NES classic

[dallaspattern]

Did anyone score one today? I totally shit the bed and didn't think people were actually going to be lining up for the thing. Boy was I wrong!

[Bloufo]

Apparently sold out everywhere.

Did manage to get one, though.


Opened it and set it up. They're taking the mickey with that controller cord length.

I guess the "plus" to that is that people can use it with their Wiimotes for the Virtual Console, without the cords being abnormally long compared with other Wii controllers and accessories.

But still, it's weird when you just want to use it for its intended purpose - i.e. with the NES Classic Mini.

[jperryss]

I tried to get one for a friend on Amazon when they went on sale at 5PM but had no luck. The listing page kept erroring out and when I did get there, I couldn't add it to my cart. The Amazon listing was flooded with 1-star reviews shortly afterward.

[TR0N]

I wouldn't mind having a nes classic just for novelty sake.Still with such a limited release i don't know if i could find one.I've heard all ready about sellers buying them up to flip

[esteban]

I tried to get one for a friend on Amazon when they went on sale at 5PM but had no luck. The listing page kept erroring out and when I did get there, I couldn't add it to my cart. The Amazon listing was flooded with 1-star reviews shortly afterward.

I wasn't going to try to get one, but My friend texted me that he waited in line early at Best Buy and failed to get one.

I felt bad and wanted to help him, so I ended up asking at Target (it was 11:00 am and wayyyyyyyyyy too late, but I thought *maybe* I would get lucky?)...

So I tried ordering via Amazon:

10 minutes of:
Add item to shopping cart --> (next screen) YOUR SHOPPING CART IS EMPTY --> refresh --> GOTO start

X 40 or 60 or ____ times....

I was working a phone and laptop simultaneously but to no avail...

I wouldn't mind having a nes classic just for novelty sake.Still with such a limited release i don't know if i could find one.I've heard all ready about sellers buying them up to flip

I may actually get this item, now that my friend corrupted me.

I told him that I don't need it, since I have NES... but the novelty of this item has aroused my curiosity.

But, seriously, I don't know if I am going to bother until it is easy to acquire.

[Gypsy]

Twas a bloodbath. I didn't even bother trying because I don't want one, but I heard plenty about it from a couple friends. Typical idiot cycle of people overpaying for it now... Despite the fact that Nintendo is going to make more.

[Bloufo]

Over in this neck of the woods we were told by the major online shops that "more stock looks to be available from early December again. Once we get a confirmed number we will put the console back on pre-order again for the second drop".

So yeah it makes little sense to overspend now (for those that still want to buy it) when you can wait a few weeks and get it at the normal price.

[sirhcman]

Over in this neck of the woods we were told by the major online shops that "more stock looks to be available from early December again. Once we get a confirmed number we will put the console back on pre-order again for the second drop".

So yeah it makes little sense to overspend now (for those that still want to buy it) when you can wait a few weeks and get it at the normal price.

If you think they will magically meet demand by early December then I think you will be sorely mistaken. They might have a few more units available but they will not meet the consumer demand. This is the wii launch all over again.

[Killjoyy027]

Get a Retro USB AVS and an NES everdrive and then play everything Nintendo ever made Instead of just 30 games. Avoid the hunt and the evil price gougers on eBay. I love mine and now I have no desire to own this thing anymore

[Bloufo]

Over in this neck of the woods we were told by the major online shops that "more stock looks to be available from early December again. Once we get a confirmed number we will put the console back on pre-order again for the second drop".

So yeah it makes little sense to overspend now (for those that still want to buy it) when you can wait a few weeks and get it at the normal price.

If you think they will magically meet demand by early December then I think you will be sorely mistaken. They might have a few more units available but they will not meet the consumer demand. This is the wii launch all over again.

You're right. You caught me somehow extrapolating our possible situation here (South Africa) with your gaming market.      We're just a drop in the ocean.

So what's your take on this. Shrewd marketing or flawed supply chain?

[TheClash603]

Got a preorder in for NES Classic the night it went on sale at 2 AM on the Best Buy website.  This morning there is no proof the order was ever made. Card wasn't charged and not in my order history...

