Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES review – fun-sized reboot of greatest ever console

The Mini SNES will allow original fans to share the beauty, joy and creative brilliance of Mario, Yoshi, Zelda and more with families and friends

Over the last decade we have become used to seeing Nintendo written off, then returning to the fray with an astonishing piece of hardware. The chunky Game Cube failed in the PlayStation era and everyone thought that was it - until the Wii came out and revitalised casual gaming.

The Wii U was a sales disaster, its Toy Town tablet controller failing to entice developers or consumers - but now the Switch is killing it with a much better implementation of the same concept. This boom and bust model goes back further, though - it began with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.