SEGA Genesis Mini 2 Confirmed For North American Release This October

Now give us the EU release date, SEGA.

They want this to sell? They should put Knuckles Chaotix on it.

@Slowdive Amazon isn't listed ANYWHERE in this article.

presumably it will be available in Europe too since we were all Mega Drive fanatics over here back in the day, right?

@Maulbert You're right, but on the website for the Mega Drive Mini 2 or in this case the Genesis Mini 2, it says it's exclusive to Amazon.

Oh sweet. I need to see what Sega CD games are on it but I'll probably grab it no matter what. Was going to import but I don't want to mess with the language stuff.

Put the Lunar games, Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side, Final Fight CD, Out of This World 1 & 2: Heart of the Alien, Popful Mail, and Snatcher on there and you got a day one buy from me.

This just seems so weird. With shipping, it is almost twice the cost of the original. Then Sega will wonder why no one buys it.

@Maulbert It is in the link to buy ! Read with understanding !

Why do I get the feeling that the current Amazon page is for importing the Japanese version and not for the North American version?

Outrunners and Rainbow Islands are enough to get my interest. But oof what a price tag.

we have game stores in ny that manage to get their hands on consoles that were amazon exclusive...

if they put the lunar games on it is a instant buy but i do not hold out any hope for that.

No Popful Mail is a bummer. Still very cool that this is official!

if the Genesis Mini 2 had better games like Alien 3 then maybe id buy it

October wants all your money.

Waiting for that official European announcement which is surely just a matter of time now.

they have not shown the full american list am i correct in that?

I'm so burned out on Genesis games. Between the Switch collection, the NSO online and the first mini, I have more than enough Genesis games to scratch the itch. How about Saturn and Dreamcast games on Switch or minis, Sega.

The Sega CD Games and Virtua Racing are great additions (although you can play a better version of VR on Switch). But the rest feels like „not good enough for the first Genesis Mini“

This probably is nice for fans. For the rest, for the average consumer, a second run of the first Genesis Mini with 6-button pad would be a better option.

Shipped and sold by amazon Japan, will not ship to Canada, no listing yet on amazon.ca. I’m having doubts that this is a true North American launch and not some slapped together U.S only release that’s using amazon international shipping network.

nothing sticks out apart from maybe Silpheed and rainbow islands extra. Not worth the money.

The omission of Popful Mail from this games list when it was already confirmed for the Japanese edition is concerning; that was one of the best games on the Sega CD and it'll be disappointing if they leave it out of the Western version.

Awesome, this and Bayonetta 3. October is looking pretty busy.

I enjoyed the first genesis mini but not for playing. Too much lag even with the hack applied to shorten it. If they put a more capable processor in this that can get the lag down further, I’d consider it

Come on, Sega. Just give us Popful Mail. Pleeeease?

So weird that it's being handled by Amazon Japan, and not the US. So no free Prime shipping. So odd.

Please have Warsong. Please have Warsong.

Why is the ESRB rating on the box so huge?

@Freakservo Kinda odd considering Lunar was the most remake game they had. The game was remake for PS1 and Sega Saturn, then GBA, then PC, then PSP, and then mobile phones with each remake being worst than the ones before it.

Really hoping that they right past wrongs and include Ranger X this time around!

Boy do i have a dilemma after this announcement. I was going to finally buy me a mini turbo grafx this month but then the genesis mini 2 gets a confirmation for release in NA. Both the mini turbo grafx and genesis mini 2 are about the same price. Do i hurry up and pre-order the genesis mini 2 for fear of losing all hope finding one later or wait and just get the turbo grafx mini?

I'm having a retro gamers nightmare! I can only afford one this month. What to do?

Looks like they're going to come out with a Genesis/Mega Drive Mini 3 as there are no 32x games on Mini 2.

I hope Popful Mail and Lunar are on the final NA games list. Otherwise, I'm not interested.

@Truegamer79 The turbo grafx mini is really cool. I picked one up and do not regret it. I've played it quite a bit. But make sure you watch a video or something of the game list so you understand exactly what you're getting yourself into, with the games library and # of games in Japanese. It's a great retro curiosity though. I have a hard time imagining the Genesis mini 2 will go out of stock quickly, the first one didn't seem to have stock issues compared to Nintendo's mini console issues, but maybe this is a more limited release.

The question is will they make more than enough for 1000 people to buy or will they go the Nintendo route

Do we know that the games in Mini 2 won't be replicated of mini 1?

