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Sega Genesis Mini 2 Announced for North America With Release Date, Partial Game List, & Details

Sega announced that the Sega Genesis Mini 2 is coming to the North American market, releasing day and date with Japan.

Sega Genesis Mini 2 Image Source: Sega

Today Sega announced that the Sega Genesis Mini 2 is coming to the North American market.

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The mini-console was originally announced for Japan only last month as “Sega Mega Drive Mini 2,” but today we learn that it will jump across the Pacific Ocean and land on the American shores day and date with the Japanese release, on October 27, 2022.

The console replicates the design of the second model of the Genesis and it features improvement over the original Sega Genesis Mini launched in 2019.

It boasts a line-up of over 50 games like the Japanese version, including titles originally launched on the Sega CD, featuring full-motion video and more.

The box will include one controller, one AC adapter plus USB power cable, and one high-speed HDMI cable.

The three sizes of the console are 120.8mm (W) x 32.3mm (H) x 116.5mm (D).

Below you can check out the packaging and a trailer.

Below you can find the list of games included in the Sega Genesis Mini 2 announced so far.

  • Sonic CD
  • Shining Force CD
  • Silpheed
  • Mansion of Hidden Souls
  • Night Striker
  • The Ninja Warriors
  • After Burner II
  • Out Run
  • Out Runners
  • Virtua Racing
  • Super Hang On
  • Sonic 3D Blast
  • Shining in the Darkness
  • Vectorman 2
  • The Ooze
  • Bonanza Brothers
  • Alien Soldiers
  • Rainbow Islands Extra
  • Splatterhouse 2
  • Rolling Thunder 2
  • Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
  • Fantasy Zone
  • Star Mobile

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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