Despite an accidental preorder retail listing last month, Nintendo has announced that the Super NES Classic Edition will officially be available for preorder later in August.
In a Facebook post, Nintendo said the company "can confirm that it will be made available for pre-order by various retailers late this month." While declining to mention a specific number, Nintendo said "A significant amount of additional systems will be shipped to stores for launch day, and throughout the balance of the calendar year." Nintendo told IGN it intends to produce "significantly more" SNES Classic than NES Classics, which Nintendo had shipped 2.3 million units of worldwide before its cancellation this year.
Walmart accidentally made the SNES Classic available for preorder in July because of a technical error, having to subsequently cancel those preorders. And U.S. scalpers were putting up SNES preorders on eBay with huge mark-ups shortly after the system's announcement.
Nintendo announced the SNES Classic in June, revealing the 21 included games such as Super Mario World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Following its announcement, Nintendo confirmed to IGN that the SNES Classic controllers would have a longer cord length than that of the NES Classic's controllers.
At the time of the SNES Classic Edition's reveal, IGN took a look at why preorders are such an important part of the SNES Classic's success and how the system's launch will hopefully learn from the mistakes of the NES Classic's launch.
Stay tuned to IGN's SNES Classic preorder guide to be as prepared as possible for when the system is made available ahead of its September 29 launch date.
Jonathon Dornbush is an Associate Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
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