Sega Japan's using Alien Soldier's 25th anniversary as an excuse to sell a very limited amount of Asian Mega Drive Mini units in Japan, each one enclosed with a postcard drawn by Hotonde Shindeiru, author of the Isekai Ojisan manga sega.jp/mdmini/mdm_asi…🇯🇵 out March 25, ¥8980 
icymi, the Asian MD Mini's library contains a handful of exclusive games (Alien Soldier, Shining Force 2, Outrun 2019, Sword of Vermilion) and otherwise blends the JP & Genesis Mini lineups, with several of the JP language-heavy games swapped out for Genesis Mini picks
specifically:
cut from the JP Mini: Dyna Bros 2, Lord Monarch, Madou Monogatari I, Party Quiz Mega Q, Rent A Hero, Street Fighter 2, Hybrid Front, Yu Yu Hakusho
added from the GEN Mini: OG Sonic, Castle of Illusion, Strider, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, OG Puyo/Mean Bean Machine
cut from the JP Mini: Dyna Bros 2, Lord Monarch, Madou Monogatari I, Party Quiz Mega Q, Rent A Hero, Street Fighter 2, Hybrid Front, Yu Yu Hakusho
added from the GEN Mini: OG Sonic, Castle of Illusion, Strider, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, OG Puyo/Mean Bean Machine
it doesn't perfectly compile all the action games—GEN Mini exclusively has Shinobi III & Dynamite Headdy, plus EWJ & Vectorman—nor does it have a single fighting game (not even VF2 GEN...) but if you want /most/ of the JP Mini lineup without the text-heavy games it's a good get