I have ordered from Best Buy 100 times and I know I did everything correctly, so this has me pretty upset.  I didn't even bother complaining, because there is no proof anywhere the order happened.

[sirhcman]

Over in this neck of the woods we were told by the major online shops that "more stock looks to be available from early December again. Once we get a confirmed number we will put the console back on pre-order again for the second drop".

So yeah it makes little sense to overspend now (for those that still want to buy it) when you can wait a few weeks and get it at the normal price.

If you think they will magically meet demand by early December then I think you will be sorely mistaken. They might have a few more units available but they will not meet the consumer demand. This is the wii launch all over again.

You're right. You caught me somehow extrapolating our possible situation here (South Africa) with your gaming market.      We're just a drop in the ocean.

So what's your take on this. Shrewd marketing or flawed supply chain?

Cheap marketing ploy. Nintendo always seems to try and create hype by controlling the supply at release. They had months to gauge market interest and knew it would be a hot seller for the holiday season yet they chose this path. There is no reason that most retail stores state side should have had a near adequate supply at launch. Most brick and mortar stores only had 5 - 7 systems each which is ridiculous. Its not like we are talking about a major $300, $400, $500 gaming  console here, it's a cheap plug and play device!

Bottom line: If Nintendo doesn't already have supply in hand (and that's not to say they won't just trickle more out) and more in production I think most people who actually want one for Christmas are 1. fucked or 2. going to be fucked by paying scalper prices.

[sirhcman]

I should also mention now that re-sellers have targeted this item for the holidays you will have these opportunistic douchebags sitting at every store waiting for the next batch to come in. This will help keep the end consumer from getting their hands on these at the $60 price point. Way to go Nintendo!

[SuperDeadite]

I live in Japan, so I have the Famicom Mini.  Also sold out, but I preordered mine at the local mall, and just walked in and picked it up.

Sadly the Fami mini has no wii controller ports, so all you can use are the hardwired controllers, and they are seriously tiny, the exact length of my index finger.

But I bought this mostly as a family device, my real deals are getting too expensive to replace, and the kids are too young to care.  This small, easy to use, and cheap plastic box is just about perfect for them.  Also it includes a USB cable and HDMI cable, so for $50 I really cant complain.  Just weird that us in Japan dont even get an option of different controllers.

[TheClash603]

I live in Japan, so I have the Famicom Mini.  Also sold out, but I preordered mine at the local mall, and just walked in and picked it up.

Sadly the Fami mini has no wii controller ports, so all you can use are the hardwired controllers, and they are seriously tiny, the exact length of my index finger.

But I bought this mostly as a family device, my real deals are getting too expensive to replace, and the kids are too young to care.  This small, easy to use, and cheap plastic box is just about perfect for them.  Also it includes a USB cable and HDMI cable, so for $50 I really cant complain.  Just weird that us in Japan dont even get an option of different controllers.

For some reason Nintendo had a no preorder policy in the U.S.  Likely because having lines of people waiting for a Nintendo product is good press.  Maybe even they want the name Nintendo on everyone's mind for when the Switch comes out.  People wondered why Nintend didn't advertise much for the Switch since it is basically just around the corner, this very well may be part of their subliminal Switch campaign.

[DeshDildo]

Apparently sold out everywhere.

Did manage to get one, though.


Opened it and set it up. They're taking the mickey with that controller cord length.

I guess the "plus" to that is that people can use it with their Wiimotes for the Virtual Console, without the cords being abnormally long compared with other Wii controllers and accessories.

But still, it's weird when you just want to use it for its intended purpose - i.e. with the NES Classic Mini.

Don't worry, they have a a controller extension for $9.99 a la NEC style.

I kind of want one for my kids since they're a little rough on stuff and it breaks my heart to see old hardware abused.  I definitely do want a controller for emulation on the Wii though and I don't care if my kids destroy a Wii since they're a dime a dozen.

[csgx1]

I tried to get one yesterday at various online retailers: Amazon, Gamestop & Target.  Couldn't add to the cart or check out and their sites were slow or crashing.  I definitely wasn't going to physically go to a store or wait in line for this since I'm not in a hurry to get one. 

