Nintendo's Latest Blast From the Past: SNES Classic Console
- New machine follows hit introduction of Famicom/NES Classic
- Product part of broader push to get more out of IP assets
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Nintendo Co. is discovering that nothing sells like nostalgia.
The Japanese gaming company is bringing back the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the hit console that debuted in 1990, as a smaller device with 21 pre-installed classic games and two controllers. The retro SNES follows on the heels of the success of last year’s hit revival of Nintendo’s classic first-generation machine.