Sega has announced the Mega Drive Mini 2, which will include Mega CD games

Sega has announced its next mini console, that will be based on the Mega Drive 2.

The Mega Drive Mini 2 will include 50 Mega Drive and Mega CD games, as well as arcade ports and a "mysterious new work," according to Sega.

The console was revealed during a Sega live stream in Japan, which is still going on as of this writing.

The following is a list of games that have been confirmed for the console so far:

• Silpheed (Mega CD)
• Shining Force CD (Mega CD)
• Sonic CD (Mega CD)
• Mansion of Hidden Souls (Mega CD)
• Popful Mail (Mega CD)
• Virtua Racing (Mega Drive)
• Bonanza Bros (Mega Drive)
• Shining in the Darkness (Mega Drive)
• Thunder Force IV (Mega Drive)
• Magical Taruruto (Mega Drive)
• Fantasy Zone (new Mega Drive port)

The Mega Drive version of Fantasy Zone was never released. The Mega Drive 2 Mini version is a brand-new Mega Drive port based on the sequel, Super Fantasy Zone.

In Japan, the Mega Drive Mini 2 will be released on October 27 for $9,980 ($75). A western release has yet to be confirmed by Sega.

The first Mega Drive Mini was released in 2019 with 42 games, with different libraries for each region. It included brand-new Darius and Tetris ports that had never been seen before.

Last week, Sega teased the news with a photo of a chocolate cake shaped like a Mega Drive/Genesis controller.

In October 2020, Yosuke Okunari, who co-hosted the Mega Drive Mini 2 announcement, speculated that Sega's next mini console could be based on the Sega Dreamcast.

Following the Japan-only release of the Game Gear Mini, Okunari told Famitsu magazine that he wanted the next project to deliver hardware with greater global potential.

"I believe we'll go with a concept similar to the Mega Drive Mini for the next one," he said. "It could be an SG-1000 Mini or a Dreamcast Mini if I have to name some names."