Sega’s miniaturizing its Mega Drive 2 next

Following up the Sega Genesis Mini launch in 2019, Sega’s obtained its subsequent mini, retro console reissue coming — the Sega Drive Mini 2. (In North America, you’d know the unique console by its different identify, Sega Genesis 2.) The corporate introduced the brand new console throughout a Japanese language livestream and after teasing the announcement — with a crudely decorated cake — final week.

The Sega Drive Mini 2 is slated for launch in Japan on Oct. 27, however a launch date for North America was not introduced. Sega Genesis Mini was launched worldwide concurrently in 2019. The miniature retro console will value 9,980 yen, or someplace round $75. That traces up with the Sega Genesis Mini, which offered for $79.99. The Sega Drive Mini 2 is anticipated to ship with 50 video games spanning the Mega Drive and Mega CD collections, together with Sonic the Hedgehog CD, Virtua Racing, and Popful Mail.

Sega additionally introduced the Sega CD add-on for the mini console that’ll reproduce its traditional look, with a miniature CD reader set alongside the miniature console. It’s very cute, and seems to come back with a simulated miniature cartridge for Virtua Racing and a simulated miniature CD for Sonic the Hedgehog CD. The Sega CD mini add-on is 4,500 yen further, or about $35. The add-on doesn’t do something or add any further capabilities, in accordance with Sega’s itemizing on its web site — it’s only for the traditional look.