So have you heard that Nintendo's releasing a new Super NES system in September (in limited quantities)? It's true! And it's looking like a pretty sweet deal. For your $80 you will get the system, two controllers, and the following 21 games (assuming you live in North America), which I will list in order of my personal preference, with an asterisk by titles that I've never actually played:
Final Fantasy III
Secret of Mana
Super Metroid
Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
EarthBound
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
F-Zero
Super Mario Kart
Donkey Kong Country
Super Castlevania IV
Star Fox
Mega Man X
Super Mario World
Kirby's Dream Course
Kirby Super Star
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Ghosts n' Ghouls
Super Punch-Out!!*
Contra III: The Alien Wars*
...oh, and STAR FOX 2!!
That's right! Remember that direct sequel to Star Fox that was to be released for the Super NES in 1995, but got cancelled due to the company's focus on the Nintendo 64? Well it's back from the dead and comes built into the Super NES Classic Edition!!
That's a really good deal and an excellent way for people who never got to experience that era of gaming to tour some of its real highlights. A lot of them, actually. My biggest gripe is that there's no Chrono Trigger on this list, but that's forgivable, as I have a number of versions of Chrono Trigger on various platforms at this point.
And for retro-gamers like yours truly, this is a dream come true. My original system has stopped responding to me when I turn the power button on now and good luck finding replacement wiring that still works at this point. I mean yeah I can play the vast majority of my Super NES library on the Virtual Console now and everything, but for the more nostalgic among us, it's just not quite the same as using the original hardware and controllers. Nothing really is. Plus there's no other way to finally get Star Fox 2! So yeah, color me excited.
(Thought @CreepyOldDude and @The Xl might be particularly interested in this. )