We’re just a few weeks away from the arrival of the SNES Classic Edition on store shelves, though finding one can be a little tough to come by these days. At the very least, though, you can celebrate with a trio of new Nintendo Power covers that Nintendo has produced for the forthcoming system.
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The covers, which can be seen here as well as in the attached gallery, feature three classic-inspired covers featuring Mario, Link from The Legend of Zelda, as well as the Star Fox crew, hyping the never-released Star Fox 2 (which will be featured in the SNES Classic Edition).
To celebrate the occasion even further, Nintendo has also noted that it will give away physical editions of these covers during its Metroid panel at PAX West this weekend, which takes place on September 2nd. So if you’re in the area, stop on by!
With that, let’s check out the covers!
Super Mario World
First up, there obviously has to be a cover devoted to Mario, since he’s such an iconic face that ties in with the SNES Classic. And what better game to celebrate than Super Mario World? This platformer helped define the 16-bit Nintendo era, after all, with plenty of hidden secrets (like Star Road!) and the introduction of Yoshi. This cover looks great, and, man, what we wouldn’t give to frame a physical edition to show our love for all things Nintendo and Nintendo Power. Now, if we could just get a Yoshi’s Island variant…
Nah, we’re not being picky. Are we?
The Legend of Zelda
Next up, we have the return of the classic hand-drawn Legend of Zelda art that we saw in Nintendo Power years ago, brought back to once again advertise The Legend of Zelda: A Link To the Past, which will be included amongst the 20+ titles on the SNES Classic. It’s a classic worth rediscovering, especially with its top-down old-school art style. This cover would look pretty great on our wall as well, even if Link has grown up quite a bit with the recently released The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Hey, at least it’s not the crappy CD-I art style. Yikes.
Star Fox 2
Last but not least, Nintendo Power fans may recall the classic hand-drawn cover of the crew from the Star Fox series. Well, they’re baaaaaack. One of the new Nintendo Power covers pays tribute to the never-released Star Fox 2, and we see a lot of familiar faces make the cut – along with some new ones that will no doubt be introduced with the sequel. This is probably our favorite cover of the three, and, yep, we’d love to frame this one as well.
Hopefully, we’ll see Nintendo prep a few more covers for giveaway, like with Super Castlevania IV, Contra III: The Alien Wars and Super Mario Kart. Please?
The SNES Classic Edition releases on September 29th for $79.99.
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