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[Kouriozan]

Would be amazing if you could import your VC games on those. Heh, maybe for SNES/Super Famicom mini.

 

[Balb]

Mario Bros 3 came out in Japan 2 years before the Western release? What took so long?

Needed room for SMB2 to breath on store shelves most likely.

 

[Azure Dream]

More than an easter egg, you had to shout to kill the Pols Voice enemy.

No, that's what I'm referring to, but I don't think you HAVE to shout to kill them (you certainly can't in the US version, with no included mic), it just makes fighting them easier.

 

[Harlock]

The controller size is the region lock.

 

[Seik]

Oh man look at the controller

It looked so attractive until this post.

Fuck it.

 

[Beer Monkey]

They should sell full sized dog bone (AV Famicom) controllers as accessories. They'd sell TONS.

 

[jaypah]

That controller is so tiny but damn do I want one... 😔

 

[KAP151]

So tempted...

 

[jmizzal]

Finally now Nintendo can announce the NX lol

Did NES mini go on preorder on Amazon yet?

 

[Lylo]

Maybe the person in the pictures have huge hands...

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Oh man look at the controller

Well then...

 

[Zeyphersan]

Oh man look at the controller

Make controllers great again

 

[ajjow]

Was this the portable console eurogamer was mentioning?! You can see. Y the portable controllers..

 

[BumRush]

Any news of this makes me want a SNES-mini more and and more. I really hope this does well...

 

[outunderthestars]

Really just want to import one of these as a collectible.

 

[Azure Dream]

Was this the portable console eurogamer was mentioning?! You can see. Y the portable controllers..

Real talk, everyone keeps talking about the NX rumored "detachable controllers" being the main controls popping off, but I've wondered if it could actually mean tiny NES-style pod controllers affixed to the back, possibly even smaller than this.

 

[Polioliolio]

America wins once again

They've got river city ransom and crash n the boys, and cute tiny ass controllers.

They win!

 

[ponpo]

How is this CERO-B? Who over the age of 12 has hands small enough to make that playable.

 

[killertofu]

I'm assuming this UI won't be in english?

I remember stories of my mom playing "family computer" while she was pregnant with me in the Philippines. She would looove this

 

[gafneo]

Can you still kill pole's voice by talking into the mic?

 

[Semajer]

Will the controller have a mic?

 

[RadarScope1]

For those wondering which exclusives each region gets

NES Classic exclusive: Bubble Bobble, Castlevania 2, Donkey Kong Jr, Final Fantasy, Kid Icarus, Punch Out, Startropics, Tecmo Bowl

Famicom exclusive: Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Atlantis no Nazo, Solomon's Key, Tsuppari Sumo, River City Ransom, Final Fantasy 3, Mario Club Golf, Downtown Street Challenge

North America got the better end of this one for sure. Color me surprised.

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

Quite cute. I wonder if the NES one will have a similar UI with NES colors? I like that kinda cruddy CRT filter.

 

[SuperLeviathan]

I'm genuinely shocked to not see Mother or Fire Emblem or even The Lost Levels. The Famicom-exclusive game list is something.

Though I would have traded Castlevania 2 for River City Ransom, too.

 

[AzureSkies]

Mario Bros 3 came out in Japan 2 years before the Western release? What took so long?

they had to make a feature length film to advertise the game :^)

 

[Fuzzy]

Nintendo (or someone else) needs to make a FDS for it to sit on. It doesn't need to do anything, I just want it to look complete along with a fake RAM adapter.

 

[Pyrrhus]

I'd say this was a control pad designed for fetuses but then the cable is very short.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I seriously wonder what caused no Dragon Quest.

 

[Aeana]

I seriously wonder what caused no Dragon Quest.

DQ games have never been on VC, there's no way they'd put them here.
Aside from the anniversary collection for Wii, the original versions of DQ games have never been re-released. They prefer to re-release the remakes, according to Horii.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Mario Bros 3 came out in Japan 2 years before the Western release? What took so long?

