Mine came in the post today from Smyths. :party:

thanks for the pic Mod

Yeah I pre-ordered from game ages ago, they ain't dispatched it yet

Thank you, I managed to get one :thumbsup:

Good spot OP. I pre-ordered mine from Nintendo's shop a few months ago.

I almost bought a second from this deal just now to flog on ebay. Then I decided I didn't want to be a complete scumbag and screw over my fellow man/woman for the sake of £70.

I have a spare that came through. If you are in the South East. Selling for £80.

Loads of these to come apparently.

If you've scalped good luck to you.

Good price, heat added. But can it play Medal of Honor: Infiltrator? That's the real question.

WooT. Thank you! +heat

anyone had one delivered from Argos yet? mines been dispatched yesterday but not home from work till late to check

Beltin , Got one :thumbsup:

As I said in the previous thread I imagine people with multiple orders that aren't scalping are cancelling orders, so places have more stock available.

Why’s this hot? It’s £69.99 on the official Nintendo store. Know it’s currently OOS but charging a tenner more isn’t on.

I refuse to pay a penny more than RRP. GAME should be boycotted. :rage:

when I try to checkout! Just lies everywhere!!

Can someone explain why these are so good vs a used Wii or some other emulator. Seems expensive for what it is.

I wanted to buy some to put on eBay. But if there selling for like 110 quid what's point. Only be making like 20 quid after fees

got my dispatch notice from nintendo - where they was £10 cheaper.

OOS

To bad they don't ship this item to Sweden.
Local Nintendo Supplier Bergsala are selling these to retailers at a horrible price so the prices in Sweden are bizarre.
Current RRP price in most Swedish stores are 145 GBP.

I like how they just randomly put preorders up, seems people have more of a chance! :smile:

That fiasco from JohnLewis yesterday was just a joke

Not OOS for me. I just tried 2 minutes ago (to test) and it went through. I cancelled the order though because I already have one. Keep trying, I guess?

been OOS for at least 10 minutes, you only find out after you put your card details in and click pay.

I've got 2 on the way selling both to fund my xbox one X

@Johnny_boy where abouts in the south east? I'm Ramsgate Kent. Thanks

got one from nintendo but il get one from here for keepsake. thanks op

WAS THERE AND NOW GONE?

cant find it? sold out??

Of course more stock will be released, as it was with the Mini NES.

This is a mini version of a device that many of have have a lot of nostalgia for. Regardless of what the retail price is, to me it’s worth a lot more than £79.99

Not. Sure. If trolling...

expired.
damn that was quick

mine was despatched from Argos yesterday, been home all day and it's not arrived, I have no idea who Argos use for shipping and they don't provide tracking, so assume it'll arrive some time tomorrow... good job i'm off work, the Argos delivery drivers will have van's full of these!

the included games alone are worth the price, all bundled in a mini version of the original... my son won't get a look in! :heart_eyes:

What about people who want just one for actually using themselves?

You shamelessly announce that you're only here to make a quick buck. You're a parasite. You disgust me.

techradar.com/new…018

I'd gladly wait a few months rather than feed the parasites. It's not like I don't have a billion other things to play anyway, not to mention a SNES in my cupboard. No rush, buddy. No rush at all.

Well Nintendo sees no profit from scalpers or the extra £10 slapped on top, of you care about stealing so much just dl them all on VC, it’s almost as if they delayed the switch VC so they can increase the demand of the nes and snes mini, but it’s not about the cost of the product but the fact that all the retailers are taking advantage and people are just letting it happen to them

One per customer or 6 if you have 6 different emails. :thumbsup:

Has anyone who preordered from Game actually received a dispatched email yet? I preordered back in June, monies been taken but still showing un-shipped :thinking:

Some reasons off the top of my head...
1. They look nice
2. 2 controllers
3. Star Fox 2
4. Good resell value
5. HDMI out
6. 60Hz

As stated previously only morons want to make a quick buck. I do not.

no took money yesterday or 2 days ago and nothing.

yes, order packing notification on monday (ordered 26 june)

Unless you sell them on a £1 maximum fee day which would make more sense.

