The Turbografx-16 Mini is getting closer and closer.
The official Twitter account of the PC-Engine Mini (the Japanese version of the system) recently sent out a tweet showing the box art for the device.
【速報】工場から箱が届いたのでパシャリ。写真の腕前はご容赦ください。（H） #PCエンジンミニ pic.twitter.com/lBUxZppo7k
— PCエンジン mini公式@2020年3月19日発売 (@PCEngine_Mini) November 21, 2019
This tweet had the two-fold effect of:
- Making me once again super excited for a product that is still roughly four months away.
- Making me sad about the now seemingly near 0% chance that any more games will be added to it.
On that first point, here’s where I express thanks and appreciation for what we are getting. Yes, it could be better (and we’ll be getting to that point shortly), but it is not lost on me that I get to both experience the nostalgia of some of my favorite games from my youth, but also I get to play the games that I never could at the time (all for a price point I can afford). That last point is HUGE, because the Japanese games that did NOT port over to the United States were oftentimes much better than their American counterparts. Trying to acquire them was difficult/expensive, so it became a non-starter.
I recall being insanely jealous that I couldn’t play Castlevania: Rondo of Blood or Street Fighter II on my Turbografx-16. But having already sunk money into the expensive CD add-on, I was wary of trying to jump through the financial hoops necessary to try to play these amazing games.
But in four months, that’s not going to be a problem anymore, because on the American version of this mini, they’re including games localized to America AND Japan, and that Japan lineup is pretty much just a bunch of kick-ass all-stars (and a few weirdos, but whatever).
But anyway, on to Point 2, which is the point [sic] of this article.
I feel there are still some pretty important games that are missing. I’ve hoped some of them might be added, but alas, that doesn’t seem likely.
Still, I’m ever the optimist. In this article I propose the manufacturer of this exciting system, Konami, make five simple additions to take this system from great to phenomenal. Konami could make the call to replace five games, just five games on this thing and it would be basically amazing.
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