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[entremet]

I would kill for an N64 version. Kill.

If only because those controllers don't last long.

Thanks, Mario Party!

 

[ZROCOOL]

Count me in.

 

[pargonta]

What if the controller cord is too short? any way to extend that proprietary cable?

was just worrying about this myself. not the kid sitting cross legged on the floor anymore, hopefully it's a decent length already.

 

[Hobbun]

Did they say if the flap for games can be opened? I wonder if they'll have a connector in there to release new game bundles via little carts that you can put in there. The game list is nice but it's missing so many good ones. The other Mega Man games (with the MM collection, I guess they probably made a deal just for that one game. But we need MM3 at least), Tetris, Contra, Tecmo Super Bowl, Ice Hockey, RC Pro Am, etc.

I'm guessing there are copyright issues but I'm sure Nintendo can work something out.

If you look closely at the picture, the 'flap' is just a facade. It doesn't open.

 

[Lupin the Third]

What if the controller cord is too short? any way to extend that proprietary cable?

I expect that the cables on the included controller will be much longer than the average Classic Controller / Nunchuk cable.

 

[Tempy]

Its that official?

AtGames makes it, but it's officially licensed. There are a lot of MegaDrive/Genesis systems like this. Portable ones too.

 

[Onemic]

I'll wait for the SNES mini. The original NES was before my time.

 

[Fushichou187]

You mean like this?

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.ca/store/product/sega-reg-genesis-classic-game-console/1041692592

I'm still doing double-takes at the fact it's being sold through Bed, Bath & Beyond.

But $50 for 80 built-in roms and the ability to take cartridges is solid.

 

[Linkyn]

Still have some money left on my UK account.

Pre-ordered.

 

[Hobbun]

I'll wait for the SNES mini. The original NES was before my time.

All the more reason to purchase it!

 

[MisterXDTV]

I expect that the cables on the included controller will be much longer than the average Classic Controller / Nunchuk cable.

Doesn't seem that long in this picture:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/810-ybqGWbL._SL1500_.jpg[

 

[BocoDragon]

I'm still doing double-takes at the fact it's being sold through Bed, Bath & Beyond.

But $50 for 80 built-in roms and the ability to take cartridges is solid.

I guess that's what they mean by "beyond"

 

[Z..]

Does it play cartridges? I can't quite understand... (If so, region free?)

If not this is a bit too expensive, considering. And the game selection is very questionable, too.

 

[entremet]

was just worrying about this myself. not the kid sitting cross legged on the floor anymore, hopefully it's a decent length already.

If it's Gamecube controller (Post Smash 4) length, it would be fine.

 

[mntorankusu]

was just worrying about this myself. not the kid sitting cross legged on the floor anymore, hopefully it's a decent length already.

Nunchuk/Classic Controller extension cables exist. They will work here too.

 

[To Far Away Times]

That game selection is on point. If I was going to make a list of the 30 best games on the NES, this would have around 20 of them, and all of these games they listed are pretty well known and awesome.

 

[1upmuffin]

I'll wait for the SNES mini. The original NES was before my time.

It's a great way to try these games, a lot of them still hold up even if you didn't grow up with them.

 

[MissCauthon]

It's missing Blades of Steel

 

[KarmaCow]

So it's solely an emulation box for just those 30 games?

 

[BocoDragon]

Doesn't seem that long in this picture:

Not in this picture either

I think it tells you nothing about the real cord length.

 

[Hobbun]

Doesn't seem that long in this picture:

That’s just for advertising. They aren’t going to show a long cord. They are just trying to portray that the system comes with a controller.

 

[GillianSeed79]

Sounds cool. Will probably pick one up. Going to get into retro game collecting soon. It'd probably too much to ask for this thing to take actual cartridges. I wonder if there would be an easy way to gut this thing and stick a Rasberry Pi in there.

 

[AaronMT86]

Does it play cartridges? I can't quite understand... (If so, region free?)

No. Emulation.

 

[Calamari41]

So it's solely an emulation box for just those 30 games?

Yes.

 

[Crazymoogle]

I'm still doing double-takes at the fact it's being sold through Bed, Bath & Beyond.

But $50 for 80 built-in roms and the ability to take cartridges is solid.

That device (the mini Genesis) has 40 games, not 80. The "bonus 40" are basic homebrews that remind me a lot of the "256 in 1" carts of the era.

It's also not HDMI compatible (RCA video + mono audio out), and the controllers are... "aftermarkety", using AAA batteries. As you might expect from the publisher listed, this is not a Sega produced product, but rather a licensed one.

Hell, here's a youtube.

 

[Teknoman]

I'll wait for the SNES mini. The original NES was before my time.

Missing out man. Tons of great stuff built into that even if you dont get an actual system.

Mega Man 2, Castlevania 1, Super C? C'mon!

 

[KarmaCow]

Yes.

Aww, my NES is dying (can't even get through a game of SMB3 before it starts bugging out) and was hoping this could be an alternative.

 

[eXistor]

Does it play cartridges? I can't quite understand... (If so, region free?)

If not this is a bit too expensive, considering. And the game selection is very questionable, too.

How is it too expensive?

$2,- per game and the list contains quite a few true classics. I don;t see anything questionable about it, I'm actually quite surprised it contains so many third party games. Also you get an HDMI cable (admittedly these are dirt-cheap but they could have just as easily not included one), a NES style controller and AC adapter, not to mention the cool-looking mini NES itself. How is $60 too much? If anything I was expecting the price to be a bit higher.

 

[Lupin the Third]

Not in this picture either

I think it tells you nothing about the real cord length.

Yeah, this. That's a common photography trick.

 

[M3d10n]

Put an NFC chip in there and call it an Amiibo.

The Nintendo Famiicon.

