Xbox Exec Responds to NES Classic Shortages, As Nintendo Promises More Stock

Nintendo does this on purpose. They did it with the Wii to create artificial hype. Did it with 3DS. Did it with Amiibo and I knew they would do it with the Ness Mini. Good luck pre-ordering a Nintendo Switch. Preorders will be sold out within an hour.

I would rather have a SNES mini/classic as I grew up on that and the Genesis.

Nintendo, make a mini Virtual Boy that I can strap on my cats head and we're in business.

it worked for the wii.

Newsflash: not everyone wants a lesser quality emulator. Not everyone wants the original old console. Not everyone wants to use their PC for an emulator. Please stop talking about just getting an emulator. It's an old argument to make. Nintendo is still crappy for not keeping up with demand.

No reason for this at all. Its not a supply and demand problem. Nintendo is doing this on purpose to keep the hype going into the holidays. Its brilliant really. Because it draws even more attention to the upcoming Switch. Well played Nintendo. I think its cool and I want one myself.

But, the deal breaker for me are those short controller cords. I cant play that close on my 65" 4k tv. I know they was going for the retro theme. Even with the controllers. But, this is 2016. Not the 1980's.

It's cute that rivals love Nintendo that much. Nintendo might make weaker hardware, but they sure pack a punch when it comes to games themselves.

Thank goodness I still have my 3 NESes. One that was there before I was born, one that my brother and I received that could read Japanese games, and a third one that came in a bundle. If the original one dies, at least I'll have 2 more. All of them are alive and kicking.

Short cable aside, they should have made it wifi compatible for people to add more games to. A simple download/streaming machine, they already have the market place.

@7tizz: "Such a shame the arcade games are NES versions and not arcade."

It's a tribute to the NES. That's like expecting the N64, PC, and Dreamcast versions of Rayman 2 by Ancel's main team on PSN, rather than the stripped PSOne version by Ubisoft Shanghai.

@7tizz: I'm more disappointed about there only being ONE Mega Man game.

@7tizz: I do agree, but I think they were looking for license free "classics" that people remember the system for. Ms Pac Man (I know you said Pac Man) is one of my favorite games of all time, but it doesn't remind me of the NES like MegaMan 2 or some of these other titles. Same with Donkey Kong. Most people think arcade, and if it was an arcade game, they probably didn't want it on the list. I do find it strange that Castlevania 2 is on the system (I understand the first). 2 was kind of garbage and they could have used that spot for something much better. River City Ransom anyone? Actually, I'm pretty sure that is on the Famicom mini. Those cords are fused to the system, uhhgggg.

@7tizz: it's a mini NES, not a mini arcade machine. Should've had Metal Storm and Gradius though.

@7tizz: I was just playing that game today on my emulator

@7tizz: Loved Popeye!!!!!!

I enjoy seeing gaming companies get along like this. Ms excited about getting a rival system isn't something u see much, especially in this day in age with everyone seemingly divided. This is good for games. Regardless of what company u support we are all gamers.