This Sega Genesis Mini commercial has the '90s 'tude but isn't so rude

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The attitude era of video gaming returns with a new advertisement for Sega Genesis Mini. The ad brings back the "Genesis Does" tagline that Sega jauntily brandished back when it was promoting the original Genesis in the early '90s. The whole ad is a tribute to Genesis commercials of yore, replicating their music, narration, and - as the kids say these days - aesthetic.

All that said, Sega's nostalgic repurposing of snarky marketing wisely stops short of repeating the entire Genesis catchphrase: "Genesis Does what Nintendon't."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7nsBoqJ6s8

I was a Nintendo kid, but even I have to admit it was a pretty good pun. Now that Sonic and Mario are buddies it wouldn't do for Sega to be so aggro in its advertisements. Plus, Sega's doing more or less exactly what Nintendid two years with the Super NES Classic Edition.

The Sega Genesis Mini includes 42 games from Genesis history and two controllers to play them with, offering a mix of well-known favorites like Sonic the Hedgehog and Earthworm Jim as well as cult favorites like Monster World 4 and Comix Zone. Here's the full list of games, sorted alphabetically. The miniature system is coming out on September 19.

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Alisia Dragoon
Altered Beast
Beyond Oasis
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Columns
Comix Zone
Contra: Hard Corps
Darius
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
Earthworm Jim
Ecco the Dolphin
Eternal Champions
Ghouls ’n Ghosts
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Kid Chameleon
Landstalker
Light Crusader
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Monster World 4
Phantasy Star 4: The End of the Millennium
Road Rash 2
Shining Force
Shinobi 3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
Space Harrier 2
Street Fighter 2: Special Champion Edition
Streets of Rage 2
Strider
Super Fantasy Zone
Tetris
Thunder Force 3
ToeJam & Earl
Vectorman
Virtua Fighter 2
Wonder Boy in Monster World
World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

Once you're done strolling down memory lane, take a look at what you have to look forward to this year with our list of new games 2019.

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.