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barneystinson69 on 01 October 2016

Of course they go all Nintendo on something nobody else could possible screw up.



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Mr.GameCrazy on 01 October 2016

To be honest, I'm not as interested in the NES Classic Edition as the PS4 Pro. Still, that was a weird decision Nintendo made. That cord should be twice as long.



sethnintendo on 01 October 2016
Nautilus said:
Just one meter long?Goddamit, you need to be standing 1 meter away from the tv to play this.

Gotta be up close to admire all the glorious pixels! 



WagnerPaiva on 01 October 2016

That defeats the purpose, what am I? A hobbit? Gimme at least 2 meters.



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Goodnightmoon on 01 October 2016
TomaTito said:

^ That works. Now Ninty, include it in every controller package :P

superchunk said:
Guess I'll need a long hdmi cable so I can sit back further. Silly, but that is no different than other plug and play legacy devices like Atari and Sega.
bunchanumbers said:
We all used to play Smash with the Gamecube in the middle of the living room. It was practically on the coffee table. Either way I'm thinking of using a extension or a longer HDMI would work.
Goodnightmoon said:

The short gamepad wire can be solved by a long HDMI which maybe the console includes.

And you'll also need a longer micro usb cable to charge the device.

That depends on where do you have the conectors and how long is the USB included.



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Turkish on 01 October 2016
Hiku said:
S.Peelman said:
To be fair this is supposed to be a nostalgic experience, you playing your games just like in the good old days. That means sitting on the floor with your system in front of you. Not saying I wouldn't have liked longer cords, I would obviously, but I get the idea they're going with.

I wouldn't say that's fair because the real NES controller was about 3 times as long, and so some people, including myself, could sit on the sofa playing NES.

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QUAKECore89 on 01 October 2016

Not bad, i have 25 feet HDMI & 5200mAh portable charger. It's cool, i like putting the console on the table in front of me, just like old days.

Or you could plug into the monitor in your office.

Lol....there's no power button on the gamepad, so, don't expect that, accept or not, it's your call.



archer9234 on 01 October 2016
S.Peelman said:
To be fair this is supposed to be a nostalgic experience, you playing your games just like in the good old days. That means sitting on the floor with your system in front of you. Not saying I wouldn't have liked longer cords, I would obviously, but I get the idea they're going with.

What are you talking about. The NES controller cords were longer than that. Only the Famicom had cords that short.



Barkley on 01 October 2016

3 Feet.... jesus.... that's awful. I don't really care though, I'd be much more likely to buy an actual NES than this silly thing!



Slarvax on 01 October 2016

Who in their right mind thought Imperial system was a better idea?



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