Nintendo to end Famicom and Super Famicom production

By Hirohiko Niizumi, GameSpot
Posted May 30, 2003 11:21 am PT

Nintendo will cease manufacturing its two classic consoles.

Nintendo revealed today that it will stop manufacturing its Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom (SNES) consoles in Japan in September. Likewise, Nintendo will also stop its disk-rewriting services for the Famicom Disk System, a supplemental device released in 1986. While the Famicom Disk System is no longer manufactured, the Famicom and Super Famicom consoles have been kept in production, with the Famicom going through a model change for its 10th anniversary. The Super Famicom also went through some cosmetic changes in 1998. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the original Famicom, which was released in 1983.

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mariokart64fan
Posted Mar 30, 2011 9:40 pm GMT

no , rom , they stopped production on the super nes-the american counterpart and not in 96 in 1999 ,
its last major title released the same year- kirby dream land 3 ,
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romsnbombs
Posted Apr 8, 2009 12:37 pm GMT

2003? WOW! Lol, I thought they stopped making the SNES in about '96!
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