Be Quick And Pick Up A NES Classic Mini Or Nintendo Switch At Best Buy Today

Thankfully I don't have to worry about this anymore. I bought 2 NES Classic Mini's(one to play and one kept sealed) back in January. I got super lucky, just happened to wander in to a Smyths as the guy was literally unpacking them. There was 10 of them and they were all gone in less than an hour and haven't been back since. It was a nightmare before that, had several pre orders cancelled including my original from back in July. It's crazy to think it's nearly the end of March, 4 months since launch and people still can't get their hands on one easily.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You bought 2 of them?

Go retro or go neo geo retro

@teamshortcut Ya, one to play and the other kept sealed. I do that a lot with games.

But do the Switches include the Foam Square Update?

Why not both? ¯(ツ)/¯

Luckily I've had my NES Classic Mini since launch in the U.K. It's great. It's led me to buy an original Famicom console (AV mod only unfortunately) and the Everdrive N8 cartridge so I can enjoy all the classic NES games that are sadly missing from the Mini.

I can't wait, I never owned a NES back in the day. Think I'll start with Duck Tales 😀

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Well the last news I heard from Gamestop is that all their orders have been canceled since Nintendo stopped production of the Mini Classic.

So I am surprised to see BestBuy still managed to get a few. Gonna be the last ones for sure.

I will buy both of them once I have enough money. I will wait for White / Blue Nintendo Switch in the future.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
So, you have your things.
Glad to hear.
And will you stop complaining about lack of Mini NES or Switch ?

I'm still just shocked that the nes classic went down like this. There is still so much demand for the thing. I don't understand why Nintendo is being so tight with the supply. They are only hurting their fans. I resorted to paying a scalper 100$ on Amazon for one as I feared they would stop making them. I have yet to see one in a store anywhere since launch.

My nes mini is more mini than most, mine is a emulator on my phone. I can have any nes game I want

F5 lol ok Brock... Well, hopefully someone who is really looking to buy a Classic or Switch can Spear one before they become unavailable again with 45 minutes.

Lol. I'm still not convinced that the NES classic even exists.

They missed quite an opportunity during the xmas season. Too many people I know now just don't care about it. Way to go Nintendo, way to go.

I finally found a classic about a month ago. The only question I have is to hack it or not.

As for the Switch, it's not even worth trying. I tried to pick up a classic on Amazon during a similar stunt and they were gone in seconds.

I still haven't been able to get my hands on a second controller, and I have never seen the NES Classic in stores. Funny though, is that accessories such as third party NES Classic controllers and officially licensed bags are available in relative abundance.

Nintendo are well and truly bonkers.

In case anybody is near NYC or visiting this week, Nintendo NY is having Nintendo switch in stock (no NES Classics though)

Line was long yesterday (just passing by) but they hand out wristbands so that's reassuring.

@th3r3ds0x Someone in another thread a while back pointed out the coincidence of Wiimote connectors being used in them. It's very possible that getting new Wiimote connectors for them is the root of supply issues. They've been out of production for years!

So... 5 minutes?

Is it too much to ask for Nintendo to have their systems well-stocked at all times? I'm gonna try to pick one up, but I won't be surprised at all if they sell out before I click the button. It's like the Samurai Kirby minigame from Superstar; I got my finger on the button, waiting to push it at the precise time.

@YeshaYahu5417 45 minutes? 45 seconds more like!

Going to try for an NES classic.

@YorkshireNed lol. 45 seconds to claim the NES/Switch. 45 minutes to checkout depending on the possible long lines and number of quantities.

Already have a Switch, got one on opening day lol. Take that you brainless eBay scalpers XD

NES MINI is an urban legend. I don't believe in tales.

That's cool. I notice the Switch showing up for MSRP these days. I wonder if there are still people out there who want a Mini, now that the hype has died down. I guess cheers to them if they get one, and exist.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Yeah, this is the proper way to collect in my opinion. Beats going back to get a NIB later on and you get to enjoy the game too!

