People are dumb. It's a cute little trinket that will be massively available once Nintendo gets their shit together. Same as Amiibos. Hard to get at first and now it's not a big deal.

If you're tempted to overpay for this thing, consider a RetroUSB AVS ...an awesome HDMI NES system for $185...and then pick up and Everdrive for it. Then you can have every game ever made and not just 30.

Yup - you can put every rom from every region ..plus Famicom Disk System games, fan translations of games that never came out over here, hacks, hombrews, prototypes ...and play them all on a real NES. Or, in my case, the RetroUSB AVS - an HDMI NES that came out a few months ago. It's a great way to play NES carts in HD with no lag (the reason some people do not like to use computer emulators...lag and inaccuracies).

Back to Everdrives - the great thing about them is they offer the convenience of emulators without being emulators. You can play them on original hardware. To the system, a rom is a rom is a rom. I ended up selling all my old carts and getting Everdrives for my consoles. Saves a ton of space and I made a nice chunk of change from cart collectors.

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Get the Everdrive 64 and you won't have to worry about game hunting! I also recommend the UltraHDMI mod if you plan on booking it up to a modern display. Looks awesome in 1080p!

Well at least for resolution, Wii is only 480p. NES Classic is 720p. Even though these games were made for 240p, native 720p resolution looks awesome on 8-bit games!

The scanline mode is still HD...it just has that "old" filter applied. Even though I have an AVS (which has Scanlines) ...I think the CRT mode on the NES Classic is super interesting, as it's not just scanlines..it's NTSC distortion as well. I use scanlines on my Framemeister & UltraHDMI when I play my old consoles in HD...in a weird way, they actually make the graphics look better with more depth. Your mind sort of fills in the blanks and everything seems "rounder". It's the same reason I prefer Dots vs. High Rez on ColorDMD.

LOL That's where I got stuck when I revisited Punch-Out recently. I could beat Mike Tyson as a kid...but as an adult...fucking Soda Popinski! GLARGH!!!

Yup! Saves work perfectly, just like a real cart. The only one that doesn't have full compatibility is the SNES one...you can't play Super FX Chip games yet, so Yoshi's Island, Star Fox and a few others won't work. However, on the SD2SNES cart, you can play MSU-1 hacked games...SNES games with CD quality soundtracks on real hardware! It's awesome!

Buy them from the source:
https://krikzz.com/store/

or their US distributor:

http://www.stoneagegamer.com

Yes, SD2SNES is far superior and has way more compatibility - plus the MSU-1 hacks. You gotta get your own roms, but I highly recommend googling "Smokemonster Everdrive" and download his packs...they're amazing, organized and complete.

Not true - The 30 games Nintendo included w/ the NES Classic are pretty much all great. They're not schlock games like most compilation products...Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Megaman, Castlevania, Gradius, Kirby, etc...all wonderful games.

I highly recommend trying the Japanese version of Contra on Everdrive or Emu...it has a Ghouls n Ghosts style map screen, cutscenes and way more background animation than the US version!

How long till you can hack the NES mini to put every game ever on it?

You don't need a Famicom. You can get the extra sound on the RetroUSB AVS!

They look like shit and lag like shit if you do that, though.

RGB with a Framemeister looks awesome, though!

www.retrorgb.com

It's worth it. Games look absolutely pixel perfect and gorgeous.

Compared to pinball money it's nothing.

I sold all the classic cartridges I've had since the 90's...cartridge collectors are paying CRAZY money for them...I sold multiple SNES carts for $400 a pop. Replacing my cart collection with Everdrives and RGB/upscaling stuff was basically free

Damn, that's a $200-300 cart right there!!!

The only carts I kept were Starfox and Yoshi's Island, as they don't work on SD2SNES. I might pick up the Japanese game Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius as well, since that doesn't work yet.

I think you're confusing the things I'm talking about.

-For NES I bought a RetroUSB AVS. It's an HDMI NES. Not an emulator. It's an FPGA system "simulating" a NES.
---For games, I bought an Everdrive cartridge. Again, not an emulator. Just a cartridge capable of holding every game rom ever made on an SD card. To a system, a rom is a rom is a rom. Doesn't matter if the delivery is an old cart with 1 rom or a modern cart with 1000 roms.

-I'm using ORIGINAL SNES hardware. With an Everdrive. Again, no emulation. I have an RGB SCART cable which gets the purest signal from the console. Since those cables can't be plugged into any American TV's, I have a Framemeister - which converts the RGB signal into a resolution of your choice (I like 720p) - and sends it to the TV through an HDMI cable.

