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The Classic NES Series in North America, Famicom Mini Series in Japan, or NES Classics in Europe are a series of Game Boy Advance games that were originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom emulated on the Game Boy Advance. A special edition Game Boy Advance SP, which has a similar design to a NES/Famicom controller, was released to go along with these games. The color of the cartridges match the color of the original NES carts.

All of these games were released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Famicom in Japan.

List of games

Famicom Mini Series (Japan)

Series 1 (released February 14, 2004)

Vol. #01 - Super Mario Bros.
Vol. #02 - Donkey Kong
Vol. #03 - Ice Climber
Vol. #04 - Excitebike
Vol. #05 - Zelda no Densetsu
Vol. #06 - Pac-Man
Vol. #07 - Xevious
Vol. #08 - Mappy
Vol. #09 - Bomberman

Vol. #10 - Star Soldier

Series 2 (released May 21, 2004)

Vol. #11 - Mario Bros.
Vol. #12 - Clu Clu Land
Vol. #13 - Balloon Fight
Vol. #14 - Wrecking Crew
Vol. #15 - Dr. Mario

Vol. #16 - Dig Dug
Vol. #17 - Takahashi Meijin Bouken Shima
Vol. #18 - Makaimura
Vol. #19 - Twinbee
Vol. #20 - Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu

Series 3 (released August 10, 2004)

Vol. #21 - Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese version)
Vol. #22 - The Mysterious Castle of Murasame
Vol. #23 - Metroid
Vol. #24 - Kid Icarus
Vol. #25 - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Vol. #26 - New Ogre Island
Vol. #27 - Famicom Detective Club
Vol. #28 - Famicom Detective Club Part II
Vol. #29 - Akumajou Dracula (a part of the Castlevania series)
Vol. #30 - SD Gundam World: Scramble Wars

In addition, 2nd Super Robot Wars was released as a promotional item alongside Super Robot Wars GC.

Classic NES Series (North America)

Series 1 (released June 7, 2004)

Bomberman
Donkey Kong
Excitebike
Ice Climber
The Legend of Zelda
Pac-Man
Super Mario Bros.
Xevious

Series 2 (released October 25, 2004)

Castlevania
Dr. Mario
Metroid
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

NES Classics (Europe)

Series 1 (released July 9, 2004)

Same as Series 1 of the Classic NES Series.

Series 2 (released January 7, 2005)

Same as Series 2 of the Classic NES Series.

Reaction

Criticism

Some North American gamers have sharply criticized Nintendo for the shoddy North American lineup. Many arguments and criticisms have been fired at all of the released games:

Bomberman
- Jeff Gerstmann wrote that a Bomberman without multiplayer is "hardly a Bomberman at all."
Donkey Kong - The pie/cement factory level from the arcade series was not implemented. Although that wouldn't make it "Classic NES," people still wanted to play it without having to purchase Donkey Kong '94 for Game Boy. In addition, it was also released on the E-Reader
and a the arcade version was a minigame in Donkey Kong 64.
Excitebike - Only one savable track and released for the E-Reader
.
Ice Climber - Not considered by many people to be a true classic NES game; also released on the E-Reader
.
The Legend of Zelda - Gamers were irritated that both games had been included as freebies on the bonus compilation The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition for the GameCube and that the original and Zelda II were released separately for $20 each.
Metroid - Seen as redundant, since it already included as an unlockable in both the remake Metroid: Zero Mission or in Metroid Prime by linking it with Metroid Fusion.
Pac-Man - Previously released on Pac-Man Collection, which included Pac-Mania, Pac-Attack, and Pac-Man Arrangement for no additional charge. It was also released on the Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Edition.
Super Mario Bros. - Already included in Super Mario Brothers Deluxe for the Game Boy Color
, but without the extra modes and the Lost Levels.
Xevious - Jeff Gerstmann from GameSpot said that this game is a classic 'arcade' game, not a classic NES game.

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