@AlexanderDaniels don't know for sure but Sega did say "Over 50 classic games, previously unreleased on the Genesis Mini!"

@dartmonkey The seller in the listing is "Amazon Japan".
I'm guessing that price is to place a preorder on the Japanese version, rather than the localized version?

Not surprised to see that Nadia, Megapanel, and Magical Taruto-kun removed from the list. (well, two of the three are licensed IP games)
And Megapanel, I don't know if missing it is a blessing. It might one of the most cursed puzzle games I've ever played.

@Darkthany i bet quite a few came out on the genesis switch classics

@Maulbert nah that game SUCKS

I think I'll buy this just for Silpheed. There's more I'll play of course but Silpheed is the game that will make me buy it. I have so much nostalgia for that.

Please let the Mega CD's Robo Aleste be one of the unannounced games. Thunderhawk would be great to play again too, although I doubt it's held up too well.

Easy pass for me.

More plastic waste for games that a potato can run.

@Darkthany
Yeah maybe the turbo grafx mini should be my first choice. I waited too long to order it when it originally released and plus it got delayed in the states because of all the Covid mess. That's why I'm just now getting ready to finally go for it. The genesis mini 2 will definitely be on my get list though.

@bones @CharlieGirl How come Rainbow Islands is on this thing yet Taito seem incapable of bringing it to the Switch in either the Arcade Archives series or even on the Taito Milestones collection? Annoying

@Truegamer79 I knew nothing about PC Engine games when I bought my mini, and have absolutely loved it. It’s introduced me to loads of classic games that I never knew about - Blazing Lazers, Super Star Soldier, Soldier Blade, Lords of Thunder etc plus it has R-Type, Splatterhouse 2 and a Castlevania game. Best one though is Ninja Spirit, which I have played loads. It’s the only mini left under my TV and been great value for money.

It's about time they included the six button controller! North America has only seen the three button controller for the original Genesis mini and the wireless variation sold on My Nintendo. I hope this means we'll see the six button controller appear on the My Nintendo store next, but I guess I could import. Just need to saw off this useless limb hanging from my shoulder in exchange... I guess I only need one leg, if you really think about it...

Did the trailer reveal how many of each kind of games there will be in the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Mini 2?

🟥 = Sequels to hit titles
🟦 = Hidden masterpieces that can only be played on the Sega Genesis
🟪 = Ports of arcade hits
🟩 = New games you never seen before
...with the 11 large rectangles up front representing the 11 games revealed in the first Japanese trailer.

Needs A Haunting, Home Alone and the Scooby Doo point and click game, then it will be complete.

Yeah, Splatterhouse!

As for the 6 button controllers, there were some made for the first mini.

I understand everything is going up, but that's an awfully high price for a plug n play.

@Ryu_Niiyama Only October?

Can we get the “Tower of Power” version released in Japan instead?

October needs to chill out with all of these releases. I can only buy so much in one month. I'll get this to go with my Genesis mini 1, Playstation classic, NES & SNES mini. But the games come first (Persona 5 Royal, Nier Automata, RE Village Gold Edition, Bayonetta 3, Yomawari 3) so this will have to wait...

Cool that it includes Splatterhouse 2 but sucks it doesn't have Snatcher

Needs both Lunar games for my money.

@Tempestryke Well I mean this whole year is beating me up. Everytime I buy a game something new comes out like a week later. But October is nearly mugging some folks. raises hand just taking wallets and hitting them with games.

Soo all I'm seeing is After Burner 2. Bored of the Sonic stuff. Wheres Ecco 2? Global Gladiators? Cool Spot? Robocop vs Terminator? I'd even settle for Bubsy. Admittedly, three of those titles will be a nightmare with licencing.

I want Story of Thor 2 (Beyond Oasis 2) but that was a Sega Saturn game so it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Not sure about the Genesis Mini 2, I kind of got fed up of the first one after playing about six games since a lot of the games were already available elsewhere.

@Ryu_Niiyama Curse them all! * Shakes fist *

@MaseSco Well maybe not Bubsy

@Tempestryke lol, it’s a good problem to have. I’m moving and I blew a sheet of dust off my PS4/xbone. Meanwhile switch is in my bank account so much I can put it on my taxes as a dependent. But Oct is my bday month so I tend to buy as much as I can afford that month. Better start saving now I think.

The controller caught my attention

@Ryu_Niiyama well happy early birthday

❌️No, thank you.

