SNES Walmart Fiasco, NES Classics at Thinkgeek, Nintendo Numbers and more!

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• News

  • SNES Classic WalMart preorder cancelled

  • NES Classics showed up at Thinkgeek and sold out fast.  

    • Capt_Logun said It's frustrating to think that they have more and that those are ones that people could have potentially gotten. Instead they spent hours hunting for them during the christmas season for family or themselves only to turn up empty handed. I know this is a little hyperbolic but come on thinkgeek.

    • Bravd - said It's like "Psych you guys totally thought we were out! We got you sooo good! Come buy them, but packaged with stuff so they're as expensive as a scalper! Lol!"

  • Splatoon is a system seller

  • Nintendo sold 4.7 million Switches in 4 months.

  • Splatoon 2 patc