It seems Nintendo is ending production of their highly popular NES Classic. Final shipments are going out to retailers this month, and there are no plans for the company to produce more of the hardware any time soon. Nintendo of Europe hasn't made a comment on the matter, so it is unknown if this pertains to just North America, or Japan and Europe as well. The NES Classic launched last year in November 2016, and was notorious for being near-impossible to get a hold of. Launching with 30 retro Nintendo Entertainment System games on a smaller version of the old-school console, the NES Classic was a holiday hit, selling over 1.5 million consoles as of January 2017.

Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year. We encourage anyone interested in obtaining this system to check with retail outlets regarding availability. We understand that it has been difficult for many consumers to find a system, and for that we apologize. We have paid close attention to consumer feedback, and we greatly appreciate the incredible level of consumer interest and support for this product

 

[tech3475]

Nintendo decided to cut their losses after no doubt losing thousands of future VC sales to the hakchi machine.

I don't think they care about haxchi as much, otherwise they'd likely have just updated the system to prevent this.

The Nes mini costs $59.99 and NES games are $4.99 on the Wii U VC.

To buy each of these games on the Wii U would add up to about $150 without the price of the console.

I suspect the NES mini was just a way to carry Nintendo over the xmas period considering the impending Switch and low Wii U sales.

I wouldn't be surprised if they never planned on producing this many and the subsequent issues it entails (e.g. sourcing parts at low prices).

In some ways I wonder if a SNES mini will happen now if they have the VC on the switch launched by then, especially if Switch sales are good.

 

[NicEXE]

It got hacked so they don't feel like giving away official emulators.

 

[Harsky]

IT BEGINS

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-Ninte...378473?hash=item1a29cbe6e9:g:4ScAAOSwmgJY8LUU

 

[SonicfanCEMUTesting]

Oh man.





I haven't even try it yet.

 

[the_randomizer]

So glad I modded my Wii U to play Nestopia Undead, a much more compatible or at least, higher accurate emulator *cough*

 

[Deleted member 331788]

Meh. It's just an official emulator with 30 roms.

An official emulator with 30 legal roms ...and with hakchi2 hundreds of illegal roms! =)

 

[gnmmarechal]

There are still a few at the supermarket close to me, I got one there for around 60€. Time to buy the remaining ones and sell them at high price lolololol

 

[the_randomizer]

An official emulator with 30 legal roms ...and with hakchi2 hundreds of illegal roms! =)

Sega Genesis Collection on Steam actually uses zipped legal ROM dumps to be used with emulators outside of Sega's POS emulator ;O; Unofficial emulators are almost always better IMO.

 

[Sathya]

I have one. Anyone want to buy it from me? For only $2499 it can be yours!

never need it. just play the nes emulator on wii or wii u. its for free. no need the $2499 or $2498.50

 

[the_randomizer]

never need it. just play the nes emulator on wii or wii u. its for free. no need the $2499 or $2498.50

"B..But it's not the same!" people would say. It's an emulator box inside an NES case, nothing more.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

"B..But it's not the same!" people would say. It's an emulator box inside an NES case, nothing more.

Think there are retailers online who sell shell cases of NES for the Pi. Beats the Mini NES completely.

 

[the_randomizer]

Think there are retailers online who sell shell cases of NES for the Pi. Beats the Mini NES completely.

Yeah, I saw those 3D printed cases, they are much better, and cheaper too.

 

[chartube12]

I have only seen these for sale at smaller shops reselling them for 150.00. Local Gamestops never ever had them in stock.

 

[eriol33]

Is this thing worth $80 bucks?? I could get one now here in Japan for this price, its the current reselling price.

Im afraid that after this announcement (japanese version also discountinued), the price will go up

value is subjective. in my opinion, it's not worth it because it's baiting on your nostalgia. the intrinsic value of the software and the hardware are not really worth 80 bucks. if you are collector and a nintendo fanboy, yes you should get it. but if you just want to play the games, there are other methods to play it (via VC, emulators, etc)

 

[tatumanu]

There are still a few at the supermarket close to me, I got one there for around 60€. Time to buy the remaining ones and sell them at high price lolololol

Yes here its all over the place right now....

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Yes here its all over the place right now....

It's available in countries where demand doesn't exist.

Here's an example:

 

[tatumanu]

It's available in countries where demand doesn't exist.

Here's an example:

Last week i was shopping and all stores had it, like really lots of them, i didn't buy just because i heard of the slight input delay

 

[Wiisel]

Oh that sucks I really wanted one but I'm not paying over retail for it..........Actually it's really annoyed me I hope Yoshi dies!

 

[Jayro]

Nintendo does some of the stupidest shit...

"Wow, the public really likes this thing. Well instead of ramping up production, let's just kill it off."
-Nintendo

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Oh that sucks I really wanted one but I'm not paying over retail for it..........Actually it's really annoyed me I hope Yoshi dies!

There's a chance that a Smyths or Toys R Us might have it in stock in store. Have you checked any near you?