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Nintendo will send enough snes mini to stores?

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A couple of months ago, we heard that Nintendo could be planning a SNES Mini / SNES Classic Edition. No details were provided at the time, but a release by the end of the year is apparently planned.

Destructoid now has its own report stating that the SNES Mini will be available this year – specifically in time for the holidays. The site spoke with three different GameStop managers who said that the hardware is coming. It’s unclear how much they know and if what was mentioned can be trusted, but one manager said that Nintendo partially wants “foot traffic”.

Nintendo revealed the NES Classic Edition in mid-July last year for a November launch. If the SNES Mini is happening this year, perhaps an announcement could be made next month.

 

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GameStop managers don't receive any privileged info on unannounced product outside of their manager convention and even there it's something exceptional. Sometimes they receives some heads up, but that's generally 1 or 2 days before the announcement to prepare the preorder startegy.



I'm curious if they intentionally only make these limited like the NES minis.



I have a feeling that Nintendo will again make this a "holiday item only" so I'll make sure to get one. Couldn't get the NES Classic but I didn't really mind much. This is a different story.



It took me over six months to get an NES classic. I'm not looking forward to trying to get one of these.



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potato_hamster said:
It took me over six months to get an NES classic. I'm not looking forward to trying to get one of these.

I guess if you want one you better preorder...  I was pretty pissed about the whole NES Classic fiasco.  It was like dangling a carrot in front of a stick with no chance of ever getting one.  The whole situation pissed me off and their half assed excuses (especially Reggie) were an insult to the fanbase.  It pretty much made me want to bitch slap Reggie.  They better release the NES Classic along with the SNES if they want to make things a little right.  Oh yea and perhaps make more than a couple million.



sethnintendo said:
potato_hamster said:
It took me over six months to get an NES classic. I'm not looking forward to trying to get one of these.

I guess if you want one you better preorder...  I was pretty pissed about the whole NES Classic fiasco.  It was like dangling a carrot in front of a stick with no chance of ever getting one.  The whole situation pissed me off and their half ass excuses (especially Reggie) were an insult to the fanbase.  It pretty much made me want to bitch slap Reggie.  They better release the NES Classic along with the SNES if they want to make things a little right.  Oh yea and perhaps make more than a couple million.

If it's anything like the NES classic, you won't be able to preorder.



potato_hamster said:

If it's anything like the NES classic, you won't be able to preorder.

Oh I thought a few places like Gamestop had preorders for it.  If not then what the fuck do they expect their fans to do.  Drive and call stores in their town non stop wondering when the next shipment was going to be?  I gave up about 2-3 weeks into the NES Classic release because I wasn't going to actively seek out a product that was undershipped.



sethnintendo said:
potato_hamster said:

If it's anything like the NES classic, you won't be able to preorder.

Oh I thought a few places like Gamestop had preorders for it.  If not then what the fuck do they expect their fans to do.  Drive and call stores in their town non stop wondering when the next shipment was going to be?  I gave up about 2-3 weeks into the NES Classic release because I wasn't going to actively seek out a product that was undershipped.

Thats exactly what they expected their fans to do. I stood in line for one for 4 hours on release day, and was 14th in line. The store got 12.



potato_hamster said:
sethnintendo said:

Oh I thought a few places like Gamestop had preorders for it.  If not then what the fuck do they expect their fans to do.  Drive and call stores in their town non stop wondering when the next shipment was going to be?  I gave up about 2-3 weeks into the NES Classic release because I wasn't going to actively seek out a product that was undershipped.

Thats exactly what they expected their fans to do. I stood in line for one for 4 hours on release day, and was 14th in line. The store got 12.

Man that sucks but at least you were finally able to get one.  I would never drop money on the outrageous prices people were putting them up on Amazon and ebay.  I hope they realize their foul up and release it again along with the SNES.  It'd be nice if you could just order one through their online store and wait a few weeks to get it.  They could easily gauge supply and demand and not worry about overproducing it.  I know they want to sell VC games mainly through their eshops for higher profits but this is a product that some people can get that would otherwise not even consider buying a 3DS or Switch.