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NES Mini has Pixel Perfect Mode and CRT Mode (Rep from Nintendo of Canada)

SinCityAssassin

SinCityAssassin

Member
Julie Gagnon, the Communications Manager at Nintendo of Canada, was interviewed on a radio show and confirmed a few more details about the upcoming Nintendo Classic NES Mini, including CRT Mode and Perfect Pixel Mode. Interview was translated to English from French.

“What is interesting is that we can play through HDMI, but there will be different modes of how we will see the screen – a mode simulating the retro aspect of our old CRT screens, there will be a mode which can be at the resolution of the modern screens in 4:3 format, and a pixel perfect mode which will display each pixel as a square, so people can have fun with this too.”
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http://nintendoeverything.com/ninte...on-audience-different-display-modes-and-more/
 
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valkillmore

Member
I think this was posted earlier. In that thread u said how I hope it has a really cool interactive menu like Mario Paint. I miss that side of Nintendo
 
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Neoxon

Junior Member
Sounds great, & the good news may push me to actually buy the damn thing (I didn't invest too much into Virtual Console games this gen, so I won't be doing much double-dipping in this case). Part of me hopes that there will be a code in the box that will allow me to download the NES Mini games to the NX, but I doubt it.
 
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Madao

Member
i can support the thought about "people who aren't into gaming are gonna buy this"

i've seen people in my FB feed who don't own any console from this millenium talking about getting a NES mini.

the market is outside the common gamer and that's why there's people thinking no one's buying this.
 
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NoFaceNico

Member
This is EXACTLY what I was hoping for!

As a long time proponent for CRT gaming, I'd love to see whether people prefer to play their games in pixel perfect HD mode or the way they remember it in CRT mode. I expect the results may be surprising.
 
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FireBeaver

Banned
I'm almost certainly going to get this, it's a great deal for the price it is and it lets me play a lot of great games in an authentic manner. I really hope Nintendo continues this "Mini" series, it could make quite a bit of revenue from nostalgic gamers.
 
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The Wraith

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Mediking said:
Is...ah... anybody actually buying this?
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As a child of the 80's im obligated to get this. Punch Out! is calling my fucking name. The only game that could make this personally better for me is Contra.

I also want to buy it because I think if this sells well enough Nintendo would be compelled enough to make an SNES one.
 
Mediking

Mediking

Member
joeygreco1985 said:
This thing is going to sell. Quite a few people who aren't regular gamers are talking about it
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exmachina64 said:
Two people I know who aren't gamers are.
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Chindogg said:
I'm buying it just as a conversation piece in my living room.
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Thud said:
The comment or the gadget?

Yes
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ChrisD said:
Yes.
And it will sell a lot.
Unless they understock, which I fear. Then it will sell a lot but not as many as it could have.
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nogoodnamesleft said:
It sold out Australia wide (preorders)
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BLUElightCory said:
I have a feeling it will be next to impossible to find one of these in stock before the holidays.
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SinCityAssassin said:
If you mean the product, I'm sure you haven't actually LOOKED at the thread about it, so that's something to try and glimpse at.

For the comment, it was part of an official interview.
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timetokill said:
A girl at work who is not a gamer at all came up to me and asked if I heard about this thing and was totally excited about it.

This thing is going to do gangbusters at Christmas.
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Beerman462 said:
I want one
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Sandfox said:
I'm starting to get more and more interested. I only wish it had Tetris and DQ/DW.



This thing was getting mad hype when it was announced and I even saw it on the news.
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Cathcart said:
Man I really hope someone answers this guy's post.
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MrMephistoX said:
I am gotta teach my 3 year old right!
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The Wraith said:
As a child of the 80's im obligated to get this. Punch Out! is calling my fucking name. The only game that could make this personally better for me is Contra.

I also want to buy it because I think if this sells well enough Nintendo would be compelled enough to make an SNES one.
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!!! Hahaha nice.
 
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BD1

Banned
This will probably be the best selling video game category product of the Holidays, right? The anecdotal evidence would certainly tell us that. I know no less than 5 guys, all in their late 30s, with young kids and no time, who don't play games but are planning on buying this.

I gotta give Nintendo credit, they are manufacturing a hit with not much to work with from NCL.
 
Mediking

Mediking

Member
BD1 said:
This will probably be the best selling video game category product of the Holidays, right? The anecdotal evidence would certainly tell us that. I know no less than 5 guys, all in their late 30s, with young kids and no time, who don't play games but are planning on buying this.

I gotta give Nintendo credit, they are manufacturing a hit with not much to work with from NCL.
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??? This will be the best selling video game category??? I don't think so... PSVR says hi. Then again, I might be totally wrong.
 
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Lupin the Third

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Mediking said:
??? This will be the best selling video game category??? I don't think so... PSVR says hi. Then again, I might be totally wrong.
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Even if as many people could afford PSVR as they could this, I doubt they are manufacturing anywhere near as many VR kits as they are NES Classic Editions. Didn't Sony even say to expect shortages of PSVR?
 
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Thud

Member
Mediking said:
??? This will be the best selling video game category??? I don't think so... PSVR says hi. Then again, I might be totally wrong.
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It's 60 bucks. Plug and play.

PS VR is add on to an already expensive PS4. It's well beyond the price range of a simple gift.

Besides nostalgia runs strong. It's already raking in preorders left and right.
 
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ElTorro

I wanted to dominate the living room. Then I took an ESRAM in the knee.
Now let us Europeans choose between the NTSC and PAL versions of the games, and the box has everything I want.

(A man can dream.)
 
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CrashPrime

Member
RetroArch + rPi does these modes too right? I mean we are talking full screen non-integer, integer, stretched, and shader right?
 
Danny Dudekisser

Danny Dudekisser

I paid good money for this Dynex!
It's really cool that they're actually taking the time to do a good job with this. I know I'm not the market for something like this, but niceties like these are going to make a particularly vocal minority's very happy.
 
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Azoor

Member
Still baffled why there are only 30 games on this system while they could cram the entire library of the system into an SD card.

I know there are licensing to go through with 3rd party games, but that doesn't mean Nintendo couldn't put they're own games there.
 
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LOUD915

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Azoor said:
Still baffled why there are only 30 games on this system while they could cram the entire library of the system into an SD card.

I know there are licensing to go through with 3rd party games, but that doesn't mean Nintendo couldn't put they're own games there.
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So they can sell you version 2 in 6 months...duh.
 
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Hilarion

Member
LOUD915 said:
So they can sell you version 2 in 6 months...duh.
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Good luck coming up with a second set of 30 games, without the 30 that are already in this, that would attract any interest whatsoever.

What are you going to stick into it? The other 5 Megaman games, Castlevania 3, and...Golf? Pinball? Donkey Kong Jr?
 
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jwhit28

Member
Azoor said:
Still baffled why there are only 30 games on this system while they could cram the entire library of the system into an SD card.

I know there are licensing to go through with 3rd party games, but that doesn't mean Nintendo couldn't put they're own games there.
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Well if this thing is actually running on some modified 3DS hardware, the missing Nintendo published games from 3DS VC are NES Open Golf, Super Mario 2 JP, Yoshi, Wrecking Crew, Wario's Woods, Donkey Kong 3, Clu Clu Land, Mach Rider, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, and Adventures of Lolo.

None of those seem like huge misses for a product that is meant to invoke nostalgia.
 
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