After disappearing from store shelves, the NES Classic is returning next year. But that’s not all: the Super NES Classic will continue to be shipped through 2018. In Japan, the Super Famicom will still get shipped after October, and the Famicom Mini is going back into production. Hot damn.




The SNES Classic was slated to end shipments this year, but more consoles will be released on September 29 for North America. The NES Classic will return next summer, after being discontinued this spring. Nintendo will announce more details at a later date.

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Originally launched in November 2016, the Nintendo Classic Mini Famicom was also discontinued this spring, but only temporarily. At that time, Nintendo stated, “When manufacturing resumes, we will provide information at another time on this homepage.”

Nintendo made the announcement via Twitter that Famicom Mini production was resuming in 2018. The re-launch date will be revealed sometime in the future.

And in Europe, Nintendo has made similar announcements:


Below is the NES Classic and SNES Classic announcement for the U.S.: