Sega's version has 80 games built in, and a slot for cartridges for $50.

@paulmako: Sounds cool and to be honest if I still didn't have a chunk of these games I would probably get it. Time will tell though.

More excited that Nintendo is even considering something like this than I am for the actual product and game selection.

Hope they go deeper down this rabbit hole, maybe themed releases with a more focused list? An all RPG box with a full selection of Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior/Quest games, that kinda thing.

I actually super interested in this. If I have the cash when it comes out I will totally be picking one up.

Balloon Fight included?! Oh, you bet your ass I'm buying this shit!

Star fuckin' Tropics, now that's a video game.

I wouldn't call it a new NES, but either way I will get one. Looks up my alley.

@bigsocrates: If they added a SD card slot, people would figure out how to mod it within a week

This seems like something my nieces would really enjoy. Might have to grab one for them.

Cool. Looks big enough to put my Raspberry Pi 3 in. With crappy 3d printed cases costing almost as much as this, I'm down for one.

@belowstupid: The Genesis version (which I think is by AtGames not Sega) kinda sucks. Bad audio emulation. The hope is that since this is an official Nintendo product it will be of extremely high quality.

@error52:So what? Emulation of NES games is pretty trivial and as others have pointed out versions of this with pirated games already exist. That horse is already out of the barn. At least you could sell games to people who don't like pirating.

aw dang that might be a dealbreaker for me too. It has a great mix of 30 games on there but it's missing some of my favorites (like the original Contra) that I have lying around.

If they do that, then I'm 100% back in.

If I want to do retro legit, I'll grab a Wii for £18.

Remember this is meant for the casual market so a slot for carts just means more things to not work. and those slots already were kinda iffy.

And the emulator reasoning is silly becaue those arent legit

I will certainly be buying a NES controller for my wii u even if I dont get this system

Reading this reminds me that I haven't played StarTropics in a while. I should rectify this.

Star Tropics gives no fucks.

If they want to recreate the full NES experience, it needs to not do anything except turn on the red power light when you first turn it on, then as you blow on the cartridge and find the correct combination of holding the power/reset buttons, it works its way up to displaying solid lime green, various squares/backwards letters, and finally, the game you want to play after ten minutes of labor, if it works at all. Then you got to play about an hour at best before it locks up. I don't know if I can fully appreciate an NES that actually works.

I might get that. I still have my NES, but it's big and I barely have any games left for it. If anything, it's a nice little novelty.

Don't underestimate the convenience of being able to create restore points any time to save your progress. That's something this has over the original NES.

It's one of the nicest things about playing games old from the eShop.

I want it but worry that the nintendo superfans will just buy every one as soon as it comes out. I have very fuzzy memories of the system at my grandparents when I was super young.

Is it a limited run?

This could have had so much potential yet they ruined it with no addable games and HDMI only connection.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/14/12193472/mini-nes-classic-edition-faq-nintendo

The fact that it runs on USB power (at least the PR said the European one does) might make it a nice back seat of the mini-van device. Again, I look at this as something neat to take apart and jam into something with its own screen. That 30 games provides are of high quality which is not often what you find with "other" NES knock-offs, and other sources are saying there are "save" and "suspend" features built into it. I bit pricey, but not terrible. Great for a kids/adults that never owed or played these games before.

This sounds pretty cool

I dont think anyone knows but the reaction makes it seem like it would be dumb for nintendo not to make as many of these as they can.

But they have been known to underproduce. hell, even the wii u was hard to find for a bit wasnt it?

Jeff wrote an article which is also on the forums now.

http://www.giantbomb.com/nintendo-entertainment-system/3045-21/forums/nintendo-to-sell-tiny-nintendos-this-november-1799661/#22