Not officially confirmed from Nintendo yet, but a Nordic retailer has reported that Nintendo has told them the NES Classic is ceasing production. To expect March/April shipments and then that's it.
If true, I'm really looking forward to reading the fanboy defenses that are constructed for this farcical shitshow of a production cycle.
I guess the best possible interpretation of this announcement is that production is ceasing exclusively in Nordic territories (which sucks for them), but will continue elsewhere?
Not officially confirmed from Nintendo yet, but a Nordic retailer has reported that Nintendo has told them the NES Classic is ceasing production. To expect March/April shipments and then that's it.
If true, I'm really looking forward to reading the fanboy defenses that are constructed for this farcical shitshow of a production cycle.
I guess the best possible interpretation of this announcement is that production is ceasing exclusively in Nordic territories (which sucks for them), but will continue elsewhere?
or, again, that it was a limited release item that wasn't a huge profit venue for them and they didn't care about making it a huge top selling item
Also I'm far from a nintendo fanboy and the conspiracy theories around this thing are just exhausting
I am curious would they bring over the backgrounds and badge arcade from the 3ds to the switch?
I know it would be annoying to see someone's set up if it's a family machine but then again it was nice to customize your theme and menu on your machine
All indications are that this was a throwaway novelty item for Holiday 2016 to boost their numbers in a year where they had no major releases
Of course they were going to quit while they were ahead, to continue producing this thing takes away resources that could be going to the launch and rest-of-year support of their new main platform
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I am honestly confused at the fact that anyone has strong feelings about the NES classic
it's a collection of thirty year old games
are any of them not readily available on another platform?
I am honestly confused at the fact that anyone has strong feelings about the NES classic
it's a collection of thirty year old games
are any of them not readily available on another platform?
A collection of "best of" thirty year old games that were packaged in an official mini-NES that was (theoretically) priced well. A thing that I could literally turn on for my 5-year-old daughter to teach them about games. Simple controller, nice introduction to the medium. Fun nostalgia trip for me.
I am honestly confused at the fact that anyone has strong feelings about the NES classic
it's a collection of thirty year old games
are any of them not readily available on another platform?
A collection of "best of" thirty year old games that were packaged in an official mini-NES that was (theoretically) priced well. A thing that I could literally turn on for my 5-year-old daughter to teach them about games. Simple controller, nice introduction to the medium. Fun nostalgia trip for me.
I would rather buy a NES Classic than a Switch.
Nintendo would rather the reverse, though, and are "obligated" as a business to pursue that reality.
Wow. My walmart has had 5 shipped to the store total.
There's barely been a day I've worked where I haven't had one or two people ask about the damned thing.
If they don't make it so the NES Classic is on shelves for at least a little bit then they'll have pissed off the 20-30 people at my store who are waiting for them.
No I don't.
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Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
I would not call the NES Classic a "best of" collection.
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
I would very much still like to buy an NES Classic and am disappointed that I can not.
Yeah, if Nintendo's reasoning for supposedly stopping NES production is to make the Switch more desirable or not eat the sales, then they are dumber than I thought. I don't see the two market segments overlapping all that much. For $60 bucks, it's something I want as a collectors item and to clean up the area around the TV I'd put it. I have a ton of old games, including carts for every game in that 30 I would want to play, plus an NES to play them on, and I still want it. I would have bought multiples, one for my brother's family so his little kids can play something my brother and I used to love, on a simple controller that I know is indestructible. This is a family that won't be getting the Switch. At $60 that would have been a lot of christmas gifts to people I know. Instead they got $0 from me because I can't find the thing. I'm still here and willing to pay, though.
The Switch? Not interested in yet. I know I'll get one eventually but this will be the first Nintendo console I don't buy at launch and that's saying something as I have purchased everything they've made, multiple times and revisions in fact. I'm old enough now where a lot of their bullshit no longer gets a free pass from me.
Yeah, if Nintendo's reasoning for supposedly stopping NES production is to make the Switch more desirable or not eat the sales, then they are dumber than I thought.
Production lines don't have infinite space
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I guess if the question is AAA franchises only....assassin's creed, I suppose
really though I'm just not terribly interested in any AAA games that aren't made by Nintendo or bioware, and I don't have any feelings about where I play bioware games (except that I want to do the multi with my friends and they're all playing it on PS4)
Yeah, if Nintendo's reasoning for supposedly stopping NES production is to make the Switch more desirable or not eat the sales, then they are dumber than I thought. I don't see the two market segments overlapping all that much. For $60 bucks, it's something I want as a collectors item and to clean up the area around the TV I'd put it. I have a ton of old games, including carts for every game in that 30 I would want to play, plus an NES to play them on, and I still want it. I would have bought multiples, one for my brother's family so his little kids can play something my brother and I used to love, on a simple controller that I know is indestructible. This is a family that won't be getting the Switch. At $60 that would have been a lot of christmas gifts to people I know. Instead they got $0 from me because I can't find the thing. I'm still here and willing to pay, though.
