That's true no matter which side of the Atlantic you're on. Even though the issue of controller cord length persists - it’s longer, but still nowhere near long enough for living room setups - it’s hard to imagine a more slickly packaged, densely concentrated dose of retro goodness. These range from fuzzy CRT emulation to crisp HD output, rewind and suspend options, and a bucketful of the kind of fun Nintendo Easter eggs you'd expect from one of the best retro game consoles available. They're displayed at their very best here thanks to a suite of display options. The likes of Yoshi's Island, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Super Punch-Out! are still as engaging today as they were in the heyday of the SNES. Whether it's Super Mario World or Street Fighter 2, these are games that inspired generations.
And here we are - once again, Nintendo has knocked it out of the park by providing a library of essential games inside a faithful, adorable replica of the original SNES.īesides being hugely nostalgic, these games represent some of the era's best they're classics that changed the industry in fundamental ways. With the success of and overwhelming demand for the NES Mini Classic, a 16-bit follow up was virtually guaranteed. Controller cords still inexplicably short
