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O.Supreme wrote:So of course, as we all know by now, this was way under produced so Nintendo is now scrambling to produce more to get them to mass market before Dec 25th. Of course you can try to obtain one on eBay or Amazon for about 3X retail cost. But anyway...
Tom R VanSlambrouck wrote:I'm pretty confident Kain is correct and Nintendo has artificial shortages to drive up hype for the device. They did the same thing with the Wii and tried to do it with the Wii U but nobody wanted the Wii U.
O.Supreme wrote:Makes sense. But as I have no interest in the NES classic mini, basically what you are saying is wait until after the first of the year for everyone's nostalgia to die down, and prices on the Retron 5 will return to normal?
lhb412 wrote:All I want is to play Super Mario Bros. 3 and The Legend of Zelda!
Guess I'll put off those dreams for after Christmas.
Dr Kain wrote:lhb412 wrote:All I want is to play Super Mario Bros. 3 and The Legend of Zelda!
Guess I'll put off those dreams for after Christmas.
See, I've got Mario 3 on my Mario All-Stars Wii game and I have the virtual console version of Zelda.
A Nintendo representative told video game news website IGN on Thursday that Nintendo will end North American shipments of its NES Classic Edition console. Nintendo of America territories will receive the last shipments this month.
The statement included an apology for the lack of availability of the console at retailers and noted the high demand for the product. The representative explained, "NES Classic Edition wasn't intended to be an ongoing, long-term product. However, due to high demand, we did add extra shipments to our original plans."
The NES Classic controller for the console will also be discontinued. The announcement did not include a statement on the status of the console worldwide.
Nintendo released the NES Classic Edition Console originally in the 1980s. It relaunched the system on November 11 last year in North America and Europe for a retail price of US$59.99. Nintendo had shipped over 1.5 million units of the console worldwide as of the end of January, and the high demand for the product created shortages. The system comes with 30 classic games.
Source: IGN (Jose Otero)
The Shadow wrote:I could see Nintendo releasing a newer reworked version that was expandable in someway. The big thing is obviously more game options which Nintendo could do either by giving the NES Classic a network connection so it can access the Eshop, or perhaps keeping the whole thing off line and selling a series of Switch or 3DS carts with multiple games on them that (here's the kicker) come in cases shaped like NES carts.
I had first considered the carts themselves being shaped like NES cartridges, but there's no need to reinvent the wheel when Nintendo already has two styles of cart in use today. And Nintendo could easily give a revamped NES Classic multiple cart slots so users won't need to swap them out.
Reportedly, the NES Classic Controllers are being discontinued too. If a new version of the NES Classic could be on the way perhaps revamped controllers too. New controllers could either have lengthened cords (their most common complaint) or even be entirely redone with internals based on the Joy-Cons (chiefly making the controllers wireless and compatible with the Switch for playing Virtual Console games on it.
lhb412 wrote:I don't own a single Nintendo console (or a game console of any type), so this thing was pretty much perfect for me: a non-gamer with me serious Nintendo nostalgia from childhood.
Tom R VanSlambrouck wrote:I'd look into getting a Raspberry Pi 3 and turning it into a RetroPie it'll play NES, SNES, Gensis Dreamcast and dozens of other systems including the Wii.
canofhumdingers wrote:EDIT:
Nope,looks like I'd be able to get $100 AT BEST. In storage it stays. But hey, lhb, looks like you'd be able to grab an original working system and the couple games you want for less than the retail price of the classic.
Tom R VanSlambrouck wrote:II'll just do the Raspberry Pi3 Retro Pie for classic gaming.
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