Rockandrollclown
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Fucking Nintendo man. I want to love them, but they always do stupid shit like this.
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The NES Classic Edition Controller Cord Seems Exceedingly Short
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SinCityAssassin
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There's no way I could use that controller without having to sit on the floor on my room. I guess that's what they were going for?
It really seems to be they were going for the type of family home where the tv stand isn't so high and the layout of the room was such that you could play this over a lowrise table.
Also I wonder how this will affect all the people who just wanted to buy it as a display piece. But whatever, I'll buy an extension cord.
moltonasty
Member
Yeah that length isn't going to work for my at home setup, and i imagine most others.
Either need to use a really long hdmi and have the console sit on the coffee table or going to have to buy some of these:
literally the second post on the thread. cheap af and will solve the issue.
unless for whatever reason it's not compatible, but I don't see why it wouldn't be
Nintendo thinks people have 13" TVs now and it's supposed to sit on the floor.
Fox Mulder
Member
Use a long hdmi cable.
Yeah that length isn't going to work for my at home setup, and i imagine most others.
Either need to use a really long hdmi and have the console sit on the coffee table or going to have to buy some of these:
What type connection cord is this? Will definitely have to get a couple of these.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Seems like the whole purpose is for it to be mini. That said it does seem to conform more to Asian household rooms like mine, where the HDTVs aren't inherently large and they're fairly close to the floor because we normally sit down to watch TV.
Also the extension cord is wiimote. So it plugs with those connectors.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
How would you plug in the power cord?
With a long micro USB cable? And chances are you may already have one of those laying around.
extension cords.
Frankfurter
Member
Can you please these controllers into a Wiimote and play like that?
Magnet_Man
Member
You had to touch the original NES to change games as well and it still didn't have 3 ft garbage cords. So why do we have to put up with them now?
Pennies if they have leverage over the suppliers, nickels if they don't.
I wonder why they went so short. Perhaps there's a connectivity problem that occurs at longer lengths?
The Mini doesn't seem to support any wireless connectivity, so no
This... is not a bad idea.
Harbinger of War
Member
Re: Extension cables
10' extension cable sold and shipped by Amazon, $9.99
Biggest issue, obviously, is that it's a pre-order and doesn't release until three weeks after the NES Classic does. But it's also far and away the longest extension cable I've found so far (and the only one that comes in black). The majority I've seen are 1m/3ft, and that just isn't going to cut it for me.
10' extension cable sold and shipped by Amazon, $9.99
Biggest issue, obviously, is that it's a pre-order and doesn't release until three weeks after the NES Classic does. But it's also far and away the longest extension cable I've found so far (and the only one that comes in black). The majority I've seen are 1m/3ft, and that just isn't going to cut it for me.
Wiimote+Mini contoller used on Wii/U (essentially a classic controller)
Wiimote cannot be used on the Mini. No wireless connectivity.
SinCityAssassin
Member
And preordered.
Just wire your entire house around this device because they couldn't add 3 more feet of wire to their knockoff NES controller. It's totally worth the trouble for this dumb emulation thing.
Still fucking stupid to have to buy an extension cable that is almost 20% of the price of the thing you are buying it for.
3ft cable? Are you kidding me? Really seriously thinking about cancelling my preorder over this.
You don't. Just buy an extension cable.
digitalrelic
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Yeah except these are nearly impossible to find anywhere. There's only one decent looking one but it's not out for another four weeks. There's a second one with poor reviews and it's only 3 feet long. That's about all that's out there right now.
SinCityAssassin
Member
I mean if that's all it takes to cancel a preorder that's a pretty skewed priority imo.
digitalrelic
Banned
You mean the one extension cable that's on the market, that also isn't available until four weeks from now? That one?
OrbitalBeard
Member
I really hope they release an official wireless NES controller for this in the future. Making the cord this short in order to ensure convenient Wii remote functionality for Wii/Wii U VC is incredibly short sighted. What a stupid move.
StoppedInTracks
Member
How much money can they save with a 1m long cable? Like literally how much? 10 cents?!?
WTF Nintendo
WTF Nintendo
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Look at the competition in plug-and-play consoles. Short cords AND they're wired in.
I know people on GAF will like to put this in their home theatres, and want a long cord, but that's an edge case. Most people will have this thing sitting on the floor plugged into a side port of their TV on Christmas morning, and then it's going to go in a drawer somewhere.
I know people on GAF will like to put this in their home theatres, and want a long cord, but that's an edge case. Most people will have this thing sitting on the floor plugged into a side port of their TV on Christmas morning, and then it's going to go in a drawer somewhere.
Harbinger of War
Member
Here's an unofficial wireless NES controller that releases November 30th for $15. Same company as the extension cable I linked to a few posts ago.
[Warning: It's hideous and probably garbage]
PSFan
Member
This is a plug and play, one and done product for Nintendo. You're really naive if you expect Nintendo to make add-ons or expansions for this.
That's actually a pretty valid point. This thing will be a great gift but one that the average person probably doesn't put more than a few days playtime into. Maybe the saved enough w/ the short cords to make it financially worth the backlash.
I guess they're keeping in form with the short cables of the famicom mini? (since longer cables wouldn't work with that design) Still sucky, but the hdmi extension I just ordered will work with my setup at least. Hopefully there's a super cheap controller extension cable available soon for everyone.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Heck, if impressions are solid, I'll buy it. But yes, that is quite ugly lol
If it's a huge success, I could absolutely see Nintendo releasing a wireless controller in the future.
I never said anything about expansions.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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SinCityAssassin
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There's also the fact that a lot of people on GAF would've bought it for the novelty anyways and wouldn't play it on their TV, much less on a monitor (which seems most optimal for this).
cyen
Member
Making controllers that get between you and their games in an annoying kind of way since the N64.
Fucking typical Nintendo. They have a nice idea for something that is really cool and then they find a way to screw it up somehow.
I wanted to get one of these as a gift for someone but I don't think I can since I can't picture it working at all with the way their TV is set up. Hell, even for my setup a 3 foot cord is a huge pain in the ass. Who makes these decisions there? Seriously.
I wanted to get one of these as a gift for someone but I don't think I can since I can't picture it working at all with the way their TV is set up. Hell, even for my setup a 3 foot cord is a huge pain in the ass. Who makes these decisions there? Seriously.
SinCityAssassin
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Probably Japan, where this sort of cord set up is more fitting for the general set up of an asian living space.
Yeah that length isn't going to work for my at home setup, and i imagine most others.
Either need to use a really long hdmi and have the console sit on the coffee table or going to have to buy some of these:
I ordered these the same day i preordered the mini. 100% knew nintendo wud fuck up on the length. Fact
Shit, people were returning their Wii U's due to poor range on the gamepad... How is this any different? Sure I could spend more money on an extension cord, but having a 2'-6" cord is a slap in the face. Super short sighted idea from Nintendo and I can bet you there will be a LOT of these NES CE being returned. Nobody wants to pull up a chair from the dining room and set a 1-2 feet away from their tv when they have a nice comfortable couch a couple feet behind them.