Was looking for one for months and then gave up. Had a shot to get one a couple of weeks ago on Amazon for msrp and skipped. I'm over this bullshit. Bending over backwards, paying scalp prices to play old ass games. Not gonna stress anymore.
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SNES Classic sell in totals 5.28 million
- Thread starter ZhugeEX
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I have one, I love it. It wasn't hard to get either if you follow Wario64 on Twitter.
Unpopular opinion, but I think I prefer these classic consoles to the Virtual Console approach. I'm not really interested in another drip-feed on the Switch or having it tied to a subscription service.
Unpopular opinion, but I think I prefer these classic consoles to the Virtual Console approach. I'm not really interested in another drip-feed on the Switch or having it tied to a subscription service.
So you're ok with having a ridiculously limited selection of games? It's fine that you can play DKC1, but not 2 and 3 at all?
Nice little console, i'm using it to play Chrono Trigger once more. Never had a Snes back in the days, used to be a genesis boy.
Nah, the mass market nostalgia stops at Snes for Nintendo consoles.
Strongly disagree. I loved the previous iterations of VC. Played so many games I wouldn't have otherwise, like Super Metroid, Super Mario Wor ld, the original DKC games, and so on. No, I don't want to back or mod my Console either. I want everything available in an official capacity on my Switch.
By the time the previous Virtual Consoles had the selection I wanted Nintendo was about to sell me a new platform to start all over again. Having 21 representative games up front is preferable to me at this point. The last thing I want us to check ERA every month just to find out that Wario's Woods is the free game with my Switch Online subscription this mongh.
apparently n64 is actually the highest selling console at retro game shops
n64 nostalgia is unimaginably huge
Just because you don't want it doesn't mean that there isn't a market for it. They continue to sell every SNES Classic that they can make so no, it hasn't had its run. They should continue to sell them for as long as there is demand as that is how companies make money.
Got mine couple weeks ago, it was worth it, however I wished that they've added more games with the console, now we need N64 mini!
We don't have to, that's a YMMV thing. Difference is, if a product doesn't personally appeal to me doesn't mean I need to call for it to end. It's very easy to ignore it and move along if the item doesn't appeal to you in any form.
I don't see why one comes at the expense of the other. The Switch is a $300 investment before you could get to buying the games ala carte. Sure Nintendo would love to sell us all on Switches, but in the cases they can't....... here's your $80 retro box full of the games you remember from $25 years ago. There's some crossover obviously for Switch owners who may still buy these things( even if the games were available on the eshop), but it's two different items directed at different consumers. I'm guessing the VC is going to exist in a different form as part of their coming online service and that's why they aren't available for Switch, not because of the existence of the SNES classic.
So do I but I really can't fathom how anyone could look at their previous implementations on the Wii and Wii U and not see the obvious room for vast improvement.
A fully-realized VC could be one of the coolest things ever, especially if Nintendo could get the vast majority of software for previous consoles on the service in a timely manner.
Regardless, I don't think these boxes are the alternative to the VC. I think Nintendo views them as an entirely different product and I would assume we'll get some form of the VC on the Switch in the near future. (Hopefully)
I guess it depends on where you live.
I got mine on launch and have only seen them on the shelf one time since.
Eh. Virtual Console rereleases have been historically more expensive than each individual game in the NES and SNES Classic systems. Both business models could easily coexist.
Oh, no, I'm not saying there wasn't room for improvement. There clearly was, whether it major gaps in each system's library, or issues with emulation on certain systems (N64 dark filter, bleh!). But, I still loved the service and the concept of it, warts and all, and it was an important part of my experience with Nintendo Consoles for the last decade. It helped me discover many games I'd never played before, re-discover games I had, and also acted as a great "gap filler" in between major Nintendo exclusives (those games, plus VC, is primarily why I've bought Nintendo systems, as I'd rather play most multiplatform titles elsewhere, honestly).
I'd love to believe there's still some kind of VC equivalent planned, but it's been over a year since Switch launched with no indication of VC, and threads like these showing the ridiculous success of the Classic Consoles. So, I think things are looking pretty dire right now. :(
Yeah. :(
And yet, VC doesn't exist on Switch. :(
Saw them on shelves everywhere in Japan. Not sure why they have plenty there, but pretty much none in the states.
My guess is NOA is afraid of having them sit on shelves.
My guess is NOA is afraid of having them sit on shelves.
By that (bizarre) logic we can equally blame LABO, Smash Bros, Obama, Putin, and the price of bananas in Sweden.
I wish they would just focus more on virtual console on the switch. Smdh
Don't expect one. The only single board computer that can somewhat run n64 is the Odroid XU4 and that's 100$ more or less (and needs active cooling).
They would have to make a very powerfull single board computer and charge a heavy premium for it, defeating the purpose in the first place
I still need to pick one up, as well as the NES Classic when they release it again this Summer.
That is still the plan for Nintendo, correct?
That is still the plan for Nintendo, correct?
some good sales
i admit. bought one myself.
see them once in a while on shelves for a while but not for long
i admit. bought one myself.
see them once in a while on shelves for a while but not for long
star fox 2 the most successful entry in years for star fox
