Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition announced

[OviRy8]

but cant you just download an nes rom to ur computer the plug the computer to the tv (via hdmi) then play, its pretty much the same and its free
!

Yes, instead of supporting something with our own money that we have control over how we spend, let's just steal!

 

[p e p p e r]

NES Classic Edition

So what do you think of the NES Classis Edition?
Are you going to buy it?

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[apharel]

YES! I remember I loved playing on the in-game NES in the first animal crossing. ;__;

If they make a SNES version with the Lion King game, Aladdin, Chrono Trigger, Mother, Super Mario Bros 2/3/World, etc. I'd buy that too. >___<

 

[dudeabides]

It's so small is it a rom player?

 

[JCnator]

It's so small is it a rom player?

Since you can't fit any original NES cartridge in the very small NES Classic Edition and that the controller ports are basically like the socket you'd find on every Wii Remote, it's safe to assume that the NES Classic Edition hardware is going to involve some sort of software emulation.

 

[piske]

It comes with ALL of those games? For sixty bucks?! I'm definitely considering it! Needs Maniac Mansion though ;D

 

[N e s s]

Dude, 30 VC games for 60$? I'm certainly going to be buying it.

 

[ConChistes212]

It's so small and cute! I'm very excited for it!(*●⁰ꈊ⁰●)

 

[Xerolin]

My dad says he's getting us one for Christmas!

 

[windloft]

oh wow ... considering the value of nes games nowadays, for the fact that you can get 30 of the most popular nes games for sixty bucks is a total steal. maybe i'll get this on christmas...

do y'all think we'll get a mobile snes in the future? i'd so buy that in a heartbeat.

 

[Stalfos]

It comes with ALL of those games? For sixty bucks?! I'm definitely considering it! Needs Maniac Mansion though ;D

As long as it's the american version. We didn't get to blow up the hamster here in europe.

 

[watercolorwish]

GETTING

 

[JCnator]

We got a bit more information about the NES Classic Edition.

Apparently, the system will feature a small variety of display modes. Which are:

• Mode that makes the native resolution stretch to 4:3 format
• Native resolution only mode
• CRT mode

Also mentioned during the interview is that it might feature Restore Point (Save State) alongside with Suspend Point.


Based on this piece of information, it seems like that the emulation won't be done the same way as the Wii U did with its NES VC games. Let's hope that the NES Classic Edition will display colors as bright as the original NES and most popular NES emulators do.

Source: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...ssic_edition_may_have_some_neat_display_modes

 

[Stalfos]

Based on this piece of information, it seems like that the emulation won't be done the same way as the Wii U did with its NES VC games. Let's hope that the NES Classic Edition will display colors as bright as the original NES and most popular NES emulators do.

Let's hope so.

 

[amanda1983]

So this is that new-but-old Nintendo console my partner has been trying to tell be about for 2 weeks. He was keen to get it if I was at all interested.. I was very busy hunting down AC amiibos and the cards and stopped listening once he confirmed this new thingy had no AC on it or any possibility of there being any added later. If it's not Animal Crossing, I don't care. Even lego games rate a disinterested shrug from me currently, and I love them!

But this looks cool. I doubt the AU $ will be so favourable, but like that's ever stopped us.. I'm thinking we'll get this as soon as it's released along with another controller so we can play together. I'll have to schedule AC around this new thingy for awhile. Could be worse I suppose!

 

[King Dorado]

I wonder why there's no Duck Hunt?

this would be perfect if they added that, plus Blades of Steel, and RBI Baseball...

 

[Stalfos]

I wonder why there's no Duck Hunt?

Duck Hunt would be a great game to include in that micro-console, but there are some technical issues that are apparently difficult for Nintendo to resolve within the resource and time constraints.

The NES was released back in the era where CRT TVs were the norm and the HDTV weren't commercially sold. Every version of Duck Hunt beside the Wii U one is only playable with any CRT TV, thanks to the latter's near-instantaneous refresh rate and the way the game registers fired shots.
Every time you pull the NES Zapper trigger, the game will a display a screen on the TV with black background and one or two large white squares for a single frame (which is about 1/60 second). These white squares represent where the ducks actually are and provide information to the NES Zapper whether you were actually pointing at them or not, which was done during that frame.
Since HDTVs don't benefit from the near-instantaneous refresh rate, the NES Zapper will never be able to land a hit on any target. Therefore, Duck Hunt is unplayable with any HDTV, unless you're using the Wii U VC port of it.

TheBigJC7777777 explains it pretty well i think.

 

[oath2order]

Looks good but I don't really care for it.

 

[uwuzumakii]

Who needs it when you have the original?

 

[PoizonMushro0m]

Who needs it when you have the original?

I own an original NES as well, but NES games like The Legend of Zelda, Balloon Fight and others on the NES Classic have mostly held their value. The NES Classic also has HDMI support allowing it to look flawless on LCD televisions and save states allowing you to save at any time in the game.