SNES Classic Edition System

It’s Christmas and it’s time to remember one of the gifts that have become classics over the past few years: retro consoles.

NES Classic Edition System was a tremendous success and flew off the shelves as soon as stock arrived – you could argue that Nintendo did everything perfectly, apart from producing a very limited number of them. Therefore, following up with a SNES Classic Edition System (mini-SNES) makes perfect sense from a business perspective. From the Nintendo’s perspective, the microconsole was planned as a cool novelty item perfect for Christmas 2016, and the numbers in which it was manufactured and shipped were expected to be enough to suit this goal. But the retro console ended up breaking out to become more popular than anticipated and quickly sold out, leading to be one of the most desired christmas gifts of 2016. Hopefully, more stock of the mini SNES had been available to avoid a repeat of the same shortages.

While the NES was unique for being Nintendo’s first home console, the SNES arguably boasts the better software line-up, and a catalogue of classics far more advanced than their NES forebears. SNES games from Nintendo include Legend of Zelda – A Link to the Past, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, Super Mario Kart and Super Mario World. The console also had some of the best RPGs of the era, including Square’s Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana.

Mini SNES have a plug-and-play setup, and comes with 20 games pre-installed and it might have been a good idea if its list of games which come preinstalled and ready to play wasn’t part of a locked system. I think it would have been great to have a NES eShop integrated with regular updates.