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Nintendo Classic Mini - NES Coming on November 11th (30 NES games)
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This. A lot of games I like are missing. Pinball being one of them. My mom loved Pinball and I would have considered getting her one of these just for Pinball and Super Mario Bros.
It's a neat concept but I wish this had more games and abilities at least.
uncredited male
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Nintendo striking back against those mall kiosk vendors.
JigglesBunny
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Amazing idea, but...
Why does Nintendo insist on pulling this type of shit?
SinCityAssassin
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I like how the phrase "30 games for 60 bucks" is just utterly nothing to you. You're entitled to not be interested in this, I just think it's funny out of context.
Most HDTVs have USB ports anyways.
Lupin the Third
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Cheaply AND legally? And with this great of a game selection? Nope. It does not exist. This is a great deal any way you look at it even if it's not the machine enthusiasts like us want it to be.
Japanmanx3
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Wow! Out of nowhere!
themagicalkitsune
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So amazon US following soon?
kuroneko0509
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NOE dunno whether to bundle UK adapter or EU adapter, at least until Brexit completed la la la la
I don't know, maybe they don't want to produce different boxes for every country that has a different plug.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
So basically the cube from a smart phone. Not that big of a deal honestly. At least not to me.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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Dragon Warrior cart (1-4)
Adventure cart (Crystalis, Faxandu, Legacy of the Wizard, Battle of Olympus)
and so on...
How many times will Nintendo re-dedicate themselves to re-releasing old games for new platforms without finishing releasing them on the ones theyre already committed to? Would love for their VC to have forward compatibility and them commit to releasing every game possible for Nx
This is cool as fuck though
This is cool as fuck though
Calamari41
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You're right, I was thinking of the quoted $20 price for the used Wii and not considering the $5 per game on top of it. The only downside to this thing is the fact that you can't keep buying more games for it.
Nice one mate, was looking for that.
Username1198
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60$ I'm sold. Would be sweet to see an snes version too
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
God I hope so
MissCauthon
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I wish it would take real cartridges, i would pay allot!!!! and i mean ALLOT!!!! for a re release of the old NES and SNES, but brand new, my nes is almost dying 
rokkerkory
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give me snes version plssss
SinCityAssassin
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My sisters haven't played traditional video games in 10 years and they know every game in this list. I'd buy it for them just so they can play them again without using my setup.
That's usually how the official plug and play models operate, yeah.
That's usually how the official plug and play models operate, yeah.
Micro's rare because there was little interest in it initially. There will be plenty of interest in this thing. Especially considering it launches right during gift-giving season.
I wouldn't be surprised to see it eclipse Wii U's sales numbers in short order.
valkillmore
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You're getting an amazing looking mini NES, and $30 classic NES games, for $60. Do you not see how someone can find value in that?
CDR Jameson
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So the European version will be 60hz or the slowed down letterboxed 50hz versions?
- Comes packaged with an HDMI cable, a USB cable for powering the system, and one Nintendo Classic Mini: NES Controller
??
Getting a new, official Nintendo NES controller is the important thing with this and you didn't even mention it! That's the real megaton for me, I don't want to have a filthy used one. Although I am curious as to how it compares with an original NES controller, wasn't the Smash Bros. GC controller practically identical to an original GC controller?
I wish it would take real cartridges, i would pay allot!!!! and i mean ALLOT!!!! for a re release of the old NES and SNES, but brand new, my nes is almost dying
Just pop a new 72 pin cartridge connector inside, unless the actual board itself is dying.
I'm so confused as to why you think this.
The average consumer does not care at all about classic games. They don't care about going back and learning the history of games. They don't care about spending 2-3 hours in Punch Out when they could be on a Minecraft server with their friends or out catching Pokemon in Pokemon Go. They just don't care. Parents aren't idiots, either. If a kid is asking for an iPad for Minecraft, they're not gonna go out and get this. If a teen is asking for Call of Duty, they're old enough to know the difference between a Playstation 4 and an NES.
