Topic: Nintendo is releasing the NES...sort of.

[BranDonk Kong]

http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/07/14/nintendo-announces-new-nes-console

Totally buying one.

[Kairon]

It's got Dr. Mario. As a Dr. Mario Box this has HUGE appeal in my family. Also, I imagine I can have a work Dr. Mario Tournament.

[ejamer]

I was totally going to get one... until looking to see what games I already own from that list on Virtual Console.
It's still appealing and looks like a great piece of kit, but not sure I need another mini-console to play games I already own (sometimes more than once).


But it does look awesome, and I'd like to buy a couple of those great looking controllers.

[ShyGuy]

Did Nintendo announce this just to steal the thunder from the return of the TG-16 virtual console? They are blood thirsty competitors.

[lolmonade]

I'm more in the market right now to get something that actually plays cartridges.  That said, at $60 if those controllers play anything like the original ones do, it'll be hard to pass-up, even just as a box to put in my bedroom so my wife & I can play some NES before bed or something.

[BranDonk Kong]

I bet they play identically to the originals. If you want to play actual cartridges, then any of the Retron or Retro Freak consoles should pique your interest.

[Stogi]

But they have save states, so they don't play exactly like the originals. That'll help me finally beat DD.

[Kairon]

I know it's probably still a big stretch for MyNintendo to give physical rewards but... maybe a coupon or mail in rebate for the price of an NES classic controller? That way we get a physical prize, it'd be free except we have to front the money, and Nintendo could reimburse us but absolutely avoid worries about shipping costs or inventory.

[nickmitch]

Honestly, the controller as a standalone reward would've been great.  Even without the NES Mini.  A cool version of a classic controller that can retail for $10 is the kinda thing you'd think they'd already be offering.

[TofuFury]

While I own most of these games on VC, I definitely will be buying one of these when it comes out. I do wish it could play cartridges, but I'm still happy with it. I watched the retro ad Nintendo put out for this, and it mentions that the games are in HD. Is this true? Because if so, that's even better. I loved how crisp the retro games looked in NES Remix, and would be excited if all the games look as good as they did in that compilation.

[Wah]

I wonder what AVGN thinks about this? XD