The Switch? Not interested in yet. I know I'll get one eventually but this will be the first Nintendo console I don't buy at launch and that's saying something as I have purchased everything they've made, multiple times and revisions in fact. I'm old enough now where a lot of their bullshit no longer gets a free pass from me.
You've bought a lot of their old stuff, multiple times, and want to buy modern copies of their old stuff, but you don't want to buy their new stuff because of their bullshit? Like, I'm not trying to sound insulting or anything but I really don't understand where you're coming from. What is the bullshit that makes you not want to get a switch?
I feel like Nintendo already gets a lot of shit for riding on nostalgia so much, so it feels strange to hear someone say they want MORE nostalgia from nintendo, as opposed to new stuff.
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Except for the wii
I just looked at my wii collection and counted all the third party exclusives. A couple got ps3 ports years later, but not counting that I have 18
If the Switch get's that kind of third party support again it will be a dream come true.
Also just for fun I counted the third party exclusives I have for the Wii U. I HAVE NONE.
Give me all the weird third party switch exclusives
Give me stuff made by Platinum and Red Steel 3 and rpgs made by companies I've never head of and such
*laughter that turns to sobs*
100 Minutes of BoTW gameplay from a Japanese press event, helpful if you're on the fence about the game.
If true, I'm really looking forward to reading the fanboy defenses that are constructed for this farcical shitshow of a production cycle.
I guess the best possible interpretation of this announcement is that production is ceasing exclusively in Nordic territories (which sucks for them), but will continue elsewhere?
or, again, that it was a limited release item that wasn't a huge profit venue for them and they didn't care about making it a huge top selling item
Also I'm far from a nintendo fanboy and the conspiracy theories around this thing are just exhausting
I am curious would they bring over the backgrounds and badge arcade from the 3ds to the switch?
I know it would be annoying to see someone's set up if it's a family machine but then again it was nice to customize your theme and menu on your machine
no, but neither does you not getting one equate to a vast conspiracy of preventing people from getting one
Of course they were going to quit while they were ahead, to continue producing this thing takes away resources that could be going to the launch and rest-of-year support of their new main platform
it's a collection of thirty year old games
are any of them not readily available on another platform?
A collection of "best of" thirty year old games that were packaged in an official mini-NES that was (theoretically) priced well. A thing that I could literally turn on for my 5-year-old daughter to teach them about games. Simple controller, nice introduction to the medium. Fun nostalgia trip for me.
I would rather buy a NES Classic than a Switch.
Nintendo would rather the reverse, though, and are "obligated" as a business to pursue that reality.
There's barely been a day I've worked where I haven't had one or two people ask about the damned thing.
If they don't make it so the NES Classic is on shelves for at least a little bit then they'll have pissed off the 20-30 people at my store who are waiting for them.
If reviving a franchise counts, Breath of Fire.
Steam: pazython
Breath of Fire is an active franchise
The Switch? Not interested in yet. I know I'll get one eventually but this will be the first Nintendo console I don't buy at launch and that's saying something as I have purchased everything they've made, multiple times and revisions in fact. I'm old enough now where a lot of their bullshit no longer gets a free pass from me.
oh right... the mobile game. now I'm sad
Production lines don't have infinite space
really though I'm just not terribly interested in any AAA games that aren't made by Nintendo or bioware, and I don't have any feelings about where I play bioware games (except that I want to do the multi with my friends and they're all playing it on PS4)
X-com would be cool to have portable
I hear the iPad version's quite good
I didn't consider that to be AAA but I do agree that it would be neat to play it on the switch
It is
But when playing XCOM on it, it has even worse battery life than the Switch
That thing absolutely massacres the battery
I mean I have to assume that he's not trying to give me another excuse to bring up Shadow Hearts
You've bought a lot of their old stuff, multiple times, and want to buy modern copies of their old stuff, but you don't want to buy their new stuff because of their bullshit? Like, I'm not trying to sound insulting or anything but I really don't understand where you're coming from. What is the bullshit that makes you not want to get a switch?
I feel like Nintendo already gets a lot of shit for riding on nostalgia so much, so it feels strange to hear someone say they want MORE nostalgia from nintendo, as opposed to new stuff.
I don't have an iPad and probably never will
Active or not, it still needs revival.
ff7 remake now switch exclusive