Konami has done a mic drop at E3 2019 by announcing that they are entering the Mini classic consoles arena with three variants:
- PC-Engine Mini (Japan);
- TurboGrafx-16 Mini (US/Can); and the
- PC-Engine CoreGrafx (Europe/RoW)
This is huge news, as it means Konami is going to go toe-to-toe with Nintendo and their SNES and NES Classic Minis and also Sega with their Mega Drive Classic Mini (due later this year). The three-way mini console war has been ignited!
source: Konami
Anyway, back on topic, they also revealed 6 titles to tickle our nostalgia, with lots more to come. We are loving the initial games by the way! Oh yeah, it also looks like the Japanese variant (PC-Engine Mini) will have a different lineup of games than the West variants – see below.
TurboGrafx-16 Mini & PC-Engine CoreGrafx Mini Games (announced so far)
PC-Engine Mini Games (announced so far)
Other details worth mentioning are that there will be a MultiTap released for 5-way gaming tussles (will be sold separately), save state functions – so you can play from where you left off and of course, the Minis will have various display modes (yay to scanlines!) to ensure you get the full nostalgic fix!
There were no release dates or pricing details at the announcement, so be sure to hit us up on Twitter and Facebook as more news comes to hand. We are damn excited!
image source: Konami
