Mini NES

[GreenKoopa]

I preordered one also, from eb games.  I hope the controllers will be compatible with the nx.

[FamicomRetroGamer]

Where from?  I'd also like to pre-order one.

From Zavvi and through TCB so got a little cashback which made it cost in total the normal RRP - £49.99 but in this case with a second controller.

I preordered one also, from eb games.  I hope the controllers will be compatible with the nx.

The controller port is the same as Wii's CCP so it's possible Nintendo will keep it around, heck, the GameCube controller still lives on. 

[famifan]

$60 really ? is that a joke? 

raspberry pi with hdmi + your favourite emulator + controllers 

[UglyJoe]

My guess is it's a stripped down Wii in there, running VC (hence the suspend points).  So yes I do think we will see SNES versions, maybe even others in time.

I saw a similar comment at Ars suggesting the same thing, but with slimmed-down  3DS hardware instead of Wii hardware.

[BaconBitsKing]

This is really exciting! They chose a great library of games, too, complete with third party titles. I never would have expected them to have Bubble Bobble on this.

I give this thing a month before someone makes a homebrew/hack of it to have the entire NES library. 

[That Guy from Faxanadu]

A really solid list of games there, both well known classics and some very good lesser known titles too. Amazing that it´s 3:rd party games like Final Fantasy and Mega Man 2 too. I won´t buy it though, I have most of the games in some way or another.

[NintendoKing]

$60 really ? is that a joke? 

raspberry pi with hdmi + your favourite emulator + controllers 

That's not the point at all, this is a real Nintendo product. Nintendo is fully aware that collectors will buy this, I plan to own two (one for playing and the other for sealed display).

[JessicaWolf]

Uh, I have been doing this (and more) with my Raspberry Pi for like 3 years, why are people going nuts over this?

[UglyJoe]

Uh, I have been doing this (and more) with my Raspberry Pi for like 3 years, why are people going nuts over this?

Because they want a simple plug-and-play device rather than having to fiddle around with a Raspberry Pi?

[fcgamer]

Not really excited as I have all of those games on cart already.  Still neat to see Nintendo send a nod to its retro gamer fans.

[zmaster18]

I'm really tired of seeing so many people complaining about this plug-n-play console. Nintendo does something great like this out of the blue and people still complain that there is no internet or way to play more games than the ones built in. This is just meant to be a cheap (and high quality) NES plug-n-play. If you want to be able to get a console that is also cheap and you can add more games, get a Wii.

This is for people who don't have any Nintendo console, or raspberry pi know-how, and just want to buy a console and hook it up right out of the box. For $60, this is a steal! There's also some people who think they should have made a modern plastic casing design. People who want this want the retro look!

I was thinking about how the pricing of a SNES Mini would be like. I think 30 SNES games for $60 would seem too cheap actually, and I think Nintendo would probably just lower the list of games to like 15. Same with an N64 Mini, 30 games for $60 would never happen. That would probably just come with 10.

[Shumi Nagaremono]

That list of 30 games is so perfect I couldn't have picked a better selection *for myself*.  Wish Contra was on it (but as I understand it, there are issues with the emulation) as well as Tetris, but for like 200 yen per game, it's an unbelievable steal. 

As for the "why not just emulate" comments, I'd point out that, yeah, stealing *is* usually cheaper than paying for stuff, but it's not something to brag about in polite company.

[MaxXimus]

I personally have no problem with emulation. I do support companies as well though, and to be honest, nothing can compete with official hardware(unless you count all the added Percs emulation offers, like save states, filters, hd upscaling, cheats, plugins, etc)

[FamicomRetroGamer]

$60 really ? is that a joke? 

raspberry pi with hdmi + your favourite emulator + controllers 

That's not the point at all, this is a real Nintendo product. Nintendo is fully aware that collectors will buy this, I plan to own two (one for playing and the other for sealed display).

Yes, this is an officially produced Nintendo product whereas, the Sega Mega Drive micro-consoles were made by AtGames than Sega themselves for example, so this is a huge step-up where Sega was too lazy.

Also, it's not just $60 in US as that doesn't include the tax sales and stuff, I think.

That list of 30 games is so perfect I couldn't have picked a better selection *for myself*.  Wish Contra was on it (but as I understand it, there are issues with the emulation) as well as Tetris, but for like 200 yen per game, it's an unbelievable steal. 

As for the "why not just emulate" comments, I'd point out that, yeah, stealing *is* usually cheaper than paying for stuff, but it's not something to brag about in polite company.

Would have been better if they included also Mega Man 1 than just Mega Man 2.

Anyway, modders will find a way to add in more NES roms so that's not really a huge issue.

[HokusaiXL]

I kind of hope that the games are on a basic ROM chip that can be lifted and allow a cart connector to be put in place, or at least hacked to some degree.  I already adore the idea, and as others have said it's got a wonderful selection of titles.