I also use RGB and Framemeister for my Genesis, Turbografx, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1 and PS2. I like this method because I like using original hardware. AVS isn't original hardware but it behaves exactly like it.

-Now, if you don't care about original hardware...some people like using devices like the Retron5. It's a "multi system" that plays carts...but it actually doesn't "play" them per se...it's an emulator box, and dumps the rom off your cart, then runs it on an emulator. You can't use Everdrives on these types of devices...however, you can hack them to play roms off an SD card. Personally, I'm not a fan...I think the picture quality blows on these things, and they have lag like emulators cuz it is an emulator...but if you're not picky, it's a cheap way to play old games thru HDMI on a TV.

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I had some great ones in my collection that I bought back in the day ...probably on clearance! I got $400 for my Space Megaforce! The one I wish I would have kept a bit longer...I had MUSHA for Genesis. A few years back, I sold it for $80...thinking it would never go higher than that when you can buy it on the Wii Virtual Console for $5. That's a $500 game now!!!!!!

Just look on eBay to get an idea. If you have complete games with boxes/instructions, they're worth way more. Search your game with "CIB" (Complete in box). Mario RPG should be a lot - that's another that won't work on Everdrive/SD2SNES.

I sold my "big ones" on EBay - the rest I sold to the local collector community for a bit less to avoid listing/shipping so many games.

You can make folders on your computer and organize the roms any way you want. Then when you turn on the console, the folders will be listed...press the button and you'll see your list of games. Press the game, it starts right up!

I just download the Smokemonster packs because they're very nicely organized. US games, Japanese games, Top 100 lists, Translations, Prototypes, Homebrew, etc. I also like to make my own older with my favorites or games I used to own - my "virtual shelf"

Here's a pic I found on my phone of the SD2SNES - I was browsing through the translations folder and took a pic for some reason.

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Well, let's bring this conversation back to the NES Classic...if you just want to talk pure value - $60 for an "intro" to HDMI retro gaming is absolutely fantastic, IMO. $2 per game, and they're all excellent games! Getting classic consoles filled with games and upscaled to HDMI can be pricey...for me - worth it. For a casual gamer - NES Classic is pretty awesome.

Oh yeah, it's compatible with any NES controller though - it has the same ports. I just bought some used NES pads off eBay for $10 each.

Yeah! I have the Saturn version, which is mostly better - but the SFC version has a few different levels. I used to have the SFC version, but sold it way back when. Kinda wanna play it again...but I'd need the real cart.

Nintendo's been in a weird console spot since they lost a ton of marketshare in the N64 days. With Gamecube, it was essentially the same thing as the PS2 and Xbox...the market doesn't need 3 of the same thing, so - in a sense, they've been smart to not just be another option to Sony/MS's offerings, and to do something different that sets their stuff apart. DS & 3DS accomplished that. Wii accomplished that. I personally love the Wii U, but they really fucked up on marketing it - consumers didn't understand it was a whole new thing, they thought it was just a Wii accessory or upgrade. So far, they seem to be correcting that with the Switch reveal - really trying to stress how this thing is a super unique console/portable hybrid with lots of options for any type of gamer. Hopefully they'll continue that and do a better job at exploiting Nintendo/retro nostalgia which is at an all time high right now. They've got great IP, and they've got a great classic library...if they can successfully sell this thing as the ultimate jack of all trades, go-to system that offers:

-New games based on classic Nintendo IP (Zelda, Mario, Smash, Kart, etc)
-A robust and easy to use portal to classic Nintendo IP (NES, SNES, N64, GB)
-3rd party support
-Home console with graphics comparable to the competition
-Portable console that uses the same games you're playing at home
-Social media interaction
-Streaming media hub

I don't see how they couldn't have a hit with this thing...but Nintendo does usually find ways to fuck things up lol

Maybe - but I think if a person owns a PS4 or Xbone...they really don't need the other one as they're generally the same, but a Switch is different and interesting enough to become the "2nd console" for people who use one of the others as a main. I dunno, I guess we'll see! It's hard to predict with Nintendo!

For me, it was exciting to get the beloved franchises in HD. Yeah, I know it wasn't enough for the masses...but I was more than happy with Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8 Zelda Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Super Mario 3D World, New Super Mario U, Mario Maker, Smash Bros., Kirby....

For me personally, I don't have enough time to spend on video games as I used to...so it takes me forever to finish even easy short games. So honestly - the new Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, and Kart on Switch will be enough to keep me happy for years lol.

