 Just as I finish up one video, more news drops that Warren's talking about. So, Destructoid has an exclusive scoop on the Super Nintendo Classic System. So, let me just summarize what's going on here. This guy, when I say this guy, I of course meet Jonathan Holmes who has been at Destructoid for a long time. Bit of an oddball, has a good time. Talked to three different upper store managers at three separate game stops all at least an hour away from each other, including one that was in a completely different state to find out what's going on with the SNES Classic Plug and Play System, or AKA the SNES Classic Edition. So, the first manager told them that there was a behind closed doors event and that SNES Classic Plug and Play System was in the works, and he specifically said there was no release date for it, but that his guess was that it would drop this holiday, and would be made in short supply just to piss people like me off. Obviously, a little bit of disgruntled with what happened with the SNES Classic Edition, but he went on to find some additional sources on this. So he went to another store, and this is what the manager there said. They said that they had to been behind a closed door meeting with Nintendo representatives who confirmed that the SNES Classic was going to happen, and that their store should prepare for a lineup of a number of systems accordingly. They wanted to hype us up, but we all just sort of groaned. Moving on, obviously again a little salty. The salt kind of continues here. This is the manager he taught you that was in a completely different state from the other two stores. He said, yes, there's going to be an SNES Classic. No, it does not have a release date. No, Nintendo would not confirm that an N64 Classic would be coming next year. Yes, I will buy one day one if and when they make it because Smash 64 is the best in the series, but no, it's obvious why they're doing this. They aren't doing it for simple direct profits. The real money is in games and licensing, but you can only sell so many games and so many hardcore gamers before you reach that ceiling. So they're playing head games. At least that's how it sounded to me. With these plug and play systems, they want headlines and foot traffic. Dude, the Switch and the 3DS sell great, but if you want to get the normies out there to take a break from their regular Facebook and YouTube routines and do a Google search for a new Nintendo system, or better yet, actually walk into the Nintendo section of a store like this, you have to pander to the lowest common denominator with cheap shit and nostalgia works every time, dude. Obviously, I did this kind of wording attitude from GameStop employees is exactly why people don't like shopping at GameStop. I thankfully don't have to worry about this at my local GameStop. Excellent employees. The GameStops in Chippifalls in the Eau Claire area of Wisconsin are just awesome. Some of the best employees at a retail outlet I've ever seen. But man, these people just... I don't care if they know they're talking to press or not, this is just... It's fine to be a little salty with that last guy sitting across the line. Anyways, let's just get into the general justice. So apparently, rumor has it that there was a behind closed door meeting with most of the GameStop managers out there that essentially were warning them or letting them know that they are going to have the SNES Classic Edition coming out and they should prepare accordingly to have it available in the store, advertising, blah, blah, blah. And they obviously would not be having this meeting if the system was not probably arriving this holiday. Now, I have some issues with this entire concept of releasing the SNES Classic Edition this year. And regardless of what the GameStop employees reasonings they think Nintendo was doing I'm a bit perplexed because one of the reasons... One of the obvious reasons on why the SNES Classic Edition had to be canceled or had to be discontinued is because it does use NAND flash memory and Nintendo has a massive shortage on NAND flash memory with the Nintendo Switch. It's one of the primary reasons why they can't keep up with demand on Nintendo Switch in addition to the fact that Nintendo Switch is just massively popular and a bunch of people want it. Now, it's assumed or I would assume that the SNES Classic Edition would also be using NAND flash memory which means that Nintendo has to allocate some of the supply lines to create the proper NAND flash memory for the SNES Classic Edition and if that's the case, then you're just really hampering Switch production yet again which is why I really, really, really want a SNES Classic Edition to exist but I don't know if the timing is right. I feel like they should probably be waiting another year before they get to it but if this rumor is true, I'm a bit perplexed. I'm probably going to try to pre-order it and get it day one because let's be honest, if you don't pre-order it, you're never going to get it. Now that Nintendo has made it extremely clear that Classic Edition systems are very, very limited and are only going to be available for essentially a month I highly doubt the SNES Classic Edition is going to get extended like the NES one did and let's be honest, the NES Classic Edition was extended but it never really felt like it was available past launch day. I feel lost because Nintendo is just going to upset a bunch of people. I can already see the video coming in December of this year, a month after the system comes out where I'm just like, man, Nintendo is discontinuing this thing because they want to keep it limited and it doesn't make sense making it limited. I made videos with the NES Classic Edition. I can already see me making the same videos with the SNES Classic Edition. So like, I want this thing to exist. I don't think it's the right time for it to exist. I know that Nintendo is purposely not going to have enough of them because they're going to keep it a limited thing. I don't know what their logic is behind doing it. I'm already upset about it before I even have a reason to be upset about it. It's not even officially announced and I'm already getting kind of worked up over here that, man, Nintendo is going to under supply. There's not going to be enough. People are going to be mad. I'm going to want it. It's going to end up having Secret of Mana and all of my favorite SNES games on it and I'm going to want to buy the thing for $60 or whatever it costs and I'm not going to be able to get it or if I do get it I'm going to feel bad that my friends can't get it just like I don't have the NES Classic Edition. I really want it but now they're super expensive for me to buy secondhand. I know the issues that are going to come from this but at the same time, I mean, it doesn't exist at all so it is better for it to exist than not exist even if a whole bunch of people that want it are ultimately not going to be able to find it on store shelves. I know that one GameStop manager mentioned normies and stuff like who cares if you can't find the thing, what's it matter? Normal people aren't even going to know about it because it's not going to be available to buy. It's going to be sold out by people who really are into retro systems and really into Nintendo. So yeah, it's at the end of the day I am not happy that this might be coming out this year but I'll accept it. I want it. It needs to exist. It obviously needs to exist after the success of the NES Classic Edition. Hopefully Nintendo learns and while it's a limited run they end up having like 10 million of them or something that would be amazing but given that they can't even keep up with Switch production and there's probably a similar part being used between the two I worry that there's not going to be enough of those and there's not going to be enough switches and we're going to be left to where people who want to buy new Nintendo systems this holiday are going to be stuck with the new Nintendo 2DS XL because that doesn't use any of the same parts. Oh man. Anyways, this is Nathanian Ruffalchance from Nintendo Prime letting a little bit of salt out and some future anguish that I know is going to happen even though I want this thing so bad. Thanks for tuning in. If you like this video you know what to do. 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