There is no 'everyone else' because this doesn't appeal to those people. I don't mean to act like a know-it-all but I live in a neighborhood with dozens of kids and teens and interact with them weekly either directly or through their parents, work twice a week with hundreds of kids, and they never, ever mention any games outside of the usual. This product will sell to the diehards and collectors, but this isn't for 'everyone else' because those people won't want this.
Again, I don't think this is a bad product. I like it. It's cool.
Lupin the Third
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I wish it would take real cartridges, i would pay allot!!!! and i mean ALLOT!!!! for a re release of the old NES and SNES, but brand new, my nes is almost dying
I would love that too but I suspect it doesn't because it's an emulator box based on either 3DS or Wii guts. And those emulators would have to work just fine with every possible cart you could throw in there (they don't).
SinCityAssassin
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It's USB powered, but does not come with a common USB ac adaptor, but as people have pointed out, it can be powered through your television anyhow.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Never seen the perennial Atari Flashback consoles at Urban Outfitters, I take it?
Those aren't for diehards or collectors. They're squarely for casuals.
Ashler
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Thanks, Pre-ordered.
Calamari41
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I'm not saying that moms are going to buy this for their kids instead of a PS4. I'm saying they'll buy it as a stocking stuffer. Kids won't necessarily get hyped for this and put it on their list, but they're probably going to be getting one. It's all speculation until it happens, of course, but anecdotally I've already seen over a dozen people who I know don't play games talking about getting one either for themselves or a young relative.
Wireless controllers, where are they? The OG NES controller while nostalgic, is horribly uncomfortable to use. We are well past the days of non-ergonomic controllers. I'd rather just use emulation. More games and a choice of good comfortable controllers.
But this is good on Nintendo. Something new yet something the same. Either way, you are still buying the same games you have already bought again.
But this is good on Nintendo. Something new yet something the same. Either way, you are still buying the same games you have already bought again.
ohh. I think I have one of those. Yeah it's for my desk lamp lol
A USB cable, not the AC -> USB adapter, I'd say.
I'll probably place a preorder in UK, if it doesn't appear elsewhere, although between now and the release the euro-pound change may go havok...
Bubble Bobble is a Legit System Seller on this for me...but...
My heart will always lie with the Master System's version.
Maybe SEGA should do this too!
Who doesn't want Cool Spot?!
Sega's done it a bunch of times already, just no one paid attention
Lupin the Third
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I work in a video game store for a living. There is a HUGE demand for all retro Nintendo stuff from NES to N64 and prices are only going up, up, up. And yes it's everyone looking for them. Kids, younger adults, thirty-somethings, people in their 40s... Everyone.
And kids care about NES because of YouTube. Retro things are all the rage. Game Chasers, AVGN, all that stuff has a huge following and not just among GAFfer types. Teens have started collecting NES games they never would have encountered naturally.
Inferno313
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I think you underestimate the power of nostalgia. Pokemon Go is showing us right now that people are really interested in returning to what they grew up with. This thing is blowing up on my Facebook feed from a ton of people who aren't hardcore gamers, but that grew up with an NES and these games. The fact that it's pretty damn cheap will be a huge selling point as well.
I wouldn't be surprised you could use any VC controller, including the VC controller pro...
not really
Milly Osworth
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Get this confused old man back to his room.
Pellegri Testament
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There was no reason for them to add that feature when they haven't been making money off carts for over 2 decades. Adding on to the system would increase the price, which could potentially lower the target audience for this.
Hey, I can be wrong. That's fine. Maybe the people I interact with are vastly outside the norm of the rest of the world or I'm underestimating the number of parents who just drop $60 on stocking stuffers (my stocking stuffers were $2 candy and $3 toys).
Not that it really matters.
Not that it really matters.
Until the SNES version. Then it matters.
amazon link for this in US
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IFJBQ1E/?tag=neogaf0e-20
it isn't available yet, hopefully they open it soon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IFJBQ1E/?tag=neogaf0e-20
it isn't available yet, hopefully they open it soon
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