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Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by davb »

hoodoof wrote: post #15

God I hate being nickle and dimed. It should include everything needed - two controllers and a power supply FFS.

Personally, I'm glad to see less devices ship with a USB AC adapter. I've got too many to count. I've slowly started giving them away to friends and family when someone's breaks, but I've still got a few ranging from 0.7A to 2A. For many things, it's not one adapter to one device - most of the time, my phone, Kindle, PS4 controllers and camera all share a single charger (and a single USB A to micro B cable).

I was frustrated that some Nintendo portable consoles don't come with an AC adapter, until a few years in, I had bought a couple of special edition consoles and realised I've got three Nintendo DS chargers. Their adapter design has been stable for many years, so only first-timers actually need to buy a charger.

I suspect the NES mini will ship with a bundle via the official Nintendo store that will include an AC adapter for those in need of one. They'll also likely do a two-controller option too. Their bundles are really appealing for the portable consoles.

I don't think any console ships with two controllers unless it's part of a bundle or special edition these days.

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Post by spydum »

smaili wrote: post #4

> Sadly you can't use your original NES carts with the console - something even the most basic "Famiclone" offers - and there doesn't seem to be any means of getting new games onto it. Would it really have been that much extra effort to make the console backwards compatible?

Don't you recall how unreliable that media/interface was? I don't think most carts aged well.

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Post by paulcole »

smaili wrote: post #4

> Sadly you can't use your original NES carts with the console - something even the most basic "Famiclone" offers - and there doesn't seem to be any means of getting new games onto it. Would it really have been that much extra effort to make the console backwards compatible?

Yeah, I was hoping this tiny emulator would play SNES and N64 carts as well as GameCube discs. I mean seriously how much extra effort would it have been?

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by disease »

Haul4ss wrote: post #12
vblord wrote: post #3

I'm actually really excited about this. I just wonder if my kids will be as addicted to the old school games as I was.

I played a bunch of old NES games on an emulator in the early '00s. Two things stood out: (1) the graphics really were pretty lame, and (2) games I was addicted to as a kid seemed a lot more tedious as an adult. Not saying the classics don't stand the test of time, but some of those old games are better as a memory.

I did the same thing when a bunch of emulators were coming out in the late 90's and early 00's and my big takeaway was that the majority of games from my childhood were not very good, but a few games such as Galaga and Ms Pacman and a handful of other arcade games have stood the test of time very well.

Re: Nintendo re-releases NES as mini console

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Post by yoodenvranx »

kriro wrote: post #13

I own an NES and quite a few games but this seems like an instabuy for me. Solid list of games. Metroid, Castlevania 1+2 and both Zeldas. Tecomo, the Mario games, and Ghost 'n' Goblins to keep you frustrated. Pretty cool actually that they chose to go with the small form factor.

Personally I think Bomberman is missing, we had tons of fun with it (although we used to play super bomberman 5 on SNES)
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