 

[Ansatz]

I'll wait for the SNES mini. The original NES was before my time.

If you play and enjoy retro games like Shovel Knight then this is a no-brainer. Some of the titles included are just as good in terms of playability, especially the likes of SMB 3 and Mega Man 2.

 

[Calamari41]

Aww, my NES is dying (can't even get through a game of SMB3 before it starts bugging out) and was hoping this could be an alternative.

Depending on how successful this is, you might be able to replace a large collection with this and the sequels!

 

[JRBechard]

Would be funny if you could play with wii nunchucks. Don't buy a 2nd controller, loser gets the nunchuck

 

[Teknoman]

Aww, my NES is dying (can't even get through a game of SMB3 before it starts bugging out) and was hoping this could be an alternative.

Have you tried just switching out the 72pin cartridge connector? Thats usually the reason most carts glitch out. Loose connections.

 

[Hobbun]

If not this is a bit too expensive, considering. And the game selection is very questionable, too.

Questionable? Really? Please explain.

The list is littered with classics.

 

[Upinsmoke]

Wow

I want one. How?

 

[LiK]

why does Amazon US always take so long to get the preorder button up?

 

[CosmicQueso]

Does it play cartridges? I can't quite understand... (If so, region free?)

If not this is a bit too expensive, considering. And the game selection is very questionable, too.

I just can not.

 

[a916]

Looks at SNES games prices on eBay... yeah you know what, I'm okay if they don't play cartridges lol.

 

[Pellegri Testament]

This is weird and out of line with their current philosophy. Oh so now it's totally fine to devalue retro games? Okay so let us collect games in Animal Crossing again, throw in classic games as bonus unlockables in new installments again. Just pull thr trigger already, dump every rom at their disposal onto the eShop and offer them for a few bucks or a flat subscription fee.

Devalue retro games? Not sure if you've noticed, but Virtual Console has already been doing that for years. They don't give a fuck about devaluing physical copies of games that they haven't made money off of in over 2 decades. If this lowers the price of said physical copies even more, then good for it.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

This is cool. I mean, Sega beat them to the punch close to a decade ago, but still, this is cool. Hopefully they do a SNES and N64 version.

 

[Nairume]

Its that official?

Officially licensed, but still pretty crappy.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

I'm still doing double-takes at the fact it's being sold through Bed, Bath & Beyond.

But $50 for 80 built-in roms and the ability to take cartridges is solid.

You can even see it at your local BB&B.

BTW don't buy this shit. It only outputs composite, video output looks worse than the original console, sounds way worse than the original console, and it has some compatibility issues due to it being a clone system inside.

 

[Pellegri Testament]

Does it play cartridges? I can't quite understand... (If so, region free?)

If not this is a bit too expensive, considering. And the game selection is very questionable, too.

Questionable? These are some of the most iconic games on the system, there's nothing "questionable" about the selection. "A bit too expensive" compared to what? Pirating? Ofcourse it will be seen as expensive compared to getting them for free. These games are $5 each on Virtual Console, if anything is "too expensive" it's that.

 

[MCN]

It's USB powered, but does not come with a common USB ac adaptor, but as people have pointed out, it can be powered through your television anyhow.

And also, people are basically swimming in USB AC adaptors at this point.

 

[galvatron]

How is it too expensive?

$2,- per game and the list contains quite a few true classics. I don;t see anything questionable about it, I'm actually quite surprised it contains so many third party games. Also you get an HDMI cable (admittedly these are dirt-cheap but they could have just as easily not included one), a NES style controller and AC adapter, not to mention the cool-looking mini NES itself. How is $60 too much? If anything I was expecting the price to be a bit higher.

Quite true. I fully expect someone to gift the thing thinking it's just a cool desk decoration at that price.

Spoiler

I don't decorate my desk.

 

[Calamari41]

And the game selection is very questionable, too.

Ridiculous. The game selection is shockingly high considering the price and Nintendo's historic attitude toward this kind of thing.

 

[Theanine3D]

I'm so confused as to why you think this.

The average consumer does not care at all about classic games. They don't care about going back and learning the history of games. They don't care about spending 2-3 hours in Punch Out when they could be on a Minecraft server with their friends or out catching Pokemon in Pokemon Go. They just don't care. Parents aren't idiots, either. If a kid is asking for an iPad for Minecraft, they're not gonna go out and get this. If a teen is asking for Call of Duty, they're old enough to know the difference between a Playstation 4 and an NES.

There is no 'everyone else' because this doesn't appeal to those people. I don't mean to act like a know-it-all but I live in a neighborhood with dozens of kids and teens and interact with them weekly either directly or through their parents, work twice a week with hundreds of kids, and they never, ever mention any games outside of the usual. This product will sell to the diehards and collectors, but this isn't for 'everyone else' because those people won't want this.

Again, I don't think this is a bad product. I like it. It's cool.

My own experiences have shown differently. I've seen kids in my family take interest in retro games because they see it as something for "older people", and kids always want to feel older than they really are (hence COD's popularity with kids).

My niece was begging for the Sega Genesis knockoff they sell at Toys R Us last year for her birthday. She wanted it over an iPad, or a phone. And she's only 6.

My niece is not a representative of all kids, and of course my experience is purely anecdotal, but I think you're underestimating just how "in" retro is right now even with younger people. Minecraft ironically helped with that by popularizing pixelated graphics - remember when a kid on Miiverse was calling a screenshot of Pilotwings "Minecraft"?

 

[NoFaceNico]

Holy shit! This is huge! I never thought Nintendo would jump on board the clone hardware market. It's about time though! I'm getting this day 1.

 

[Alpende]

I've never played NES games so I may get this. Zelda and the Super Mario Bros. games have me interested the most.