NES Mini Also Discontinued in Australia

Oh no....
Not again.

It's like an invasion movie where you keep hearing another area has fallen.
Who have we got left, now? Just Europe?

Leaving the door open suggests it's either a certain-times-only item, or there is a revision in the works. Perhaps a second version with more games, &/or a different operating system, one that might be closed-source.

Edit: In a way, if Nintendo just moves on, it kinda reminds me of their try everything, & toy days mentally: love tester, ok, move on, ... love hotels, rice, cab service, ok, been there, done that, move on. On to the next product, kinda thing.

@Nintenerdguy: Yes, it was. By Queen.

Europe will be up next

Makes sense. Demand for Switch is huge! Use all available assets to produce Switches and make sure demand is met.

BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

@G0dlike how do you know that nes mini production is hindering switch production?

@manu0 it might not be hindering sales, but those factories may be repurposed to produce more Switch unites to meet demand.

@patrat3121 that's what i said. how does he know that nes mini production is hindering switch PRODUCTION?

Seeing as I never saw one of these at retail anywhere except from scalpers I'd love to know how many where sold. I feel like the one I bought from a scalper should have like a #/10,000 number or something... really sad that these were so scarce.

Well I guess this means we are back to playing Sega Genesis mini again.

Oh well. They lost my money when they didn't, yknow, have any on the shelf to buy at that time when my impulse muscles were a twitchin'

All spare money now going to Switch stuff even if they release more of these in the states...

@KIRO They lost my money when they didn't, yknow, have any on the shelf to buy at that time when my impulse muscles were a twitchin' Yeah me too. I really just wanted the controller to use with my Wii U to play NES games.

All spare money now going to Switch stuff even if they release more of these in the states...

So they didn't actually lose your money then?

Well, I guess that in Australia the NES mini has gone.. "down under".

Sorry, couldn't help it.

Pretty sure these were fictional anyways like unicorns or Kansas.

Anyways I bet NoE will make an annoucement soon enough.

Still, I was questioning the logic here at first (It was still in demand, why would a company stop production if they can still make money from it) but an idea just crossed my mind. This thing was released when Wii U was Nintendo's current console and they didn't even know if Switch would sell. A small Wii U install base meant the $5 Wii U Virtually Console titles were not making them much... so a Nintendo genius thought, "Let's take a couple dozen NES games and release them standalone! Actually make some easy money off our old games, not many Wii U users to cannibalize our own profits with!" Now they're gaining a foothold with a home console again and have hope of taking advantage of- I mean catering to that user base with ridiculously priced NES titles again, maybe throw in some online functionality somehow, and BAM. NES Classic was what, $60 for 30 games? That's $2 a game, if they can try to sell them at $5 a game again then $60 is 12 games (30 games is $150). But who would pay $5 for a NES game when they can get 30 for $60? Granted, I still think $5 is ridiculous but point I'm making is they likely are pulling the plug there because they don't wanna eat into Switch VC sales when it comes. They can then release NES Classic 2.0 if that plan fails... win-win for them? Personally I would've bought a NES Classic if I saw one in stores but I think $5 VC prices are silly. But someone must have bought them on Wii otherwise they wouldn't have tried again on Wii U and 3DS so hey, maybe in the long run they are making more money like this.

They need to do something about the scalpers on Craigslist and ebay they all jumped from 150 to 500 because of this news. I love Nintendo but they created this mess and they can shove this piece of hardware where the sun don't shine. But I shouldn't be surprised Nintendo have been helping scalpers since the 80s with their production methods. I bet the same thing happens when they undoubtedly release the snes classic.

@ShadVJ

Actually, Iowa does not exist.

Damn, hopefully I can get one before they're all gone. I saw them advertised online again shortly before the were discontinued.

Nintendo is straight up stupid

@manu0 I honestly don't. Just expressing my opinion on the matter

No problem for me I have NES emulator

Remember Australian kids were probably too traumatized by that one youtube-famous commercial to play NES originally.

Seriously it is unfortunate that they too can't get an NES Classic.

All I wanted was an extra controller.

No-one has them and EB is out of stock (again).

I consider myself a pretty hardcore Nintendo fan. I managed to get the Smash amiibo waves on release, bought multiple Switch on 3rd March but have never been able to pick up an NES Classic despite trying pretty hard. I won't pay crazy prices on eBay or Amazon.

If it's such a problem to manufacture enough to meet demand - then I'm afraid the best thing here is indeed to kill it. Never having stock and them being listed on Amazon at £250+ just leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

I wonder what percentage of these actually sold at retail price and did not get resold? Nintendo could/should probably have charged twice the price.

probably the fact they were hacked to play any NES game sealed their fate.

All there is to wait for is the inevitable demise of the European NES Classic.
Because, let's be honest - we're talking about the same region that got Super Smash Bros. Brawl, like, five months after the rest of the world.

@retro_player_22 Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I'd say the profit margin was very small. It was probably deemed not worth it. On the plus side anyone who did manage to get one. They now own a rare piece of Nintendo history.

Now i want one 😊

@retro_player_22 We could, if only that device wasn't total and utter crap in so many ways, unlike the NES Mini...

I'm glad I got two. I'm keeping one stock standard and I've added games to the other one. I've also got a famicom mini but the cords are too short to play regularly.

Nintendo should release the NES Classic Edition in China, Korea and rest of Asia that never got an NES released there.

@Crono1973 very good point! Nintendo has a knack for getting money out of my pocket and into their huge bank account

I still play NES games on a RGB modded console, so I'll be set but in all honesty, the mini is a neat product that let consumers play 30 games from their childhood with little hassle (besides the shortest cords known to man) & it was a way to show some of these games to a newer generation (original hardware is expensive). It just doesn't make sense to discontinue this. I get the VC argument, but they should've done one more wave.

I never even saw it sold anywhere in Finland. Did they ever even have it for sale? Was it all just a joke?

It seems incredible that NES Mini was the first gaming device that even old ladies at my workplace talked about wanting to buy, but none could because it was never sold anywhere.

Doesn't Nintendo understand how stupid they are when they left millions of customers unsatisfied and disappointed?

@Tsurii
Not for me. In my case, I have barely faint memories of my cousin playing his Nes (I must have been 3) and I've never played the NES games on other consoles, except for the Legend of Zelda.
I managed to get one, because I want to play using the original controller and to experience the first version of game series I love now, like Mario.
Just because you don't care about it doesn't mean the rest of us are in agreement.