SNES Mini Announcement

obsidianspider

@lilbud how about this dog instead?

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obsidianspider

@lilbud id still like to buy a NES Classic, just to have, but I'm not paying the crazy prices I'm seeing it for on auction sites.

lilbud

@obsidianspider Yes, that's the only answer.

I was going to get an NES Mini, but they sold out everywhere and the only place that has it is Ebay, but I've never been that big a fan of the NES, SNES was more my favorite. This classic version has all good games. But...where the hell are the controller ports?

CodeDrawer

I was coming here just to post that! I am so excited! I think nintendo last year made an artificially high market by making so few NES classics.

hooperre

Interesting thoughts surrounding this so far. I think the lineup is wonderful. Other people irritated that there is no Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy II on this list.

lilbud

@hooperre said

no Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy II on this list

They probably couldn't get the licencing for those 2 from Square

CodeDrawer

I don't know them. I actually am getting an N64 off of family this summer... but I wonder, the N64 classic may not come out for a while because look at the decrease in games!

lilbud

@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

cyperghost

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 ;)

cafarellidigital

@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?

lilbud

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

The SNES Mini will be hacked in a months time.

A Former User

SNES MINI? COUNT ME IN!

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

lilbud

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

hooperre

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

lilbud

@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.

A Former User

I heard they might make more than 20.

edmaul69

@lilbud said in SNES Mini Announcement:

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

FlyingTomahawk

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.

MrJordaaany

@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!

Darksavior

@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.