Looks like SNK just can’t stay away from the hardware business. After releasing and failing on their Neo-Geo system and, subsequently, their Neo-Geo Pocket which was discontinued in 2001. Still, it looks like they hope a return to the hardware business is is just what the doctor ordered according to a leak by Japanese game blog Famicon Plaza.

According to Kotaku, who translated the story, the handheld has a 4.3 inch LCD screen, 2GBs of onboard memory and an SD card slot. It plans to ship with 20 pre-loaded games, all of which are retro Neo-Geo classics:

• World Heroes
• Ultimate 11
• Top Player’s Golf
• Sengoku
• Nam-1975
• Mutation Nation
• Last Resort
• King of Monsters
• Frenzy
• Cyber-Lip
• Fatal Fury Special
• The Art of Fighting
• Super Sidekicks
• League Bowling
• Metal Slug
• Magical Lord
• Baseball Stars Professional
• Samurai Shodown
• The King of Fighters ’94
• Fatal Fury

There’s no release date, release region, price or even an official announcement by SNK so this could all be one big practical joke. Still, if true, I can imagine plenty of happy retro gamers jumping on this is the price is right. The Neo-Geo, after all, did sport some really great games in its time.

[via Kotaku]

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