Nintendo releases NES mini

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SVRDhand13 said:

Hell yes I'm buying this

I currently have Super Nintendo with about 20 games in my living room and wanted to get the original anyway

I have an N64 and still play it sometimes- mostly Starfox and 007 Goldeneye. I have Super Mario for it, but can't get past the first level, lol. There is apparently some hat or something I need to find so I can fly in the next levels, which is a necessity, and I can't figure out where the damned hat is. :( I have for some reason been unable to find this info online too. So if anyone knows N64 Super Mario, your help would be appreciated, lol.

If you have enough stars. Just go to the next level. You need one (1) star to access it.

I think the problem was that I couldn't find the last star I need. I know for sure I am missing something and so can't fly in the next level. I've searched everywhere. Running around every inch of the level, jumping up and down through thin air like an idiot, through all the trees (i think one that I did find was hidden in a tree), hoping to headbutt some invisible hiding place, lol. No success. Very frustrating.

Last star? You just need to get ONE star in the first level to be able to walk over and access the second level.

Yeah okay, one star then, or I am talking about something other than stars - I thought it was portions of a hat or something (it's been 6 years since I tried - hard to remember details). Whatever it happened to be, I guarantee you that I am missing whatever it is that allows me to fly in the next level. I just can't find it. I know I can access the next level. That isn't the problem. The problem is that it's pointless to access the next level because I am not able to play it properly without the ability to fly. The first level instructions are very clear - that I have to find (whatever) to gain flight. I can't find (part of a hat or whatever it is).

If I'm ever stuck on a game and can't figure out how to advance, I go to www.gamefaqs.com as that site usually has really detailed walk-throughs to help you out.

Thanks! I made a pretty significant attempt back before I truly gave up, lol, and found no answer. I will try this site!

No problem. Good luck!

First Metal Gear was difficult. Had to call the Nintendo 900 hotline for help. Cost like $2 a minute.

Please dear lord follow up with a Super Nintendo package, and then N64

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SVRDhand13 said:

Please dear lord follow up with a Super Nintendo package, and then N64

I still have my SNES and it is still hooked up. But I'd gladly purchase an all-in-one as the SNES games have gotten a bit pricey in the last year or two.

As long as it's not ongoing in-app purchases. I can't believe that consumers have allowed companies to take gaming in that direction. What a fucking scam.

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SVRDhand13 said:

Please dear lord follow up with a Super Nintendo package, and then N64

I still have my SNES and it is still hooked up. But I'd gladly purchase an all-in-one as the SNES games have gotten a bit pricey in the last year or two.

As long as it's not ongoing in-app purchases. I can't believe that consumers have allowed companies to take gaming in that direction. What a fucking scam.

Agreed. I don't mind paying an up front fee for a game, but if they want to nickel & dime me, that's them saying they don't want me playing their game.
(Same goes with websites that you can only sign in using facebook. Fine, don't have me for a customer.)

For sure, a one-time purchase up front is fine. That's no different than buying a game for your console. I feel like the industry actually badly needs to be better regulated. It is absolutely not reasonable for a gaming company to make it THAT expensive to play a game that someone downloads. Some of these games are set up so that someone could easily spend $1000 within 24 hours just to keep playing or to advance to the next level. When you're talking about 1) gaming addicts, and 2) kids who end up charging it to their parents' cards, this seems criminal to me. I once got $50 google play store credit for free, so I decided to blow it since I didn't really want or need anything, and I managed to spend every last cent of it on SimCity Buildit within an hour and a half. It didn't even get me very far. It's crazy. You'd think the GAMING app industry would at least care a little about people being able to actually enjoy playing the games at their leisure without going completely broke.

I would consider it... but honestly, 30 games with no expansion possibility is pretty light.... Although if I knew they were going to come out with one or a few more 30 game units, I would probably buy/collect them all.

I am in the process of finishing my basement and my plan is to have a CPU with an emulator hooked up to the main TV with usb NES controllers (and also Sega) with every game playable. I still might go that route

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I would consider it... but honestly, 30 games with no expansion possibility is pretty light.... Although if I knew they were going to come out with one or a few more 30 game units, I would probably buy/collect them all.

I am in the process of finishing my basement and my plan is to have a CPU with an emulator hooked up to the main TV with usb NES controllers (and also Sega) with every game playable. I still might go that route

dude, nintendo included some of the biggest titles they ever released on the console on this thing. if you were to price out an NES console and all of the games included on ebay (huge market right now for NES games), this would easily be a $400-$500 package deal if you wanted to go that route.

$2 a game with this option, $10 for a second controller. this is a no brainer for anyone that is on the fence.

There is at least already a Nintendo console that takes old games from both the original NES and Super Nintendo. I had one (my ex took it), and it worked great. We bought all the old games at one of those gamer stores - $1 - $20 a game. none hard to find - and they all worked in the NES/SNES combo console. I'm sure you can still easily find one of those. There are actually a couple of different kinds. I'm not sure if Nintendo itself actually made one, or if other companies just did themselves. Just google Nintendo combo console and see what you can find. If you want more than 30 old games now, this is the way to go about it (though it will be more expensive, since you need to get the games individually).

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There is at least already a Nintendo console that takes old games from both the original NES and Super Nintendo. I had one (my ex took it), and it worked great. We bought all the old games at one of those gamer stores - $1 - $20 a game. none hard to find - and they all worked in the NES/SNES combo console. I'm sure you can still easily find one of those. There are actually a couple of different kinds. I'm not sure if Nintendo itself actually made one, or if other companies just did themselves. Just google Nintendo combo console and see what you can find. If you want more than 30 old games now, this is the way to go about it (though it will be more expensive, since you need to get the games individually).

Yeah you can get one of those two in ones off Amazon. Definitely not licensed by Nintendo haha. It's a nice option I guess, I just like using the old consoles as is. The consoles are actually reasonably price on eBay. People make their money off the games and the prices just keep going up and up. A lot of collectors are hoping this release will pop the retro market's bubble, but I don't see that happening.

Almost 700 officially licensed games on the NES, and while these 30 are huge titles, they are common games that all collectors already have.

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MayDay10 said:

I would consider it... but honestly, 30 games with no expansion possibility is pretty light.... Although if I knew they were going to come out with one or a few more 30 game units, I would probably buy/collect them all.

I am in the process of finishing my basement and my plan is to have a CPU with an emulator hooked up to the main TV with usb NES controllers (and also Sega) with every game playable. I still might go that route

dude, nintendo included some of the biggest titles they ever released on the console on this thing. if you were to price out an NES console and all of the games included on ebay (huge market right now for NES games), this would easily be a $400-$500 package deal if you wanted to go that route.

$2 a game with this option, $10 for a second controller. this is a no brainer for anyone that is on the fence.

Because im a nerd, i have played most of these titles in recent years on emulators on smartphone and cpu. I still own multiple nes systems and most of these games, some in duplicate. Even then, im on the fence about this, but leaning no. The promise of more expandible titles or a "sequel" 60 dollar system with 30 more games and it would be a no brainer i think.