The NES Classic Edition was no doubt a huge success for Nintendo, but it could have been a much bigger and brighter success if more than enough units of the miniature console had been manufactured during its official launch. Instead, Nintendo's NES Classic, during its launch, sold out in a matter of minutes, and new stocks was limited to only a handful per store, which also sold out in minutes.
With this initial feedback by the people, it just goes to show just how much they became nostalgic and eager about playing classic Nintendo games once again.
Super NES Classic a possibility?
Hopefully, Nintendo will, yet again, learn from this mistake and realize just how much potential profit it could've earned had it produced enough units for its NES Classic. The console was shipped along with 30 built-in classic games and no option to add more, leaving the door wide open for opportunities on an NES Classic 2.
However, a new trademark that had been discovered had suggested that Nintendo could potentially be jumping forward to the next generation and providing us with a SNES Classic Edition instead. Here are some reasons why this could be a possibility.
Nintendo knows it can profit from throwback consoles
As noticed and found out by Go Nintendo, the Twitter account @trademark_bot tweeted about a trademark filed by Nintendo that depicted a Super Famicom controller image. That's pretty disinteresting at first glance, but then the question would hit you; why would Nintendo file such a trademark now?
It could just be Nintendo's stride of trying to renew protection for the controller's design, but with the fact that Nintendo has already revisited the NES concept and still profiting BIG from it, people are leaning towards the more likely reason for a new Super Famicom/SNES product is secretly in the works.
Another surprise for next year's Holiday season
So, for now, we can only hope that this said trademark is indeed the first public hint that a SNES Classic is in the works and is going to roll out sometime next year. It would seem unlikely that we will see it appear in early 2017, as Nintendo will have all its energy and efforts focused on marketing their up and coming hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch, which will be before, during, and after its upcoming March launch.
However, a SNES Classic launching just in time for the holiday season next year makes a whole lot of sense as it is the perfect stocking filler gadget. Hopefully, if the rumors prove to be true, and Nintendo does produce the said classic console, they need to produce more than enough units to satisfy the people.
Nintendo will re-introduce more classic games
The most difficult question that Nintendo will try to answer if the SNES Classic does indeed exist, is which 30 games do they include? Mario, Zelda, F-Zero, Kirby, Metroid, Star Fox and Mario Kart are all obvious inclusions, but what other games would make the cut to guarantee that this is yet another "must have" gadget? All remains to be seen.
