With the NES Classic Edition sold out pretty much everywhere, the Japanese counterpart the Famicom Mini is equally hard to come by. As I live in Tokyo, I’ve done my best to source my own Famicom Mini ...

Hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old ...

Following the precedent set by last year’s hot-ticket NES and Famicom Classic mini consoles, Nintendo will release the Super NES Classic in the west and its counterpart, Super Famicom Mini, in the ...

Not satisfied with breaking the hearts of Western fans by discontinuing the NES Classic, Nintendo is doing the same with the Japanese-exclusive Famicom Mini. A tiny retread of Nintendo’s beloved ...

These differences will no doubt send some dedicated non-Japanese fans down an online rabbit hole searching for the Japanese version. Tetris Attack and the prospect of a new (to us) Fire Emblem game ...

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 ...

This November Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition game console will go on sale for $60. It looks like a smaller version of the original Nintendo Entertainment System and comes with a game controller and 30 ...