I still can't find a Classic or Switch anywhere.

@Kayfios https://youtu.be/3BeYJQrtT04?t=5s
Glad I'm pretty good at this, since I got both my Switch and NES Mini~

You think we'll ever get a NES classic game pack for Switch?

I don't care much for the nostalgic hardware, but those games all in one cart/download....

Well maybe the 17th time is the charm......

It's almost time

FOR DISAPPOINTMENT

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Ever been tempted to get a 3rd Nes Classic if you see one in the wild and use it as a spare, just a thought.......

I've been in my local Sainsburys and they have had the Switch there but not Zelda, it was on sale for £45.00! that might be why. One of the cheapest places I've seen it, Bomberman is on sale for £60.00. Are you kidding me?

Here's an interesting tip for those who live in the UK, if you have a twitter account you can follow your local Game store. I do and they tweeted a few weeks ago about they received one Nes Classic about an hour after the tweet it was in a bag and in my hand.

Also for those of you live in New York follow the Nintendo Store again on twitter, I do and they have had Nes classic deliveries most days it seems and Switch too.

Oh my god, the site keeps glitching out on me.

I spammed their page like a moron for the elusive NES classic, and the "add to cart" never even appeared. I always enjoy being punished for being a fan of Nintendo.

I love that people go around shaming Nintendo for short-stocking these things, while IN THE VERY SAME COMMENT admitting that they themselves bought multiple consoles so they could keep one NIB. But yeah, the shortage is totally Nintendo's fault LOL NINTENDOOM!!

I have it in my cart, but I can't checkout. Grrr...

I kept refreshing the page every few seconds, got it in my cart, Iost access to my cart, finally got to the purchase screen, and now it says call this number to complete the order. I'm currently on hold and this is truly a pain... hopefully it's worth!

Cool, that was a half hour wasted. I'm done trying to obtain one of these minis. Had it in the cart, entered payment info, website crash, cart empty. Lost money nintendo, emulators from here on out. Best Buy's website needs to die in a fire too.

Missed out on the NES Classic again. Well maybe next time.

I GOT ONE!!!!

...but it's not for me. I got one at launch. It's for my nephew.

Well, I finally got through checkout. Hopefully I don't get charged eight times.

That was a painful endeavor, but I got it! Finally, I can breathe.

Did I get one? Who knows? BestBuy says I got it... but maybe they'll just drop my order like they did with my Switch order... Time will tell

@RedMageLanakyn Same here. After dozens of attempts to get one, I give up. This time I actually got to add one to my cart and maket to the screen before entering my payment info. It got stuck on that, it kept reloading for a half hour and then ended up giving me an error. Nearly 6 months after release people STILL can't get an NES Classic. This is unacceptable.

I either didn't get one or I got 5 of them. I guess I'll find out soon.

@Cosmic-K9 Same thing happened to me. I'm done trying.

I already got my NES Classic, and I'm not quite ready to move to the Switch yet, so I'm set!

@wiggleronacid Yeah so all of that time waiting in checkout for the servers to cooperate and waiting on hold just to be told I cannot get one. I'll definitely just wait until I get home for the summer and get the first in-store delivery I see at this point.

@JasmineDragon I think it's a mix of both. It seems Nintendo is short stocking them for publicity purposes to hopefully drive sale potential for the holiday season. However, I 100% agree with you that scalpers are apart of the issue. I've seen a lot of people online stating they have two or three of them already. I'm not necessarily hating on those people; they're allowed to do it. It just sucks for a huge Nintendo fan like me who wanted to wait until my college semester ends to pick one up due to time and money constraints.

Been looking for a NES Classic for months now, it shouldn't be that hard to have it fully restocked, since most of the hype has died down quite a bit.

