Sega Genesis Mini 2 North America release date, game list announced

Sega’s second miniaturized throwback console — the Sega Genesis Mini 2 — will launch in North America on Oct. 27, the company announced on Wednesday.

The latest mini-console will feature more than 50 games — including Sega CD titles — and “even more power!” Sega said. One wonders if this includes the original console’s fabled “blast processing.”

Sega CD titles Sonic CD Shining Force CD. Sega revealed 21 other games from the Genesis/Sega CD era with Wednesday’s announcement, including Splatterhouse 2, In the darkness, shine, Super Hang On, After Burner 2.

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Here’s the full list of games revealed so far:

• After Burner 2
• Alien Soldier
• Bonanza Brothers
• Fantasy Zone(New Genesis port previously available on Master System).
• Lightening Force
• Hidden Souls’ Mansion (Sega CD)
• Night Striker (Sega CD)
• Ninja Warriors (Sega CD)
• OutRun
• OutRunners
• Rainbow Islands Additional
• Rolling Thunder 2.
• Shining Force CD (Sega CD)
• In the darkness, shine
• Silpheed (Sega CD)
• Sonic 3D Blast
• Sonic CD (Sega CD)
• Splatterhouse 2
• Star Mobile(New Genesis port released previously on PC Engine)
• Super Hang On
• The Ooze
• Vectorman 2
• Virtua Racing

Amazon sells the Sega Genesis Mini 2 from Japan. It has a $103.80 price and $21.99. shipping. This makes the import price of the console $125.79.

Sega announced the Sega Genesis Mini 2 in a livestream on June 1, and was also planning a Japan launch for Oct. 27. Sega of Japan is selling it exclusively via Amazon.

The newest console follows 2019’s Sega Genesis Mini, which launched with 42 games. That console answered 2017’s disappointing Sega Genesis Flashback HD, a mini-console made by AtGames that fell well short of fans’ expectations following Nintendo’s very successful NES Classic Edition and Super NES Classic Edition.