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[AtomicShroom]

Toys'R'Us reported via Twitter that they will sell the SNES Classic console in Quebec.

Furthermore, they said that Nintendo will soon release a press statement confirming that the restriction has been lifted!

Hallelujah!!!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Glad SNES fans in Quebec will have a chance to enroll in the SNES Classic Hunger Games to obtain one.

 

[Hazu]

Glad SNES fans in Quebec will have a chance to enroll in the SNES Classic Hunger Games to obtain one.

Eh, will be easy to get just like most things in Quebec.

 

[Kade]

This may or may not lead to cancelled pre-orders in other provinces unless Nintendo is providing more units on top of what Canada is already getting. Stock that would have gone to Quebec was apparently split between the other provinces for some chains.

 

[AtomicShroom]

This may or may not lead to cancelled pre-orders in other provinces unless Nintendo is providing more units on top of what Canada is already getting. Stock that would have gone to Quebec was apparently split between the other provinces for some chains.

I don't think that many stores actually did pre-orders at this point...

 

[BGBW]

It's still so odd to see a company post "lol".

 

[AuthenticM]

Came to post this

Nintendo isn't explaining anything. Yeah, they know they fucked up.

It's good that they're selling it though.

 

[Ricker]

J'le savais,tant mieux...great news.

 

[MaverickHunterX]

If only someone could edit a SNES in there

 

[Shanaynay]

I'm glad the restriction is lifted, there's a few Toys R Us around here so i might get the chance to buy one.

 

[AtomicShroom]

I'm glad the restriction is lifted, there's a few Toys R Us around here so i might get the chance to buy one.

It's not only Toys'R'us though. All the typical stores will also be able to sell it.

I'm just glad that'll save me a round trip to Hawkesbury after all!

 

[Porkepik]

Woohooooo

Now....to get one....

 

[Sumgi]

"Toys'R'Us: SNES Classic will be sold out in Quebec!"

Fixed that for you.

 

[claude.labonte]

YAY - I'm down to camp to get one, the SNES is basically my gaming life ❤️

 

[Bisnic]

Good to hear! So what did they do to allow this? Put French on the box, or they found a way to sell it even if there is only English?

 

[dankir]

FINALLY! Do I cancel my US Walmart.com PO I have?

 

[snap]

Good to hear! So what did they do to allow this? Put French on the box, or they found a way to sell it even if there is only English?

tweets imply quebec added an exception.

 

[Fuzzy]

 

[AtomicShroom]

Good to hear! So what did they do to allow this? Put French on the box, or they found a way to sell it even if there is only English?

They just pulled their heads out of their asses, basically.

The OFLQ (the office that regulates and enforces French-language software laws) said from the beginning that nothing prevented Nintendo from releasing the SNES Classic in Quebec, that the rule didn't apply, and that if they opted to not release it, that it was purely a business decision on Nintendo's part.

 

[AuthenticM]

Good to hear! So what did they do to allow this? Put French on the box, or they found a way to sell it even if there is only English?

They had nothing to do. The OQLF said back when the news hit that there was nothing preventing the SNES classic from being sold in Québec. It was a business decision from Nintendo alone.

 

[Fularu]

Hey I made the op.

I hope it's the last time

Now the shitshow in Canada can continue with us taking part in it and not trying our best to circumvent it

It's hilarious how it's been painless to get a european mini, a JP sfc mini but noooope on the local one

 

[Deleted member 126221]

tweets imply quebec added an exception.

Opposite. There was nothing preventing the SNES Mini from being sold here legally, so someone at Nintendo Canada just had to say "hey, it can be sold there".

 

[Bisnic]

They had nothing to do. The OQLF said back when the news hit that there was nothing preventing the SNES classic from being sold in Québec. It was a business decision from Nintendo alone.

Oh right. The law only applies if there is a french version available if I remember. If there is no such thing, it can be sold in english-only.

Dumb on Nintendo's part, but at least there's a chance for me to get one now.

 

[True Fire]

Plot twist is that TRU Canada won’t be open to sell it.

 

[Kaydan]

Ugh I already pulled the trigger on a raspberry Pi 3 because of this. Oh well, best of luck to you guys.

 

[Karspankey]

Toys R Us could file for bankruptcy as soon as this week, sources say

:|

 

[watership]

So what their saying is now there will be even less SNES classics for sale in Canada.

 

[AtomicShroom]

Toys R Us could file for bankruptcy as soon as this week, sources say

:|

Who cares? It will be sold in all stores, not just Toys R Us!

 

[Fularu]

Who cares? It will be sold in all stores, not just Toys R Us!

People's jobs and lives are at stake. That's far more important than some toy

 

[AtomicShroom]

People's jobs and lives are at stake. That's far more important than some toy

Meh. They've had it coming. I've had some terrible customer service at Toys R Us for on multiple occasions.

 

[watership]

Meh. They've had it coming. I've had some terrible customer service at Toys R Us for on multiple occasions.

So you had some bad 'service' with a few, out of tens of thousands of employees. Just because you had a bad experience doesn't mean everyone deserves to lose their jobs.