Nintendo is making a special edition Famicom Mini loaded with manga games

Nintendo is launching a gold and red Mini Famicom in Japan that comes preloaded with 20 manga-based games, as seen Kotaku . The Famicom is the original Japanese version of the NES, launched for the first time in 1983. Today's news coincides with the announcement that the NES Classic will be available again on June 29.

The special edition of the Family Computer will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine which prints its beloved serial manga titles like One Piece and Boruto, sequel to ] Naruto. Some of the preloaded games include Dragon Ball Saint Seiya and Fist of the Pole Star . Most of these are very from the old school, from the late eighties and early nineties. The console has a cost of ¥ 7,980 ($ 72.80).

Nintendo released a Famicom Mini in 2016 that largely had the same games as the NES Classic. The console was preloaded with 8-bit games and the controllers used were connected to the console.

The special edition Famicom Mini arrives in Japan on July 7. Foreign fans should search eBay or get someone to send them to them from Japan.

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