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Day 1 purchase for me as well. Nintendo always manages to grab my money.
Nintendo announces its "Flashback" NES Console The NES Classic Edition
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Maybe because Konami didn't want it to have those 2?
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I don't know why but I want this. I don't need it sin e I have most of these games but I got to have it. I've got the newest gen Flashback Coleco and Intellivision and really enjoy them.
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They also might be doing packs of additional games in the future, and are holding back some games for future releases. Could be why we're seeing such a nice selection of third party games for this. Maybe there are Capcom or Konami game expansions planned for the future.
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it still comes down to wanting cartridges... we're just being "asked" to pay $60 for a raspberry pi with a fancy case. That's what really sucks. Still really cool though.
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This is Nintendo...that thing will be fort-fucking-knox.
If it has no I/O..."hacking" won't be as easy as it seems. I strongly doubt it will have any ports at all besides a HDMI, power cord and the two controller ports, especially not a "gimmie" like a SD card slot. Now, I guess some whiz can crack into the thing and start soldering shit on it, but I'm guessing that what it will take.
If it has no I/O..."hacking" won't be as easy as it seems. I strongly doubt it will have any ports at all besides a HDMI, power cord and the two controller ports, especially not a "gimmie" like a SD card slot. Now, I guess some whiz can crack into the thing and start soldering shit on it, but I'm guessing that what it will take.
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Yes it does...you're 100% correct. And it can save games, and for cheaters like me, it has cheats. And then it also plays SNES, GNE, Famicom, Super Famicom and GBA games as well. I've long been an advocate of mine and it has served me well.
But it requires you to have the carts...or go through some screwy, pain in the ass way to bootleg them.
One last thing...that little console it just cool as shit...$60 worth of cool? Absolutely.
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did they figure out a way to get a power button on the pi? That might make me rethink this - I have a ton of quality USB sticks and pads that I can use on the pi...
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It's probably they have left over connectors from their wii production so just used those. It doesn't seem cost effective to box a wii up like that for classic emulation.
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This is awesome. Will be getting one and a controller as soon as it becomes available. I used google and searched around and couldn't quite find out anymore information about it. Does nintendo have an official announcement? I probably didn't search adequately.
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Nope.
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Every Nintendo console I've ever own has been hackable. This will be no different.
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Interesting for sure. I will probably wait to see what the reviews are like after it comes out. I don't think this will be like the Neo-Geo X. But just in case, it might be a good idea to hold out.... Or a really dumb one if the system is a good as everyone hopes, gets a limited release, and future game packs come out.
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The Wii mini sells for $99. With a Wii remote that retails for $35 and a nunchuck that retails for $20. Minus the disc drive...yeah they're making money stuffing a Wii in a new case and charging $60.
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Last i checked, those Wiimote accessory ports are just fancy USB ports. If it really were a Wii, there'd probably be some sort of Bluetooth bridge involved and virtual Wiimotes, seeing how there's no way to use Wiimote accessories without the Wiimote. Or you know, Nintendo just recycled the accessory connectors and nothing else from the Wii...
My only other comment is I find this announcement hard to believe. Nintendo never makes stuff like this.
My only other comment is I find this announcement hard to believe. Nintendo never makes stuff like this.
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Ah, maybe you're right then.
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Best time to flip will be a few weeks before xmas.
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I'm willing to bet money this thing has Wii hardware inside. Which pretty much is good enough for emulation and is probably a good way for Nintendo to get rid of left over hardware.
Probably, since the earlier ones didn't have ported games at all, and could even be modified to play cartridges, granted you know how to solder in a cartridge connector.
Probably, since the earlier ones didn't have ported games at all, and could even be modified to play cartridges, granted you know how to solder in a cartridge connector.
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This is awesome but you can do all of this on a Wii w/ all the games, emulators, & roms...
The price is right though, so ill be picking this up just because the case is really nice w/hdmi. Plus you get a controller & i heard the extra controller is only $9.99.
The price is right though, so ill be picking this up just because the case is really nice w/hdmi. Plus you get a controller & i heard the extra controller is only $9.99.