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[jelmerjt]

I'm gonna wake up on September 29th, drive over to my local Circuit City and pick one up with no hassle.

Wake me up, when September ends.

 

[480p]

I'm gonna wake up on September 29th, drive over to my local Circuit City and pick one up with no hassle.

good luck with that one man. i have a blockbuster near my house that was selling the NES classic and it was crazy packed

 

[OnionPowder]

BIN? Sorry, not familiar with the acryonym

Buy it Now on eBay

 

[macdaddyjoshua]

I'm gonna wake up on September 29th, drive over to my local Circuit City and pick one up with no hassle.

That's what I did in 1991. Why should this year be any different?

 

[Josh5890]

I'm gonna wake up on September 29th, drive over to my local Circuit City and pick one up with no hassle.

I'll let you know how Kmart works out for me

 

[Beren the Empty-Handed]

Taking all bets! Taking all bets! Step right up! Which retailer will it be? How many gaffers will shed tears? Taking all bets!

 

[facetheslayer92]

That fucking Circuit City jingle is now stuck in my head.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Taking all bets! Taking all bets! Step right up! Which retailer will it be? How many gaffers will shed tears? Taking all bets!

None of the retailers and all of the tears

 

[mjc]

That fucking Circuit City jingle is now stuck in my head.

You're just what I NEEDED

 

[kayos90]

The US preorders haven't gone up yet, has it?

 

[DataGhost]

Buy it Now on eBay

Buy It Now.

Buy it Now.

Ahh, thanks for the replies. That makes sense.

 

[LordOcidax]

The US preorders haven't gone up yet, has it?

Nop

 

[Bobo Dakes]

Taking all bets! Taking all bets! Step right up! Which retailer will it be? How many gaffers will shed tears? Taking all bets!

So many salty "Nintendo hates their fans" tears. Bring it.

 

[The Omega Man]

Desperation is starting to kick in from all the corners of the world.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/879790656708681728

 

[mattwhite924]

That fucking Circuit City jingle is now stuck in my head.

I miss them so much.

Bought my Xbox and GameCube there, and bought my very first 3D accelerator card there too.
Their service really was state of the art. ;___;

 

[jelmerjt]

Taking all bets! Taking all bets! Step right up! Which retailer will it be? How many gaffers will shed tears? Taking all bets!

Donkey Kong Country is what got me into gaming as a little kid. I want this thing, I need it

 

[DataGhost]

Desperation is starting to kick in from all the corners of the world.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/879790656708681728

Man, people are desperate. I hate how Nintendo is blind to demand.

 

[BFIB]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

 

[Beren the Empty-Handed]

None of the retailers and all of the tears

So many salty "Nintendo hates their fans" tears. Bring it.

The standard bet it is!

 

[MadClacker]

Man, people are desperate. I hate how Nintendo is blind to demand.

They're not blind. They're the most knowledgeable of all.

 

[RoadHazard]

Webhallen (Sweden) has now lowered the price on my order from 9999 SEK to 3999 SEK. That had BETTER still be a placeholder. I mean, it has to be. Just a bit weird that they would lower it from something absolutely ludicrous to something only slightly less ludicrous.

 

[Megatron]

I didnt care at all about the nes classic, as those games havent aged as well. But man do I want this.

 

[facetheslayer92]

I miss them so much.

Bought my Xbox and GameCube there, and bought my very first 3D accelerator card there too.
Their service really was state of the art. ;___;

I'd legit do anything for Circuit City to make a return.

 

[Kadin]

Lol @ going to Circuit City and Incredible Universe to pick one up. The Good Guys! always has plenty in stock. Come on guys...

 

[Zen Aku]

It'snothing.gif

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

Check Funcoland, scrubs

 

[LordOcidax]

Man, people are desperate. I hate how Nintendo is blind to demand.

Lolol... Nop.

 

[Namek]

Lol @ going to Circuit City and Incredible Universe to pick one up. The Good Guys! always has plenty in stock. Come on guys...

I was always more of a Software Etc. kind of girl.

Just pinned down my preorder at Babbage's.

Or this.

 

[panama chief]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

Hahahahah fuck.

 

[Josh5890]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

Now that takes me back

Taking all bets! Taking all bets! Step right up! Which retailer will it be? How many gaffers will shed tears? Taking all bets!

Target: 2-1
Best Buy: 4-1
Walmart: 15-1
Toys R Us: 25-1
Amazon:2000-1

Over/Under Gaffer tears: 783

Likelihood of OT2 before Pre-orders: 1-1

 

[whitemex88]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

Awe man I miss this. Am I crazy or did some Genesis games come with a fruit roll up inside?

