{"id":654867,"date":"2026-03-31T04:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/sega-genesis-mini-2-arrives-in-north-america-this-october\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:46:09","slug":"sega-genesis-mini-2-arrives-in-north-america-this-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sega-genesis-mini-2-arrives-in-north-america-this-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega Genesis Mini 2 Arrives In North America This October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sega-genesis-mini-2-arrives-in-north-america-this-october.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After being announced for Japan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/06\/03\/sega-reveals-mega-drive-mini-2-and-here-are-the-games-confirmed-for-it-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last month<\/a>, Sega\u2019s Genesis Mini 2 has a North American release date, and it\u2019s arriving just in time to shove it into a kid\u2019s trick-or-treat bag. Or you can keep it yourself and play it. Up to you.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPGTxSHKDFI\" width=\"\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>On October 27, this more powerful version of the previous Mini holds over 50 titles, including Sega CD games. It also tosses in one \u201cnever-released bonus game,\u201d Star Mobile. The console itself has been designed after the Genesis Model 2 and will retail at $102.38 (since it\u2019s being sold through Sega of Japan)&nbsp;and can only be purchased through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0B4D19JJ4\">Amazon<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed library of games is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After Burner II<\/li>\n<li>Alien Soldier<\/li>\n<li>Bonanza Brothers<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy Zone (Genesis port)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar<\/li>\n<li>Mansion of Hidden Souls (Sega CD)<\/li>\n<li>Night Striker<\/li>\n<li>The Ninja Warriors<\/li>\n<li>The Ooze<\/li>\n<li>OutRun<\/li>\n<li>OutRunners<\/li>\n<li>Rainbow Islands Extra<\/li>\n<li>Rolling Thunder 2<\/li>\n<li>Shining Force CD (Sega CD)<\/li>\n<li>Shining in the Darkness<\/li>\n<li>Silpheed (Sega CD)<\/li>\n<li>Sonic 3D Blast<\/li>\n<li>Sonic CD (Sega CD)<\/li>\n<li>Splatterhouse 2<\/li>\n<li>Star Mobile&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Super Hang On<\/li>\n<li>Vectorman 2<\/li>\n<li>Virtua Racing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read our review of the previous Sega Genesis Mini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2019\/09\/12\/sega-genesis-mini-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/07\/15\/sega-genesis-mini-2-arrives-in-north-america-this-october\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being announced for Japan last month, Sega\u2019s Genesis Mini 2 has a North American release date, and it\u2019s arriving just in time to shove it into a kid\u2019s trick-or-treat bag. Or you can keep it yourself and play it. Up to you. On October 27, this more powerful version of the previous Mini holds over 50 titles, including Sega CD games. It also tosses in one \u201cnever-released bonus game,\u201d Star Mobile. The console itself has been designed after the Genesis Model 2 and will retail at $102.38 (since it\u2019s being sold through Sega of Japan)&nbsp;and can only be purchased through Amazon.&nbsp; The confirmed library of games is as follows: After Burner II Alien Soldier Bonanza Brothers Fantasy Zone (Genesis port)&nbsp; Lightening Force: Quest for&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sega-genesis-mini-2-arrives-in-north-america-this-october\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":654868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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