Nintendo to release NES in November

[Altissimo]

you read that right, I said NES, and yes, this is 2016 and not 1983

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/28256-the-nintendo-entertainment-system-will-launch-november-11-for-5999/

Gist of it is: Nintendo is making a modern-compatible $60 NES, with which you can use Classic Controller (Pro) if you want, that is bundled with 30 Nintendo titles - including such important ones as Mario Bros (1-3), The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II, Final Fantasy, Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Kid Icarus, and Kirby's Adventure. The games are in the system memory, so you more or less have an NES emulator-machine, since it doesn't seem to be able to play actual NES carts. The upside is that you can actually play with two people though, and all the games have a Virtual Console-esque savestate option.

I never thought I'd see the day where this happened. Thoughts?

[Maelstrom]

It would be pretty easy to screw up 420p to HDMI. There are so many technical things that could go wrong I'll wait until after the release to even consider buying it.

[mikey]

WHAT
THIS WILL GO PERFECTLY WITH THE SIMILAR ATARI FLASHBACK I HAVE
WE ALREADY OWN 2 NES'S BUT AN HD ONE IS PERFECT

[Altissimo]

ok but do you have a retro vgs or its successor the coleco chameleon

[Nebbles]

Well, this is a day-one buy for me.

[TheDreamingHawk]

It includes two Squaresoft titles as well? Wow. Hopefully Bubble Bobble and FF NES come to the Wii U Virtual Console service for the few of us who own the other 28 games, since those two are oddly enough not out on the NA/EU VC service.

Speaking of which, that reminds me that I should grab that NES themed controller. Looks really cool

[mikey]

how do you own 28 of those NES games and one of them isn't final fantasy

[Nitro Indigo]

It would be pretty easy to screw up 420p to HDMI. There are so many technical things that could go wrong I'll wait until after the release to even consider buying it.

Wait, the NES was 420p? Aren't most GameCube games 360p?
Also, apparently every game played on a Wii U is HD, even ones from older consoles.
(Though speaking of HD problems, I've played The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night on a Wii U, and there seemed to be some kind of weird grid-like effect that made the lighting effects look like halftone. Is there something wrong with the game, or was it not designed for HDMI? PM me so we don't derail the thread.)

[mikey]

gamecube was 480p and wii was 480 widescreen

[Maelstrom]

Woops, meant 240p

[EFitTrainr]

I'm definitely buying this. My NES shat out on me last year and all of the games I owned for it are in this dealio.

[WaluigiTime64]

Ugh, $100. It doesn't even come with the AC ADAPTER in PAL regions. WHY!?

If it has the classic PAL slowdown, I'm going to throw something I swear. It wasn't necessary in the Wii Virtual Store, and it isn't necessary here.

Besides that, I'm very excited for this!

[Latios212]

absolutely buying

[cashwarrior1]

I don't want this because the only games I'd play would be Mario and Zelda, and I've already played those.

Ninja'd by Latios

[TheDreamingHawk]

how do you own 28 of those NES games and one of them isn't final fantasy

Because believe it or not, the only Square title on the Wii U VC in North America/Europe is Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. ...Which is unfortunately the worst FF title from their GBA lineup, as none of the FFA ports or the NES/SNES originals are in sight. Yes, that means the Wii U lacks the original Final Fantasy and Bubble Bobble unless you are in Japan.