Just in time for a weekend during which I had already planned to do nothing productive, a small package from Nintendo containing what will likely be its hottest item since the NES Classic Edition[1]… which is to say, of course, the SNES Classic Edition.
A full review is now underway, but I thought it worthwhile to point out a few things....
- It’s just as tiny as the NES Classic edition. It has a larger footprint but it’s flatter.
- You can’t open the cartridge slot. Playing without anything there looks a little weird; Nintendo should have sold vanity cartridges that do nothing but stick up.
- The new 16-bit menu chiptune is solid but I prefer the NES one.
- Having to swing the little door down to plug in controllers is a bummer. And the eject button, it does nothing! 😢
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- The controllers are nearly indistinguishable from the originals. I’ve been playing on the same ones for 25 years (you can tell from the bite marks), so I know and love the feel. Hopefully these new ones will last as long.
- You can also plug the SNES controllers into the NES Classic Mini. It definitely feels strange, though. The NES controllers work in the SNES as well, but you’ll be missing 4 buttons.
- Star Fox 2 is insane.