Nintendo announced via their Twitter account that it plans to re-release the highly sought after NES Classic console will be back in stores on June 29. For those worried about stock, Nintendo has claimed that the NES Classic and the SNES Classic should be available through the end of the year.
Here is the original Tweet in which the announcement was made:
#NESClassic Edition will return to stores on June 29! This system and the #SNESClassic Edition system are expected to be available through the end of the year. https://t.co/LclbG5m4ta pic.twitter.com/1PcXBI5qJC
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) May 14, 2018
Japan is also receiving a re-release of the Famicom system on June 28 as well as a special Famicom loaded with 20 games from Shueisha’s Shonen JUMP catalog, which is a manga publishing magazine. The special edition of the Famicom is being made to celebrate the magazine’s 50th anniversary.
If you are interested in trying to import the Shonen JUMP edition of the mini Famicom, here is the complete list of games that it will be loaded with:
- Tag Team Match: MUSCLE (Kinnikuman: Muscle Tag Match, 1985)
- Dragon Quest (1986)
- Hokuto no Ken (1986)
- Dragon Power (Dragon Ball: Shenlong no Nazo) (1986)
- Kinnikuman: Kinniku-sei Ōi Sōdatsusen (1987)
- Saint Seiya: Ōgon Densetsu (1987)
- Captain Tsubasa (1988)
- Saint Seiya: Ōgon Densetsu Kanketsu-hen (1988)
- Sekiryūō (1989)
- Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden (1989)
- Sakigake!! Otokojuku Shippū Ichi Gō Sei (1989)
- Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu (1989)
- Tenchi o Kurau (1989)
- Hokuto no Ken 3: Shin Seiki Sōzō: Seiken Retsuden (1989)
- Dragon Ball 3: Goku Den (1989)
- Captain Tsubasa II: Super Striker (1990)
- Dragon Ball Z: Kyōshū! Saiyajin (1990)
- Magical Taluluto-kun FANTASTIC WORLD!! (1991)
- Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin (1991)
- Rokudenashi Blues (1993)