I've read that some people that went into certain stores yesterday morning were able to buy multiple systems where they didn't even enforce a buying limit.  The flipping and scalping is going to make it hard to get one this holiday season even if stores get more in stock.   Wait a few month after the hype dies and I'm sure these will be easy to get.

[Gypsy]

Get a Retro USB AVS and an NES everdrive and then play everything Nintendo ever made Instead of just 30 games. Avoid the hunt and the evil price gougers on eBay. I love mine and now I have no desire to own this thing anymore

Yep. Ridiculous to pay so much for the mini.

Over in this neck of the woods we were told by the major online shops that "more stock looks to be available from early December again. Once we get a confirmed number we will put the console back on pre-order again for the second drop".

So yeah it makes little sense to overspend now (for those that still want to buy it) when you can wait a few weeks and get it at the normal price.

If you think they will magically meet demand by early December then I think you will be sorely mistaken. They might have a few more units available but they will not meet the consumer demand. This is the wii launch all over again.

You're right. You caught me somehow extrapolating our possible situation here (South Africa) with your gaming market.      We're just a drop in the ocean.

So what's your take on this. Shrewd marketing or flawed supply chain?

Cheap marketing ploy. Nintendo always seems to try and create hype by controlling the supply at release. They had months to gauge market interest and knew it would be a hot seller for the holiday season yet they chose this path. There is no reason that most retail stores state side should have had a near adequate supply at launch. Most brick and mortar stores only had 5 - 7 systems each which is ridiculous. Its not like we are talking about a major $300, $400, $500 gaming  console here, it's a cheap plug and play device!

Bottom line: If Nintendo doesn't already have supply in hand (and that's not to say they won't just trickle more out) and more in production I think most people who actually want one for Christmas are 1. fucked or 2. going to be fucked by paying scalper prices.

Agree with this take. Nintendo has done this before, pretty recently with Amiibos.

I should also mention now that re-sellers have targeted this item for the holidays you will have these opportunistic douchebags sitting at every store waiting for the next batch to come in. This will help keep the end consumer from getting their hands on these at the $60 price point. Way to go Nintendo!

Ugh. This is very true. Glad I don't want one.

[xcrement5x]

As others said, the Amiibo hype died down and now you can easily buy them.  It'll be the case for this eventually too. 

[sirhcman]

As others said, the Amiibo hype died down and now you can easily buy them.  It'll be the case for this eventually too. 

Most people want these for the holidays though. There is no doubt they will eventually have enough supply in stores to meet demand, I don't think anyone is questioning that.

[seieienbu]

My sister asked me to get one of these for her birthday back in July.  I tried to get one online at midnight and couldn't so I went and waited outside of a gamestop a before they opened.  There were about 8 people in front of me and the half hour before they opened the line got to be 15 people long.  Gamestop only had 5 units.  I'm pretty irritated at Nintendo for not making enough of these things.

[TR0N]

I tried to get one for a friend on Amazon when they went on sale at 5PM but had no luck. The listing page kept erroring out and when I did get there, I couldn't add it to my cart. The Amazon listing was flooded with 1-star reviews shortly afterward.

I wasn't going to try to get one, but My friend texted me that he waited in line early at Best Buy and failed to get one.

I felt bad and wanted to help him, so I ended up asking at Target (it was 11:00 am and wayyyyyyyyyy too late, but I thought *maybe* I would get lucky?)...

So I tried ordering via Amazon:

10 minutes of:
Add item to shopping cart --> (next screen) YOUR SHOPPING CART IS EMPTY --> refresh --> GOTO start

X 40 or 60 or ____ times....

I was working a phone and laptop simultaneously but to no avail...

I wouldn't mind having a nes classic just for novelty sake.Still with such a limited release i don't know if i could find one.I've heard all ready about sellers buying them up to flip

I may actually get this item, now that my friend corrupted me.

I told him that I don't need it, since I have NES... but the novelty of this item has aroused my curiosity.

But, seriously, I don't know if I am going to bother until it is easy to acquire.

I'm in no rush to buy one i do have,famicom&famicom disk system with a collection games for it.Still i think it's neat for how compact the nes mini is and it's hdmi out of the box.Still,nintendo all ways pulls this stunt limit the amount they produce to maximize those profits.It just a matter of time before more are made i recommend not over paying for one.Unless you want a system that makes nes games look good on a hdtv then i suggest a retrousb avs 

[DragonmasterDan]

I hit a few stores very early and Toys R us within five minutes of their opening to no avail, I tried to get one on amazon but it wouldn't add it to my cart. I'll wait til they're more readily available.

