As you might have heard, SNK is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with the release of the Neo Geo Mini. The company has released morsels of information about the system in recent times and now the official Neo Geo Mini online presentation is here to provide a more detailed rundown.
Presented by American voice actor, Maxwell Powers, the video runs for just over 12 minutes and covers a range of topics including the system's hardware specifications, the official controller, the Neo Geo Mini International and also a rundown on the games and features built into each unit. Adding to this are multiple interviews focused on the origins of Neo Geo and how the Neo Geo Mini came to fruition.
The system will launch in Japan this summer, with a global release to follow at a later date. At this point in time, pricing has not been announced. It was also revealed the SNK hardware will be playable at this year's E3 from 12th June onwards.
Watch above, and let us know in the comments if you’re excited about the Neo Geo Mini’s arrival.
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Why did they leave Twinkle Star Sprites out of the international version. Why would they do this.
Price?
@JHDK Not announced yet.
It's got a USB connection so hopefully someone figures out how to hack it and add more games.
HMM, time to RTC and munch sweet tacos!
Not a big NEO GEO fan, but this is a decent package. I like that it can be mini with its own screen but also hooked up to a TV. The long list of fighting games only one of which I think I ever played (Samurai Showdown) ends up being a turn off, honestly.
This thing is going to be expensive, though, I think. Which is probably fitting! In fact, my impression of NEO GEO back in the day was a solid piece of slick looking black slab console, so the hardware doesn't check any nostalgia buttons either.
I'll rely on fans to let me know how they did here. (Meanwhile, I'm going to hold out hope for a Master System mini, a proper SEGA Genese/MD mini, and a PC Engine mini)
I'd be down depending on the price.
This guys name is seriously Max Powers? Lol.
The only thing I got against it is how it looks awfully small when I see people handling it. I knew it would be small form factor, but with it's use of arcade-like controls it seems like it might be a bit cramped and easy to move around as you are playing games on it.
Just as I predicted and hoped against.....too many KoF games taking up slots. Ugh....this game list on both versions is disappointing.
Hey if ya buy 40 NG games on Wii VC, it would cost ya around 360 bucks. What with each game being 900 points.
It's all new to me, so I'm pretty interested. It's not like Nintendo's offerings where I own all the games anyway, some of them multiple times.
I think I'll just wait until all of them games come to Switch instead. They didn't say if the controllers were USB or not, wasn't able to reveal the price, the Japanese model seem to get some of the better games (like Alpha Mission II and Real Bout Fatal Fury 2), a lot of these games I already bought on Switch and PS4 already, and the design is too small and probably may be uncomfortable for me to use. They could had learn from Nintendo (and their Star Fox 2 thing) and include a never before release NeoGeo game in there like Samurai Shodown RPG or Buriki One and that would had tempted me to buy one just to try that.
All through that presentation whenever that guy spoke I kept being reminded of ‘Hi, I’m Troy McClure.....’
It is interesting to me the form of the mini-console and the "mini" that it really is, and well, I know that there are still more SNK games, but well, maybe more in the future.
Why am I not surprised by the negativity here? I know some people do not like some details of this, it's normal, but please, sometimes you exaggerate the "smallest" detail...
It looks really cool. I want one and cannot wait to buy it.
Wow, it literally looked like the same game repeated forty times
I have to say I'm a little disappointed with the selection of games. We really do not need that many King of Fighters...ever. However, one of the biggest mistakes I made as a Wii owner was getting rid of my Metal Slug Collection. Depending on the price this might go a long way to remedying that.
By the way if I never see Max Powers again, it will be too soon.
@Mr_Pepperami
Nobody snuggles with Max Power!
You strap yourself in and FEEL the G's!
https://youtu.be/78UZ0-Bb53E
Cool presentation. I was a little disappointed that it doesn't have an internal battery, which takes away from the portability, but I guess I should have expected that, considering the cost of it. Still very interested though!
All pretty solid stuff so far. . . .
Am I the only one who thinks the guy was acting a bit weird?
The guys voice is amazing.
Maxwell Powers appears to be the son of the guy who flogs CD collections on shopping channels.
"This 250 CD set is not available in shops. Only $19.95"
This...just isn't for me. There's just WAAAAY to many fighting games. About the only ones I'd want from there that I think aren't on Switch (yet) would be Magician Lord and Crossed Swords. I spent way WAY too many quarters on those back in the day. Especially Crossed Swords. But...it seems like over half of the games are fighting games, and yearly iterations of each so there's not much difference between them? Just makes the "variety" seem much too similar to me. Guess I'll pass on this one.
I can't believe that voice came out of that guy.
Why does it have a screen though? That is an odd decision.
Honest question: what does Neo Geo news, especially hardware, have to do with Nintendo?
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