SNES Classic back in stock at GameStop
Posted on 7 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Update: It appears stock has since sold out.
Original: The SNES Classic Edition is currently available on GameStop. If you are still looking for one, you can order yours here.
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Doug Bowser addresses difficulties in predicting and meeting hardware demands
Posted on 7 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, News | 11 Comments
In an interview with Business Insider, Doug Bowser, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo of America, discusses the problems Nintendo has had with meeting the demand for the SNES Classic and the Switch. While some fans have speculated the motive has been to intentionally understock hardware in attempts to drive-up demand, Bowser explains that the reality behind the issue is far less exciting:
We try to do the best we can with forecasting and anticipating demand, and to put a plan in place … If you see a steep ramp-up in demand, it takes some time to catch up … When you think about procurement of parts, procurement of manufacturing facilities, getting [production] ramped up — that takes some time to respond.
Bowser adds that this should become less of an issue as the fiscal year comes to a close, and that Nintendo has learned their lesson from the problems they had in 2016 with the NES Classic:
We’re really focused on trying to get as much SNES to the market as possible … You’ll see a much stronger flow of product than you did on NES. Lesson learned from the past!
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The hidden 2-player games of the SNES Classic
Posted on 7 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, News, Videos | 0 comments
It seems the SNES Classic has a couple more secrets to unveil. GameXplain has uploaded a video showing off multiplayer features of a couple of games that aren’t as well-known or easily accessed. As the video demonstrates, the SNES Classic’s main menu explicitly indicates which games are 2-player compatible and can even be grouped together as such.
However, through inputting a cheat code, players can unlock a 2-player mode in Yoshi’s Island. EarthBound also has a secret 2-player mode that can be unlocked simply by connecting a second controller.
While not as fully-fleshed out as a standard multiplayer game, these are still fun features to include. Watch gameplay of these two modes below:
