Nintendo has revealed it is still considering mini versions of more consoles as it attempts to bring its products to as many age groups as possible.
The Nintendo Switch is well on its way to becoming the most popular Nintendo home console of all time. That doesn’t mean Nintendo isn’t considering more consoles in the near future, though. No, not the Switch Pro, the existence of which Nintendo still refuses to confirm or deny, but more mini consoles.
The topic of more Nintendo mini consoles was broached during the company’s general meeting of shareholders this week. After a shareholder suggested the company’s mini consoles can be a way for parents to reconnect with the games they played as kids, Nintendo president Shanturo Furukawa highlighted that the company’s aim is to appeal to as many age groups as possible.
“After being in the video game business for many years, we believe that there is now a very wide range of generations who have adopted Nintendo consoles,” Furukawa explained. Nintendo revived its very first console in 2016 via the release of the NES Classic. The console was discontinued a few months later, in typical Nintendo fashion, but relaunched in 2018 due to popular demand. It included 30 built-in games including the original Mario trilogy and the first-ever Final Fantasy.
Between its initial launch and relaunch, Nintendo added the Mini SNES to its console family. Not quite as expansive as the Mini NES with just 21 built-in games, but even more popular, selling more than twice as many consoles. Now it seems Nintendo might well add to its Mini collection. Not including handheld consoles, if Nintendo continues in chronological order then next on the list will be the N64.
Hopefully, Switch owners won’t have to wait for Nintendo to maybe make a Mini N64 before it can enjoy its library all over again. NSO subscribers are able to play an ever-increasing library of NES and SNES games, and the hope is that N64 games will start to make the cut at some point. No official word on that front from Nintendo, but it would be the logical next step.
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