Nintendo nes classic mini

janisjoplin

Anyone know where I can get this on Friday when it's released. Have contacted both little woods and smiths and they stopped taking pre orders as they said their orders are full and argos withdrew it from online. So anyone any ideas how I can get my hands on one of these Friday?

Osmosis Jones

Chances are you won't get one on release if you haven't ordered already

janisjoplin

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Chances are you won't get one on release if you haven't ordered already

OK thanks for response. Hopefully I will get one for Christmas. Fingers crossed

SeantheMan

janisjoplin wrote: »

Anyone know where I can get this on Friday when it's released. Have contacted both little woods and smiths and they stopped taking pre orders as they said their orders are full and argos withdrew it from online. So anyone any ideas how I can get my hands on one of these Friday?

If you really want to play the games you could go get an emulator and be playing them within the next 5 minutes on your PC.

I can see a lot of people getting it as a novelty item, and then it going into the attic after 1 week.

ironictoaster

SeantheMan wrote: »

If you really want to play the games you could go get an emulator and be playing them within the next 5 minutes on your PC.

I can see a lot of people getting it as a novelty item, and then it going into the attic after 1 week.

I imagine argos will your best bet. Reserve

ShadowHearth

SeantheMan wrote: »

If you really want to play the games you could go get an emulator and be playing them within the next 5 minutes on your PC.

I can see a lot of people getting it as a novelty item, and then it going into the attic after 1 week.

I actually see it as a best X may present for 2016. It pretty much suits all generations and almost everyone. Ironically it moght best selling Nintendo product in very long time lol.

nix

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I actually see it as a best X may present for 2016. It pretty much suits all generations and almost everyone. Ironically it moght best selling Nintendo product in very long time lol.

Ummm i cant see anybody below the age of 30 bothering their arse playing this for longer than 5mins, the only factor this lil console will have it nostalgia, which will be lost on any younger ages

Retr0gamer

Well Nostalgia sells.

Also Nintendo have done well backing it with quality titles. There's some classics on there and a good game will be a good game forever. Most of the games on the system are far better than the majority of 'Triple A' guff released this year.

ShadowHearth

nix wrote: »

Ummm i cant see anybody below the age of 30 bothering their arse playing this for longer than 5mins, the only factor this lil console will have it nostalgia, which will be lost on any younger ages

Aint that what xmas is for? Giving **** to people that they dont need? At least thats what I get usually. :pac:

I dony know, I think a good few people would get a good kick out of such xmas present and would be great crack after presents opened up and waiting for dinner on xmas day.
I see if I can get it and my sisters family would love it.

passatman86

http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/nintendo-classic-mini-reservation/11735747
Might be useful for you

passatman86

passatman86 wrote:

Might be useful for you

Might be useful for you

Absolute con, love for they try to say that they are reluctantly letting t go, ignoring the fact that they e selling it on for a €20 profit. Crap like that is why adverts it's seen as such a waste of time

Canis Lupus

We got a machine in work that played all the old arcade classics. Everyone played it for a day or two and then realised that sh*t has moved on and space invaders etc isn't really all that fun.

room_149

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057622031

Merge threads?

o1s1n

Canis Lupus wrote: »

We got a machine in work that played all the old arcade classics. Everyone played it for a day or two and then realised that sh*t has moved on and space invaders etc isn't really all that fun.

Lies! Space Invaders will always be fun. Youre just playing it wrong :pac:

sibergoth

anyone know anywhere to actually get one of these ?? everywhere sold out.. can't even get an order placed...

batmansDad

Littlewoods appear to have them

Dave 101

batmansDad wrote: »

Littlewoods appear to have them

Link

sibergoth

weird. i just searched on little woods for nintendo and went through every product - couldn't find it ?

batmansDad

Sorry, I can't post links

If you google:
Nintendo NES Classic Mini Ireland

You can't seem to search for it on their site.

You should see it. That said, I received an email late last night telling me the order would not be fulfilled. Waiting to see if my card was charged.

sibergoth

out of stock.. can't place orders... same as everywhere ! never mind...

Jude13

Got one of amazon.co.uk today, delivery on 02 Dec.

Captain Chaos

Jude13 wrote: »

Got one of amazon.co.uk today, delivery on 02 Dec.

But not at normal RRP they are all third party sellers at greatly inflated prices. Amazon themselves have no stock at the £59.99 price they should be.

Jude13

Captain Chaos wrote: »

But not at normal RRP they are all third party sellers at greatly inflated prices. Amazon themselves have no stock at the £59.99 price they should be.

Feel a little ill now, I had no idea they were that price. I didn't pay that....

sibergoth

yeah i'm not going to pay over the odds.. 50 quid normally... SmythsToys are marked at €65 which is too high honestly ! (and there's still no stock)

i'd say no chance now of getting these for xmas.

BonnieSituation

A mate has one reserved in Wexford Argos and another lad has one reserved in Liffey Valley Argos.

They're slowly reappearing.

I however have none.

sibergoth

argos have stopped recognising the item number now !! must have taken it off due to lack of stock...

sibergoth

no stock now till 'January' what a balls... i guess Santa didnt get any deliveries !

SolvableKnave

This is typical of Nintendo strategy. Limited production numbers to artificially drive up demand. They did it with both the Wii and Wii-U. You can be guaranteed they will do the exact same with Switch next year.

Retr0gamer

SolvableKnave wrote: »

This is typical of Nintendo strategy. Limited production numbers to artificially drive up demand. They did it with both the Wii and Wii-U. You can be guaranteed they will do the exact same with Switch next year.

It's actually not a part of their strategy. It always happens because Nintendo don't have large warehouse holding units for stock relying on retail to supply that. Usually means they have to be a but frugal when it comes to production numbers so they aren't left with unsold units of an unsuccessful product they can't warehouse.

