If you’ve been thinking about picking up an NES Classic Edition or SNES Classic Edition, but have yet to actually pull the trigger, you should know that you’re officially running out of time. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter in a very wide-ranging interview earlier this week, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé confirmed that both of …
Although the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition sold out immediately at launch, Nintendo is making good on its promise to keep the retro consoles in stock long after the initial shipments vanished. In fact, just this week, Best Buy replenished its stock of both consoles on its online store, and if you’re quick, …
Nintendo re-released the NES Classic Edition two years ago, and the retro console was a surprising success for the company. Consistently sold out at retailers, the brand new NES Classic sold more than five million units, which is a great incentive for Nintendo to revive it. Again. Nintendo confirmed that the NES Classic Edition is …
Nintendo unceremoniously killed the NES Classic Edition last year, stating that the retro console was never meant to be anything more than a limited-time offering for the holiday season. If you weren’t one of the lucky few to get your hands on the NES Classic Edition when it was on sale, your only other choice …
Now that the NES Classic Edition has been officially discontinued by Nintendo, it’s both more expensive and more difficult to find. Unfortunately, this has also led to an even more frustrating issue: some of the NES Classic Edition consoles up for sale online are actually knockoffs.
Last month, Nintendo shocked the world when it announced the discontinuation of the NES Classic Edition. The throwback console had become a smash hit, selling out instantly any time stock appeared, but the company explained that it didn’t have the resources to dedicate to producing the console beyond its limited run. Plus, with the Switch having …
Earlier this year, the NES Classic Edition died an untimely death. According to Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aime, the retro remake was never meant to be anything more than a limited-time release, but the company could never have predicted just how popular the device would become. So now it’s gone and it’s never coming …
Nintendo fans the world over were shocked to learn earlier this month that the company was going to cease production of the NES Classic Edition just five months after bringing it to market. Nintendo says that the last shipments of the miniature consoles will have shipped by the end of May, but it’s still not clear …
Earlier this month, Nintendo confirmed that it would send the last shipments of NES Classic Edition consoles to retailers before the end of April, at which point it will no longer produce any more. You can still snag one right now on Amazon if you’re willing to pay a premium, but if you want to …
Deep breaths, deep breaths. It’s not like Nintendo invented a genius product out of nowhere, massively underestimated sales encouraging a rampant black market, then decided to kill said popular product, just as supply was starting to hit stores again. Oh wait — this is Nintendo we’re talking about here, so obviously a successful, well-received product …
