Bring back memories and make brand new ones with Nintendo's ultimate retro gaming experience, launching 11th November!

Relive the 80s when the Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System launches in stores on 11th November. The classic NES is back in a familiar-yet-new form as a mini replica of Nintendo’s original home console. Plugging directly into a high-definition TV using the included HDMI cable, the console comes complete with 30 NES games built-in, including beloved classics like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Donkey Kong, PAC-MAN and Kirby’s Adventure.

The Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System comes packaged with an HDMI cable, a USB cable for powering the system*, and one Nintendo Classic Mini: NES Controller. And whether it’s rediscovering an old favourite or experiencing the joy of NES for the first time, the fantastic collection of NES classics included with each and every system should have something for all players.

US Price has been revealed at $59.99 USD, + $10 for a second controller.

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[garbanzox]

whats crappy about them?

On my Wii U, NES VC titles are too dark, and the graphics are quite blurry. In comparison, SNES and GBA titles look great, with crisp lines and bright colors.

And you would think they'd fix the overscan issues with games like SMB3...

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Where's my Mini GameCube
In all seriousness, I might check it out.

There's already a Slim GameCube.

 

[gamesquest1]

never really been a big fan of these little plug and play boxes, but its nice that they have tried to stick to the original design as much as possible, if i ever see one cheap enough i would pick it up to gut as a raspi case, but i guess this was not designed for us tech savvy types XD

 

[spotanjo3]

Nah. Megaman series are not in it then I will pass.

 

[zoogie]

I just can't wait to see what people find when they RE the thing and what the game selector menu will look like.
The cpu hardware won't be genuine, that much is certain. Would be too costly not to emulate.

 

[Foxi4]

Sure, but Nintendo will have higher testing and emulation standards than a random Chinese manufacturer. Also, they don't make any money off old NES carts anymore, there is no good business reason for them to take that approach, in fact it would arguably limit their audience in comparison. There are even shipping costs to factor in for a larger device to fit those massive carts. Sure, retro gamers like us would love it, but this is plug and play with zero config so it'll have much wider appeal.

It's not emulation, it's literally the same hardware, just on one die. They don't need to feature just retro carts - including built-in FLASH is trivial and some clones do it already. It's embarrasing that Nintendo made a worse NES clone than a chinese no-name, plain and simple.

 

[emigre]

Excuse me while I go and kiss my Raspberry Pi 2.

 

[the_randomizer]

I'll stick to my nVidia Shield.

 

[iAqua]

Definitely gonna pick one up. Super good deal

 

[Sick Wario]

better late than never nintendo. at least they are including save states and wii controller family support.

i will absolutely buy a separate controller for wii u

 

[DKB]

Buying it.

 

[Pikm]

US Price has been revealed at $59.99 USD, + $10 for a second controller.

Source (includes list of games)

The real question is whether or not you'll be able to hack it to get custom games.

 

[smileyhead]

I'll definitely get one.
It's cheap, authentic, and will look much better next to my Wii U than my Chinese Mega Drive clone, that doesn't even remotely look like the original.

I hope they'll do this with the SNES and the N64, too. Probably not the GameCube, though. Maybe ~10 years later.

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The real question is whether or not you'll be able to hack it to get custom games.

If it has an internal memory, then it's not safe from the hackers.
If it doesn't have a USB/SD port, they'll just hardmod it and get new games on there that way.

 

[Pikm]

I'll definitely get one.
It's cheap, authentic, and will look much better next to my Wii U than my Chinese Mega Drive clone, that doesn't even remotely look like the original.

I hope they'll do this with the SNES and the N64, too. Probably not the GameCube, though. Maybe ~10 years later.

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If it has an internal memory, then it's not safe from the hackers.
If it doesn't have a USB/SD port, they'll just hardmod it and get new games on there that way.

What I really meant is that will I, Mr. Can't Solder for Shit will be able to hack it. Obviously a person with larger resources will be able get custom games.

 

[smileyhead]

What I really meant is that will I, Mr. Can't Solder for Shit will be able to hack it. Obviously a person with larger resources will be able get custom games.

If it has an OS, maybe.
But I doubt anyone'll be able to get an exploit out of any of the games or the System Menu (if there's such a thing).

 

[civickm]

Well I know whats on my list..

 

[KingpinSlim]

1. I really hope this is somehow easily hackable like the NeoGeo X so i can put loads of Roms on there.
2. A SNES-version would be unbelievably cute.

 

[smileyhead]

@Pikm And again, if you don't want to hardmod it, it will have to have an SD/USB slot.

 

[KingpinSlim]

If it has an OS, maybe.
But I doubt anyone'll be able to get an exploit out of any of the games or the System Menu (if there's such a thing).

Or it might be like the NeoGeo X and one can simply replace the Storage, but with Nintendo being the way they are i doubt it will be this easy.

 

[Pikm]

@Pikm And again, if you don't want to hardmod it, it will have to have an SD/USB slot.

True.