Topic: CV1&2 - NES Classic Ed.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Dammit why wasn't this in the general gaming thread? Someone should have stopped me from posting there you jerks. I can't count on you guys for anything these days.

[Aridale]

You guys are way over thinking this thing. This isnt a new retro console from Nintendo thats gonna see support like a normal generation console. This a legal emulator on a chip of classic NES games. Its no different than the sega one or the atari one or any of the other "plug into a tv and play builtin games" systems. Only this is official instead of floating around in that space between illegal and no one really cares anymore

It could be a test for a future virtual console only mini console from nintendo... but I doubt it. Most likely this is just a neat cash in for the holiday season. If it does well we may see more versions in the future but dont over think it here

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Bad news guys. No internet is onboard, and no USB or SD support means these 30 games are all we'll ever get.

Still worth $60 I think, but way less bang for your buck than we were hoping.

[Eric Roman]

Voting with my wallet.  iTunes>Nintendo's Latest Error. 

Why not leverage the influence of Social Media to force Nintendo's hand to copy Dracula's Curse.nes onto this thing?

[Ratty]

You guys are way over thinking this thing. This isnt a new retro console from Nintendo thats gonna see support like a normal generation console. This a legal emulator on a chip of classic NES games. Its no different than the sega one or the atari one or any of the other "plug into a tv and play builtin games" systems. Only this is official instead of floating around in that space between illegal and no one really cares anymore

It could be a test for a future virtual console only mini console from nintendo... but I doubt it. Most likely this is just a neat cash in for the holiday season. If it does well we may see more versions in the future but dont over think it here

Yeah, this is really more just the kind of thing you buy your nieces or nephews for Christmas so they can "experience how games were in the old days". Or for an impulse buy for that non-gamer dad or mom in their 30s who see it in the store and say "oh man I used to love the Nintendo as a kid I gotta get this". I'm sure people will take the thing apart and figure out how to add more games to it, just like people figured out how to take apart the Atari Flashback 2 and add a cartridge slot. But that's kind of beside the point of the device.

If this one sells well enough, we'll probably get another one in a year or two, with many of the same games but maybe 10 or 15 different ones. It might be shaped like a toploader and come with dog-bone controllers, it might even have a cartridge slot. If there are noticeable emulation errors from this first one, it'll correct those, but it probably will still be just a tiny emulator in a box rather than a more expensive re-creation of the original hardware.

PS- Since I've mentioned the Flashback a lot here's a look at it to give you more of an idea of what this Nintendo will probably be like. Btw it's definitely a conscious decision to limit the games to release more iterations. You can fit every NES game on a single small USB flashdrive and you can fit every Atari 2600 game onto a single floppy disk but they still limited it to 40.

[Abnormal Freak]

Ultimately, yes, it's a plug-and-play toy—and one that appeals to me much more than other ones. It's fine for what it is.

[Claimh Solais]

Yeah, this is really more just the kind of thing you buy your nieces or nephews for Christmas so they can "experience how games were in the old days".

Funny you should mention that, cuz my plan was to buy this for my uncle and aunt, since they've pretty much stopped gaming after the rise of 3D consoles. I'm not big on the whole idea of the system (though $2 per game is what the system is pretty much selling, and that's a more fair price than the Virtual Console games), but I know my family would love this thing.

[Ratty]

Funny you should mention that, cuz my plan was to buy this for my uncle and aunt, since they've pretty much stopped gaming after the rise of 3D consoles. I'm not big on the whole idea of the system (though $2 per game is what the system is pretty much selling, and that's a more fair price than the Virtual Console games), but I know my family would love this thing.

Yeah that sounds like a great idea. I was considering buying one for some family members to. It looks to be a nice no-fuss thing with plenty of great games at a good price that hooks right into your modern TV. 30 games should certainly keep non-gamers busy for a long time. For casual fans or kids who just want a hit of old school goodness without any fuss this should be a no-brainer, barring any unforeseen issues. Which seem unlikely considering Nintendo's usual quality control. There's nothing wrong with the concept of the system, I just don't think the target audience is hardcore old school gamers so we shouldn't expect or ask for the moon.

[theANdROId]

I'll admit that I'm not terribly advanced when it comes to tech-knowledge-y ( ) but is is not feasible for Nintendo to add to this later?  I can't site any specific examples, but I feel like I can recall several times in the past where they've said, "No, this will not do X, Y, Z," only to have them add that feature later.  (Here's where the tech-knowledge-y issue comes in...)  Sure they're saying it doesn't connect to the internet or anything, but couldn't they be keeping that to themselves for now, planning to release a $20 something to enable connectivity later?

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Actually I think the reason Dracula's Curse wasn't added is more akin to "That game is harder to emulate with our current emulator console thing".
But that idea doesn't hold too much water because the Wii and Wii (and 3DS) emulate the game pretty much perfectly.

I do know that other consoles fail at this and other special-chip games.

[Shiroi Koumori]

My parents want one. hahaha.

[Crying Freeman]

CastleVania III would've sold me.  Love Super C, but yo, WTF with the missing Contra?!

I'm getting one but seriously weird they left out CV3 and Contra. I do prefer Super C to Contra, but strange since Contra is the iconic game in the series that everyone remembers, and most ppl prefer it.

I would've switched Balloon Fight and Excitebike with CV3 and Contra tbh

[Belmontoya]

I'm getting one but seriously weird they left out CV3 and Contra. I do prefer Super C to Contra, but strange since Contra is the iconic game in the series that everyone remembers, and most ppl prefer it.

I would've switched Balloon Fight and Excitebike with CV3 and Contra tbh

No way dude. Balloon Fight is one of the greatest games of all time.

There are other games on the list more expendable than Ballon Fight.

[Ratty]

No way dude. Balloon Fight is one of the greatest games of all time.

There are other games on the list more expendable than Ballon Fight.

What do you mean? The world totally needed another plug'n play with Pac Man and Galaga.
I have and have sometimes played Ghosts'n Goblins on the NES but I'm not sure who it would really appeal to these days other than the extremely nostalgic. Considering you can play the much-better-looking arcade original now. If you're gonna be a masochist at least have something nice to look at right? Gorgoyle's Quest 2, now that would've been an interesting choice.

[TheTextGuy]

I'm getting one but seriously weird they left out CV3 and Contra. I do prefer Super C to Contra, but strange since Contra is the iconic game in the series that everyone remembers, and most ppl prefer it.

I would've switched Balloon Fight and Excitebike with CV3 and Contra tbh

To be fair, Contra is missing from the Wii VC, Wii U VC and 3DS VC, yet Super C is on all three.  Strange, isn't it?