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Nintendo Classic Mini - NES Coming on November 11th (30 NES games)
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Well for those of you in canada...
The bestbuy community manager said on the forums there that it will be up for preorder on their site "around midnight".
http://plug-in.bestbuy.ca/t5/Video-...-be-available-to-pre-order/td-p/160842/page/7
Not sure if that applies to the US bestbuys
The bestbuy community manager said on the forums there that it will be up for preorder on their site "around midnight".
http://plug-in.bestbuy.ca/t5/Video-...-be-available-to-pre-order/td-p/160842/page/7
Not sure if that applies to the US bestbuys
TLZ
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I don't usually swear but seriously F*** right off you two. People here genuinely want this machine to play and Nintendo priced at low for a reason. Piss off with that mentality and let us be.
Eheh
-shadow-
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Mine was shipped earlier today, really happy because I had expected a delay after they send an email that they might not receive enough.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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US best buy have tickets, out store only had 6
https://twitter.com/mihaelmello_k/status/796858039605272576
Cornbread78
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It's been primarily resellers trying to make some quick money. Kinda BS if you ask me.
TetraxShards
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Does your monitor have sound? I'd love to hook mine up to one of my PC monitors but neither of mine have in-built sound.
Getting mine from GS tomorrow, preordered the day after it was announced. The manager there is a friendly, helpful guy and he is completely exasperated by the whole thing. He had a few choice words for Nintendo, said that it's basically them and only them this happens to these days. There is a loooooong list of names at my store (south east of Ireland) in case of a cancellation since all the stock has been sold for months.
Couldn't get a second controller because there was no listing for them when I booked the console, and now those are all sold as well. Have to wait for Monday for possible cancellations.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
insane i heard that bart smith and intertoys where getting like 4 consoles a store,
heck even mediamarkt got 16 !!!
this console is rare
hope they are good.
our local Media Markt does have them yet, but says they will go on sale tomorrow. you couldn't pre order them.
NOLA_Gaffer
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Well, looks like I'm moving my purchases from tomorrow to around Christmas. Hopefully neither of my recipients pick one up before I get a chance to get them one.
friskykillface
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NeoGold123
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I'm with you guys. I understand the appeal of reselling, making a bit of money, who doesn't like a little extra cash? I do wish that there was enough supply to meet the demand, but when people know stock is going to be low and insist on buying 4 or 5 just to resell at twice the price or more really annoys me. As TLZ said, some people are looking to buy this to enjoy the product not make a quick buck, it really sucks that they have to miss out on something they would genuinely enjoy because another person saw an opportunity to fatten their wallet.
bronk
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Hahaha so true
TLZ
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A great Christmas gift ruined by these sharks. I do blame Nintendo as well.
On another note, GAME shipped mine! Counting down the days now.
Voysa Reezun
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I don't get why Nintendo does this. Why do they artificially hold down the amount of their product that people want? It's confusing.
I'm going to hit the Gamestop down the block from me at opening tomorrow. If one isn't there, then I'll get it when I get it instead of trying too hard to find one. Nintendo is incredibly frustrating, though.
I'm going to hit the Gamestop down the block from me at opening tomorrow. If one isn't there, then I'll get it when I get it instead of trying too hard to find one. Nintendo is incredibly frustrating, though.
rubbishmonkey
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Mine was delivered earlier today (Amazon, UK) to my parents place as I was at work.. gotta wait until sunday until I can pick it up though..
Fuck Nintendo.
Amazon emailed me saying my order was delayed and it's now processing but will have a 'new delivery date' yet the site still says 'arriving today'.
Seriously? I had this thing preordered in July! I was certainly way ahead of most people, I'm very very disappointed. :/
Amazon emailed me saying my order was delayed and it's now processing but will have a 'new delivery date' yet the site still says 'arriving today'.
Seriously? I had this thing preordered in July! I was certainly way ahead of most people, I'm very very disappointed. :/
Jerm411
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That's my strategy lol....
I seriously still cannot comprehend this thing will cost $2000 pesos here in Mexico. That's exactly $97 US dollars.100 dollars, people! I will check Amazon Mexico at midnight when they said this will go on sale, hoping they will sell it at a decent price, if they not, I will definitely pass on this thing.
-shadow-
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They never expected the positive reaction, it seems they were completely caught off guard. Which is hilarious when you think about it. The NES Mini they had no expectations for, yet the WiiU would sell tens of millions of units...
Really pissed off to be honest. You'd think those who preordered it early would actually get it. Talk about being shafted.
If I wake up and it's not dispatched, I'm just cancelling it entirely.
Because they know it sells systems. If they release limited amounts, then people will go crazy trying to get it and there wont' be leftover stock on store shelves.
MisterHero
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Yup, even if I get one. I might have to be refrained from making a thread about how Nintendo doesn't want their fans' money; depends on how I'm feeling.
The scalper bullshit has to end.
Frankfurter
Member
My amazon (GER) preorder was shipped, should arrive in a couple oft hours.
Mine too! High five!
Nintendo had months to gauge interest via preorders, social media, etc. I'm sure they have additional production runs planned based on that, but pretty sure it's also an actual strategy to not tell the public about that in order to create a certain demand mindset. People won't rush out to buy it if they know there's plenty of stock.
I'm sure they have more than a few dozen being the largest online retailer but I fully expect it to be a shit show. Many of the Amiibo drops they treated this way were gone with in seconds. For some the page loaded for a lot it didn't.
Huh? There has been hardly any pre-orders they literally have no way to gauge in the US at least.
KojiKnight
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100% bullshit... They never got caught off guard for this. They announced this thing BEFORE they started manufacturing and they definitely knew the buzz surrounding it. They had the pre-order numbers from Europe and what few US retailers did a pre-order... This is planned scarcity.
The US isn't the only country in the world.
KojiKnight
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Nintendo is after those headlines... "The hottest toy this season sold out everywhere." ala the early 90's.
Vincent Alexander
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Holy cow. Just called my local Walmart. They don't have. Tried one a bit farther. They have 6. Said they're starting a line at 7:00 AM tomorrow morning at Layaway. First come, first serve.
Vincent Alexander
Member
There's an adapter for it?
Voysa Reezun
Banned
They did this with Amiibo, too, and I'm stunned that they would not know that people have been waiting decades to get officially licensed character figurines. And yet they sent about a billion WiiUs out there, as you said. Who judges these things?
I would like to think that they have a bit more faith in the power of their brand, especially when it relates to nostalgia.
AC adapter is sold separately, but it has USB power cable so you can use phone chargers.
Where in Asia are you? Also, which region did your country receive? US or Europe?
Right, read the end of the sentence, there also have not been pre-orders in every country.
Enough to judge demand. I don't buy the "surprised by demand" argument.
I'm currently in the Philippines. Supplies here are usually US versions and Japanese imports. The store here sells both NES and Famicom mini.
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