If there's one thing Nintendo is doing better than anyone else, it's keeping demand for its products high while maintaining a limited supply. While it's not the most PR-friendly approach, it's been proven to work on the general public since business was a thing in human society.
Much like its predecessor, the SNES Classic Edition is proving to be a hotly sought-after item, and as quickly as Best Buy and Amazon opened their pre-orders in the middle of the night last night (for whatever reason), the stock vanished in minutes.
Best Buy opened their pre-orders around 1:30 AM EST last night and Amazon did so around 5 AM EST. I'm not sure if Nintendo's got some data that indicates these times are the best for opening pre-orders, or if they thought it gave some sort of neutral ground for the largest number of consumers. But whatever it was, it's not leaving a whole lot of happy fans behind.
When you find out that SNES Classic pre-orders went live while you were sleeping. pic.twitter.com/6mbS7Pysc5
— Erik Cervantes (@erikcervantes) August 22, 2017
The SNES Classic comes with 21 games, including the unreleased Star Fox 2. It retails for $79.99 and comes with two Super Famicom controllers.
Here's a list of the games it comes with:
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Contra III: The Alien Wars
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Donkey Kong Country
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EarthBound
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Final Fantasy III
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F-ZERO
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Kirby Super Star
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Kirby’s Dream Course
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
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Mega Man X
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Secret of Mana
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Star Fox
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Star Fox 2
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Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
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Super Castlevania IV
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Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts
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Super Mario Kart
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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
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Super Mario World
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Super Metroid
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Super Punch-Out!!
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Yoshi’s Island
The SNES Classic releases on September 29th, 2017…assuming, of course, there are any left over in stores.
Source: [Kotaku]