I have the S/NES/MD Mini Consoles all Hackchi'd and haven't used them after about a month of having them. (I have thought about selling them)

They're cool little things but if I want to play Retro Games, I'll use my R4 Card or my BittBoy: Pocket-Go.

INSTEAD of SErviceGAmes putting money into this, they should've worked on:

🪓Golden Axe 4
🥷Shinobi 4

or even a 'Master System: Mini'.

@Taikuaile
I too knew almost nothing about turbo grafx besides the few games i downloaded from the wii shop. I'd heard about rondo of blood years back but that's about the only thing i knew about other than the bonk games. I did own YS book 1 and 2 on Wii also. Great RPG! Turbo grafx seems really advanced considering it's older than Snes and has CD quality sound on the games.

@Moonlessky Sega is trying to replicate the same experience they had back in the 90s. The first Sega Genesis in NA came with two controllers and both were 3 button controllers, this new Sega Genesis Mini 2 is trying to replicate the launch of the original Sega Genesis 2 which came with only one controller but is a 6 button controller. Kinda odd how it works this time since now we got the better controller but they are only giving one instead of two this time. Fortunately though most of the announced games so far are single player focus titles only with few that had multiplayer so it's understandable.

It however doesn't ship to Canada apparently......

Nice to see it being released for NA, and including the 6-button controller.

I jumped and preordered the Japan version last month, when I saw the Sega CD titles and M2 handling the emulation again. I’ll be crushed if Super Hang On is exclusive to this NA edition!
Hopefully Outrunners will make it to the Jpn version, too.

I’m also hoping this news indicates the console will have bilingual Jpn/Eng translations and boxarts, like the first MD Mini.

30+ more games to be announced! It’s fun to watch the Sega project leader and guests revealing the titles incrementally, with overviews and anecdotes. The 3rd set of reveals for the MD Mini 2 (in Japan) is scheduled to air July 15th. 😁

Excited to hear the full list. Already there are some exclusives on here that we haven't gotten from previous Sega compilations.

Would love to see Snatcher (Sega CD), Lunar, (Sega CD) & some of the awesome sports games - Madden & NHL. (Loved Greatest Heavyweights too)

BTW- I still have my original Snatcher game I bought from either Babbages or EB from Jan 95’

I would like to imagine that Sega CD and 32X games will appear on NSO after this console gets discontinued in the future.

I’m definitely picking one up. Lightning Force alone is one of my top ten games. I didn’t expect any of Working Designs games because I’m guessing Vic has a way to obstruct it. With Snatcher and Lords of Thunder cleared for the Turbo mini I was really hoping they had a chance. Oh well.

@Truegamer79 the Turbografx was weaker than the SNES but it’s developers used the hardware to amazing potential and found tricks with CD storage. Gates and Lords of Thunder performed amazingly compared to some SNES shmups.

Yay! This is the Genesis model that I have from my childhood. Can’t wait to play Shining Force CD and other Sega CD games that I missed out on.

Hoping to see some Lunar love.

Put Eternal Champions 2 on the list and its an instant buy.

This won't sell very well... I may pick it up next year when it's under half the price.

SEGA should have just done one, perhaps even sold the Mega CD attachment too, and they'd have had a successful mini console.

Instead, they have two mediocre ones. Not to mention how confusing this is... they just released one, and now a second? There was a time when I'd be excited about this and buy it, but I've had enough. I'm not supporting this nonsense day one.

Most of the games in the list aren't very good. The good ones that are listed are already on Switch.

The Amazon exclusive is the Japanese version because it says it’s sold from Amazon JP. So officially the NA version is not up for sale yet. With that said… I cannot wait for this mini!

Really hope this gets an Eu release!

I'm happy others are pumped for this, but I look at the list of games so far and I see nothing that screams "buy this". I would be surprised if this sells well.

Day 1 Baby and might even grab 2 of them! Next on sega’s list hopefully in the years to follow should be a Saturn mini!! That would be awesome! Hell even a Master System mini would be cool!! 😎

I’m not real excited for this. If it was all sega cd games then fine, but so far it’s not If they add some more, especially snatcher, then I’ll probably get it.

i am willing to wait and see what the final list of games will be especially on the cd side before i decide to buy it or not..

Why cant they release the arcade version of 'Outrunners' somewhere... there's a game I want to play instead of this split-screen megadrive version

I remember playing "Third World War" non stop on Sega CD. NHL 94 CD and Sonic CD were also amazing. So many fond memories of Sega CD.

@Tempestryke Aww, thank you!