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[GTI Guy]

Oh great my wife is having surgery this morning so I can't go to the Amazon store. THANKS wife!

 

[noonespecial]

Oh great my wife is having surgery this morning so I can't go to the Amazon store. THANKS wife!

Surely she can reschedule her oh so important surgery right?

Spoiler

I hope the surgery goes well. Best of luck to you and your wife.

 

[GTI Guy]

Surely she can reschedule her oh so important surgery right?

Spoiler

I hope the surgery goes well. Best of luck to you and your wife.

Apparently it's 'important' and needs to happen 'as soon as possible' sounds like attention seeking to me and I get hosed.

Spoiler

It's her gall bladder. she'll be ok. Yes she is more important than this toy.

 

[TrojanAg]

Thank you thinkgeek.com, you're my only hope

 

[dave is ok]

Thank you thinkgeek.com, you're my only hope

https://twitter.com/amazongames/status/806936393544912896

Also a very very very very very small chance to win one here.

 

[Voysa Reezun]

I really like Kid Icarus, like a lot, but I suck at it.

 

[Sephzilla]

https://twitter.com/amazongames/status/806936393544912896

Also a very very very very very small chance to win one here.

Amazon Games feels like its taking some big fat Ls today

 

[Impotaku]

Finally my order shipped from the uk nintendo store, will be pleased to get it here & wrapped up for my mum. Was worth the wait to get it for £49.99

 

[DiabloTheGrey]

https://twitter.com/amazongames/status/806936393544912896

Also a very very very very very small chance to win one here.

Still probably better odds than trying to buy one on their site.

 

[Illusive_Juan]

I'll get mine eventually. Order was placed on November 22.

Dear Illuisve_Juan

I’m following up on the status of the order you recently placed for the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition. We are still awaiting the additional inventory which was delayed a bit due to weather and other factors but I wanted to confirm that we will be shipping these items to you to arrive before Christmas.

If you prefer to cancel your order instead of waiting on your gaming system to be delivered, you can take that action by accessing your My Account page. No action is required by you if you still prefer to have your order fulfilled.

Walmart takes great pride in ensuring the satisfaction of our customers and I know we fell short with this issue. Please accept my sincere apologies for disappointing you during the holiday season.

Spoiler

They gave me a 5 percent discount.

 

[jbug617]

Amazon announced that the San Diego store sold out of the NES Classic. The other 2 stores have some in stock.

Edit: Portland store close due to snow. They still have some in stock and will sell it once the store opens again.

 

[Cherubae]

Edit: Portland store close due to snow. They still have some in stock and will sell it once the store opens again.

I was just there about two hours ago because the bus I was riding (snow = no driving) happened to stop at the mall where the Amazon store was located, which is technically in Tigard and not in Portland. I saw the tweet on my way home from work and assumed when Amazon meant "Portland" they were referencing downtown, so I wasn't going to bother pursuing it until I realized the store was at the mall that my bus was stopping at next. So I hopped off the bus to check it out. Because the bad weather kept everyone home today the store had plenty still in stock, but they didn't have any spare controllers; just a large stack of consoles behind the checkout counter, restricted to one purchase per person.

The Amazon stores are card only, so the checkout person showed me how to use my Amazon app to complete the transaction. Good luck to those who are still searching!

 

[Bucket-o-roadkill]

Anyone know of anywhere in the UK where you can pick up another controller? Hardly anywhere seems to do them!

 

[Megalosaro]

Decided to hit target about an hour and a half before store opened. 20 people lined up for 2 consoles.

What a waste of time.

 

[jmizzal]

Decided to hit target about an hour and a half before store opened. 20 people lined up for 2 consoles.

What a waste of time.

i'm not even trying target anymore

Bestbuy havent sold any since Nov. I think they will have more per store on the 20th

 

[everthustodeadbeats]

Really think Nintendo should halt shipments right after Xmas and just relaunch this thing. Do it right. It's still going to sell after Xmas and this way people can get into preorders rather than this desperate searching.

 

[Turbowaffles]

Man, I just want to get one of these for my sister for Christmas. Why the shortages, Nintendo? Why?

 

[Sephzilla]

So, how fast do you expect the Best Buy restock to vanish?

 

[sixteen-bit]

So, how fast do you expect the Best Buy restock to vanish?

In a flash

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Man, I just want to get one of these for my sister for Christmas. Why the shortages, Nintendo? Why?

Because Nintendo is an incompetent out of touch shitty company.

 

[sphinx]

Germany (and EU?) Gaf, you can pre-order the NES mini Classic now for 55 euros on Amazon.de, it will arrive in on January 08 but if you don't mind waiting and don't wanna pay those goddamned scalpers, just go for it.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B01IFJEWTM/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

 

[ElMexiMerican]

Man, I just want to get one of these for my sister for Christmas. Why the shortages, Nintendo? Why?

Same, was hoping to get this as a gift for my sister and her husband and kids. Seriously hoping I get lucky with an Amazon/Best Buy restock.

 

[TheSadRanger]

Honestly I've just about given up on getting a mini :/

I mean it's been almost a month since release and the quantities Nintendo has supplied for restocks is a joke.

 

[Impotaku]

Took ages after originally ordering but the UK Nintendo store came through, mum can enjoy some old Mario this xmas.

 

[sphinx]

Wow, the NES mini I bought yesterday went from shipping on the 8th January to shipping in the next 5 days :O that's pretty nice

in the last 12 hours or so, I've seen the german amazon retailer going up 3 times and disappearing after 15 minutes or so.

Continental EU should keep an eye there

 

[BFIB]

Mine shipped yesterday! Gonna finally play through Adventure of Link.

