Nintendo has announced that it will be ending repairs for the Famicom Classic, Super Famicom Classic, and the New Nintendo 2DS XL in Japan "as our current stock of parts runs out".
Shared by OatmealDome on Bluesky, both the classic "mini" consoles and the late-gen New 2DS XL will continue to be repaired until parts run out. Repairs for the New 2DS XL are still ongoing in North America, at the time of writing this.
These are the latest consoles to have repairs discontinued in Japan, following the New 3DS and Wii U, when their parts ran out earlier this year.
The Famicom and Super Famicom Classic consoles are the only two "mini" consoles from the developer so far, so this feels like yet another era ending.
Let us know what you think of this in the comments.
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Sad they really should had made an N64 Mini, a Game Boy Mini, a GBA Mini, and a GameCube Mini before ending these.
I'm surprised how long they've been supporting repairs at least in Japan even of the mini consoles, around 8 and 7 years respectively is nothing to sneeze at!
Might be time to pick up a famicom classic.
They still remembers about Mini consoles' existence?! Wow.
Had no idea they did repairs of the mini consoles. I'm guessing this also includes the Shonen Jump Famicom as well.
Reminds me that we never did see a Game Boy Classic....I'd buy one.
I'm surprised the Classic Mini consoles need to be repaired since they're quite sturdy unless they get water damaged.
I hope they extend the "Classic" brand to handhelds next. Emulation handhelds are booming, marketed heavily with Nintendo form factors and playing Nintendo IPs. I'd be interested in an official one.
Oh dear, they've run out of plastic and ROMs?
I adore these classic minis. That's it. Just wanted to show my love for them. lol
My SNES Mini is running flawlessly, so that's no skin off my nose.
Is it possible to break the nes mini?
Only way we're seeing more classics is if the Switch 2 tanks hard. They only made these to make quick sales and repurpose the Wii parts. Why sell a $50 one time sale for game boy classics when they can hook people on ongoing subscriptions and drip feed roms without having to support additional hardware.
Good thing I own like 10 of them - 3 of them modded with 7500 games each! They’re packed with classics!! Incredible!! Hope they hold out for years to come!! 🙏🙏
It’s laughable how people brag about pirating thousands of games on a website which promotes the purchase of games through official channels.
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