Oh my god, another person that doesn’t understand that it might have something to do with nostalgia :rage:

Nostalgia sells!

I had email y3sterday to say mine dispatched

Isn't Nintendo's official RRP £69.99-79.99 or have I missed something?

Yes and even that is only a guide price, retailers can charge what they want.

I also got the packing email on Monday but nothing more. When I log in account it shows un-dispatched

I've got my SNES mini today.

Have emulated for years but so far:

1) Proper SNES pads. Much nicer than the cheap copies I've used.

2) It looks lovely. In fact you couldn't build a Pi with both pads and a SNES case for £70. Not to mention the time setting a Pii up you have to put in...

3) (AND THIS IS THE BIGGIE): ZERO LAG. Man... what a difference! All my other emulators have lagged on certain platform games. Not badly, but if you're familiar with the originals you can tell it's there. For me this has rendered a lot of classic games virtually unplayable. I can get through the first few worlds in Mario on an emulator, but as the difficulty ramps up the lag is a real PITA.

This is technically an emulator of course, but whatever it's doing is built for purpose. Because I'm not lagging at all where once I was...

Don't get why game made a point on weekend of emailing to say we will be taken for orders in the coming days yet mine is still showing as unshipped this is really bad if people who pre ordered aren't going to get it for tomorrow at least smyths,tesco,amazon,argos and nintendo have all starting shipping.

You'll most likely get an email from DPD tonight for delivery tomorrow, hope they don't send them 1st class as the order shows.

I received an email saying that game are packing my order and will email when it’s dispatched. No dispatched email but they have taken my money!

shuld be 1 class as under 149 if im correct.

I can't give you an exact number on how many people will fall into this category, but there'll be some people for whom £70 is a lot of money and they'll want to get their hands on one of these. That's now two that you've put out of reach from them because you want to spend £450 on a console just to get the same games you can already play on Xbox but at a higher resolution.

He won't.

Because despite the initial sellouts Nintendo are set to pump out loads of these.

You'd have to he a right din to pay more than £80 for one before Xmas if you really want one by then tbh.

Yes because Nintendo do really well when it comes to supplying, just look at the switch and nes mini

Big deal, he’s seen an opportunity to make money. People on here crying about scalpers, over and over and over again. If Nintendo would stop messing about and release the supply for the huge demand that there is, then there would be no opportunity for “scalpers”!

Just got a text from game saying that mine will be delivered by dpd tomorrow :party:

Does anyone remember this little nugget?

dailystar.co.uk/tec…Aim

John Lewis sold out in like 20 minutes - with the website crashing for most of that duration. There's clearly not enough units to meet demand.

Anyone who thinks Nintendo is going to make good on its promise of there being sufficient Snes Mini units in time for Xmas (because that is when everyone will want one) is seriously deluded...

Nes Mini is being re-released next year.

And how many units will be released? Enough to fulfill demand?

Incidentally, this is EXACTLY the same console as the Nes Mini internally if anyone is interested.

Which means EXACTLY the same hacks also work if that's your bag...

I'd imagine so yeah.

It's exactly the same board in the SNES mini as in the NES version.

This is basically because they're planning to pump em out from now on.

NES version re-released next year. SNES version (unofficially) here indefinitely.

Sorry pal, it has sold and collected.

Oh man... you really have drunk from the Nintendo Kool-Aid.

So a company like Nintendo, which is barely meeting demand for Switch, and yet completely failed to meet demand for NES Mini (along with Snes Mini in JLewis's case), is somehow going to be able to "pump em out"...

Like that's happened so far...

You can say what you want. But the evidence of multiple stores selling out in record time doesn't exactly support your hypothesis.

Also... polygon.com/201…ndo

No worries :wink: cheers for getting back to me!

Me too but have ordered 2 unit wich will be cost over 150

Not drinking anything mate.

Know a chap at Nintendo.

This will sell out. I don't doubt that.

But a lot of that demand is people buying with a view to sell them on because they think production will be far more limited than it actually will be.