It's a bit more complicated than Nintendo are evil but it nonetheless sucks.

sibergoth

Still can't fecking buy these anywhere

anyone have any info ?

Sonderkommando

sibergoth wrote: »

Still can't fecking buy these anywhere

anyone have any info ?

Seen one in CEX galway the other day for €190!

Can't understand the appeal of these with emulators at the click of a button, you can even get USB controllers to make it feel more authentic, https://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-NES-Controller-Mac-Compatible/dp/B002YVD3KM

DonnchaCH

Anyone have any news on when or if these will be restocked? I messaged Gamestop and they said they might not be getting anymore stock, where Smyths had on their site it was going to be restocked in "Jan 2017" then they removed the Nes Classic from the site all together one day so I messaged them asking if it's going to be restocked and the replied with this:

"Hi Donncha.

Unfortunately we have been advised from Nintendo that they will not be reproducing this item as it was a once off, apologies for any disappoitnment this may cause!

Best wishes
Smyths FB Team"

GeneralSherman

Yes, apparently it was a special edition Nintendo, they only made a few. I have yet to break it to my daughter that it's not going to be available. She wanted it as her Christmas present so was holding off until it was restocked. The salesman in my local Game Stop said it was crap anyway.

sibergoth

i don't believe that at all. sounds like BS...

not crap either.

DonnchaCH

I know it's very disappointing if this is true. I can't find any other resources online that confirms this I see a lot of people say it'll be restocked in March but they haven't provided any sources either.

A friend of mine that works in Gamestop said it was crap too haha.

For me though it's convenient because i'd do travel and it looks like it beats using Emulators on laptops or having to haul loads of carts with you, the HD aspect from it is a big plus for me I have the Sega Mega Drive Classic Game Console with 80 Games and it only runs 480ghz and seems to run the PAL 50hz speed which is annoying so I'd say the Nes Classic is a much better piece of tech overall.

Creamy Goodness

GeneralSherman wrote: »

The salesman in my local Game Stop said it was crap anyway.

Probably wasn't even born when the console was out...

sibergoth

.. and it is cheap so no commission, buy this expensive playstation instead...

never listen to salespeople...

Inviere

A user on Reddit posted this up, allegedly a Smyths manager:

I work for Smyths Toy Store. It is a large Irish owned toy shop and videogame store that also has many branches in the UK. This Email went out company wide. To give some context we are a major competitor to Game Stop and Argos and are nearly always priced cheaper than both, I believe this may be because the company has the resources to pay up front for certain games etc and can secure large quantities to sell at much cheaper prices than our competitors. My point being I'm sure they would stop at nothing to secure more Nes Classics if at all possible.

Pic Evidence - http://imgur.com/a/muD1A

https://www.reddit.com/r/minines/comments/5mvoam/official_word_from_nintendo_on_producing_more/

sibergoth

still don't believe it

pasta-solo

Smyths are rarely cheaper than Argos!

sibergoth

yeah i was thinking that too! when argos had it listed for 4 seconds, the price was €60 as oppose to €65 at Smyths...

and £50 in UK on the official nintendo site.

Retr0gamer

I would take it with a pinch of salt as well. If there's one thing Nintendo like it's money and not having a money spinner like that on the shelves makes no sense.

K.O.Kiki

DonnchaCH wrote: »

I know it's very disappointing if this is true. I can't find any other resources online that confirms this I see a lot of people say it'll be restocked in March but they haven't provided any sources either.

A friend of mine that works in Gamestop said it was crap too haha.

For me though it's convenient because i'd do travel and it looks like it beats using Emulators on laptops or having to haul loads of carts with you, the HD aspect from it is a big plus for me I have the Sega Mega Drive Classic Game Console with 80 Games and it only runs 480ghz and seems to run the PAL 50hz speed which is annoying so I'd say the Nes Classic is a much better piece of tech overall.

Err, what?

Emulation of NES on PC (e.g. with FCEUX ) is easy as hell, and if you want to run at 60Hz you just find the correct US/JP ROM.

Chris_Heilong

This is very appropriate.

JD1763

I had pre-ordered off Amazon when it was first announced so got mine in time for Christmas. To be honest it's ok, not crap but not mind blowing either. Its clunky to operate in terms of having to press reset on the console itself to exit to the menus and the controller cables are ridiculously short. Also the EU version doesn't even come with a power supply adapter - you only get the USB cable. True most people would have a 5V USB adaptor handy anyway but if you were missing one on Christmas morning...

If you didn't get one I wouldn't feel like you've missed out - just go on Amazon grab a Raspberry Pi kit and google how to build an emulation machine that can emulate multiple consoles and hold all the ROMs you want and you'll have an even better experience than the mini-classic. You can probably even get a replica NES mini-case somewhere to put the Pi into.

Zero-Cool

Ha class! Hidden message from dev to hackers.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-10-nintendo-hid-secret-message-for-hackers-within-nes-mini

sibergoth

well, finally Amazon are shipping me a NES Mini today at the proper price of £49.99. (works out to €62 something)

I guess the lad who said there will never be any more was full of sh1te so!

JohnMoyno

sibergoth wrote: »

well, finally Amazon are shipping me a NES Mini today at the proper price of £49.99. (works out to €62 something)

I guess the lad who said there will never be any more was full of sh1te so!

Really? Which store on Amazon?

sibergoth

JohnMoyno wrote: »

Really? Which store on Amazon?

Yup. Got it last Thursday. Very cool gadget !

Amazon.co.uk

Just checked there and looks like it could be out of stock again !!

GypsyByName

£189.99 on Amazon now.

sibergoth

now it has been officially made end of life.. wait for the SNES mini.. allegedly coming next xmas....