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10 Games That Need To Be On An SNES Mini

With the announcement of an NES Mini, you have to wonder if Nintendo has
more "mini" consoles set for release.Even though the NES Mini will be popular, I'm sure a SNES Mini would be an even bigger hit than that! If you're just checking in on this post to make sure A Link To The Past is the number one pick...rest easy...I don't think anyone can get away with getting that out of number one. Check out the rest below!

10: Star Fox

If you've never played the original Star Fox, the game is every bit as good
as it's 64 successor. What you miss in voice acting you get in weird
Pokemon like speaking. This game laid the foundation for what made Star Fox
64 the classic that it is today. Personally, I'm a bigger fan of this
game's music and find Slippy far less annoying.

9: Super Mario All-Stars And Super Mario World

It may be a bit redundant to push this onto the system after you just
released them on NES, but the enhanced versions of the Super Mario Bros
series deserve their day in the sun. Truthfully, I prefer these versions
over the originals simply because I like the SNES controller more. I also
feel like they're slightly more responsive? As for Super Mario World...play
the game for 5 seconds and you'll understand why it's such a classic...

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Null19803263d ago (Edited 3263d ago )

The lack of Super Metroid on here is disturbing, but you do have some other good choices on here. Definitely, without a doubt Link to the Past! Glad it was #1. :)

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esmittystud1013261d ago

Its called Wii U. You can get almost all of those games as digital downloads on the Wii U for really cheap prices as well. Like nothing over $10.

Bradk7213261d ago

That's like saying u can play ps2 games on ps4. U can but its just better to have the original setup.

esmittystud1013261d ago

No doubt. I'm sure if it is ever released it will be a nice console to own. I did just go out and bought a PS3, brand new, for just one game, Demon's Souls. Only game I own for the console. Don't plan on buying anymore PS3 games either. LOL.

Bradk7213261d ago

I would need Super Smartball and Sunset Riders.

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Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader devs praise Larian's ‘immense job’ on Baldurs Gate 3

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader producer discusses the rise in popularity of CRPGs, but did Baldur's Gate 3 cause this?

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Microsoft planning “major” Xbox layoffs next week

The cuts are expected to be announced next week.

Microsoft is also planning thousands of job cuts that will impact other parts of it businesses

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Obscure_Observer12h ago

MFs has been beating their chests over great quarterly results and big profits to shareholders while firing people by the thousands just like Sony.

I wonder if at the top of those rumored layoffs they´ll also cancel upcoming or unannounced games while shutting down more studios as well.

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pwnmaster300012h ago

Always got to throw shade at Sony smh.
Yes we get it,
MS good Sony bad
MS bad Sony is also bad lmao

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Obscure_Observer11h ago

F* them both!

Just for the record, I don´t care about your victim complex crap either. Find someone else who cares.

blacktiger10h ago

He was talking about both. Why you getting offended when he's using both names

pwnmaster300010h ago(Edited 10h ago)

@Blacktiger

Im not offended , that’s just his formula lol
He can’t help help himself, he needs to bring Sony down when the topic involves MS.
Whether is good news for MS or bad, it some how leads to Sony doing bad lmao.
It’s actually hilarious.

InUrFoxHole5h ago

He's not wrong but im tracking what youre saying. In this case is should just be MS bad. Thats a lot of people fired

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Tacoboto11h ago

"just like Sony"

Gosh you're insufferable, not everything needs to be both-sides'd. Sony's had layoffs, but nothing like what Microsoft has been doing and is continuing to do.

CrimsonWing6911h ago(Edited 11h ago)

I mean, no offense, but this is why you’re not some corporate business person running a major corporation. Big profits don’t mean jobs are safe. Do you understand why things like this happen:

Cutting jobs to maintain or increase profitability, especially in underperforming divisions like parts of Xbox like other gaming divisions.

Corporate restructuring and relocating resources for strategic stability in ever changing markets and consumer behaviors.