[SuperGrafx]

It wouldn't be the holiday shopping season without some sort of hard-to-find toy.
I guess this will be the 2016 equivalent of the FURBY

[OldMan]

I guess this will be the 2016 equivalent of the FURBY

Or "Tickle-me" Elmo..
Every year there's something.

[sirhcman]

I guess this will be the 2016 equivalent of the FURBY

Or "Tickle-me" Elmo..
Every year there's something.

or the 2006 Wii.

[xcrement5x]

It wouldn't be the holiday shopping season without some sort of hard-to-find toy.
I guess this will be the 2016 equivalent of the FURBY

Nah, Google "Hatchimals" and then keep a spoon handy to gouge your eyes out with.

[esteban]

It wouldn't be the holiday shopping season without some sort of hard-to-find toy.
I guess this will be the 2016 equivalent of the FURBY

Nah, Google "Hatchimals" and then keep a spoon handy to gouge your eyes out with.

I have never even heard about Hatchimals.

Damn. You are responsible for any bodily harm!

[Bloufo]

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[esteban]

^ Capcom purple.

Damn beautiful.

[crazydean]

Since the controllers for this thing are only $10, I was thinking about getting one to refurbish my old NES controller. I bought some replacement rubbers a while back, and although they work well, they don't feel quite right. Also, a new controller case and buttons would be wonderful. Any thoughts?

[NecroPhile]

Cheap marketing ploy. Nintendo always seems to try and create hype by controlling the supply at release. They had months to gauge market interest and knew it would be a hot seller for the holiday season yet they chose this path. There is no reason that most retail stores state side should have had a near adequate supply at launch. Most brick and mortar stores only had 5 - 7 systems each which is ridiculous. Its not like we are talking about a major $300, $400, $500 gaming  console here, it's a cheap plug and play device!

Yep.  By strangling the supply chain, they're trying to make it look more popular than it really is.

Fuck the flippers and fuck the goofballs that'll pay stupid prices because they gotta have it NOW!

[esadajr]

Preordered it from Amazon UK back in July. Just arrived at my PMB this morning.
But don't take me wrong, I'm still on the hate bandwagon at the big N for creating artificial scarcity once more. Just in time for celebrating the Wii anniversary. Which is the (almost) perfect emulation machine which nobody seems to want.

[jlued686]

I managed to nab one mid-day on Friday. GameStop had them back up around 2pm, but the site kept crashing. So I downloaded their app and got one that way. It's supposed to deliver by Wednesday.

[Medic_wheat]

I managed to nab one mid-day on Friday. GameStop had them back up around 2pm, but the site kept crashing. So I downloaded their app and got one that way. It's supposed to deliver by Wednesday.

Weird in my area with the GS app it said local pick up only. Item can't be ordered in-line.

[Otaking]

I was trying to get a NES Mini Classic for my kids as one of their Christmas presents but I couldn't get one, and now I'm glad I couldn't as I'm hearing reports that it suffers from bad input lag. I hate input lag, I found that on games on the Wii virtual console, made it unplayable to me.

[TR0N]

I was trying to get a NES Mini Classic for my kids as one of their Christmas presents but I couldn't get one, and now I'm glad I couldn't as I'm hearing reports that it suffers from bad input lag. I hate input lag, I found that on games on the Wii virtual console, made it unplayable to me.

I don't know about that though i've heard the worst lag is for punch out.I was watching this gamexplain video earlier for the comparison.

[Otaking]

I was trying to get a NES Mini Classic for my kids as one of their Christmas presents but I couldn't get one, and now I'm glad I couldn't as I'm hearing reports that it suffers from bad input lag. I hate input lag, I found that on games on the Wii virtual console, made it unplayable to me.

I don't know about that though i've heard the worst lag is for punch out.I was watching this gamexplain video earlier for the comparison.

Not able to play video at the moment, but will checkout that gamexplain video when I next can.