If you've scalped you'll profit. But sell EARLY.

I agree there might be stock about tomorrow but December 25th will be a drought, retailer restocks after the initial tranche in Jan or Feb.

There's only so many huge container ships lugging SNES mini this year amongst everything else.

Frenzy is still real in 2017.

thats nothing a certain other very large retailer that doesnt pay taxes and treats workers as slave labour is selling these for £95 yet nobodys on here bashing them just the Del Boys of this world pick on the little guys.

Are you talking politics and calling me a Del Boy? My word, someone's had a bad Thursday. :joy:

Because it’s a very cool,neat item + user friendly,purpose-built item designed and made by Nintendo themselves.

Expect very high build quality and reliability and accurate emulation + official SNES controller all in a very neat and collectable body that resembles the original system.

you won’t get even near that experience with a hacked Wii or Pi or PC or whatever emulator.

simple as that.

it’s not just about running 20+ old games,anyone can do that one way or the other.

Nah, can't see Nike selling these, sorry.

One word sentences are an abomination :poop:

Dont have time for this nonsense off down the Nags head for a bevvy and to collect my consignment of blow up Luvabella dolls,hope they all fit in the three wheeler Rodneeeeeeeeee.

"Big deal" eh?

Tell me, what did scalpers - and certainly people like you who hold that attitude - ever do to make the world a better place?

Next time you complain about getting screwed over, ask yourself what kind of attitude it took for them to do it to you. It might look a lot like yours.

You need punctuation to properly end a sentence. Just saying.

Don't really know why "scalpers" are being blamed for screwing people over. Nintendo have known about the situation for months, and have done nothing to help resolve the situation.

Maybe best blaming Nintendo?

I'm just going to refer you to the website which I referred to earlier where Reggie (head honcho of NoA - although I can't be bothered to check) stated that EVERYONE would be able to get a NES Mini last year...

In short, and knowing Nintendo's abysmal track record, I'll believe it when I see it.

What are they supposed to have done?

No, you're right. Just like there's not enough money going around to the people who need it. That's why it's okay for me to rob a bank, or mug your mum on the street.

After all, the government have known about the situation for months, and have done nothing to help resolve the situation. Maybe best blaming everyone but the person actually doing the action that screws over someone else?

How is reselling something in the secondary market screwing someone over? No one is being forced to buy, no one needs a games console.

The only solution would be for Nintendo to set the RRP around £150 to deter resale but then everyone would be complaining. At least this way you have choices, put a tiny bit of effort in and pre-order at the beginning, keep an eye out for new stock or pay an inflated price.

Believe it or not some people are happy to buy from resellers as they have the cash but not the time, if i was a busy guy earning £300+ a day would i care about paying an extra £50 for a games console?

Please don't.

Keep burying your head in the sand then...

Supply and demand... Isn't that the principle upon which Capitalism is founded on?

Exactly... Some would call it "Finders Fee".

I'm at a complete loss as to what you're banging on about tbh!

I've got a SNES Mini. I know a bloke that's pretty high up at Nindy. I've told you he's told me they're both putting the NES Mini back into production and that they're also producing the SNES Mini indefinitely in this same factory (same board).

If my head is in the sand than yours is in the Sahara Desert mate...

Your contact may be high up, but they're not as high up as (the one and only) Reggie... And Reggie told the entire world that EVERYONE would be able to get a Nes Mini for Xmas last year. And tbh, I'd rather believe Reggie... NOT!

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He's already clarified that. Basically said Nindy got it wrong as they were basing uptake and production on how other retro consoles sold. They know better this time (hence the NES Mini coming back as well).

Reggie also said this last week:

“I would strongly urge you not to over-bid on an SNES Classic on any of the auction sites. Nintendo have.dramatically increased production of the SNES Classic."

He's right you know...

I'll believe it when I see it...

For those who do have one I interested in your thoughts about it! I do wanna get one to play starfox 2 officially at long last but can't see me getting one until next year due to the amount of stuff going on

Thanks for the backup mate. I've actually saved up for these. It's not as if I can waste £160

I count steaming turds as full stops but I'll leave one at the end of this lovingly crafted sentence though as I generally play by the rules.

