With all the supply issues of the SNES Classic Edition in the U.S. and Europe, its Japanese cousin the Super Famicom Mini is more widely available here and is a lovely little piece of gaming hardware.

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 ...

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 ...

It was only a matter of time before the mini consoles were hacked. Nintendo thought so too and left a surprise message in the code. The Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom released in Japan last year, ...

Sure, you might think you’re the most hip, cool, finger-on-the-pulse-of-gaming kinda guy having pre-ordered Nintendo’s upcoming emulation box, the Nintendo Classic Mini NES. But after you’ve invited ...

Just as Nintendo has decided to end NES Classic production, it’s doing the same in Japan for the miniature Famicom. Yet, the decision does not sound permanent. As Famitsu notes, the official site for ...

Nintendo has formally announced the third batch of Famicom Mini titles for the Japanese market. The new list of ten games features titles that were released on the Japan-only Famicom Disk system, an ...

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 ...

Nintendo goes with a blast from the past in their latest ad for Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom, which shows a throwback to one of their older commercials for the original Famicom in 1983. [Thanks, ...

TOKYO--Due to popular demand from nostalgic fans and to sales continuing to hit the weekly top 20s, Nintendo has announced it will release a third series in its Famicom Mini line of games for the Game ...

Nintendo announced earlier today that it will release the Super NES Classic Edition this September in North America and Europe. The wee version of Nintendo’s 16-bit console comes packed with two ...