 

[Volimar]

Just a reminder: you've got about 25 hours to get your chance to buy one from think geek. I don't quite have the money just yet, but wanted to make sure everyone gets a shot who wants a shot.

Good luck.


http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/jonu/?cpg=edm_98352135

 

[Seiru]

I decided to just make the two systems I wanted to give away as gifts. Bought all the Raspberry Pi parts I need. Good luck to the rest of you.

 

[Penguin]

If you want to see some cruelty... Toys R Us currently has it for 45 bucks.... if you can find it....

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=106283536

 

[CrashPrime]

So, how fast do you expect the Best Buy restock to vanish?

It will be gone in minutes with website crashes abound.

Stores will have lines at midnight.

You need more than one company to get significant shipments to stabilize this craze.

 

[perfectchaos007]

If you want to see some cruelty... Toys R Us currently has it for 45 bucks.... if you can find it....

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=106283536

most wtf "bomba" of all time

 

[SoldierOfLight]

most wtf "bomba" of all time

I'm not laughing at people wanting it, I'm laughing at how mean this is. I can imagine TRU doing it intentionally knowing they don't have any.

 

[FTF]

If you want to see some cruelty... Toys R Us currently has it for 45 bucks.... if you can find it....

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=106283536

That's messed up toys r'us

 

[manzoman96]

I'm not laughing at people wanting it, I'm laughing at how mean this is. I can imagine TRU doing it intentionally knowing they don't have any.

It's so cruel I actually kinda don't want it anymore. It was originally gonna be my holiday purchase along with Final Fantasy XV but I was more than happy to replace it with The Last Guardian. I went from hyped getting it day one to eh maybe I'll get it when it starts staying on store shelves. May even wait for it to go on sale at this point.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I'm not laughing at people wanting it, I'm laughing at how mean this is. I can imagine TRU doing it intentionally knowing they don't have any.

Yeah they know they don't have it in stock. They let the public know when they'll put them on shelves ahead of time along with those hatchimals. The "sale" will end the day before they put their limited stock back on shelves

Also, down to 2% in stock at Targets on BrickSeek. It was as high as 8% at one point. It just keeps getting harder to find

http://brickseek.com/target-inventory-checker/?sku=207-29-0180

 

[Swordian]

The NES Classic isn't specifically on sale. All accessories (retro consoles are accessories, apparently) are 25% off. PS VR is $300, for example.

 

[GTI Guy]

Yeah they know they don't have it in stock. They let the public know when they'll put them on shelves ahead of time along with those hatchimals. The "sale" will end the day before they put their limited stock back on shelves

Also, down to 2% in stock at Targets on BrickSeek. It was as high as 8% at one point. It just keeps getting harder to find

http://brickseek.com/target-inventory-checker/?sku=207-29-0180

up to 8%!

 

[Avon Barksdale]

I'm in line at a Targé right now. There's only two other people waiting.

 

[Dagobert Duck]

Sometimes I feel bad that I still got one packed away in my store room...but its the Christmas present for my dad, you wont get it

 

[CrashPrime]

720p is all you need. I have my HD NES set-up at 720p when I could use 1080p. Something to with scaling integers.

I have an RGB NES plus Framemeister. If I was choosing today, I'd get an AVS.

720p will suffer from TV lag when its internal scaler has to scale up to 1080p. Pixel wise, 720p is more than enough resolution to look good, but you are in the same lag territory as emulation options when running at 720p and scaling to 1080p.

HiDef NES is flawed because it lacks the "integer +" scaling options found on the N64 UltraHDMI (1200 vertical pixels with slight overscan).

Unfortunately for 1080p TV's, you really should be waiting for the Nt mini for (ugh) $450 or just deal with the minor input lag on a Raspberry Pi 3 running at 1200p.

That, or you should be on a CRT (much cheaper option really, and most authentic).

 

[StAidan]

720p will suffer from TV lag when its internal scaler has to scale up to 1080p. Pixel wise, 720p is more than enough resolution to look good, but you are in the same lag territory as emulation options when running at 720p and scaling to 1080p.

While there is certainly added lag from upscaling, most TVs are highly optimized for 720p->1080p conversion due to how commonly that upscale operation is needed. Even on the most demanding NES games (Punch-Out!! for example), it's unlikely you'd notice a difference.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I'm in line at a Targé right now. There's only two other people waiting.

Hope u can snag one

 

[ZeroMaverick]

Man, I really need one before Christmas. It's not even showing up on Target's website, is it?

 

[Illusive_Juan]

Just a reminder: you've got about 25 hours to get your chance to buy one from think geek. I don't quite have the money just yet, but wanted to make sure everyone gets a shot who wants a shot.

Good luck.


http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/jonu/?cpg=edm_98352135

I did not know about this. Thank you!

 

[Gamecocks625]

Man, I really need one before Christmas. It's not even showing up on Target's website, is it?

Nope. In stores only. The one I went to today said they only get like one a week.

 

[psilva]

I'm so excited about finally being able to post in this thread. My NES arrives tomorrow. Word up.

 

[canoli2006]

I just need to find a second controller. Official one preferred.

 

[zarnold56]

I just need to find a second controller. Official one preferred.

At Gamestop, the manager I talked to said they made less controllers than consoles according to his Nintendo rep. I just ended up buying a Wii classic controller. Seems plaves getting restocks are just getting the console.

 

[everthustodeadbeats]

Nope. In stores only. The one I went to today said they only get like one a week.

Lol, that's incredibly poor from Nintendo.

 

[HamsterPackage]

At Gamestop, the manager I talked to said they made less controllers than consoles according to his Nintendo rep. I just ended up buying a Wii classic controller. Seems plaves getting restocks are just getting the console.

Exactly what I had to do. It's pretty handy having the home button on the controller also.