I did the homebrew channel hack thing on my Wii years ago, but then never went further with it. I went to revisit it recently and was lost. I need to go back and catch up, figure out what files need to be on the SD card, and figure out how to play Gamecube games off the SD card!

The NES Classic has audio lag. That's inherent to its design, not an HDMI issue. RetroUSB AVS is currently the best way to enjoy NES in HD. I just played some Punch-Out (Mike Tysons) and got really far. Response is awesome, no lag. The toy-flipper should have spent his dough on that instead of a NES Classic for $190. That's nuts.

Watch My Life In Gaming's review. They show the audio delay issues. In Megaman 2, the characters are moving fine ...but the jump and shoot sounds come later.

The gameplay and framerate isn't the issue. HDMI retro gaming CAN be relatively lag free. You get lag in retro games when you use old video connections like composite - because the TV has to process and upscale a 240p signal, and it isn't good at it. The NES Mini has gameplay lag AND audio lag. That's something inherent to it's design, and unfortunately you can't update it. So, it is what it is. I play NES games on my AVS through HDMI, and there is no noticeable lag in play or sound. I play my other old consoles through my Framemeister, and there's 1 or 2 frames at most...but it's relatively unnoticeable.

I've cued this up to lag discussion...there IS play lag, and sound lag (a different issue):

While I do miss light gun use, I'm more than happy playing my retro games on my 130 inch projector screen using a Framemeister for high def/low lag output with scanlines! I was playing some Sega Genesis last nite - here's an example of how it looks. Very close to CRT but pixel perfect RGB output and HUUUUGE!

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Oooph, composite on Genesis blows. You can see those rainbow bars in the white text at the bottom. I got lucky and bought a rare S-Video box for my Genesis in the late 90's, and it got rid of those bad rainbow FX...but now that I've seen what old consoles can look like with RGB output...holy moly, I can't go back!!!!

If the games are good, people will want it. However, they pretty much blew their load with the next classics on the current one ...Still, there are plenty of great 3rd party games to include ...more Mega Mans, Contra 1, Castlevania 3 ...maybe they can work out something to put the Capcom Disney games on there ...

I still have my original SNES, Genesis, N64, Dreamcast, Saturn, GBA SP & GBA Micro. I bought a RetroUSB AVS since I didn't have a NES. I bought a Japanese CoreGrafx since I didn't still have my old Turbografx. I still had 100's of cartridges but I've since sold most
of them & use Everdrives instead. Still have my disc based games & GBA games...although I'm prob gonna sell those soon since the GBA Everdrive came out.

Cuz I love Everdrive. Drag, drop, play. Don't you have to patch roms for EZ Flash or some shit? Too much work.

This guy called Smokemonster makes these amazing Everdrive rom packs for every Everdrive. It's literally everything from every region, plus hacks, homebrew, prototypes, tools, color restorations, music players etc....nicely organized. Just download, drop on the sd card, play.

For the record, using an Everdrive on an original console is not emulation.

It's fantastic. Selling my Conker pretty much paid for it.

I woke up one morning, turned on Seaman to check on him - and he said "I bet you're just sitting there in your underwear right now". Mofo was psychic. He also told me I had the same birthday as Timothy Leary and made an LSD joke at my expense

Lol. Since I have a AVS and Everdrive, I don't need one of these things - but I would have totally bought one just cuz it's cute and I love Nintendo collectibles. They've made it so hard to casually buy something I don't need, I kind of don't care any more. When they decide to stock these like a normal company trying to make money, I'll get one...prob when they're on sale for $40

Seaman is just weird as fuck. It's a a weird virtual pet that you can talk to. The game comes with a microphone that plugs into the Dreamcast. Each time you turn on the game, there's narration from Leonard Nimoy about the day's events.

My fav SNES games in no order:

1. Yoshi's Island
2. Starfox
3. Legend of the Mystical Ninja
4. Goemon 2 (Mystical Ninja 2, Japan only)
5. TMNT 4: Turtles In Time
6. Super Mario World
7. Super Metroid
8. Super Mario Kart
9. Legend of Zelda: A Link To the Past
10. Plok (massively underrated platformer - best music ever )

Ok I can't just pick 10 lol

11. Super Castlevania IV
12. Contra III: The Alien Wars
13. F-Zero
14. Castlevania Dracula X
15. Megaman X

Gaddamn Konami was just killing it on the SNES.

Ok I'll stop at 15 but I'll prob come back and edit/add more lol.

