This sounds like a pretty good deal actually. There's quite a few good games on the list.
Patience is a virtue. I never claimed to be virtuous.
Not quoting people, but it's called bit rot, so yeah, no matter how well you took care of your systems, they'll degrade over time, and the NES is reaching that age.
Yeah, but 30 games would be far too little for the SNES.
Yeah, but think about how much of that is what we call nowadays shovelware. A TON of NES games were pure garbage.
lol, bit rot has exactly jack shit to do with closed hardware.
Properly maintained and refurbished when needed closed systems can literally live forever.
Hell, the only closed console I know of that can literally be destroyed beyond repair even if properly taken care of is the original Xbox which has those ticking time bomb clock batteries, if you don't remove it eventually battery acid will literally destroy the motherboard.
-Been repairing and flipping retro systems for over 10 years as a side hobby.
Great lineup of games and good price. It'd be cool later on if they could sell some sort of add-on packs with more games.
Bandwagon sports fans can eat a bag of http://www.ddir.com/ .
My raspberry pi3 has every NES, SNES, Sega, GBA, N64, Atari 2600, Neo Geo, and TurboGrafX game. All for an easy $60 ( pi, case, micro sd card, controller).
This is awesome and ima buy one
though i gladly pay, idk, 75 bucks for one where i would select the 30 games.
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Does it come with the letter for StarTropics? It isn't quite the same without it.
The thing that mainly intrigues me about this is the fact that its an honest to goodness OFFICIAL Nintendo branded plug'n'play system. I wonder if it will be as popular in sales as it would have been back a few years ago when the big boom for those built-in-consoles was everywhere.
While the games in it are a nice slice of some of the best/well-known titles (I especially like they got 3rd parties in on this), the collection I have always been waiting for for the NES is something akin to Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection or DataEast Arcade Classics, SNK's collections, etc. What I want is a complete collection of all of Nintendo's first party games for the NES and SNES(minus licensed games) in a complete collection(s), mainly one that would also include the Japan-only titles (Japanese or translated) such as their Disk-System only releases.
It would be nice if it does have an expansion slot on it somewhere like the NeoGeo X system does for extra games. Could also drive on the nostalgia of "cartridges" and make a decent buck on them as well if this system does well. (actually just looked at Nintendo's Q/A on it and looks like there is no real way to expand what games it can play, real shame) Would have been cool if they had added an actual original cartridge slot on it like some of Sega's official plug-n-play systems have, could also take some profit from the after-market NES console scene that way.
I do question a few of the choices, like including Final Fantasy, but none of the Dragon Warrior games despite them being arguably more important to the system then FF was. Also its a real shame that they didn't put Super Mario Bros. 2/Lost Levels on here and too bad they couldn't have gotten the rights for some of Rare's games. Also no Tetris.
I do really like that they included StarTropics on it however, that series has been all but forgotten by Nintendo, hell even the Smash Bros games make no reference to them outside of the games titles in the Masterpiece section of Brawl. Would have liked a couple more lesser known titles thrown in as well like Wrecking Crew, Clu-Clu Land and Wario's Woods.
ALSO, HUGE missed opportunity to not include the now official English translation of Mother/EarthBound Beginnings into some kind of official physical form. I would have payed their asking price for the system just for that.
(im hoping I can use the new controllers on the Wii U to play non-VC games like Shovel Knight and Shantae and anything else that doesn't require the touch-pad)
Bit Rot effects games that were put on magnetic media, like cassette drive games or floppies.Not quoting people, but it's called bit rot, so yeah, no matter how well you took care of your systems, they'll degrade over time, and the NES is reaching that age.
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Yeah that's what I figured, I was more so trying to remember if the games I want to play on it supported the pro controller or not. Any idea if Tropical Freeze or New Super Mario Bros. Wii U supported it?
(also I guess that means I can use it for regular Wii games also then, I think at this point I am honestly more excited for just the official controller)
there is a VAST difference between playing original consoles like the NEW on somthing like a plasma or flatscreen lcd vs on a crt. I no longer have any CRT and while my original consoles still perfectly work id gladly play the games [ i own almost everyone on the list] on this 60$ nes mini on a lcd since they will have been optimized for the screen.
I'll buy a couple of the controllers for funsies but not the system itself as I already own most of those on my Wii VC.
Pretty sweet buy for first timers or non-Wii owners though!
Tikki tikki tembo, Usagi no Yojimbo, chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo!
Needs more Contra.
Though Metroid alone is worth the price of the console.
That's pretty awesome; I'll definitely drop $60 on it.
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This. I tried hooking up my N64 to my 32" HDTV not too long ago and when I popped in Goldeneye I honestly couldn't see shit, it was so pixelated. Hopefully if this takes off they'll do it for other consoles as well.
Dragon Warrior 1-4 are my favorite games for the NES and are a must if I ever buy something like this.
Other games I'd like to see:
Crystalis
Earthbound
Faxanadu
Hydlide
Adventure Island
Duck Tales
Solomon's Key
Paperboy
Strider
TMNT 1-3
Adventures of Lolo 1-3
Lode Runner
Micro Machines
Fester's Quest
Blaster Master
There are so many great games for the NES. To only include those 30 seems like a wasted opportunity.
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