By Gerald Lynch
Forget Hatchimals – there’s only one present we want under our trees this Christmas, and that’s Nintendo’s crazy-cute Nintendo Classic Mini: NES (or as it’s more commonly known, the NES Mini).
Released to fill the gap between the Wii U‘s demise and the Nintendo Switch‘s (hopefully) triumphant rise, the Mini NES has been the talk of the gaming town since it’s unveiling, jamming 30 games into an affordable package that can fit in the palm of your hand.
It’s a ‘Member Berry’s dream, tapping into the huge love people feel for the retro Nintendo console, while throwing in a handful of modern conveniences too.
But it’s not perfect and, in some circles, it may not even be the Nintendo console people want to see most.
Enter the 90’s most-wanted 16-bit console, the SNES (AKA the Super Nintendo in European territories). The console every Pog-playing, Tamagotchi-caring, Power Rangers-watching 90s kid obsessed over, it was the home of some of Nintendo’s greatest ever games.
Though Nintendo hasn’t announced plans for a Mini NES successor, the popularity of its miniaturised machine would certainly suggest that the release of a Mini SNES would be a license to print money for the company.
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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