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NES Classic And SNES Classic May Be Retired In 2019

NES Classic And SNES Classic May Be Retired In 2019

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Got your NES Classic and SNES Classic yet? Now that they’re plentiful and easy to find, better get on it — because it won’e be that way forever. A new interview with Reggie Fils-Aime conducted by THR suggests the company may be planning to take them off the market in 2019, this time for good. While he was at it, Reggie confirmed they weren’t continuing the line with an N64 Classic or anything beyond, which he’s stated before. We worked very hard, both for the NES Classic and the SNES Classic, to really have the best games that defined that generation. We’ve said that the current systems are the extent of our classic program. We’ve also been clear that, at least from an Americas perspective, these products are going to be available through the holiday season and once they sell out, they’re gone. And that’s it. Something else Reggie suggested previously was that Nintendo Switch Online is intended to be the company focus for satisfying the retro market, and he

Barely Anyone At Nintendo Thought The NES Classic Would Succeed

Barely Anyone At Nintendo Thought The NES Classic Would Succeed

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According to a new interview in last week’s Famitsu (translated by Nintendo Everything), barely anyone at Nintendo’s Japanese HQ thought making a miniature “classic” edition of their earliest console was a good idea. Only the manager of their sales department (who is only identified in the article as “Yomato”) had a passion for the plan. At the time, the majority of the company’s staff was deeply invested in finishing the Switch for release. Yomato continued to press the higher-ups, insisting the NES Classic “would make fans happy” and requesting an ad budget. While he was granted some money for promotion, it wasn’t enough to air television ads, and it turned out not to matter when shortages made purchasing the item impossible. They were warned about the possibility of a shortage prior to release. Takao Shimizu, who works at Nintendo’s planning and development department, “strongly suggested that there would be stock shortages.” At the point he said it, however, Nintendo had already decided how many units they were making available at

Inside The SNES Classic Rests…An NES Classic

Inside The SNES Classic Rests…An NES Classic

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Today, September 29, is the day the SNES Classic was released, and unlike other unmentionable “brand X” websites, we aren’t going to preface this news story with the assumption that you found one. As this weary reporter knows all too well the pain of getting up at an ungodly hour, racing to Target, and finding all 70 of their shipped units vanished in seconds, I share your pity. Nintendo has vowed to ship “significantly more” SNES Classic machines than they did NES Classics, as well as reprint the NES Classic sometime next year. Wondering how they can bring it back so fast? It most likely has to do with what Eurogamer found when they screwed open the complimentary prerelease SNES Classic Nintendo sent them. Inside was a circuit board identical to the NES Classic’s. The only difference was what was loaded on the ROM. “The fact that the SNES mini runs on the same hardware as its predecessor has a number of implications,” said Eurogamer, mentioning how switching from SNES

A Report From The Frontlines Of The SNES Classic Preorder Battle

A Report From The Frontlines Of The SNES Classic Preorder Battle

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If this is the first you’ve heard of this, I’m sorry, but preorders went live for Nintendo’s highly coveted SNES Classic machine last night. Like….late last night, when most humans in America were asleep. Best Buy, Amazon and Walmart sold out within minutes. Gamestop put out their preorders later in the morning, but their entire website crashed in seconds, leaving consumers with two options: use the Gamestop phone app (which still wasn’t 100% successful) or buy an expensive bundle from Gamestop’s sister site ThinkGeek. The downtime was rather suspicious, since Gamestop’s 404 page contained a big link to ThinkGeek’s website, where hunters found available copies unavoidably bundled with ugly objects the site obviously was having trouble pawning off. The remaining site, Target’s, opened their preorders shortly after that, but it was its own exercise in frustration: a small number of units would be available, followed by a “sold out” message, followed by the reopening of preorders for a few more seconds, followed by people getting blocked again, over and over

New Nintendo Trademarks Hint At An N64 Classic

New Nintendo Trademarks Hint At An N64 Classic

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Is it too early to be thinking about a possible Nintendo 64 Classic, given that no one can even buy the SNES Classic yet? Apparently not for Nintendo. Four symbols were registered with the European Union Intellectual Property Office on July 18, and unearthed by NeoGAF users. One is a Switch, one is an NES controller, one is a Super NES controller, and one is an N64 controller. Since Nintendo didn’t register symbols representing ALL the controllers from their history, and two products using NES and SNES controllers are prominent in their recent history….hmm, y’know? HMM. If Nintendo’s current schedule holds to its predictable pattern, we wouldn’t see an N64 Classic until at least the fall of 2018. The real issue is what they would put on it. Half the memorable games in the N64 library came from Rare, a studio that now belongs to Microsoft, not Nintendo. If you somehow become lucky enough to buy one of these mini-consoles, the factory-installed games within are all good picks that most

Nintendo Announces SNES Classic Edition System

Nintendo Announces SNES Classic Edition System

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It’s official. After months of rumors, Nintendo has confirmed the highly anticipated retro, mini Super Nintendo Entertainment System console. The new retro console is called the SNES Classic Edition, and you can check out the announcement tweet below. The new SNES Classic Edition is due out later this fall and will arrive in September. It will include over 20 games including the never-before-released Star Fox 2. You see, back in the 1990s, Nintendo released Star Fox on the SNES, and it was a huge hit. A sequel was developed for the SNES as well, and it was close to being finished. However, Nintendo then opted not to release it and scrapped the game. However, some ripped cart versions of Star Fox 2 have been circulated online for years. Now gamers will finally get to play a version of Star Fox 2 that is formally and officially released by Nintendo. Other games for the Classic Edition will include Super Mario World, Earthbound, F-Zero, Mega Man X, Final Fantasy III, Super Mario