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Nintendo To Launch SNES Mini This Year, Reports Eurogamer (eurogamer.net)
Nintendo plans to release another console this year aimed at nostalgia-seekers. The iconic game company is working on a Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) classic version that would launch in time for the holidays, according to Eurogamer, which cites sources with knowledge of the plans. The device is already under development and -- like its predecessor the NES Classic Edition -- will give gamers access to some of the console's biggest hits. From the article: Nintendo's plans for SNES mini are also a major reason why last year's NES mini did not see a reprieve from discontinuation, Eurogamer understands, despite the latter's continued popularity and sell-out status.
The SNES Mini was rumored the instant the NES Classic was announced. Nintendo themselves made it clear that the NES Classic was intended as a "NES 30th Anniversary" thing, and the SNES won't be 30 until 2022.
But the biggest reason Nintendo won't ever be releasing a "SNES Classic" any time soon is that the "NES Classic" was almost instantly hacked to play additional ROMs. Nintendo hates things like that, and if they can't "secure" the system from people doing that, they're just not going to do it. They have far more control on the Switch.
The SNES Mini just isn't happening.
All this hate on the Classic mini NES, I just don't understand. My wife was able to go to the local Target and get one for me for Christmas. It's pretty awesome, it just works, has good games, has HDMI. Great execution by Nintendo.
-- the computer doesn't want any beer, no matter how much you think it does. NEVER, EVER feed your computer beer.
SNES won't be 30 until 2022.
That makes the SNES 25 this year. A 25th anniversary tends to be more celebrated than a 30th. Except with movies. Now there's some big event for every movie ever made, every 5 years past 20.