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NES Classic Edition Thread: Now You're Playing With Power* *Sold Separately in Europe
- Thread starter maxcriden
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On Toys R Us? Hard to tell. The listing on the site was even updated to say that this will be sold exclusively at their retailers.
Alright thanks. Man, just bummed this thing has been so hard to find. Really hoping Nintendo gets some good stock in stores before Christmas.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Probably been said before, but selling this at 60 bucks makes Nintendo's policy of selling NES games for the Wii U at 5 bucks each a farce.
150 bucks of games on this thing and that doesn't cover the console or the controller.
150 bucks of games on this thing and that doesn't cover the console or the controller.
I hope this leads to much better pricing with the Switch's virtual console
but im not holding my breath
MrPressStart
Member
On a side note I think it's silly to keep paying for games many of us have owned 10 times over. It would be nice to redo the virtual console to be a all I one go to source for their whole library
Gamecocks625
Member
I've almost lost hope
Turbowaffles
Member
Are they gonna restock this fucking thing or what???
CrashPrime
Member
Tomorrow Toys R Us are getting a big reship but it's too hot of an item so it'll sell out worse than release day due to scalpers. I decided to get a Wii and a CRT. 240p retroarch and 8bitdo controllers.
Bought my brother in law a raspberry pi.
Nintendo lost 2 sales via me.
Bought my brother in law a raspberry pi.
Nintendo lost 2 sales via me.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
So toys r us getting a new shipment tomorrow. Who going???
iburntmytongue
Member
Already went. Already sold out. My TRU only had 11. People were standing in line Sat evening.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
HUH AWWW FUCK....
perfectchaos007
Member
They opened at midnight? Dang I thought they would open at 9am or something
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Probably tickets or somethin
KojiKnight
Member
Damn, hope mine didn't... Everything said 8 am, I don't even get off work till 7.
MrPressStart
Member
Number 9 in line and been standing in a the cold since 12:45.
Inferno313
Banned
Yeah, just tried to get in line at Toys R Us, at 5 AM here, and no luck. They had already given out tickets for the alottment. Tried Walmart on the way home, and they said nothing in their morning shipment.
KojiKnight
Member
Snuck out of work an hour early... Parking lot is full, line around the building....
Wait people were in line that early, I might as well not even try, I thought going at 7 would be fine
Do we know how many each store is getting? Does Breakseek show
Do the people have to stand in line all night or did they get a ticket and went home and came back?
It's def not worth standing in line all night for
Nardonicus
Member
In line now at my tru. about 40 in front of me. Some folks waiting for the hatchimal though. No idea how many they got. Keep me in your thoughts Gaf.
AliasGreed
Member
Went to two toys r us, all NES mini's already claimed. People starting lining up last night, I want one but not that much.
Scofield94941
Member
betcha so many scalpers waited in line. It is bascially a good paying workday/night for them. fuck em
Oh, those wascaly scwalpers!
oo7
Member
Sarcasm? As if thats not 80%-90% true in these cases?
I think I've given up hope on getting one of these before Christmas. GG Nintendo
kitchenmotors
Banned
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Standing in line for 8 hours to buy a 60 dollar console that you can get for about 200 dollars on eBay makes no sense to me. If you have a job where you make around 15 bucks an hour, you could have made up the difference in a single 8 hour shift. And you wouldn't have to stand in the freezing cold.
kitchenmotors
Banned
People that are scalping these are most likely not making $15 an hour.
And people also make a living off of buying and selling shit like this. That's why some scalpers have time to wait outside the store for 8 hours. That's basically their single shift.
holidays... people want to pinch every penny they can. if this were any other time of the year i'd have no issue paying the resell price, personally
SonicMegaDrive
Member
That's true. I wonder how many of these stores are allowing people to walk away with multiple units.
paying 200 is 140 dls above retail price..
