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    • lilbudL
      lilbud @CodeDrawer
      last edited by

      @CodeDrawer I think, if they make an N64 mini, it would be 2018 and probably the last one. Because who in the hell would buy a Gamecube mini?

      Me and maybe 3 other people

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      • cyperghostC
        cyperghost
        last edited by

        I hope for the first teardown. I think the plattform of the NES and SNES mini are the same. Afaik the NES mini was a quadcore CPU ARMv7 Allwinner with 256MB of RAM ;)

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        • cafarellidigitalC
          cafarellidigital @CodeDrawer
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          @CodeDrawer I really don't think Nintendo will make an N64-mini, at least not for a while (like 4-5 years). I mean, look at all of the problems N64 emulation has even on beefy PC's. I know Nintendo could make an emulator far better than any community on the internet (since Nintendo would have the full source code for the console and it's first party games), but it still seems unlikely to me.

          On a related note, couldn't some "dedicated fans" be able to extract the roms and emulator from an N64-mini and make it a self-sufficient system on PC? Or is that impossible?

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          • lilbudL
            lilbud @cafarellidigital
            last edited by

            @cafarellidigital The roms, probably. The emulator, no.

            The SNES Mini will be hacked in a months time.

            Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

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            • ?
              A Former User
              last edited by

              SNES MINI? COUNT ME IN!

              I am a big SNES fan. Most of my games on my Pi are SNES Games. Mostly SMW Hacks.

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              • lilbudL
                lilbud @A Former User
                last edited by

                @itsnitro Good luck getting one of the 15 Nintendo decides to make.

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                • hooperreH
                  hooperre @cafarellidigital
                  last edited by

                  @cafarellidigital That's what I'm thinking. That emulator would be ripped apart. N64 mini would be a huge score for the emulation community.

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                  • lilbudL
                    lilbud @hooperre
                    last edited by

                    @hooperre Well, if the emulator is indeed ripped, it would have to be ported to PC and support all of the plugins and games needed.

                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

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                    • ?
                      A Former User
                      last edited by

                      I heard they might make more than 20.

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                      • edmaul69E
                        edmaul69 @lilbud
                        last edited by

                        @lilbud said in SNES Mini Announcement:

                        @itsnitro Good luck getting one of the 15 Nintendo decides to make.
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                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk
                          last edited by

                          Who wants a ineedtomakemoney mini?
                          Typical Nintendo instead of thinking up something competitive and innovative they chew through the old stuff over and over again. For all I know that stuff is so old they should offer it free for download.

                          We got RPis with RetroPie that is the best mini device. No need for a reduced version with a different shell.

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                          • MrJordaaanyM
                            MrJordaaany @FlyingTomahawk
                            last edited by

                            @FlyingTomahawk said in SNES Mini Announcement:

                            Who wants a ineedtomakemoney mini?
                            Typical Nintendo instead of thinking up something competitive and innovative they chew through the old stuff over and over again. For all I know that stuff is so old they should offer it free for download.

                            We got RPis with RetroPie that is the best mini device. No need for a reduced version with a different shell.

                            Nostalgia sells bro. Why wouldn't they do it? It's a nice tidy package, reasonable price, and is a legal why to buy old classic games.

                            Already got mine on pre-order, as I'm not convinced they will produce it for the long run like last time. Starfox 2 is a very cool bonus as well. These mini consoles pre-laoded with games are a great idea. I'd love Sony to follow suit and do a mini ps1 or something. It's great for the consumer and stands to make the company alot of money!

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                            • DarksaviorD
                              Darksavior
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                              @FlyingTomahawk Agreed. I threw a pi inside an sfc to satisfy my nostalgia, and I can play thousands of other games from other systems for free. There is no reason for me to ever get an snes mini. This is for the casual gamer and not for tinkerers like us. I'm glad this will take away sales from scumbags selling retropie preloaded pi's, though.

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                              • sergioadS
                                sergioad
                                last edited by sergioad

                                @lilbud I would love to have one, I am saving 5 USD / 100 MXN per week to get it but since Gamela (the ones who imports Nintendo products to Mexico) raises the price a lot (and I mean a lot) I do not know if I may able to get it we, gamers in MΓ©xico call it the Nintendo tax and an example of the Nintendo tax is the Swic since it costs 10,000 MXN, arround 500 USD, its pro controller wich costs 2,400 MXN 120 USD and the NES classic edition wich had a cost of 2,00 MXN, 100 USD

                                So, if I can not afford a SNES Classic Edition at least I am happy with a dump of the ROM of the finished official release of Star fox 2 for my Raspberry Pi

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                                • lilbudL
                                  lilbud @Darksavior
                                  last edited by

                                  @Darksavior said in SNES Mini Announcement:

                                  This is for the casual gamer and not for tinkerers like us

                                  I'll see my self out...

                                  Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                  Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                  • DarksaviorD
                                    Darksavior @lilbud
                                    last edited by

                                    @lilbud Well, it's MEANT for them. I see most of you guys are giddy about it and nothing's stopping you to get one.

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                                    • edmaul69E
                                      edmaul69 @Darksavior
                                      last edited by

                                      @Darksavior said in SNES Mini Announcement:

                                      and nothing's stopping you to get one.

                                      There is something stopping us from getting one. Nintendo.

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                                      • lilbudL
                                        lilbud @Darksavior
                                        last edited by lilbud

                                        @Darksavior said in SNES Mini Announcement:

                                        nothing's stopping you to get one.

                                        Except the price, availability...

                                        Shall I continue?

                                        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                        • sergioadS
                                          sergioad @sergioad
                                          last edited by

                                          @sergioad said in SNES Mini Announcement:

                                          @lilbud I would love to have one, I am saving 5 USD / 100 MXN per week to get it but since Gamela (the ones who imports Nintendo products to Mexico) raises the price a lot (and I mean a lot) I do not know if I may able to get it we, gamers in MΓ©xico call it the Nintendo tax and an example of the Nintendo tax is the Swic since it costs 10,000 MXN, arround 500 USD, its pro controller wich costs 2,400 MXN 120 USD and the NES classic edition wich had a cost of 2,00 MXN, 100 USD

                                          So, if I can not afford a SNES Classic Edition at least I am happy with a dump of the ROM of the finished official release of Star fox 2 for my Raspberry Pi

                                          If I get one I will tell you friends

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                                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                                            FlyingTomahawk
                                            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                            This whole "release too few to keep the price up" crap is not very motivating.
                                            The price is not reasonable at all and you have 1 million customers who pre-order but you only produce 10% of it so that people fight over it or others buying it for $80 only to sell for $150 later on ebay.
                                            For less then $80 i can get a RPi3 with case and all what I need. And not only play 21 games but more than 1000 if I want.

                                            The only thing that interest me about that SNES mini is the UI. How will it look like and can it be converted to ES.

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