Nintendo has resurrected its 8-bit video game console that made it a household name. The NES Classic Edition is a miniaturised version of the original hardware that boasts a HDMI port, a wireless controller and 30 inbuilt games ranging from Bubble Bobble to Super Mario Bros. 3. Best of all, it costs under $100 in Australia! Here’s the full list of games.
Nintendo really began to hit its stride in the Super Nintendo era, but the NES still had plenty of classic games that hold up incredibly well today. It’s where many of gaming’s most iconic franchises got their start, including Super Mario, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Metroid and Zelda. The NES Classic Edition comes with the lot built in, along with 25 other games.
Here is the full list:
- Balloon Fight
- Bubble Bobble
- Castlevania
- Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Double Dragon II: The Revenge
- Dr. Mario
- Excitebike
- Final Fantasy
- Galaga
- Ghosts’N Goblins
- Gradius
- Ice Climber
- Kid Icarus
- Kirby’s Adventure
- Mario Bros.
- Mega Man 2
- Metroid
- Ninja Gaiden
- Pac-Man
- Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
- StarTropics
- Super C
- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Bros. 2
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Tecmo Bowl
- The Legend of Zelda
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
While not every game on this list is a bona fide classic, they are all historically significant to their respetive genres and deserve to be experienced at least once. Others, such as Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 2, Galaga, Ghosts’N Goblins, Gradius, Bubble Bobble, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and Excitebike, are just as playable today as when they were released.
In a nod to modern gaming conventions, all of the included games now come with auto-save points so you don’t lose progress after shutting off the console. Presumably, the emulation has also been tweaked so that the graphics don’t look like crap on non-CRT televisions. (Anyone who has tried plugging an analogue console into a HD TV will know what I’m talking about.)
The Nintendo Entertainment System is available to buy in Australia from today (10 November) with an RRP of $99.95. For two-player games, you’ll need to buy a second controller which cost $19.95 a pop. Alternatively, if you happen to have a Wii Classic Controller lying around it’s possible to use that instead.
Either way, this is a very decent price for 30 timeless Nintendo games and a console to play them on. If you want to save the aforementioned 20 bucks and have a Wii Classic Controller lying around, you can use that with the console instead.
While we’re all in a retro mood, here’s the original 1985 Aussie advert for the NES. (Beware: the accents will make you cringe.)
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10 responses to “Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition Is The Console To Buy This Christmas”
It’s winter!
It comes out 10 November.
Nintendo is well and truly out of hibernation. Did they hire a new CEO or something?
i dont know if youre aware but about a year ago nintendos ceo passed away from health problems, so technically yes they did get a new ceo but a lot of their current successes are projects that were spearheaded by him before he passed away. games take a long time to make.
anyone that knows what a raspberry pi is would never buy this
P.S: I’m still buying one…
People buying their content legally?
What a shocker.
Like people who have the original carts. OR people who own the game on Virtual Console (Wii(u), 3DS, etc) would legally be able to play ROMS of said games they OWN
I dunno, I think a lot of those people will want an “official” mini NES even though they know how to build one via emulation.
That would be me. I’ve got Metroid running on both computers, the Wii and my mobile, but I’ll still be getting this. ITS A MINI NES! *Squealing*
Only problem is its limited to the 30 inbuilt games, you can’t add more.
Although if you wanted i suppose you could gut it and use it as a case for a RasPi with an emulator.