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Would anybody else much rather get a raspberry pi and $30 in supplies to make it themself?
> 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.
I hope this sells well as I would love to see a SNES/Famicon Classic Edition. That was the console of my childhood :)
Every supplier in my area has sold out multiple times already.
Would anybody else much rather get a raspberry pi and $30 in supplies to make it themself?
They forgot to mention one nice detail - the included controller can also be paired with a Wii or Wii U by plugging it into a Wii Remotes nunchuck port. This means you can use the authentic controller to play the full Wii Virtual Console catalog, which covers many games not included with the NES Classic.
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don't encourage the scalpers
Seems more of a warning to people that are late to Christmas shopping. Very likely this will be on eBay for $100 if short supply from Nintendo.
Would anybody else much rather get a raspberry pi and $30 in supplies to make it themself?
The gamepad I'm using works in emulation station, but doesn't work when I'm in the ROM. apparently it's due to thi issue: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/564
I still haven't fixed it because I can't bring myself to screw around debugging a linux system after a long day of coding.
So, I have no doubts that many people can and should use a retropie. But, my childhood gaming experiences didn't involve the location of the RetroArchs/config folder, and I'd really rather my attempt to relive that experience as an adult didn't, either.
> 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.
Would anybody else much rather get a raspberry pi and $30 in supplies to make it themself?
It'll come out to the same cost when you factor in the controller. This seems sturdier, includes all the games (legally), and can be easily resold when you inevitably get bored and realize you purchased a 30 year old console system.
Plenty of people have moved on to better technology and more sophisticated games, but let's not assume every player would get bored of these true classics.
The only way I would be on board with this is if it shipped with every NES title Nintendo currently owns the rights to, and also had the capability to install the full catalogs of other companies, such as Square Enix / Taito, Tengen, Bandai Namco, or any of the other successor companies to the original NES game developers.
Sell the complete NES catalog--or as close to it as the lawyers can work out--just one last, final time, and keep that same device on the market years into the future, and I will consider buying it. Otherwise, this is yet another iteration of re-buying the original NES games on a different console platform. Not falling for that, Nintendo.
The review touts "only $2 per game!" but in today's market, $2 will get you far superior games from studios and developers that need it today to buy their top ramen noodles for the day after tomorrow. The original Legend of Zelda just isn't that great of a game, and I already bought it once. I'd rather buy something new (to me) through Steam, GOG, or Humble.