If you don't already know, Nintendo is relaunching the NES. According to rumors sources, the console comes bundled with 30 games BUT there's no way to add other games (legacy cartridges or Virtual Console games). The games: Balloon Fight Bubble Bobble Castlevania Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. Double Dragon II: The Revenge Dr. Mario Excitebike Final Fantasy Galaga Ghosts'N Goblins Gradius Ice Climber Kid Icarus Kirby's Adventure Mario Bros. Mega Man 2 Metroid Ninja Gaiden Pac-Man Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream StarTropics Super C Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Tecmo Bowl The Legend of Zelda Zelda II: The Adventure of Link I'm divided. I don't own a console or play games often, but I love these classic titles, casual gameplay, childhood nostalgia, etc. Half of me wants to cough up the (reasonable) 60 bones, the other half is too annoyed given the fact that I'll never be able to Tetris or Battletoads. Anybody here getting one?
I'll wait for it to get hacked so you can play roms on it. I know you can just load up an emulator but it's just not the same. Nostalgia will probably wear off after a couple of hours anyway.
10 years ago, someone gave me a device that looked like an old Atari joystick, but which was actually an embedded Commodore 64 with a bunch of games on it. It was cool, but I only played with it for a day or so.
That would be a sophisticated hack as the console doesn't feature internal or external storage. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, but it would require physical hardware. Surely the ROMs aren't firmware... I know if I buy the system at release the nostalgia will be gone before Xmas.
I can confirm this based on my dust collecting Atari 2600 version of this same device. Yea, more games than I ever owned on the original Atari, but after a few hours of infatuation based play, I never cared to get it out again.
I saw something on this a day or two ago. I don't know if I'd be willing to pay $60 for it, considering I already have emulators for the NES, SNES, N64.... and so on. And still have my original, and it still works. So I really don't need it either, and I do have about half the games this one has.
I plan on it. Aside from the fact that it will be made to handle modern TVs, and the games on the system modified to do the same, it has lots of games I loved for my Nintendo. I own an Xbox One, but sometimes I really want to play a classic Nintendo game. Well, here it is, for $60, comes with the right controller, and everything. The only downside is the previously noted issue of the non-expandable games list. I can think of a dozen NES games I'd love to have right now on it: Air Fortress, POW, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, Mission Impossible, Infiltrator, Tetris, Top Gun, Battletoads, Kirby's Adventure, Skate or Die, Bucky O' Hare, and Stealth ATF. Now THAT I would pay $60 for right now.
My guess, they took a Raspberry Pi and loaded NESticle on it, plus some custom hardware for the controller ports. I bet there'll be a µSD card inside once it gets cracked open.
^That's essentially what it will be. However, I'm guessing they use a custom ITX form factor that doesn't support serial expansion.
Not being able to add more games completely removes any desire I'd have to purchase this. Nintendo needs to realize that they need to compete with what the emulator scene already offers. Otherwise there's really no incentive for someone to purchase this other than fanboyism.
That, or people like me, who know about the scene, but would rather just pay $60 for something that works out of the box instead of spending a bit of time figuring it out.
I have over 200 NES games already downloaded on my PC so I won't be getting this. However, for the vast majority of people out there that don't mess with illegal ROMS, this is actually a pretty cool idea. However, it is very disappointing that the console won't play actual NES cartridges. There is a big collector's market out there and plenty of people still have a lot of the original carts. And third party retro consoles makers have already beat them to the punch. The Retron 5 plays NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, SEGA Master System, and SEGA Genesis games. http://hyperkin.com/Retron5/ And the SEGA Genesis Classic Console has 40 built in Genesis games and also plays Genesis carts. http://www.atgames.us/Sega-Genesis-Classic-Console-FB8200R-80.htm Still, at least Nintendo is finally starting to realize there is a market for this sort of thing and it is basically easy money for them. Maybe a Super Nintendo one will be next? The 30 included games are nice but considering the NES had over 700 licensed games released for it in the US, this definitely could have been a lot better. Yes, most of those games are crap. But it is bizarre how many classic games are missing. I understand that it would probably take a lot of work to release some of the third party games (due to licensing and copyright issues) but it seems like they already got Konami, Capcom, Taito, Namco, Tecmo, and Square Enix to release some of their games for this system so why not more of the classics? Notable missing titles: 1943 A Boy And His Blob Abadox Adventure Island 1-3 Adventures Of Lolo 1-3 Batman Battle Of Olympus Battletoads Bionic Commando Blades Of Steel Blaster Master Bomberman Castlevania III Clash At Demonhead Cobra Triangle Conquest Of The Crystal Palace Contra Crystalis Double Dragon Double Dribble Dragon Warrior I-IV DuckTales Faxanadu Gauntlet Gun Smoke Jackal Journey To Silius Joust Kiwi Kraze Legacy Of The Wizard Legendary Wings Lifeforce Little Nemo Dream Master Lode Runner Mega Man Mega Man 3 Metal Gear Metal Storm Ninja Gaiden II Ninja Gaiden III Q-Bert Rescue Rangers River City Ransom Rygar Snake Rattle'n Roll StarTropics 2 Super Tecmo Bowl TMNT 1-3 Tetris The Guardian Legend Vice Project Doom Willow Wizards And Warriors Wizards And Warriors 2
So has anyone been able to find this at the store? It seems to be sold out everywhere, even online retailers are out of stock.
I've heard they're impossible to find. I wonder if that's something Nintendo is doing intentionally, trying to replicate the casual buzz that the Wii had.
I can't find them anywhere. I have wanted one since I first heard about it, but they didn't do pre-orders. Nintendo had to know a lot of people, especially people like me in their 30s, who would love that nostalgia box.
Manufactured scarcity is what I'm thinking. The Wii was a hit partially because it was a new type of control scheme mixed with the success of Wii sports, but also it was really hard to find for a long time.
Walmart is having issues. https://www.google.com/amp/bgr.com/2016/11/24/nes-classic-edition-walmart-stock/amp/
They probably released in in limited fashion on purpose initially, with the hopes that it would fly off the shelves and create some buzz, with new shipments expected to arrive early December. I showed up to Wal Mart at like 1045am day of release and they were sold right out. Floor person told me people had been lining up that morning to get in.
I wonder if my friend Sarah will get this. Pretty sure she has every Nintendo ever made. I hope she does - I wanna play Dr. Mario!!!