140 US FREAKING DOLLARS
I guess if I earned like $1000 a day, there wouldn't be a mental barrier there to climb, I wouldn't give a damn, probably, even then, I'd still have remorse, like someone is stealing from me
absolutely, they know nintendo won't be able to keep up with demand during holidays so whatever nintendo ships, they buy and keep it sold out so they can keep selling x2 or x3 the price online
140 US FREAKING DOLLARS
I guess if I earned like $1000 a day, there wouldn't be a mental barrier there to climb, I wouldn't give a damn, probably, even then, I'd still have remorse, like someone is stealing from me
absolutely, they know nintendo won't be able to keep up with demand during holidays so whatever nintendo ships, they buy and keep it sold out so they can keep selling x2 or x3 the price online
Booker.DeWitt
Member
this is just bullshit
Fourth Storm
Member
I've given up on getting an extra controller for this thing. Honestly, it's so uncomfortable to play without an extension cable, I'm just waiting around until the accessories become more available to really dig in. Damn shame.
Unconditional
Member
Steep price to pay my man.
Said the same thing at launch.
I'll get it eventually and I'll enjoy it for a few weeks and it will collect dust. Can't imagine paying anything more than retail price for it. Folks paying $200+ for this thing are just plain insane.
kitchenmotors
Banned
I'm trying to call my local Toys R Us this morning and they're not even answering the phone
Because they're already gone.
The restock was advertised nation wide by Toys R Us earlier this week. Your Toys R Us had people lined up early this morning, most likely.
man, why that price?
here in Germany is going for about 120-150 euros on ebay auctions.
anyway, I hope your son likes it. if he does that will make you feel better about paying that price.
Your child discovering a Zelda temple for the first time = Priceless.
That's the way I'm looking at it. It's his first console (he's 5), so I think he's going to love it. Have no worries that he'll play the hell out of it.
Does Kirby show some very noticeable slowdons for others as well (FPS slowdowns in some situations). Was this in the original game or bad emulation?
Also, does Super Mario Bros 1 control that awkward? Not talking about input lag (which there definitly is some as I'm playing on an older CRT. But SMB3 controlls controls feel so much tighter and more precise, especially when speinting). I never played the original NES games so I can only compare between 1 and 3 on the NES mini.
Thanks for clarification.
Lol@cable length. What were they thinking. Sitting on my Couch, the NES is at my feet. Except, it's not standing on the ground but needs to be on an 20cm high box, otherwise there isn't enough cable. Ridiculous.
Also, does Super Mario Bros 1 control that awkward? Not talking about input lag (which there definitly is some as I'm playing on an older CRT. But SMB3 controlls controls feel so much tighter and more precise, especially when speinting). I never played the original NES games so I can only compare between 1 and 3 on the NES mini.
Thanks for clarification.
Lol@cable length. What were they thinking. Sitting on my Couch, the NES is at my feet. Except, it's not standing on the ground but needs to be on an 20cm high box, otherwise there isn't enough cable. Ridiculous.
Thanks, Nintendo.
I would have at least waited until Tues to see if could have grabbed one off of Urban Outfitters
I really, really wanted one of these things but Nintendo's inability to get these in the hands of people who want one makes me not want one anymore.
I've pretty much written it off and decided that after the holidays I'm just going to get a retroUSB AVS and a cart of Super C instead. I already have carts of some the games I wanted to play with this thing anyways.
I've pretty much written it off and decided that after the holidays I'm just going to get a retroUSB AVS and a cart of Super C instead. I already have carts of some the games I wanted to play with this thing anyways.
Glad you don't have to worry about getting one anymore, but I'm sorry you had to overpay so much for the damn thing.
Called TRU today- "Thank you for calling ToysRUs. We do not have anymore NES classics or Hatchimals, this is Cindy- how can I help you?"
Really was thinking of introducing my 5 year old to Nintendo and getting back to the Nintendo brand... but holy crap.
-but not if he's into it next year and they pull this garbage again and its PRESSURE to deliver the holiday goods.
Really was thinking of introducing my 5 year old to Nintendo and getting back to the Nintendo brand... but holy crap.
-but not if he's into it next year and they pull this garbage again and its PRESSURE to deliver the holiday goods.