Anyone pick up a NES mini today? Or planning on getting one eventually?
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That's one I would be much more willing to buy, though it would depend on the library.
On the other hand, you can already get SNES games on the New 3DS.
Like I said earlier, manufactured scarcity has been Nintendo's M.O. for like a decade.
In any event, I actually buy the company's logic in not over-producing units -- this box is going to hit a very, very harsh wall of diminishing returns when it comes to entertainment value, considering it has literally zero options for expansion. You've got those 30 games, and that's that -- and the nostalgia value's going to wear off pretty quickly once people remember that a lot of those games are fun for about fifteen minutes, tops. After that, it'll be a box that sits in the closet that comes out for, like, Thanksgiving or a family reunion ... and gets played for about fifteen minutes as everyone gets a pass at The Legend of Zelda and remembers, "Oh, yeah, this game is bullshit." And Nintendo would be sitting on a warehouse full of inventory, not unlike the Wii U.
This made me laugh, but were that day ever to come - you wouldn't be fighting alone.
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Fair point. My Xbox One sits mostly unused, mainly because games are too expensive, and because damn near everything requires a subscription.
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And Killer Instinct, Starfox, Sunset Riders, Donkey Kong Country, and Super Mario Kart. ♥
Here's an alternative: RetroEngine Sigma.
A little device that runs emulators. You still need to find your own game ROMs but that's not difficult.
I've been tempted by the NES Mini myself but it still seems to only be available from ebay scalpers charging over £100. Also, as someone mentioned above, with no opportunities for expansion it's possible the novelty will wear off pretty fast.
A little device that runs emulators. You still need to find your own game ROMs but that's not difficult.
I've been tempted by the NES Mini myself but it still seems to only be available from ebay scalpers charging over £100. Also, as someone mentioned above, with no opportunities for expansion it's possible the novelty will wear off pretty fast.
Yeah, I have one of those. Raspberry Pi is basically just a tiny Linux PC so it can be used for all sorts of purposes, including running emulators and making your own retro-gaming device.
It's not a plug-and-play console though, you need to install and configure the software for yourself.
It's not a plug-and-play console though, you need to install and configure the software for yourself.
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Yeah, I have a couple RPi emulators set up and they're great. RetroPie is easy to set up at this point, though--load the image to an SD card, hook it up to a TV, and go. You can even set up network shares pretty easily so you can put more games on it from another computer. Such a handy feature.
I probably won't be buying one. I have an actual NES and several games, Also, I acquired a beat up old windows windows 7 laptop at a pawnshop for 20 bucks. I cleaned it up, wiped the drive, reinstalled windows, threw some emulators on it (and some roms) bought 2 USB SNES controllers, and now I basically have a portable gaming center that Runs Sega Master System, Genesis, NES, SNES, TG16, NEOGEO, Atari, And MAME (Arcade) Games. I spent a grand total of 26 bucks, but what most people might not like is it took a total of 4-5 hours to set up. But I enjoy doing stuff like that, I can see where most wouldn't though.
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I love retro games, but the NES mini is sold purely on nostalgia and is nowhere near the best way to play these older games. I'd rather emulate or just hook up my actual NES. The NES mini would make a good Christmas gift, but I'd never buy one for myself.
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I'd like the NES Mini, and if Nintendo ever decides to make more of them, and I can get one for the retail price, I'd definitely pick it up. Its much cheaper to get it then to buy the 30 games for Nintendo eshop prices, and I don't really like playing games on the computer, so emulators aren't really my favorite thing.
If a SNES one came out, I'd definitely get it. I only have a 3DS XL, so no SNES games, and I won't be getting another Nintendo console any time soon, so having a mini SNES would be even better then the mini NES.
If a SNES one came out, I'd definitely get it. I only have a 3DS XL, so no SNES games, and I won't be getting another Nintendo console any time soon, so having a mini SNES would be even better then the mini NES.
Yes, I have a plasma. And they do suffer from burn-in, because my last one had it.
Word is that Nintendo sold a little under 200,000 of these things. So they vastly underestimated the demand, or intentionally under-shipped to drive up demand.
It's too bad, because I've already seen elsewhere that people who actually wanted this are probably going to lose interest now because of this.
It's too bad, because I've already seen elsewhere that people who actually wanted this are probably going to lose interest now because of this.
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