You're - and I suspect deliberately - explaining the mechanics to avoid the morality of it. I made this point from the start but perhaps wasn't as explicit as I needed to be: Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Scalpers are exploiting a market situation and depriving someone else of getting one of these items at the price they're sold at.

What you're talking about isn't the secondary market. It's Nintendo wanting to sell the stock it has, at the price it wants to. The eBay prices clearly demonstrate many people are willing to pay more. Yet Nintendo keep the price well below that.

Doing the right thing or following capitalism to its extreme to make a quick £60? The world's only going to work in the long term if we follow one of those, and it isn't the capitalism route. That's why we're in the mess we're in as it is.

DON"T SELL THESE ON FOR MORE MONEY, you'll be making the world a worse place :worried:

Sorry mate... Nintendo should have manufactured more.

30 years of experience in the market, and already most stores are sold out before it's even 9:10am. On launch day.

Has anyone received a text about collecting theirs instore?

You're absolutely missing the point. Regardless of whatever your magical knowledge of Nintendo's manufacturing capacity is, you're dodging the issue.

SNES Mini scalpers are absolutely no different to ticket touts - and ticket touts are scumbags too, buying up capacity from genuine fans and extorting the passion of fans to make a few quid. Keep blaming Nintendo all you like, that doesn't absolve the scalpers from what they're doing one bit. You keep dodging this every single time.

You're welcome to actually try and argue against that. If you can.

Scalpers are screwing over their fellow human beings for the sake of £50 profit.

You'd have to offer me a hell of a lot more for me to do that - but then maybe your standards for yourself are a lot lower.

I couldn't care less... Obviously these people weren't real "fans" if they didn't go the extra mile to secure one.

Also, Nintendo can charge £70 if it wants. But the market is pretty adamant in relaying how much it feels the Snes Mini is worth.

Yes, I can tell you couldn't care less. That doesn't exactly hurt my case - which you still can't really counter - that people who hold that attitude are scumbags who don't care about the person next to them. If that's you, don't be shy, embrace it - just say you care about the money more than doing the decent thing. Then we'll be in complete agreement.

And no, not "obviously" these people weren't real fans - these people were screwed over by the person in front of them who bought their console for ebay, instead of letting the next person who couldn't get on a busy website/in line before those desperate to make £60 today.

Keep justifying it all you want: Scalpers are selfish, money-grabbing scumbags.

It's only about £5-£10 profit going on ebay auction prices at the moment.

Selling for around a ton, but then eBay fees, PayPal fees, and postage nuke most of the markup.

Sour grapes much?

It looks like reading is problem for you as well as wrestling with morality.

I got one of these months ago. It's on a Royal Mail van at this very moment. I had a second one from GAME in my basket yesterday, from this very thread - and decided not to be a scumbag and I didn't complete the order. I left it for the next person who, hopefully, actually wanted one to play on.. just like I did, for RRP.

All this was there in black and white for you to read.

So, sour grapes? That I didn't sell myself out for the sake of making a couple of tenners? Far from it and that's a small price for a clear conscience. Next time you see a ticket tout.. remember that they're your kind of person, snatching things from genuine fans because you can't earn enough money properly.

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Meh... Supply and demand. Maybe you should be more angry at Nintendo for creating these shortages, and conversely, engineering the reselling situation.

Repeating arguments that have already been defeated won't make them any more true, unfortunately for you.

Why not tell me your views on the banking crisis? After all, most of those people weren't doing anything illegal. They just wanted to make a quick buck. It was the market that created those circumstances after all - bankers weren't doing anything wrong.

Them, ticket touts, SNES scalpers.. all exactly the same and absolutely nothing you've said proves otherwise. Go on, repeat yourself again. Ready and waiting.

Anyone else's order been cancelled

Mine got canceled

Just recieved an email, mine packed and ready for dispatc

what time did u order???

Mines dispatched and will land on the 2nd. :thumbsup:

Woohoo they hacked it already :-)