Everyone’s excited about the SNES Classic Edition, what with its twee 90s look and fantastic selection of games. But as with its NES predecessor, the Japanese version of the device is significantly ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook While we’ll be getting the Super Nintendo Classic Edition in just a few weeks, Japan will be ...

A piece of Nintendo history with a blood-red power button and 3.5mm jack was up for auction in Japan. A piece of Nintendo history with a blood-red power button and 3.5mm jack was up for auction in ...

Nintendo has done a lot for nostalgic gamers with the release of its NES and SNES Classic Edition consoles. The pint-sized remakes are loads of fun and make for great conversation pieces but they're ...

These differences will no doubt send some dedicated non-Japanese fans down an online rabbit hole searching for the Japanese version. Tetris Attack and the prospect of a new (to us) Fire Emblem game ...

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Even for those of us who are fans of retrocomputing, it’s fair to say that not everyone plays their old-school games on real old-school hardware. The originals are now fragile and expensive, and ...

SNES fans may want to keep their eyes on the Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection if they want to recollect the good times they had with the classic console. Due for publication in early 2016, the ...

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Despite what Nintendo’s SNES Classic product page says, ...