Super Mario Bros. 2 had just released in America.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

DQ games have never been on VC, there's no way they'd put them here.
Aside from the anniversary collection for Wii, the original versions of DQ games have never been re-released. They prefer to re-release the remakes, according to Horii.

Ahhh, that makes sense. I never knew that.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Nintendo is literally trolling at this point, aren't they?

NES Minis being announced left and right and still no NX news???! At this rate we'll get a Wii U Slim redesign before any details about the NX are released.

 

[Psxphile]

Weird that Kid Icarus is US exclusive.

Stuff like Startropics and Punch-Out!! I can understand considering they're far more popular in America than in Japan (ST never even came out in Japan lol).

These things are already selling like hotcakes and they aren't even out yet, but Nintendo could have driven up demand in all regions even more by including at least one game that region never got. For example, StarTropics in Japan, Devil World in the U.S. (it's already been localized!) and, I don't know, Crystalis/God Slayer in the UK.

 

[Sesuadra]

Did they shrink the freaking controller? They look way tinier than I remember them

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Nintendo is literally trolling at this point, aren't they?

NES Minis being announced left and right and still no NX news???! At this rate we'll get a Wii U Slim redesign before any details about the NX are released.

This is the NX. Don't you see the detachable controllers?

 

[aparisi2274]

Did they shrink the freaking controller? They look way tinier than I remember them

They are tiny to match the size of the Famicom Mini.

In Japan, when the OG Famicom was released, the controllers were part of the overall design of the system, so when Nintendo shrunk it down to the mini, they shrunk the controllers too.

The NES did not have this issue, hence the controllers are not for tiny people.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

I think there are three games in that lineup I never even heard of, especially that sumo game.

 

[D.Lo]

Kawaii as fuck.

Though it will be my second 'mini Famicom'

 

[noshten]

My hands are small I know.

Thanks, I had actually forgotten Jewel existed... 90s nostalgia overload now

 

[xk0sm0sx]

Haha, Atlantis no Nazo is pretty well known in Japan, there's a Game Center CX episode for that game, which showed the game's difficulty.
Even Spelunky is pretty well known.

 

[Sesuadra]

They are tiny to match the size of the Famicom Mini.

In Japan, when the OG Famicom was released, the controllers were part of the overall design of the system, so when Nintendo shrunk it down to the mini, they shrunk the controllers too.

The NES did not have this issue, hence the controllers are not for tiny people.

I know the design o_o..I owned one before I switched to the AV famicom.

But that was a few years ago hence my question. Still these controllers look way way too tiny. I mean I understand why they have to do it, to keep the ratio controller-> console..but still ~_~

 

[Psxphile]

Kawaii as fuck.

Though it will be my second 'mini Famicom'

now that right there is a famicom for ants

 

[Booker.DeWitt]

is that a controller for ants?

 

[D.Lo]

The small controllers make it better to me. The whole thing is kawaii, not just the box. Why else make it mini otherwise.

They'll be fine to play, GB Micro sized. It's not designed for fat cheeto stained western hands anyway.

Shut up and take my yen.

 

[Marty Chinn]

I haven't imported in awhile; what's a good place that will likely carry this? Is Play Asia still good or is there something better?

 

[butman]

Oh man look at the controller

Look at this key chain.

 

[GamerJM]

Wish this got a limited US release. I think it's kind of lame how Nintendo pretends like Americans would have no knowledge of the Famicom. The visual design is much better than the NES.

 

[Sesuadra]

I haven't imported in awhile; what's a good place that will likely carry this? Is Play Asia still good or is there something better?

Amazon.co.jp ships oversea now.
Play Asia is shit.

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Wow we have better games.

 

[Marty Chinn]

Amazon.co.jp ships oversea now.
Play Asia is shit.

I thought it was only selective items despite it being more open now?