I remember when I was still in grade school, I’m 31 now, staying the night at my friend’s house staying up late playing his Super Nintendo. The wonderful memories as we battled it out in Street Fighter 2. Not having much money growing up, my mom couldn’t afford to provide my siblings and us with a gaming system, at the time. That never stopped my brothers and I from getting our hands on some gaming action. Thankfully we had awesome friends that didn’t mind sharing the gaming fun from the systems that they owned. From Zelda: Link To The Past to Contra, those were the times that I cherished most. No matter how many different games that my friend got we would always find ourselves playing Street Fighter. Sometimes we would have to change it up simply because the competition would get too heated. We plenty of time almost got into literal fist fights. Then there were times where we would pretend to play as the characters of the game when we were forced to go outside and play. I always wanted to be M. Bison, pretending to do the head stomp move that he had. During that time in my life, we ended up having so much fun, I never ended up owning a system for myself but the memories were forever ingrained.
On Monday the 26 of 2017, it was announced that the SNES would be re-released as the SNES Classic Mini. It’s expected to release this September. The revived system is expected to release with 21 games from the original game lineup and will also feature the never released Star Fox 2! I suspect this was in response to the success of the release of the NES Classic in November of last year. Even with the games that were preinstalled on it couldn't be expanded on. With gaming becoming more graphics focused, it’s a breath of fresh air that these timeless consoles will be getting the overhaul. This is a good way for Nintendo to continue to cash in on the systems that us older generation loved so much growing up and provide insight to where some of the games the younger generation gained inspiration. The new console is currently priced at $80 and are taking pre-orders now. Supplies are expected to go fast, even with releasing a bigger supply than the NES Classic to try and meet demand.
What games are you most excited to play?
What games would you like to see?
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