@JasmineDragon So what if someone bought an extra for their own personal collection? It's not being scalped, so it's not part of the problem. It is 100% Nintendo's fault by the way. It's unacceptable for them to push these things out a dozen at a time. This isn't a batch of homemade cookies.

Ok, different results for different users. I was trying to help a friend get one (got mine at a midnight launch after pre-ordering the day it was announced), and some of the white "out of stock" buttons briefly changed on the bundles and the grey system to yellow "add to cart" buttons. Several attempts to click on them got the same result every time - the page refreshed with a "there was a problem adding this to the cart", rinse, repeat. I wonder how many they had for this very small window, and how many people had success while others never got an opening on the site.

For various reasons, I hadn't been in on a Nintendo launch since the N64. With the next two systems, it was just by chance that I was in a store that actually had stock. With the Wii U, I just went to a Game Stop once I saw I had enough to afford it, and just bought one the way a person normally buys a thing that's supposed to be available in stores.

It wasn't until Amiibos hit that I began seeing the "new from Nintendo - something you cannot find in any store!" routine started up again. I'm glad for Nintendo that they don't seem to have hatched another Turkey with this. I understand that these things don't just manufacture themselves in whatever numbers are needed, and that Nintendo had plenty of reason to not count on a major sell-out product after the public failed to flock to the poorly named and marketed Wii U.

As annoying as this may be for people who now want to get in on what appears to be a system off to a good start, it should be encouraging that it won't be another Wii U situation.

@wiggleronacid and @RedMageLanakyn Yeah, there's no doubt that Nintendo have to take most of the blame, since they're the ones who decided how many to make. And I agree that people who want to buy extra units have the right to do so. Unfortunately they make it harder for everyone else to find them.

It's simple math. If you know there are enough cookies for everyone to have one, and you take two so you can save one or resell it at a profit, you ipso facto understand that someone else is either going without a cookie or paying you extra for it. And you're okay with that. I don't mind so much that people do that, but for crying out loud, if you make that kind of decision, own it. Don't act like it's ALL on Nintendo.

But yes, the problem starts with Nintendo. It would have been nice if they'd made enough cookies.

We were talking about cookies, right?

Thanks for heads up. My brother got one this way. We were both trying at the same time and both got order in about the same time. Then, I cancelled mine. He even got a Pro Controller at a retailer and will get Zelda on the cheap from an extra someone he knows got on Amazon discount but then got Special Edition on day one so had an extra.

The successful purchase was about 20-30 minutes after the time that it started.

@JasmineDragon We are! Now I want one.

@Jeronan Nintendo haven't said a peep about stopping production. That's a big rumor, but it has nothing to back it at the moment.

My store's Nintendo vendor implied that we should be getting more plentiful stock of the NES Classic and New 3DS XL (those are also super rare currently. Weird.) once we're passed the first few launch weeks of the Switch.

At the moment, we haven't received any NES Classics in about a month. People are still calling every day too. It's nuts.

I stopped by my local Best Buy hoping that maybe they got a few Switch's in Stock because of this sale. I walked back to the Nintendo aisle and much to my surprise, there sat one lonely grey joycon Switch. I couldn't believe my luck! I snatched it up and grabbed a copy of a Breath of the Wild.

Saw this way to late lol, oh well I'm more interested in SNES mini if we get that I'll be trying really hard for that one hopefully they don't bungle up the stock for that bad boy since I think it could potentially sell even better. Of course this is as long as that is coming which I truly hope.

Was pretty much a chance for the scalpers to "reload" and nothing more.

I'm ticked at nintendo. I don't know why they pull this crap with short stocking? Clearly they didn't learn their lesson from amiibo.

@Flauber I got an email this morning saying mine shipped out. How about you?

@Kayfios not yet... =/ it says mine is "preparing". Not dropped, yet, though, hahah.

I just want the NES Classic Mini. No interest in the Switch. I still enjoy the Wii U.

Is it Universal Central Time... Or American Central Time? 🤔

It is an American restock...logically it would be CST for USA.