I wonder how much it would cost for the entire NES catalog, or even if they would be able to do that (b/c of licensing issues). I feel like if I bought this thing I would think about some game from my childhood and it wouldn't be included.
Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it
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#12Only negative thing I've read about this is that the controllers need a longer cable (yes, you can buy extension cables but they're $10 per controller, on a $60 system that is pricey). Aside from that it is a great value proposition. A lot of games, good hardware, and updated to work via standard HDMI/USB. I'm hoping that if this is a runaway success that Nintendo will consider doing a SNES, N64, and Gamecube version…
If this does even half as well as I expect, they would be insane not to do an SNES one. N64 and Gamecube are more interesting as, while both platforms had some good games, 1) the controllers were absurd, and 2) they don't have the same nostalgia feel with a wider audience that the first 2 Nintendo consoles do.
What gets interesting is what games do they put on the SNES? I would dearly love to see stuff like FF 3/6 and CT on there, SMW... god building a list of 30 such games would take hours to trim down.
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#13> Notice something about the title? Yeah, it isn’t Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! The game is exactly the same, but you fight a palette-swapped Tyson at the end — they made him white and changed his name to Mr. Dream. Sad, really, but how often did you even get that far? Turns out this is a great party game.
What a shame :( I wonder how much extra money it would have cost them for the licensing.
Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it
#14Only negative thing I've read about this is that the controllers need a longer cable (yes, you can buy extension cables but they're $10 per controller, on a $60 system that is pricey). Aside from that it is a great value proposition. A lot of games, good hardware, and updated to work via standard HDMI/USB. I'm hoping that if this is a runaway success that Nintendo will consider doing a SNES, N64, and Gamecube version…
It's really unfortunate about the controller cables. The length is roughly the same as the Wii classic controller.
I'm not much of a gamer anymore, but I recently fired up my Wii to play some old SNES games and I found the wii classic controller's cable length fairly annoying and that's simply tethered to the wireless Wii remote! I can't imagine playing with the Nintendo classic console pretty much in my lap.
Other than that, I really wish they had included the original Contra.
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#15Would anybody else much rather get a raspberry pi and $30 in supplies to make it themself?
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#17The timing couldn't be better. My daughter is turning 7 just before Xmas and this is going under the tree!
Cool that your daughter is willing to play retro games (I assume), I tried to get my teenage nephews to play FF7 and as soon as they saw the blocky graphics they noped the f out. Sigh.
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#18> Notice something about the title? Yeah, it isn’t Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! The game is exactly the same, but you fight a palette-swapped Tyson at the end — they made him white and changed his name to Mr. Dream. Sad, really, but how often did you even get that far? Turns out this is a great party game. What a shame :( I wonder how much extra money it would have cost them for the licensing.
I don't think it's a license issue, it was more of that Mike Tyson criminal convictions that caused Nintendo to replace him when they re released the game.
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#19Oh man, when I was ten, the neighbor's kids had an NES, and we spent entire weekends in front of it. It did eventually die down when we discovered AD&D, but still - we spent a lot of time playing Mario Bros, Zelda, etc. The wave of nostalgia hitting me is irresistible.
Just checked: Amazon (in Germany) knows of this thing, but says it is not available. Does not list a price, either. :-(
Re: Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it
#20> Notice something about the title? Yeah, it isn’t Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! The game is exactly the same, but you fight a palette-swapped Tyson at the end — they made him white and changed his name to Mr. Dream. Sad, really, but how often did you even get that far? Turns out this is a great party game. What a shame :( I wonder how much extra money it would have cost them for the licensing.
He was removed from the game because Nintendo didn't want to really be associated with him after the rape case conviction in the early 90s.