 

[tesqui]

haha I got the Wii launch night from Circuit City. Great memories.

 

[othersteve]

Just pinned down my preorder at Babbage's.

 

[Prophane33]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

Awesome. I'm just gonna head over to the Service Merchandise.

 

[zeioIIDX]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

T_T Honestly, I believe the last Toys R Us video game slips I ever pulled were for the Game Boy Color and Pokemon Red back in late '98.

This brings me back. Was so happy when I was holding a Pokemon red slip. Gave it to the cashier who brought back the real gameboy cartridge. Good times.

Buttdiver knows what's up

 

[Kadin]

I was always more of a Software Etc. kind of girl.

Wow, I remember going into a Software Etc. on a weekly basis at a local mall and just looking at all the great games I could never afford to buy on my own. Many great memories.

 

[buttdiver]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

This brings me back. Was so happy when I was holding a Pokemon red slip. Gave it to the cashier who brought back the real gameboy cartridge. Good times.

 

[RAIDEN1]

There is a BIG question (s) to all of this that I think nobody has brought up:

Firstly I assume the top-loader of the console will be made redundant..so you wouldn't be able to play any cartridges on this system, 21 games is all good, but there is only so much mileage you can get out of it...

Why on earth did they leave out the likes of Super Streetfighter 2, Donkey Kong 2-3, Turtles in Time (which is probably the GREATEST Turtles game there has ever been produced on a home-console) Actraiser, Pilot Wings, Super Tennis, Axelay, instead of putting in the likes of Earth Bound, Final Fantasy, etc...

Would it be easy to "hack" more games in? Another game that comes to mind is Cybernator...

* When is there a new re-stock for the UK customers?

 

[Tom Nook]

The creators of *Starfox 2* throw a long-belated launch party upon discovering that their two-decade-old creation would have its day in the sun.

This is cool.

 

[Omegasquash]

BIN? Sorry, not familiar with the acryonym

Buy it Now.

Pretty common tactic amongst scalpers. Throw a few on for bidding war insanity, and a few on there for quick, also insane, profit. Depending on the time of year and the demand, you'll see buy it now at higher than that.

 

[Namek]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

The worst part of this set up was the fact that after checking out, you needed to go to a small warehouse with a window/counter facing out, and wait for them to fetch it. Sometimes this took a while.

Last game I remember buying via this method was Harvest Moon for the SNES.

 

[bionic77]

Awesome. I'm just gonna head over to the Service Merchandise.

Even in the 80s that seemed like a backwards ass store.

 

[Za-Neen-Jya]

Fuck it, can't get image to load.

 

[Fantomex]

Awe man I miss this. Am I crazy or did some Genesis games come with a fruit roll up inside?

Yup.

 

[Spade]

Gonna stop by Toys R Us and grab my slip.

Damn, that's a blast from the past.

 

[valinthyne]

Awe man I miss this. Am I crazy or did some Genesis games come with a fruit roll up inside?

My god I had no idea this was really a thing. I'd seen it said in the past but never bothered to look it up. They must be so rancid by now if still sealed haha.

 

[Prophane33]

The worst part of this set up was the fact that after checking out, you needed to go to a small warehouse with a window/counter facing out, and wait for them to fetch it. Sometimes this took a while.

Last game I remember buying via this method was Harvest Moon for the SNES.

For me, it was a pre-order for Suikoden II on PS1.

Even in the 80s that seemed like a backwards ass store.

I just remember stuff coming out on a conveyor belt. I just tried to name the most obscure-ass defunct store I could think of.

 

[MadClacker]

Why on earth did they leave out the likes of Super Streetfighter 2, Donkey Kong 2-3, Turtles in Time (which is probably the GREATEST Turtles game there has ever been produced on a home-console) Actraiser, Pilot Wings, Super Tennis, Axelay, instead of putting in the likes of Earth Bound, Final Fantasy, etc...

Licensing issues.

 

[Kadin]

The worst part of this set up was the fact that after checking out, you needed to go to a small warehouse with a window/counter facing out, and wait for them to fetch it. Sometimes this took a while.

Last game I remember buying via this method was Harvest Moon for the SNES.

I miss the big glass cases they had at my Toys R Us where they had all the systems and attachments on display. They really put in a lot of effort to advertise this stuff back then.

 

[panama chief]

My cousins friend, whose uncle works at Ninttendo, heard Lionel's Playworld is getting primo stock.

See you in September...