Here's one of the places I heard reports of lag.

[DragonmasterDan]

I don't know about that though i've heard the worst lag is for punch out.I was watching this gamexplain video earlier for the comparison.

When I actually get a chance to play it I'll know right away. At one point I was able to beat punch-out without taking any damage. I'm still pretty good at it and have noticed issues with LCDs and the virtual console version before

Added in edit:
I tried a quick playthrough on an actual cart on my CRT. Played fine but the recording of my CRT didn't turn out so well.

[ClodBusted]

I hate input lag, I found that on games on the Wii virtual console, made it unplayable to me.

Wii or Wii U's virtual console?
Just asking, because to me, the original Wii's virtual console does appear to me as having no lag at all.

[DragonmasterDan]

Wii or Wii U's virtual console?
Just asking, because to me, the original Wii's virtual console does appear to me as having no lag at all.

Depends on the type of display you're playing it on.

[SuperDeadite]

Hmm, no Punch Out on the Fami mini, but I had no trouble clearing Super Contra on it.  Only game I find annoying to play is Ninja Gaiden, simply because on the Fami Mini the d-pad is sooo damn tiny, that it makes wall jumping a lot harder then it should be.

[ClodBusted]

Depends on the type of display you're playing it on.

I play on both a 100Hz Samsung CRT TV with RGB and S-Video cables, as well as a pretty old (but good quality) 720p Loewe LCD TV (no HDMI or DVI input) with YPbPr (Wii, PS3) and VGA (Xbox 360) cable. Both have no noticeable delay.

However, I had a lot of trouble on a friend's new 1080p Samsung LCD TV. There was no way I knew of to disable overdrive and other picture processing bullshit. It didn't matter if I was playing via Composite Video, YPbPr or HDMI. Even driving cars in GTA V felt like wading in molasses, and I could not do any precise jumping in Mega Man 2, thus failing the Bubble Man stage (lol).

[csgx1]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/walmart-chance-buy-nes-classic-every-day-week-233249346.html

Walmart is supposedly going to sell them online everyday this week at 5pm ET.

[esadajr]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/walmart-chance-buy-nes-classic-every-day-week-233249346.html

Walmart is supposedly going to sell them online everyday this week at 5pm ET. 

This just happened to a buddy of mine. He was able to add it to the cart but got this when trying to checkout: "Your item isn't available for pickup or delivery to 46356. See details below.
Please save it for later or ship to a different ZIP Code."

Also happened to another friend in Texas.

I wonder which zip codes are allowed to buy this hard to manufacture advanced piece of tech.

[DragonmasterDan]

This just happened to a buddy of mine. He was able to add it to the cart but got this when trying to checkout: "Your item isn't available for pickup or delivery to 46356. See details below.
Please save it for later or ship to a different ZIP Code."

Also happened to another friend in Texas.

I wonder which zip codes are allowed to buy this hard to manufacture advanced piece of tech.

Happened to me too.

[csgx1]

Well, I didn't even see it instock or even have a chance to add it to cart; site froze up on me. 

Most likely the scalpers just got a few more to flip on ebay today.

[Green]

No input lag. The emulation is actually pretty good. MUCH better than virtual console.

[Miracle_Warrior]

Get a Retro USB AVS and an NES everdrive and then play everything Nintendo ever made Instead of just 30 games. Avoid the hunt and the evil price gougers on eBay. I love mine and now I have no desire to own this thing anymore

This!  I received my AVS yesterday and fired my everdrive up and I am certain this is the way to go for you NES fans.  I have pretty much liquidated the majority of my game library and picked up everdrives for the Master System, Genesis, Turbo, NES and SNES.  I am feeling so liberated

[Killjoyy027]

Get a Retro USB AVS and an NES everdrive and then play everything Nintendo ever made Instead of just 30 games. Avoid the hunt and the evil price gougers on eBay. I love mine and now I have no desire to own this thing anymore

This!  I received my AVS yesterday and fired my everdrive up and I am certain this is the way to go for you NES fans.  I have pretty much liquidated the majority of my game library and picked up everdrives for the Master System, Genesis, Turbo, NES and SNES.  I am feeling so liberated

Welcome to the anti NES classic party ! Enjoy !