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Must preserve legacy! Keep value high! To the gallows with all the pirates!
Stage 1: Denial.
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(EU? Norway?) NES Classic Mini reaching EOL - production ceasing
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Must preserve legacy! Keep value high! To the gallows with all the pirates!
Stage 1: Denial.
It probably has nothing to with it being hacked whatsoever.
Jesus, that's bad.
Having said that, I did pick up a second console not long after buying the first one, the idea was to have a second one with games better suited to the kids. We got the first from Nintendo and the second from eBay.
It was £80 on eBay which is £20 more than we paid Nintendo but that doesn't get into silly money levels. I'm really glad that I was willing to pay the extra £20 if this rumour is true but I do feel for the people who still want to get one.
Reginald, a man not to be trusted if true.
InfiniteCombo
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I have never seen one on shelves here in the US either.
I'm talking about the biggest retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R Us, Best Buy, Gamestop...
Fucking disgusting.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
Only if some people are dumb enough to buy this thing from them. It does not matter anyway "scalpers" are not a big problem because they never can buy relevant amounts of hardware.
People who waited with their Nes mini preorder because they hoped it would be cheaper after holiday are angry now and blame scalpers... as if scalpers bought 100.000 and not only a few hundred.
It was clear from the beginning that the Mini was only a limited run for holidays.
Zombie James
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How stupid is Nintendo, seriously? Why the hell would you discontinue the hottest thing you've sold in years after only three months?
Nah. This isn't denial. This is definitely stupid enough for Nintendo to do. But it's not unreasonable to wait for them to confirm/deny the rumor.
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Success? We can't have that happening.
EndlessFloydian
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The "freaking out" is understandable. And you might be waiting a long time for that statement. Or you'll get one that lies, and sweeps it all under the rug.
old manatee
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citation needed
No people are blaming Nintendo for reacting to hackers. That is classic Nintendo reaction. Kill mode 1.0 and release 1.1 with better security
KratosEnergyDrink
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NES Mini is hacked and is used to play illegal ROMs.
I don't think Nintendo has much interest in supporting a heavy compromised device thats tempt people to download illegal ROMs.
Would not be the first dedicated gaming device that had been killed by pirates, and sadly it will not be the last.
Impotaku
Member
Maybe they will, maybe they won't but until they release a statement themselves then it's all just speculation but people are already throwing the salt around in here it's pickling everything lol.
Not really lol, it's an emulator box not a person.
boneyjangles
Member
Not surprised, seemed like a collectors thing rather than an ideal way to play old Nintendo games.
Don't get me wrong, I love 'appliances', and this little thing is far more appealing that emulating on a computer. But those wired controllers... such a disadvantage in today's light.
Don't get me wrong, I love 'appliances', and this little thing is far more appealing that emulating on a computer. But those wired controllers... such a disadvantage in today's light.
Charles Brandon
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I don't think it's really fair to say that people who have hacked their mini are pirates. Yes, retro gaming does tend to involve the unauthorised downloading of software but I don't see the wider retro community being called out for that.
GasProblem
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SNES mini is going to be craaazy.
mindatlarge
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I feel ya. If they were purchased straight up, then it's all good I suppose. Though I don't see how that's really possible with how hard this thing is to track down. Oh well, maybe we'll end up with one at some point at MSRP. Not giving up hope yet.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
All the fans should just stop pressuring poor Nintendo into making hardware. They clearly don't want all that fuss no more.
The fact this was a limited item to sell in Holidays is something people don't get? The demand was underestimated, of course, but it's not like Nintendo wanted to do money with this. It was more brand awareness that any thing.
Well, I hope see the Nes Classic Mini toy. You know, without games.
Well, I hope see the Nes Classic Mini toy. You know, without games.
GlamFM
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I´ll take one, thanks.
That doesn't make sense at all,to hack the device you must buy it first.
Nintendo doesn't lose any cent if people hacked their nes mini because you can't buy any new game in it.
Nintendo is selling you a box with 30 games,just that.
If people hacked to install 300 games with SNES and Sega Genesis emulator,Nintendo won't effect them at all.
In fact,more people will want that.
Sell them shits
TheChewyWaffles
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Glad I was able to snag one!
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I guess that's why Nintendo stopped making the DS and the 3DS, since they were/are heavily compromised.
Oh wait.
Zombie James
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Let's hope the Switch isn't a success. It might not be around come August.
Okami Haundo
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I guess they decided that Artificial Scarcity wasn't cutting it anymore amirite?
But for real, I will be really surprised if this actually happens. I wouldn't doubt it knowing Nintendo, but damn would that be weird. SNES Classic incoming?
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But for real, I will be really surprised if this actually happens. I wouldn't doubt it knowing Nintendo, but damn would that be weird. SNES Classic incoming?
They can send new stability updates for 3ds tho.
The game game got hacked but Nintendo kept selling it.
Icebergslim
Banned
The higher ups at Nintendo are fucking idiots. This is literally leaving money on the table. I have never even seen these things in the store.
GlassAwful
Member
Think of it this way. Nintendo would rather you be forced to hack a $200-300 device in order to play all their games then to so easily and cheaply give it up to you in the NES Classic.
It's pretty horrible without wireless, if it comes back, wireless is the way to go. Maybe they are just going to dump it all into the Switch and never bring it back. They probably would rather have millions of Nintendo accounts, switch owners and paying users than millions of these things.
SmokedMeat
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Not from me you didn't hear it.
FlaygletheBagel
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This could likely be because Nintendo doesn't want to confuse the market by selling other "home console" hardware that emulates classic games. Especially when that functionality can be used as a selling point for the Switch.
Hopefully this is a sign that Switch Virtual Console is coming very soon.
Hopefully this is a sign that Switch Virtual Console is coming very soon.
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