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Veknoid_Outcast on 15 July 2016

The NYTimes is getting in on the fun: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/technology/nintendo-nes.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=4&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F07%2F16%2Ftechnology%2Fnintendo-nes.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&_r=0



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Mummelmann on 15 July 2016
Mbolibombo said:
Mummelmann said:

Well, I say it's unusual, I grew up in Norway and moved to Sweden 3 years ago. Either Swedish retailers do it differently (I never shopped for goods in Sweden before moving here since toll fees and VAT's would wreck any and all price differences anyway) or we simply have widely differing opinions for some reason, or perhaps simply shop in different places online and/or read different media and sources.

I dunno, but electronics are still way overpriced here, and with the damn license fees on top, it's a pain for a lot of people (the annual cost of simply owning a TV is pure BS).

Haha yeah obviously. It's an old habit of the state, cant let it go :P

It's Bergsala who sets the prices on Nintendo products in Scandinavia so once they name the price, a proper can be told the retailers. Sometimes they are quick sometimes it takes a while. The high price is obviously so they can repay instead of eating possible losses like CDON had to do on the Yarn Amiibos. They had them at 149:- for a long time before Bergsala priced them 299:- and due to their policy at the time (dont know if they still have it) everyone who had already paid 149:- could have them at that. Thus I saved 450:- ;)

Haha, good job!



naruball on 15 July 2016
onionberry said:
yvanjean said:

The Mini NES is a joke. No body was asking for this between old NES games, emulators and Wii and WiiU virtual consoles games. We already have or own most of these games. This is Nintendo trying to sell us something we already own. It might turn into a novelty gift but only if the price is low enough. Don't expect to see this come next Xmas.

you really think that this is just for you or for the gamers. no... this is for the masses, for the grandma, the parents, the uncle.  Gamers are so naive.

the grandmas? Seriously? SeriouslY?



Roronaa_chan on 15 July 2016
naruball said:
onionberry said:

you really think that this is just for you or for the gamers. no... this is for the masses, for the grandma, the parents, the uncle.  Gamers are so naive.

the grandmas? Seriously? SeriouslY?

But is it for the uncles tho



NobleTeam360 on 15 July 2016

It'll do pretty solid numbers I think.



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Neodegenerate on 15 July 2016
naruball said:
onionberry said:

you really think that this is just for you or for the gamers. no... this is for the masses, for the grandma, the parents, the uncle.  Gamers are so naive.

the grandmas? Seriously? SeriouslY?

My mom is a grandma and loves the idea of this thing.  True story.



Goodnightmoon on 15 July 2016
Neodegenerate said:
naruball said:

the grandmas? Seriously? SeriouslY?

My mom is a grandma and loves the idea of this thing.  True story.

I saw my mom today, told her about the mini nes and she loved it because she used to play 8 bit games when I wasn't even born and games today look too complicated for her. True story too.



Neodegenerate on 15 July 2016
Goodnightmoon said:
Neodegenerate said:

My mom is a grandma and loves the idea of this thing.  True story.

I saw my mom today, told her about the mini nes and she loved it because she used to play 8 bit games when I wasn't even born and games today look too complicated for her. True story too.

I remember when I was 5 my mom woke me up at 3am to beat one of the water levels in Super Mario Bros.  She couldn't beat it herself and wanted to get through to the next world before she had to leave for work in the morning.



Goodnightmoon on 15 July 2016
Neodegenerate said:
Goodnightmoon said:

I saw my mom today, told her about the mini nes and she loved it because she used to play 8 bit games when I wasn't even born and games today look too complicated for her. True story too.

I remember when I was 5 my mom woke me up at 3am to beat one of the water levels in Super Mario Bros.  She couldn't beat it herself and wanted to get through to the next world before she had to leave for work in the morning.

That's a cute story :3




torok on 15 July 2016

I think it's more oriented to collectors, but it can gather some mainstream attention because it's pretty cheap.

I'm not particularly interested because it isn't the real hardware, it's probably some cheaper ARM SoC that emulates the games.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.