Investor expectations and optimizing operations to maintain investor confidence. Whatever boosts stock prices and improves future margins.

And there’s many other factors at play. It’s never as simple as business doing well, everyone’s safe. That’s just you not understanding at all how corporations work and have been working since the beginning. This isn’t something that’s specific to Xbox, you can bet your ass Sony and Nintendo do this and if it’s not clear by now, game development is not a stable job nor has it ever been for many. A lot of developers are contractors and guess what happens when a project is done?

Ganif10h ago

Nintendo said they have no plans for layoffs, and you can't seriously claim that the scale of Sony's layoffs most of which involved Bungie which is self managed as even close to the same scale as what Microsoft has done since they purchased Zenimax. And that significantly less layoffs would have happened if those publishers had stayed independent. Keep in mind that much of these layoffs have been due to redundancies specifically related to these buyouts.

CrimsonWing699h ago(Edited 9h ago)

@Ganif

Nintendo:

https://gamerant.com/ninten...

Sony:

https://gamerant.com/playst...

https://techxplore.com/news...

I don’t think it’s realistic to treat Sony’s layoffs as somehow outside the norm for the industry right now. Even if Bungie is self-managed, Sony’s cuts went far beyond that like Naughty Dog, Insomniac, London Studio being shut down completely, and multiple teams across the globe took hits. These weren’t just minor adjustments.

Nintendo, I had to look up and you’re right. They seem to be an outlier, but rest assured at some point it happens. And even then there’s been layoffs, albeit a smaller amount and contractors.

Would fewer layoffs have happened if studios from acquisitions stayed independent? Maybe. But even independents have been hit hard and look at what’s happened with Embracer’s fallout, or smaller devs like Digic, Roll7, or Volition. This isn’t just a “Microsoft problem” or strictly tied to acquisitions; it’s a broader correction happening across the whole industry, and unfortunately, layoffs are a big part of that process right now.

Ganif9h ago

From your article:

"According to reports, Nintendo of America restructured its testing operations, leading to layoffs of about 120 contractors, part of a strategy for global integration.

Nintendo of America, publisher of iconic franchises like Mario and Zelda, is shifting some contractors to full-time roles for better development integration."

Contractors are not employees, and even if you want to count them as that, it's 120 people vs around 7500 since Microsoft purchased Zenimax.

In an era of game industry layoffs, Nintendo is hiring more people
https://automaton-media.com...

Nintendo Announces 10 Percent Pay Raise For Devs Despite Lower Profits
https://kotaku.com/nintendo...

Nintendo CEO’s refusal to layoff staff goes viral following industry-wide cuts
"Satoru Iwata took pay cuts to ensure staff didn’t have to be let go"
https://www.nme.com/news/ga...

And as for Sony you're comparing less than 1000 total jobs to an estimated7500

Has the industry faced layoffs, yes, but that still doesn't account for the mass layoffs due to redundancies that was easily predictable, or that fact that at least 1/3 of Microsoft's layoffs and studio closures happened before the industry downturn.

thorstein8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Take the L, Crimson.

People hate Nintendo, but Ganif proved why they deserve support.

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-Foxtrot11h ago

It's like banging your head off a wall, he just can't help himself.

Microsoft can do no wrong, Sony sucks at everything and Nintendo is bigged up because it's less hassle than trying to defend Microsoft all the time

What's going to happen when Microsoft finally turn completely third party, then what?

anast10h ago

I enjoy Obscure. Obscure does good work.

crazyCoconuts10h ago

Did you know that the first n4g was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program.

Tacoboto10h ago

I wouldn't be surprised at this point if anast and osbcure were both alts for the Admin.

We know how Obscure especially drums up additional comments and clicks with his spam-worthy remarks that somehow never get moderated

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Profchaos7h ago

Thats business present a strong front to your shareholders while your company burns around you.

Keep shareholders happy at all costs andnif not happy keep them numb to the reality of you organisation

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