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 ...

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 ...

Before the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, there was the Family Computer, or Famicom. Much like the NES Classic Edition in the West, Nintendo has released a similar micro console in Japan ...

Mario, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Metroid, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Yoshi, Kirby, Star Fox, Panel de Pon, The Legend of Zelda, Mega Man, Goemon, Fire Emblem, Contra, F ...

Last July, Nintendo announced the NES Classic, a miniature replica of the NES [full specs] that came bundled with one controller (with a too-short cord) and 30 games. It released with a price of $60 ...

Nintendo fans in its home country are getting their own teensy retro console, as well. Today, Mario's creator has revealed the mini Famicom, a shrunken version of the original NES the company released ...

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 ...

Following its announcement yesterday that it was permanently ending production on the extremely popular NES Classic Edition console, Nintendo has also revealed that it’s ending Famicom Classic Mini ...

Not satisfied with breaking the hearts of Western fans by discontinuing the NES Classic, Nintendo is doing the same with the Japanese-exclusive Famicom Mini. A tiny retread of Nintendo’s beloved ...

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 while back, the NES Classic Edition was announced for Europe and North America. A similar console is also headed to Japan in the form of the Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom. [Thanks, Nintendo ...

To those unfamiliar with gaming history, Nintendo actually had two very different versions of its "Nintendo Entertainment System", depending on which side of the globe you lived in. In Japan and ...