NES Mini

30 games that can all be emulated for free for 60$.

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But Quickman it doesn't have that NES effect if you emulate it!
Seriously though I don't know who would buy this for 60 bucks.

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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But it's legit and officially made by Nintendo+!!!!!!////////^

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The only way I could see it being that price is if it had the cartridge slot for the NES games, I have a quite a lot laying around (as well as an ACTUAL NES and even an Atari 2600 lelz) but it doesn't need to be that expensive. Nintendo is overpricing it.

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i mean who cares if it's officially licensed these are 25 year old games at the youngest lol

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Is it overpriced? Yes.
HOWEVER, the pricing scheme makes sense considering the Wii U Virtual Console has most NES games at $5-7. In the long run a person who wants a more authentic experience or is against emulation would save money getting this.

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$60 for 30 emulated ROMs, the same ones Nintendo has been selling over and over again on their Wii and then Wii U and then 3DS. Oh, but it comes with a Classic Controller you can use on your Wii U! Ignoring that it only will work for the NES titles. And that it's also being sold separately for 6x less the price. Oh, but it has an HDMI output! That'd be an impressive feat and a proper selling point 10 years ago, maybe. Oh, but the 30 games they have on there are a great retrospective of the console's lifespan! Yes, because BUBBLE BOBBLE and other inferior AC ports are really quintessential items for an NES experience, especially when they're emulated on a plug-n-play box (wooh). Plus, y'know, gotta get that emulated SMB 1-3 that's been given to us for the millionth time.

Also, for $30, you can buy a plug-n-play official Sega Genesis with 30 built in games, not including the stupid little extra titles they threw in just because and you're able to play your original cartridges on it (strangely running on emulation despite coming straight from a source which is a concept I personally don't understand but am going to accept hesitantly).

You'd be a fool to buy this garbage. I get that Nintendo slapped their name on it so that suddenly makes everything okay and it suddenly makes the world a brighter place, but don't give in to the hype. Don't reward Nintendo for releasing this tripe by giving them money for it.

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That's what I was saying. I'm sure people would buy this anyway simply because of the "Nintendo made this" aspect. Honestly, it should be worth 20-25 dollars imo. If it had the cartridge slot, MAYBE 30. It just has no use anymore considering that people can download these roms and upscale them to HD with their emulator.

Also, having the cartridge slot would be like the only reason I would buy this thing. I have a whole box full of games like Metroid and Mega Man II. It would be ideal for those of us who have those games without a working NES. I have a working NES but still, it would be nice to have something that could play legit NES cartridges in my room.

I'm not buying this thing, it's useless to me.

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This thing is honestly just fine. It's probably cheap as crap to make, so no complaining about investing money they could invest in NX development, not everyone has a Wii or Wii U to buy Virtual Console games on, not everyone has the know-how to download roms or the computer/device to do it, nor would you entrust, say, a 6 year old, with said devices, and you certainly don't just plug those onto a TV and instantly get a list of games to play without menus, interfaces, configurations to make, etc that will overwhelm a more casual player who just wants to be spoon fed their entertainment.

I think this is a fine novelty item for collectors or retro gaming fans, for people without the cash to buy a Wii/Wii U and internet connection to pay even more for Virtual Console games, or a device that can emulate these games, which still kills the concept of "plug in and play" due to the required set up. You guys clearly spend enough time on the internet to know better than to buy this device, but for the people that don't know any better and don't have the money to fork over for a smarter alternative, this works just fine. It's also a perfect first video game experience for kids. I think that's just great.

I would not mind this if I had kids, but the price is too high.

Isn't this whole NES Mini for nostalgic adults who want to recapture their childhood?

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Those Sega Plug-N-Plays you see all the time actually run on a really choppy version of Genesis hardware. It suffers from occasional slowdown, off-tune audio, graphical glitches, lack of save functionality, and compatability issues with certain games. I would know, as I've owned 2 different ones during my lifetime: The 'RetroGEN', which is a handheld that can run cartridges, and the 'Arcade Motion Dual', which uses wireless Wiimote-esque controllers and featured ROM capability thru an SD Card slot. Neither of them were bad, but suffered from the issues listed above.
Also, adding a cartridge slot would've bumped the price up 5 to 10 bucks higher, and very few people in this current generation are likely to go out and buy old NES carts for this. This would only pander to players who already own NES cartrides, and if they have those, they definitely have an NES. Besides, would a cartridge really fit into that little thing?

At least we know that Nintendo has a seal of quality going into this, while SEGA just pushes the work of porting onto other companies. Also, if you don't want it, don't buy it. Simple as that.

*Raises hand* That's me over here...Take mah money!//

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Surely anyone who's been brought onto this by nostalgia is tech-savvy enough to know that emulation exists? I knew some real thick bastards in school that knew how to use Project64, so it should be within the bounds of reason that anyone that wanted to play NES games has already found the means to.

I really can't see this making money. Although after Pokémon GO, they can afford to take the hit, can't they?

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Exactly what Oni says. This is nothing but easy money off the nostalgia-blind, and those who think emulation doesn't have the NES "feel". Also stop saying "don't like, don't buy". That's a pathetic way of silencing legitimate criticism. Hell, isn't NES Remix a thing? Seems like the only way Nintendo deal is with same shit, different bathroom.

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Any re-release in this market could be considered a cash-in. It may be easy money, but if it satisfies the customer by delivering some truly great games, it's not a bad thing. Practically all of these games are great - save for Castlevania II, which is pretty bad, and the Namco arcade ports, which can be found free elsewhere.


Is it criticism or direct bashing? Most people hating on this are out of the target audience; it's like me complaining specifically about Call Of Duty, even though I naturally hate shooters as a whole.


That's less of a re-release and more of a challenge mode. I've spent a lot of time playing NES Remix, and it gives off a very different feel than a regular compilation title.

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My ending point is that $60 for a re-release of a bunch of great games on standalone hardware is completely fine. It's meant specifically for people who like that sort of thing, like any game. No one product will appeal to everybody.

Personally, I see this as being a potentially good and modern replacement for older models of the NES if this accepts cartridges. Like GadgetJax mentioned, sure, you can get a plug-n-play Genesis at Walgreens for 30 bucks, but the thing is that these aren't being made by Sega themselves, and the specs on them are technically inferior to a Model 1/Model 2 Genesis (muddy sound, less detailed graphics, etc.).

With this being made by Nintendo themselves rather than it being licensed to a 3rd party, and the fact that it sports an HDMI port without hard-modding the console, it could potentially be an upgrade for those who own a bunch of carts and are getting sick of doing maintenance/repairs on the older models. I personally don't see the point of using the NES controllers on the Wii U's Virtual Console, but it's a neat gimmick.

Personally, I'd rather see a "Mini SNES/N64"; those consoles are from my time, and it'd be cool playing a game you can't play on Virtual Console (i.e. Body Harvest, or Cool Spot) in HD on legitimate/enhanced hardware rather than emulation or 3rd party aftermarket consoles.

There is only one thing that bugs me about this.



Don't we already have an NES Mini?