wow.  Thanks for posting! Wish I could preorder.  Never held a SNES controller!

InnovΔ wrote on 06/26/17 at 09:28:56:


It says Super Mario Kart right on the front of the box.

Are we gonna count SMK times achieved on SNES Classic?

CastletonSnob wrote on 06/26/17 at 13:39:44:


Probably not, because there are save states...



Personally, I will buy the mini SNES just for this game
I will also try to buy the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom version with some change about the games: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2017/170627.html and I ♥ the original Super Famicom.
And this time we get 2 controllers in the box so I'll keep one as normal and will make the other a controller pro-NBT

Will get all three versions

Preorders have sold out already!

wxyz wrote on 06/26/17 at 13:41:29:




I'm adding this zoom, you can clearly see there is a drawer to plug the "USB" controllers behind it.

CastletonSnob wrote on 06/27/17 at 05:14:39:


I 100% agree with you and I'm still surprised that times made on the Wii VC are allowed on the SMK PP just like I said there 2 years ago, and I'm adding because between TTing SMK on Wii, or Wii U, or New 3DS, and soon on the SNES mini-- it is on the Wii that it's still the best way for cheating without being caught, so it is the worse for us (purists)

Rhodechill wrote on 06/28/17 at 10:19:14:

US SNES, Super Famicom, PAL SNES. The two last ones have almost the same design but different boxarts and they don't include the same set of games.

Antistar wrote on 06/28/17 at 12:41:07:


Whats the diff. between the us and pal snes minis, then?

The PAL/European SNES looks exactly like the Japanese one (Super Famicom/SFC) but it has the same games the US SNES has. Many people say the US SNES is the inferior looking one but to me it is better.
Cons: It isn't as sleak looking
It isn't as colorful

Pros: It has more than just gray/grey on the console it uses a nice amount of purple on the console's power and reset buttons which gives it a nice touch and draws attention to the console unlike the other version which has almost entirely shades of gray with the only other color being the four colors of the Windows' knockoff symbol

It has a nicer color use on the controller. The japanese and European one has individual colors on all the buttons but it makes the thing look like a freaking Windows controller or a child's toy when it is supposed to be for people of all ages and it is actually a video game console while the North American one has neutral purple on the A and B buttons and light purple on the X and Y buttons which looks very appealing)

It has the same type of notch for the Power and Reset buttons. The other one has a goofy thing where the Power button has this weird mini wall/raise on it while the reset button doesn't. Why would that be there and if it is there why isn't it on the reset button?
It has a more interesting looking logo. The Japanese version has small boring font on it's logo but the NA one has big eye popping font for the Super Nintendo part and the Entertainment System part is highlighted which gives off a neat appearance to the whole logo making the Super Nintendo part stick out even more like it's saying" Hey! It's super and improved and it's from your good old brand Nintendo!".

It does a good job shoving in your face what it is so you know it's a SNES. Going back to my last point they did a good job advertising the console by making the Super Nintendo part bigger which are the two most important words in the name of the console.  The japanese people had to have bought a FC/NES first to know what it was or have any real will to buy it with advertising like that. I mean the Super part doesn't stick out at all which is a real selling point like it's telling you it's the younger and more advanced brother of the previous console. Also the word famicom is really hidden away on the logo. It is the last word you'd think to look at. It's almost as if Nintendo was embarrased of the console's own name. I guess Genesis does what Nintendon't because Sega's 16-Bit console was so well rounded/good looking that they kept the design for both the 1st and 2nd versions of the Japanese Genesis/Mega Drive the same in America and Europe with only minor tweaks in the international models. The American logo was so much better that even the European SNES kept the same looking logo and the EU SNES took basically EVERYTHING from the SFC. If they wanted the keep the name Super Famicom for the EU release they would have at least made the logo better and done the same for the NES but they didn't did they? Because the name Famicom makes no sense! It's not a Family Computer Nintendo! It's a video game console!

Those are just a few reasons I find the North American SNES to be the superior one in my opinion.

I'm surprised Mega Man X2 and 3, Kirby's Dream Land 3, and the Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3 weren't on the remake. Also I like me some Super Mario All Stars where is that? And Chrono Trigger? So many good games missing...... maybe they'll be DLC

The EU/JP Design is nothing to laugh at but to me it always seemed to out of place. When I think of 90's I see the US design and when I think of the 2000's I see the other design. It just seemed to immature to me. The multi colored buttons look fine and the layout wasused for many controllers nowadays but I think the purple looks better because it further groups up A with B and X with Y like it just fits. Also I hate it when people call something ugly because it is their opinion. You can have your own opinion and there is certainly nothing wrong with doing so but don't act like it is fact. Just because you didn't grow up with it doesn't mean it is worse than the other or better. If it is your opinion please say so because if not you are basically badmouthing a design and acting like it really is that bad in everyone's opinion. It may be the less liked one but is it by any means ugly? No. Just outdated. Just like I'm sure people like Puyo Puyo over Kirby's Avalanche/Kirby's Ghost Trap and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine because they grew up in Japan. Would you call a US accent uglier sounding than a British or Australian accents?

One thing I've noticed on the NA controller is that while the A and B button face out like all the buttons on the EU and JP controllers, the X and Y buttons face in almost as if they were made to fit your thumbs   which in my opinion when it comes to comfortable buttons and distinguishing features gives the NA controller a little boost in quality. Also not to be mean but aren't the ABXY letter right next to the buttons? It couldn't be too hard for them to figure out which buttons are which could it? If you don't get wha I mean with the X and Y buttons look at the NA controller's X and Y buttons closely in an image. I would be grateful for either form of the SNES tbh. I'd say the debate over whether the NA version is better or the EU/JP version is reminds me of the Sonic CD soundtrack argument people have. I just say both are good and let it be   but in my opinion at first I agreed the SFC version looked better but then when I started noticing finer details and touches in the NA SNES I changed my mind.