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Nekelen Tinsley
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They really gonna cash in on that oldschool nostalgia arent they.Sees: Galaga,Donkey Kong,Kirby's Adventure,The Legend of Zelda,Mario Bros,Mega Man 2,Metroid,Pac-Man
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream,Super Mario Bros,Super Mario Bros. 2,Super Mario Bros. 3,Tecmo Bowl & Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.............TAKE MY MONEY!!!!! |
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JDude042
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I knew about this a week ago from hearing about it on Pat the NES Punk's CUPodcast on YouTube, and I've already decided I'm surprising my dad with this as an early Christmas gift in November. He doesn't play any video games these days, but back in the late 80s/early 90s, when I was 4-5 years old I remember him owning the original NES and had/enjoyed Super Mario Bros. 1-3, and Mike Tyson's Punch Out. He loved it and would play it even into the middle of the night, even on work nights. I'm gonna totally surprise him with this and he's gonna be shocked I imagine. Something nice for him to have in his living room on his 65' HDTV, and it will be a great way for me and him to do some father/son bonding, same goes for my nephew who will be turning 4 years old around the same time. For someone like me who has a NES emulator on my laptop with any game I want to play with a PS4 controller hooked up, I can pass on this, but for someone like my dad who hasn't done any gaming in almost 20 years, this is perfect for him. Unless by some weird twist or mishap, I'm sure he'll love getting this.
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Silicon Skies
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It's essentially just an over priced plug-and-play but people are going to eat this up.
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Fabe
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I'm interested but what I want to know is if new games can be added.
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Nekelen Tinsley
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59.99 plus tax for 30 old school games + system, how is that overpriced? seems reasonable and its the same price for your average ps4,xbox one, and pc games nowadays. Last edited by Nekelen Tinsley on Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:45 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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epicwizard
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Interesting. However, I think I'm going to skip this system and wait for the upcoming NX instead. If the NX doesn't interest me for whatever reason, I'll skip that and buy the miniature NES.
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Mr. Oshawott
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Now the new generation of gamers get to try out Super Mario Kart and F-Zero!
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Silicon Skies
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Things like this have existed for years for much cheaper before Nintendo decided to shut them down. I remember you could get a Senario 101-in-1 for $10 at Walmart with 101 original Nintendo games on it. The "flashback" series of plug-and-plays are also available right now with one that has 100+ games for the atari and one with 80+ games for the genesis both of which are cheaper than this. All you're buying is a plastic box with a controller and an emulator. |
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JDude042
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I think you've got the NES and the Super NES mixed up here, although if this is a success, I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo releases a minature Super Nintendo in the same fashion with a handful of pre-installed games from their top lineup. |
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Nyren
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Vanadise
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Yes, but the catch with things like that is that they're blatantly illegal, and the reason that one disappeared was because of a copyright claim from Nintendo. If you intend to go sailing the seven seas, there are plenty of cheap-or-free options for playing old games, but if you want to do it legally and support the creators, this is pretty much the most cost effective way to do it. |
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Animegomaniac
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It's not a console but it also doesn't seem to be a plug and play device- just like the classic NES, you can hurl these controllers in frustration without harming the core unit! And replace them if they break...
Without the ability to increase the game library- Really, how many games would fit on a TB flash drive? How about a GB?- this comes off nothing more than a cheap gimmick and that's cheap only compared to buying these games as DL. It's cute and nostalgic but that's all it has going for it. Something like this is the kind of thing I've wanted Nintendo to do for years but as a single affordable game disk. I couldn't have been the only person playing Animal Crossing just for the NES games. |
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Pokenatic
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When are pre-orders starting though? I've been going to Amazon to check every time I get reminded about this.
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Silicon Skies
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Moral hangups aside, my point that it is overpriced still stands. It just isn't as great of a deal as people are making it out to be. There is literally no reason for them to be limiting the games to 30 when they would still be making a huge profit at this price point either way. Yet somehow they have convinced the market that not only is it acceptable, it's also a "good deal" all because they put it in a cheap plastic shell that resembles a NES. Someone mentioned a disk collection above and I'm also confused as to why they don't just do this. The Ultimate Genesis collection for example had 49 games for the genesis in HD and retailed for 19.99$. That makes this thing look pathetic in comparison, especially considering the genesis games were much more advanced than NES 8-bit games are. They seem to just love artificially inflating the value of their old games. |
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Lord Geo
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Your argument falls apart when you only take the Genesis Collection's price drop into consideration. That collection originally came out with an MSRP of either $50 or $60, & only later became $20 (especially since it became a Greatest Hits & Platinum Hits title), which puts it not too far off from the value of Nintendo's NES Mini (~$1.25/game instead of $2/game). |
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