Does PS4 not support 3D? I know that was the case when it launched, but I thought they updated the firmware so it does.

Booo...games look really cool in 3D, I have a few. Puppeteer, Shadow of the Colossus HD, Ico HD, Batman Arkham City, etc.

Get an Everdrive. Then you'll have all those games. Unobtanium no longer!

For me, as long as it's the original hardware, I'm good. The system doesn't know if the cart is an Everdrive, original, or bootleg. A rom is a rom to the system. Since collectors are going nuts and driving up prices, Everdrive is the way to go if you just wanna play all the old games and save money & space. I sold all my old carts and got Everdrives for my consoles.

Switch? I'm hoping some pre-orders go live tonite after the presentation. NINTENDO!!! TAKE MY MONEY!!!

Yeah, I don't get collectors when Everdrives are the ultimate way to play on original hardware. But hey, they willingly threw about $10k at me for my old carts so I shouldn't complain. I see a lot of people buying bootleg reproductions just to have more carts on their shelf. I don't understand that AT ALL. All the money they're spending to collect fake carts...just get one Everdrive.

I got a Switch Pre-Order! WOO! Wal-Mart sold out in 5 minutes. Got mine from Best Buy. Selling out quick but it's store-pick-up specific...so try different stores till you get one!

Yeah I'm kinda bummed Mario's not till Xmas time....but this Zelda looks so huge, I can probably play that till Fall!

You're missing out on a lot of great games! Splatoon, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. U, Rayman Legends, Shantae ....granted, most of these are gonna pop up on the Switch now, but still ...love the Wii U!

That was weird...but that was just one level. Every level seem to have a totally different aesthetic...so I'm guessing that floating machine he's in takes him to different dimensions like Sliders or something.

It has a really nice thumb-fitting and clicky stick! But yeah, it came out in a market where no one was going to care. I enjoyed the one I got from Target on clearance for $20 ...but I sold it a long time ago.

They were about $300, but now that they announced that they're discontinuing the current model, people are flipping them for stupid money. Hopefully there will be a new model announced.

There's also an open source kit thingie that has good reviews.

http://retrorgb.com/upscalers.html

Yeah there's a chip that they can't get anymore. Framemeister isn't their first upscaler tho - it might be the 3rd? It's very popular and will remain so as long as retro gaming becomes more and more popular. So - I wouldn't be surprised if they have a new version in the works. Why wouldn't they ?

I would normally agree about Nintendo's shitty supply issues, but in this case I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. This odd March release is kind of a "test and tease" up until the holidays. By then, they'll have a decent library of games and the launch of the new Mario - at that point we'll probably see a price drop or a pack-in game...and they could have a huge "mainstream" Christmas while letting the hardcore Nintendo fans and early adopters jam on it all year.

Western kids love tablets. That could get them interested - but only if they want to play long form style games like Zelda and Mario instead id 99 cent apps. That's why I think it's important that Nintendo really do something "modern" with all their classic IP. A subscription that gives players access to the whole NES library...or pricing NES games like apps at 99 cents, would make it more appealing.

Paper Mario's pretty niche. We haven't had a full free-roaming large world Mario since Sunshine. Galaxy was, sort of...but everything was confined to those little mini planets. I'm really excited for a Mario that makes us all feel the way we did when we played Mario64. And like Galxy, I hope they do a sequel before the console's life is up.

Someone else just made an NES Metroid prequel! Just tried it on my Everdrive - pretty cool!!!

http://www.retrocollect.com/News/unofficial-metroid-prequel-rogue-dawn-out-now-a-playable-on-nintendo-nes.html

I got the "Special Edition" ...same stuff except for the sword statue, which is fine by me...I mostly wanted the carrying case.

That's odd. The camera is always in a normal place when I play. You must be doing something wrong.

I wonder why 900p? I'm assuming it still outputs at 1080p, but 900 is the actual resolution? I think I read that a lot of Xbox One and PS4 games do that...is it common to have a slightly lower resolution to run a game more efficiently? I haven't really kept up with all the specs over the years.

Perhaps something to do with how it accesses memory? Or even sound processing? I'm a programming dummy, I'll just assume: Newer Hardware = newer tricks for better A/V.

