As soon as Nintendo revealed its Famicom Mini series back at the beginning of this year, I placed my preorder with an import house. I'm a huge retrogamer, probably the biggest at IGN, and I'm all for ...

Nintendo didn't just make a bunch of classic edition consoles for their primary systems that made a mark globally, they also do it for the ones at home in Japan. Back when the NES Classic Edition was ...

Today, Japan saw the release of the most powerful gaming console on the market alongside what may well be the least. For about a tenth of the price of the PlayStation 4 Pro and probably even less of ...

If you are still hoping to snag a hard-to-find NES Classic or the Famicom Mini in Japan, you don’t have very much time. In a surprising move, Nintendo has ceased production of the nostalgia machines — ...

The collectability of Nintendo’s “classic mini” consoles cannot be overstated. Even after restocking the NES Classic Edition’s original limited supply this year, the company has barely been able to ...

Nintendo has announced that it will be ending repairs for the Famicom Classic, Super Famicom Classic, and the New Nintendo 2DS XL in Japan "as our current stock of parts runs out". [NES / SNES Classic ...

With the NES Classic Edition sold out pretty much everywhere, the Japanese counterpart the Famicom Mini is equally hard to come by. As I live in Tokyo, I’ve done my best to source my own Famicom Mini ...

While the news that Nintendo will be ceasing production of the NES Classic Edition is rather unfortunate, it seems its Japanese counterpart, in the form of the Famicom Mini, might survive. On the ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Following the announcement of the SNES Classic today, Nintendo has ...

Hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old ...

Japanese gamers wondering why the rest of the world gets all of the fun of the NES Classic Edition in November can rest easy —Nintendo just announced a similar retro console based on the Famicom, the ...

If dropping 80 bones on a Wii Super Famicom Classic controller sounds a wee bit insane, how's about a Jackson for a Famicom Wii controller? Datel's Old Skool Retro Controller (seriously, how great is ...