Retailer Bloomingdale's is currently collaborating with Nintendo on a range of clothing and accessories under the "Let's Play' campaign, which includes everything from T Shirts to sunglasses and cups.
It's a pretty cool partnership for both companies, but it would seem that the in-store promotional budget doesn't stretch to securing NES Classic Editions for all stores.
Video game journalist Chris Kohler tweeted the following images, sent to him by a friend, which show a Bloomingdale's store using a CoolBaby HDMI HD console in place of the real deal:
https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/975536760376647680
If you've not heard of the wonder that is the CoolBaby HDMI HD yet, allow us to educate you. It's a Chinese-made clone of the NES Classic that comes with over 500 games - most of which are hacks or unlicensed titles.
We guess it's not a bad substitute if you can't find a NES Classic anywhere, but we can't imagine Nintendo will be particularly impressed by seeing a knock-off clone taking pride of place in the store display.
If you've got a Bloomingdale's near you, what hardware is it rocking?
[source twitter.com]
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Strange, we have both official Nintendo NES Mini and SNES mini plastic only models in Portugal to be set up on retail displays.
Baby Mario wouldn't think that display was very cool.
I guess this makes me feel better, since I have still yet to pick up a NES Classic Edition.
Hey, I just met you
You're a CoolBaby!
Don't take my number,
'Cuz you're a knockoff maybe?
At least it's not SeanBaby.
Bloomingdales. Get real.
Is there Target in Japan?
I've still never seen the classic NES nor SNES from Nintendo. I think Nintendo really missed out on sales. I would have purchased them. Oh well.
I feel like the coolbaby has been showing up more and more lately. That thing makes me laugh and I don't know why.
@TenEighty
Dude if you cant find the snes classic then obviously you don't want one because they're everywhere the NES Classic on the other hand was pretty tough to get but if you really wanted one it wasn't that hard cuz I got over a hundred of them at one time I walk into a store in the middle of the day and bought two my brother bought two and we got the box that they shipping to the stores in as a bonus
The coolbaby isn't,as implied in the article, a good alternative to the NES classic, considering that it's not emulation outputted to HDMI, but rather a NOAC (NES On A Chip) that outputs composite which is then terribly upscaled to be outputted to HDMI. The image is terrible on these and even the sound in those games is not accurate. Stick to the real deal if you want quality.
@Kafei2006
Tell us to stick to the real deal when Nintendo isn't being miserly.
@Spaniard Nope. Target is currently US only.
@TenEighty Classic SNES are easy to get in stores right now. Go buy one.
NES Classics will be back in stores beginning this summer.
Honestly it's Nintendo's fault for not making enough.
@Mat420
Where are you at? I haven't seen an SNES Classic mini either. Not in stores or available online. I've checked many, many times here in Oklahoma and some places in Texas.
About a week ago my local Best Buy had about 20 SNES Classics stacked between the Switch and 3DS games.
@Mat420 Obviously, if you've never had issues securing a SNES Classic (Or 100 cough*bull*cough) then nobody else should have issues either, right?
I've showed up to multiple stores on launch day and supposed restock days for both the NES Classic and the SNES Classic and never saw either in stock at any store. I only happened upon a SNES Classic a few weeks ago when a friend grabbed one for me. I've yet to see them in stock.
Never heard of this store.
@rdrunner1178 There are loads of SNES Classic Mini available on amazon.com and several different European Amazon sites. Most sellers have fulfillment by Amazon and the prices are all around 100$ which is the RRP.
@imgrowinglegs
There are Target stores here in Australia too!
But it is ridiculous that major stores can't get stock from Nintendo for their displays. Typical though.
@TenEighty If you don't mind me asking, where in the world are you located? Here in the States, my local Target has Snes Classics all the time.
@Other-Brother “Target Australia is part of the Wesfarmers Ltd group and has no affiliation with Target Corporation USA.”
That’s from the Target Australia site. I work at a US Target location, and they’re very clear about how it’s a US only company.
They tried to branch out to Canada a few years ago, and it did not go too well.
@Prof_Yoshtonics I'm in the states. I'm also in the country. I do have an GameStop and Walmart but have not seen it there. There is a Target but it is a bit of a drive. I will check the next time I'm out that way. Or just check Target online. Thanks!
I guess I'll be the one to ask why is this headline front page news? Nintendo should be ashamed if they have this legit partnership and that's the result of it.
@Mat420 Ever heard of punctuation (like a full stop or comma)?... I ran out of breath reading your comment =P
Did you guys know that the original Famicom in Japan has a modem for online features like Weather, News, Stock Market, etc in 1985? 10 years before the World Wide Web. Nintendo removed the modem and online features when they redesigned the grey casing for America.
Nintendo treated the Famicom as a computer not a console as we know it today.
End of Nintendo history.
Hopefully the NES classic will soon be just as easy to find as the SNES classic is here in the UK as I still need to pick one of them up
@Kafei2006 Or build a RetroPi.
Still waiting for that restock...
@TenEighty No problem. I didn't see one for a long time and then went to Target. They had like 8 to 10 of them. That's the way to go.
From the dudes who brought you CoolBaby, comes the next big thing: TepidToddler mini, LukewarmChild DS, and Super Buster Poindexter Utween.
Very cool, baby!
@Vfabiosla Wow, rude much? Let me return the favor. We didn't have any of these stores in Michigan, USA where I grew up, nor do we have any in Shiga, Japan, where I currently live.
Now, according to Google and their own website, there are only 38 stores all in a mere 13 states in the USA. I looked it up, since you felt the need to be a [removed] about it. [removed]
@Vfabiosla Let's not go there, let's keep this comment section civil. And spam isn't allowed either, so don't post unless you have something useful to say.
@Heavyarms55 Mind your language by the way! Just use the report button next time.
@Octane Sorry, it was late at night(my time) and I had had a couple drinks.
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