Sega has confirmed 11 more Mega Drive Mini 2 games for Japan

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Sega has confirmed 10 more of the games planned for the Mega Drive Mini 2 in Japan.

The latest batch, which brings the total number of games confirmed so far to 43, includes Phantasy Star II, Shin Megami Tensei and the Mega CD version of Ecco the Dolphin.

Some of the games announced were only released in Japan and are unlikely to be included in the western version of the Mega Drive Mini 2 / Genesis Mini 2.

Others, however, were released in North America and Europe and therefore stand a good chance of inclusion in the western line-up.

The new games confirmed for the Japanese Mega Drive Mini 2 are as follows:

With these new additions, the current confirmed game lists for the Japanese and North American versions of the Mega Drive Mini 2 / Genesis Mini 2 are as follows:

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Genesis

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The Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 / Genesis Mini 2 will launch in both Japan and North America on October 27.

A European release has still yet to be confirmed.

Yosuke Okunari, who co-hosted June’s Japanese Mega Drive Mini 2 announcement, suggested in 2020 that Sega’s next mini console could have been based on the Sega Dreamcast.

In an interview with Famitsu following the Japan-only release of the Game Gear Mini, Okunari said he wanted the next project to deliver hardware that had stronger global potential.

“I think for the next one, we may go with a concept close to the Mega Drive Mini,” he said. “If I have to say some names, it could be an SG-1000 Mini or a Dreamcast Mini.”