Splatoon 2 doesn't look that different from the first...maybe some more reflections and lighting FX. I wouldn't be surprised if Splatoon 2 was being developed for Wii U & then ported over to the Switch. I don't care really - Splatoon is all about the colorful art direction and I think it looks great on Wii U & Switch. I hadn't played it for months, but have been playing the hell out of it over the past couple nights...man, I don't know why I put it down - it's so fun! For a "dead" system, there are always people online ready to play Splatoon! 8 player matches fill up instantly. Really looking forward to 2....I hope it has more of a robust 1 player game mode.

I did get Star Fox despite the bad reviews. The controls are bizarre and sometimes infuriating. I never finished it...I'm on the last few levels, though. It's totally gorgeous...but the CONTROLS...I sorta kinda got used to them, but because every level has a different vehicle with different weird controls - it's hard to put down and pick up later...I feel like if I put it back in I'm going to have to retrain again. I just wish it played more straight forward like the SNES version. It's really Anti-Nintendo in that sense...Nintendo games are usually really intuitive to just pick up. Like Splatoon...hadn't played it in months, didn't even have to think to jump right back into it.

It would be nice if Nintendo offered a few olive branches to those of us who supported the Wii U. They can see by my account that I bought the Mario Kart 8 DLC packs....would be nice to get some kind of discount or something if I buy the new one, which is almost the same game.

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How is that a problem? People with either console can enjoy it. I never played Twilight Princess back in the day, but recently finished it on Wii U! Glad I waited for that version, it's gorgeous in HD!

Maybe it's because it takes me forever to get through games - but I was more than happy with my Wii U games. Here's what I've got, physical and digital:

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Bayonetta is too spazzy for me. I can't figure out wtf is going on...but maybe I should give it another chance. It's Sega so I wanna like it. I have Pikmin 3 and Toad as digital downloads. I've barely played Pikmin, to be honest...it was a freebie with Mario Kart.

Yoshi...it's a great platformer. Kirby is pretty awesome too, with its claymation graphics...but my problem with Kirby is it's PURELY a touchscreen game. I really wish you could use the Wiimote to draw and play it on the screen instead of being confined to the touchpad. Sometimes Nintendo, with all its control options...forgets to give you ENOUGH options. Starfox could have used an option for less convoluted play....Kid Icarus on 3DS had terrible stock controls, and not enough options to make it playable.

Me too. I find them much more intuitive and fun.

It's good if you wanna play it on a GBA, but if you're gonna play on TV, the SNES one is better. Better resolution and sound. GBA sound is really compressed.

It was at Frank 'n Sons last year...I went and sold a good chunk of my cart collection to collectors just waiting to throw cash at me! I got in trouble cuz only the vendors are allowed to sell...but I had already made my money lol.

It was so popular that they moved it to the Ontario location. Should be a good time if you like browsing/buying/selling/trading classic games & seeing Youtube gamer nerds in person.

For me, Majora's Mask cuz it's just confusing and I don't understand the concept at all. I have the 3DS version and I want to like it - but it's making it very hard.

I never tried the DS Zeldas. I didn't like the idea of using the stylus to move around. Link Between Worlds on 3DS is fantastic, though - it's the legit follow up to SNES Zelda.

I mean, it might be fine! That was just my thought at the time. I should try them eventually. Zelda games are huge...there are so many old ones I never finished that I should probably get through before I try any more.

I need to finish Minish Cap...I never finished the Gameboy Color DX one...I don't think I even played the Oracle of Ages/Seasons games...maybe started but didn't get far. Damn there are a lot of Zeldas I gotta get through!

I finally finished Ocarina on 3DS, then bought Majora. Flow has nothing to do with it. I don't get the whole moon crashing time rewind concept. It's especially tough since I tend to put games down for months. If I fire Majora back up I have no clue what to do.

I don't know anything about this streaming thing...but the *new* Nintendo 3DS (worst product name ever) is a slightly different system than the 3DS. It has a right analog nub, it can play SNES games via the eShop while the old 3DS can't, it has faster loading and downloading. Perhaps there's something about its hardware that allows for this streaming hack and the old 3DS can't do it?

Oh yeah, how could I forget that! That's the REASON I upgraded to a *new* 3DS! I noticed a lot of people don't even use the 3D on the 3DS...but I love 3D, and the tracking 3D is absolutely great...it almost never "breaks" while playing.

Speaking of retro...have you played any of the Sega 3D classics? The 3D separation they've done on 16-bit Sega Genesis & arcade games is brilliant. Not only to the games look beautiful and crisp...perfect ports, the 3D effect is really really great!

They prob could have done it on the Wii U. But Switch is a single screen experience. Dunno how they'd do DS or 3DS games unless they were playable only on the undocked touchscreen w the dual screens both displayed on the touchscreen.

