godslabrat Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Nice too see that Nintendo has kept the flow of SNES Minis flowing well enough for them to actually be found in stores with a little looking around. I could really use a way to play Star Fox and Star Fox 2, especially the original since I've never played it before, so now I'm just debating whether to go buy a SNES Mini or hold out to see if Nintendo releases them on the Virtual Console. Decisions decisions... Get the mini. Virtual Console is an idea that Nintendo seems to be dropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 (edited) Get the mini. Virtual Console is an idea that Nintendo seems to be dropping. I'm still holding out hope for a 3DS Virtual Console at some point, mainly because I'd rather pay $15 each to get the two SNES Star Fox games digitally than pay $80 for a SNES Mini. Well, that and and the location of my modern TV makes it really difficult to play games on without getting major neck cramps; and that's the only TV I have that accepts HDMI input. Thus the reason I'm sticking to handhelds for modern gaming. Edited May 3, 2018 by Jin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 https://www.gamestop.com/snes/consoles/super-nes-classic-edition/152771. Gamestop has them in satock again. Add to cart is available now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0721GGGS9/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me= Amazon really needs to stop linking 3rd party resellers to the checkout button the product page. This is deceptive marketing. It should really go back to the old method, "This product is currently unavailable. XX new and used available from third party retailers starting at $XX." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticGamer Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Get the mini. Virtual Console is an idea that Nintendo seems to be dropping. With their lack of cross-platform compatibility with account system, they might as well. Though the original Wii has that delicious analog 240p output (and more games than the Minis, except FX stuff). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Amazon really needs to stop linking 3rd party resellers to the checkout button the product page. This is deceptive marketing. It should really go back to the old method, "This product is currently unavailable. XX new and used available from third party retailers starting at $XX." Yep.. guess it's out of stock again. It WAS available via Amazon (as a seller) at regular price. Wow it's amazing how popular this thing is. Needless to say though, if you "want one", but still haven't got one.. you simply aren't really trying I think. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Yep.. guess it's out of stock again. It WAS available via Amazon (as a seller) at regular price. Wow it's amazing how popular this thing is. Needless to say though, if you "want one", but still haven't got one.. you simply aren't really trying I think. Gamestop website has then now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Gamestop website has then now. Looks like you can add it to your cart even though the splash screen says "sold out." Sloppy .... I guess they're used to selling out. https://www.gamestop.com/collection/snes-classic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Went back to target today. One of the super classics was missing from the case. There were 2 for about a week or 2. I am surprised both were not sold the minute they came in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemoose Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 My local Target had four in the case. I've never seen them there, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I've never seen one since I got mine and another for my daughter at a public space and that was back when they came out. Scalpers be scalping, just more in some areas than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Saw 2 again in the target case today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgdgagdae Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 I check every time I'm at Walmart, and I've never seen them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) I check every time I'm at Walmart, and I've never seen them. Do you have one yet, want one, or just checking? Edited May 12, 2018 by Trinity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) I check every time I'm at Walmart, and I've never seen them. https://www.gamestop.com/snes/consoles/super-nes-classic-edition/152771 Edited May 12, 2018 by NE146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 https://www.gamestop.com/snes/consoles/super-nes-classic-edition/152771 On top if that, a fair number if game stops have then in store near me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgdgagdae Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Do you have one yet, want one, or just checking? I already have one, I got mine on launch night. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 I already have one, I got mine on launch night. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Loving the mini. But having a problem. I am playing yoshis island. I am stuck on 6-6. Can not find the second key. Does not exist like in youtubne videos. even on my real super nintendo its not there. I could not finish all the levels. But a game genie codes completes all levels after you get 100 coins. So I went to 6-6 and got the forst key but the second is missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Got the key finally. Not sure how but it dropped out of nowhere same spot. Finally beat the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I hadn't been paying much attention the last few months but apparently now you can dual-boot an SNES or NES classic with the firmware from the other and swap back and forth. It was a super handy way to separate SNES and NES games on my SNES Classic. Whichever system you're in when you shut it down, that's the one that'll be present when you start it back up. Hakchi2 has the capability and the instructions are on the Internets somewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I hadn't been paying much attention the last few months but apparently now you can dual-boot an SNES or NES classic with the firmware from the other and swap back and forth. It was a super handy way to separate SNES and NES games on my SNES Classic. Whichever system you're in when you shut it down, that's the one that'll be present when you start it back up. Hakchi2 has the capability and the instructions are on the Internets somewhere. That's pretty damn cool. So I guess both official firmwares use less than half the ROM space available on the units compared to available flash ROM. What method do you use to swap formwares on the fly without reflashing? I only assume it's done in software and doesn't require physical modding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 That's pretty damn cool. So I guess both official firmwares use less than half the ROM space available on the units compared to available flash ROM. What method do you use to swap formwares on the fly without reflashing? I only assume it's done in software and doesn't require physical modding. I'm not sure exactly how it works. It requires a decrypted copy of the OS/game partition from the system you want to dual-boot with (which I found on Github). Drag it into Hakchi2 and the app knows what to do with it. To add games to the second platform you actually switch system types and drag in that system's games, including a custom shortcut that switches back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Oh, BTW. The NES Mini's firmware is sub-20MB, so it's pretty easy to fit a huge library of games on there. I managed to fit around 150 games for each system (around 300 total) onto the built-in flash. NES games are quite often sub-256KB. I think I've all of 40MB of NES games on there, the remainder of the flash is dedicated to SNES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Does anyone think they'll change anything for the new releases? I doubt they'd retool for something like this, but cutting the data traces to circumvent tampering seems like something N might do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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