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Official NES Classic trailer released
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Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
These aren't old PC games. Different kind of pixels here. They were designed to be displayed on TVs.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Damn it. That does look short.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
How many people do you think are expecting this to play actual cartridges?
OrbitalBeard
Member
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Guess it may have to go on the floor, just like the NES in the old days as a kid, hahahaha.
That classic feel.
I love it's size though, it looks so sleek in their hands.
mikefrails
Banned
MrCunningham
Member
The NES in that old commercial always struck me as weird:
Black buttons and a larger "Nintendo" font. It must have been some sort of prototype they used for the advertisement?
Sectorseven
Member
I think the speculation was they're trying to prevent seizures and the ensuing lawsuits.
Herb Alpert
Banned
Same. There is absolutely no rational reason for me to buy this.
But I will.
Damn you, Nintendo
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
The NES in that old commercial always struck me as weird:
Black buttons and a larger "Nintendo" font. It must have been some sort of prototype they used for the advertisement?
I believe that was the 'test market' NES they brought over in small numbers early on in the States before the system was finalized.
Which is completely avoidable with that little disclaimer all game makers use in the beginning of each game or manual.
I personally do not buy that reasoning (I think it's reaching), since it is not on the other generations of games.
AtomicShroom
Member
I mean it's only logical. The thing clearly hasn't completed a full QA process yet. When they run that through QA and the results from the Flash-pattern analyzer come in, they'll have no choice but to tone down the brightness. Unless Nintendo and their legal team have somehow suddenly become careless about epilepsy issues overnight (doubtful), there's no way those games at full brightness will pass.
OrbitalBeard
Member
They could add different settings.
Also, NES Remix doesn't have any dark filters. Same with SNES and TG16 VC.
MrSaturn99
Member
I get the logic behind it, but it just bums me out big time.
And of course, I'll be eating this shit up regardless of whether it's there or not.
mightynine
Member
My illogical hope is that, as an Easter egg and since they re-did the sprites into HD for Super Mario Maker, is that the SMB games have an unlockable HD/widescreen mode.
I doubt it'll happen, and I'm still going to get this anyway, but I've thought that would be a neat thing to do.
I doubt it'll happen, and I'm still going to get this anyway, but I've thought that would be a neat thing to do.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Someone will think that, no doubt, but I'm sure that's part of the reason why they made it so small you could accidentally swallow it.
racketpunch
Member
This is one of those things that's nice to have for a couple of days before being put aside to collect dust because the games aren't as fun as you remember them to be.
Doesn't Castlevania 3 have issues running on some famiclone systems? I imagine depending on the hardware inside that might be the reason.
Contra isn't even on the VC, supposedly it's a licensing issue.
Going for the authentic Famicom experience.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Sure they are. And with save states, they're now more accessible than ever.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
I really hope good sales for this lead to a Mini SNES.
SNES Mini ALttP, Mario World, Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Secret of Mana, FF6, Earthbound, CT, Contra 3, Castlevania 4, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, etc. it would be amazing
SNES Mini ALttP, Mario World, Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Secret of Mana, FF6, Earthbound, CT, Contra 3, Castlevania 4, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, etc. it would be amazing
MrCunningham
Member
Ah-ha, neat.
Also, the original "Now you're playing with Power" commercials from 1986:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6KOlC393lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4_h42V5LY
Was the controller cord length on the Famicon that short? I don't remember them being that short on my NES.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
There are a few games in there I've probably beaten a hundred or more times.
When you have the muscle memory to rip through something like Mega Man 2 or Punch-Out!! its a very relaxing way to zone out for a half hour or two.
StereoVsn
Member
SE FF or Mana games won't happen. They are selling them for decent amount on mobile/steam.
I fall under this as well, own most of the games on the VC.
But I have other motivation not to buy it, as well. I just don't have the space for it. If they had plans for more games, I would make the space, but have no plans to purchase right now.
TheDinoman
Member
They were much shorter in Japan. I use an NES controller with my AV Famicom because otherwise I would have to sit way too close to the TV.
This isn't my picture, but it's an accurate comparison.
Interesting.
MrCunningham
Member
They were much shorter in Japan. I use an NES controller with my AV Famicom because otherwise I would have to sit way too close to the TV.
This isn't my picture, but it's an accurate comparison.
This used to be a common thing for early consoles like the Atari 2600 and '80s era Japanese home systems.
The Atari 2600 had the game option settings on the console. The Sega Mark III ( and the Sega Master System) had the pause button on the unit itself:
In Japan it was very common for the players to sit right beside the console, so they generally had shorter cables.
This is not meant as a knock towards Japan, but maybe because of (usually) their more economical (less space) living areas?
sixteen-bit
Member
Are the controllers up for preorder anywhere?
Welp I hope there's some kind of third party Classic Controller extension cable thing out there somewhere by now...
MrCunningham
Member
Yeah, pretty sure that was the case for many. And I don't think it is a knock towards Japan.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Yup. Or thinking conversely, they'd have been shocked in the 80s by our massive living rooms with TVs and couches at the far opposite side of the room, set up like theatres.
Even now, not so many massive home theatres in Japan.
DecoReturns
Member
I would really love to preorder this...
Neff
Member
I'm buying this on the slender chance that it'll contribute towards exactly this happening.
Both grabbed from Youtube for a fair comparison:
Wii U:
Mini NES Classic:
Whoever is responsible for this should be fired
Just, why?
Snake Hunta
Member
I also imagine that sitting on the floor and having the TV on the floor, vs the tv on a table and sitting on a couch influenced that cord distance difference.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Looks good now we just need to see if it has a proper CRT filter.
Apparently Nintendo has put in the darkened filter for those who have epilepsy.
But thats the whole reason of the warning that is put into the manual. No reason to change from how the game is supposed to look.
And this comes from someone who has epilepsy. I play at my own risk. (Have never had a problem playing video games).
Jonneh3003
Banned
Something to do with epilepsy right?
Edit: ^ that guy got it.
In my veins pleaseSo glad they brought this slogan back.