Yeah, they full on botched the Wii U with shit marketing from day 1. The name was stupid, and people assumed it was just a Wii accessory or upgrade...they didn't realize it was an entirely new console. Had they called it something else, and screamed from the rooftops: NINTENDO IN HD!!!!!!!! ...I think they would have fared better. Honestly, that's all I wanted out of it. Nintendo in HD...and that's what I got, and really enjoyed it! So, I think to most people who ignored the Wii U, they've never experienced Nintendo in HD....and now Nintendo is CLEARLY marketing a NEW system, and people will get it. Anyone who grew up with Nintendo franchises but skipped the last generation or two - they're gonna dig this. Home console & portable in one, lots of great multiplayer opportunities.

Ultra HDMI is awesome, I love it! I wish every old console had an HDMI mod...maybe one day!

I've got the Toro for my DC, which has VGA & RGB Scart...I'm using it with Scart through my Framemeister and the Dreamcast just looks absolutely incredible in 1080p. I'm pretty sure I have a component for my PS2...but I've also got the RGB for that so I can Framemeister it, although I haven't monkeyed with it too much. PS2 games have a lot of resolution switching, which kinda sucks on a Framemeister.

I'm playing on a 1080p projector, and N64 in 1080p with scanlines looks awesome.

Pinball could be really cool with the Switch's "HD rumble" ...there could be a subtle rumble that goes from one Joycon to the other depending on where the ball is on the table...plus "realistic" left and right rumbles for flippers, slings, pops, etc.

PS4 remake.

It's free money, zero effort. Just have to make them and ship them. There's no way they stop. They still can't fill demand.

I think they're making way more than that per unit...in any case - it was a false story. They'll remain in production. It's not competing with Switch.

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-of-europe-says-nes-classic-edition-production-will-continue/

I'm hoping they've learned from the NES Classic debacle. They were caught off guard by the nostalgia/retro scene. Now they know. Plus, including the finished version of Starfox 2!?!? That's insane!

My perhaps naive prediction: They will make millions instead of a few hundred thousand, and they'll keep selling them next year. They have to realize this is "free money", an impulse buy, great brand advertising, and not competition for the Switch.

My Nintendo stock says otherwise

They're killing it this year with the Switch, there will be a ton available even if it's not instantaneously (I got 3 on launch day....and no I didn't scalp them). I think we'll see something different with this release. They know the demand for retro now. Free money. They made 2.3 million NES Classics. They say there will be significantly more SNES. 5 mil? 10 mil?

Evil. They're speculating, though. If Nintendo releases 5 million + & stores limit 1 per customer, scalpers will lose interest.

I think it's going to go up even further after Xmas Switch system and Mario Odyssey software sales blow the charts out.

Zelda is incredible and people will still be buying it for years. They've already sold more Zeldas than Switches!!!

Some of the GameStop bundles aren't bad. I think there's one with Zelda, Zelda DLC, ARMS & Mario Kart - that's all stuff I bought. If I didn't have a Switch yet, I'd get that bundle.

Yes. It's complete. The roms out there are early test versions that have been fan hacked to work better.

To do this, they'd need a donor SFX cart. Unfortunately the Everdrive cannot play SFX games and SD2SNES might in the future, but currently can't.

Omg I love the Joy Cons for ARMS. I tried playing it with the Pro control and I just couldn't do it - Joy Con motion is so satisfying, so responsive ...I just love it.

Try it for ARMS...to me, that IS the game...it's made for that control style and it's so satisfying and so fun to "really" throw the punches and "really" block...and - it's the only way to individually curve the punches - you can't do that in regular control mode.

I'm doing relatively well in the ranked matches...and I'm using motion controls 100%. So much of the strategy is when you jump and dash...and having those on each thumb allows me to control the characters so much better than with regular controls.

Those clones look like garbage. I'm currently using my original SNES with RGB SCART cables into a Framemeister, and upscaling to 720p with Scanlines. Looks incredible & can play everything. However - I like using the SD2SNES cart in the system, which plays almost everything except FX chip games and a few others...so - the only way I'm playing Starfox 2 is on the SNES Classic Mini, or when someone rips the ROM and hacks a SFX cart with the ROM.

For NES games, I have a RetroUSB AVS & an Everdrive cart. Every game ever, and looks/plays better than the NES Classic...still - as a Nintendo fan, I like original Nintendo crap...so even though I don't need a NES or SNES Classic...I still want them!