Kadin
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Wouldn't it be great if Microsoft allowed the use of the Rare IPs in response to Nintendo allowing Minecraft to be playable with Xbox players? A nice little partnership to benefit both parties...
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SNES Classic announced for 9/29, $80, 21 games, has Star Fox 2 [more units than NESC]
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I'd be more interested in an indigo GCN Classic with a little handle. It would be so fucking cute.
stan423321
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What is the point in planning that in advance, really? If you have access to other games by legal or illegal means then chances are you can already play them.
They could easily release a box that contains every commerical N64 game ever without technical issue (it would be impossible from a legal and licensing standpoint, of course). That's not the issue.
The eventual N64 Classic will be a curated selection of Nintendo's titles with a few from Konami, Capcom, and Namco tossed in.
R_thanatos
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I'd take 2 of them...
But i probably won't be able to get one
But i probably won't be able to get one
Skittzo0413
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It sure seems that way. I wonder why NOA specifically is preventing preorders while NOE isn't though.
And at least they're being upfront about it being a limited time product this time.
It seems like they are practicing in artificial scarcity here. At least this would be the first actual evidence to convince me that they are doing so. From this other thread:
In all fairness this is the perception of an anonymous Gamestop manager and probably nothing more, but unless they've increased their production target by 5x or more from the NES Classic there's no way they're going to fulfill demand here. And they know it this time. They can't fall back on that "we didn't know how popular it would be" excuse.
It really seems like they just want to drive interest in their brand and drive more people to the Switch (and 3DS). If they eventually offer all of these games on a Switch VC service then I won't be as disappointed or pissed but this is a really shitty move either way, if it's what's actually happening.
Right there with you.
I had and loved my NES when I was growing up and never felt the need to replay those games with the NES Classic.
I had and loved my SNES growing up and those games are still some of my all-time favorites to play, but my original system and games have long since disappeared or stopped working. I'll be putting in whatever work I have to in order to get one of these.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Yeah, that sucks. Any link to the out of stock Amazon.uk one so I can see and weep for myself?
VeryGooster
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Mickey's Speedway USA, baby!
Head.spawn
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Link?
papercan55
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I can't see how they would do an n64 one, like you said it would be almost impossible without the rare games.
SinCityAssassin
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So they say significantly more but in the span of 4 months rather than 7? How much does that mean?
It's weird how SE let them have Final Fantasy and SMRPG but not that, yeah.
It's weird how SE let them have Final Fantasy and SMRPG but not that, yeah.
HazySaiyan
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I like the idea of this much more than the NES Mini, but I'm still skeptical about the numbers. They say they'll ship more but I still don't think it will be anywhere near enough.
Licensing for a lot of the more popular games might be an issue.
Oh hell no!
captain_skyhawk
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No Tetris Attack is a complete sin!
FantasticMrFoxdie
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LOL Fucking Ebay listings already up
smfh
edit: for triple the price at that. wow
Living the Dream
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It'll be hacked and you can play it then.
Shadow-Link
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Hunger games: SNES edition. Nintendo why you do this? I can live without getting one, but to include an unreleased game. You know there will be blood to secure one of these. It is almost as if they hate us and enjoy our suffering 
IdreamofHIME
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Would be interested if it came with the games from the NES mini, but not for this disappointing lineup.
Walt_Clyde
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NOA this isnt hard. Work with your vendors to allow 1 per customer preordering.
Personally? I have a decent collection of SNES games. It's not one of those insanely large collections, but I bought a lot of games as a kid and I kept them. I can technically play them, but getting them up and running would be a hassle. While I can technically just get an emulator or something, I'd love to have a SNES looking thing that looks like the thing out of my childhood playing Scooby Doo
SplitYourInfinities
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US please stop pre-ordering from Amazon UK. I probably missed it because of you.
zeioIIDX
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Looks like they are to me. It's only the Y and X buttons that are concave anyway, not the A and B buttons.
panda-zebra
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Well I definitely placed an order at amazon.co.uk well before some people here, but no email, no order in open orders... seems to have not gone through
Flame Lord
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I feel like MS would be willing to play ball, but I question if Nintendo would.
Living the Dream
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Sorry bro but this is war ❤️
Shifty1897
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The stunt they pulled with the NES Classic all but guarantees I will also never see one of these in the wild during my lifetime. Scalpers will sell their houses to scoop every one of these up for years to come.
Tigersprite
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Damn disappeared for two hours and it's already gone and sold out in the UK...
FreedomFighter
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Amazing line up. And fuckin' StarFox 2??? Hot damn.
kuhnbeast91
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The scalpers must love Nintendo.
Version 3.0
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That would be nice, but not necessary. Here's a quick list of games that they could use. The only Rare games here are ones Nintendo still has the rights to (Donkey Kong games).
1080° Snowboarding
Diddy Kong Racing
Donkey Kong 64
Excitebike 64
F-Zero X
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Mario Kart 64
Mario Party
Paper Mario
Pilotwings 64
Pokemon Snap
Star Fox 64
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Super Mario 64
Super Smash Bros.
Tetrisphere
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Wave Race 64
Yoshi's Story
Super Mario 64
Chopper Attack
Battletanx
Battletanx: Global Assault
Beetle Adventure Racing
Doom 64
Tetrisphere
boom that's all you need
there was an interview with one of the star fox 2 coders a while ago, long story short, his company didn't get paid its bonus by nintendo due to them not releasing the game even though it was finished, and they used code from sf2 in the n64 version (which is fine, since they were paid to code sf2 and said code is technically nintendo property).
tetris attack and tetris/dr mario were left out for licensing issues with the tetris company, most likely.
I think the tricky part of releasing an N64 Classic would be the controllers. They'd be significantly more expensive than the NES and SNES controllers to manufacture, and are also much larger, which adds to the distribution costs.
GameCube is where they'd start running into storage limitations.
Art Teitlebaum
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Preorders already gone. Lots of ebay offers already sold for 400$. Production already ceased according to Nintendo.
Let's wait for the N64 classic mini instead.
Your guess is as good as any of ours.
SplitYourInfinities
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I'm honestly pissed off with the US peeps here. Seriously, fuck you.
Triforce141
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Nintendo and Microsoft look like they're willing to make a deal to let Rare's N64 games be available on an N64 Mini
SimpleCRIPPLE
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Dark Cloud
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I thought Nintendo couldn't use Diddy Kong Racing?
The more I think about it even if they didn't get MS they'd be fine. You forgot Mario Party 2 and Mario Party 3. I don't think Nintendo puts Mario Party 1. We need Mario Party 3 though.
I would have loved to see Tetris and Dr. Mario, myself...
This one has an awesome two player mode that combines both games together.
I was just thinking about this game this morning.
Thanks. *Cries*
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