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After kicking society right square in the D with the release of Pokémon Go, Nintendo just dropped some news that will win the hearts and minds of squared away members of society: A miniature NES console that comes loaded with 30 games on it.
The NES Classic Edition, TechCrunch reports, will include the classics like Super Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3, The Legend Of Zelda, Punch Out, Final Fantasy, Donkey Kong, but somehow no RBI Baseball. Big miss, IMO. Dropping in stores Nov. 11, this time-kill to end all time-kills can be yours for the respectable price of $59.99.
Here’s the full list of pre-installed games:
Balloon Fight
BUBBLE BOBBLE
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE
Dr. Mario
Excitebike
FINAL FANTASY
Galaga
GHOSTS’N GOBLINS
GRADIUS
Ice Climber
Kid Icarus
Kirby’s Adventure
Mario Bros.
MEGA MAN
Metroid
NINJA GAIDEN
PAC-MAN
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
StarTropics
SUPER C
Super Mario Bros.™
Super Mario Bros. ™
Super Mario Bros. ™
TECMO BOWL
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Okay, this is awesome and everything- I actually still own my original NES console, but it works correctly about 25 percent of the time- so don’t think take this the wrong way. I need more than 30, guys. I don’t want to sound ungrateful, because this will surely consume my life for months at a time, but Punch Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream? I want Tyson. Pay the man his royalties, or do whatever needs to be done there. And where is Paper Boy? I need to blow off steam by slinging newspaper like it’s crack. Also, Wayne Gretkzy Hockey? What about Bad Dudes? Those guys were the original bad boys of gaming.
Hey, access to a big chunk of mindless nostalgia via an HDMI chord is a big step in the right direction for Nintendo. I’d much rather deal with a world full of dudes hitting sick air on Excitebike than one that has a bunch of goons running around snapping Pokémon with their phones. And now I don’t have to get my old school Nintendo fix from some sketchy site that will probably steal my identity in the near future.
Big shouts to Nintendo..
[via TechCrunch]
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Where the hell is duck hunt?
Won’t work on non-CRT TVs. The technology behind the light gun only compatible with those old tube TVs and Nintendo probably has bigger fish to fry than to rewrite the light gun code.
Duck Hunt won’t work on most modern TVs since it relied on light detection from CRT TVs.
Hope they do this with the Super Nintendo too. A cheap way to play Yoshi’s Island or Chrono Trigger on a TV would be awesome.
A phone emulator would probably be fine for Chrono Trigger and other RPGs, but it kind of sucks for action games. On a TV, I think they’re both on Wii Virtual Console.
N64 Super Smash Bros (not that Wii crap). Now I know it’s possible, it is needed.
It probably wouldn’t be as cheap though. I would assume that N64 games need more powerful hardware to emulate than NES/SNES
You’d be surprised. Even your phone could run most N64 games. You could also get a cheap Windows tablet and HDMI hook it up to your TV, then connect a 360 controller to that. Should be able to run everything from NES to N64 and Playstation, probably even GBA or DS/Vita depending on the PC.
just build a emulator machine with a raspberry pie, I have one and it’s the shit.
I bought my brother an N64 off eBay for Christmas. There’s a ton of refurbished ones for ~100 bucks. Granted the games can get pricey now but I’d definitely recommend it
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This is awesome, I hope they release other games as downloadable content though. Looking at you Contra, paper boy, and castlevania 3
I’m sure they will. Rereleasing rereleases is Nintendo’s main model.
Totally forgot about Excitebike. Nothing can bring back the joy of hearing your little brother cry like a bitch after beating his ass in every video game. Those were simpler times
Hopefully they do this with the N64 one day.
Double Dragon was sick on SNES but I def don’t remember it on regular