
-Enemies can duck end combo blows, thus preventing the player from finishing their combos.
-The final Mission also features two additional sections before the final battle.
-An Option Mode is included, allowing the player to adjust the game's difficulty setting, as well as listen to the game's music and sound effects.

Again, this is why I think Nintendo should have made the cartridge slots on both the Nes Mini and Snes Mini actual working slots--yes, I know the systems would have had to been a little bigger for this to work, and I'd be totally fine with that--as I think we could have seen a re-release of almost all the popular NES/SNES titles in physical form again, as well as a kinda rebirth of the NES/SNES as actual relevant platforms in 2017/2018 (as developers could support them with brand new games too, which would be playable on both the original consoles and these new Minis), which I personally think would have been very cool all-round.

I love my SNES Mini--especially after I bought some extension cables for the controllers and hacked it to let me add more games and quickly get back to the main menu with a simple input command--but this could have made it something truly special imo, and a system that would have a healthy developer-supported lifespan going forward for quite a few more years as a genuine retro-new gaming platform in today's console market.

But I guess Nintendo knows better.

@impurekind Totally agreed man, i would rebuy all the snes rpgs could get my hands on in 2018 if they made mini carts and mini consoles!!! OMG utopia!

@impurekind I would love to see Nintendo release new nes/snes games! It's insane how expensive some of these old games are. So i started collecting high quality repros. I just like playing games without big updates like most modern games nowadays. The snes mini controller extensions are a most lol i am glad i grabbed a set! Hopefully i can snag a nes mini when they restock this year!

@bolt05 : that's a long time I've seen your avatar and I wanted to tell you that Faxanadu have a top place in my heart. I fell in love with it the moment I played it.

So... where will these actually be available to import?

While I'm no professional Japanese culture expert, from the little Japanese that I can speak, I'm pretty sure that Kpuha is not word that exist.

Super double dragon is one of my all time favourite games. I’d day one buy this on any current format

Super double Dragon!!!!!!! One of my favorite snes game ever!! I'm so happy! Day one!!

@gurtifus cool mate! I love faxanadu, used to watch my dad play it when I was probably about 6 or 7, he finished it but I never quite have yet, even though I have the cartridge up on my desk shelf. I love the music in it and the art style. I just checked out bloodstained on switch eshop and the art and colours gave me a massive faxanadu vibe - going to have to buy it! To me, faxanadu is the quintessential platforming RPG. Right up there with the original Zelda and adventure of link, both of which were also massive games in our house growing up.

@bolt05 Did you also buy any physical games for the NeoGeo X console though?

I’ve been saying for years that there could be a lot of money in rereleasing old SNES games. I know several people, including myself, who keep their SNES hooked up.

I'm not really into neo geo games, theres some I like but i would prefer to spend the cash on things I really want like GBA and DS games im collecting right now.
I generally prefer RPG games and the neo geo just doesn't do it for me.

@Shiryu
hey man let me know if you come across a place before i do to get shodai nekketsu kouha kunio kun. this is the same game that is supposedly coming out on the kunio kun world classics collection...

@ogo79 Keep a look out on Play-Asia.

@Shiryu
yep. im still hoping it arrives on the world classic collection. if the game has no difference id stick with getting it on the collection. either way theres gonna be 2 options