Super NES Classic Preorders Are Live and This Is Where You Can Find One
Super NES Classic preorders are finally happening, and frenzied fans are already ravaging retailer stockpiles. The system, a 1990s era Super Nintendo that's been hit with a shrink ray and bundled with 21 gamesincluding a never-before-released followup to 3D shoot-em-up Star Foxarrives on September 29 for 79.99. Nintendo's official Super NES Classic page confirms that preorders are happening now via official retail partners Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Target, Toys R' Us and Walmart. Here's where you can find the Super NES Classic, followed by a rundown of everything we know about Nintendo's micro-console so far. Amazon's preorders went live in the middle of the night, August 22, and immediately sold out. The online retailer's Super NES Classic preorder page is here. The electronics retailer opened preorders Tuesday morning, August 22, and promptly sold out. Keep an eye on Best Buy's official Super NES Classic preorder page for further info, which the company says is "coming soon.", GameStop's Super NES Classic preorders were supposed to go live at 100 p.m. ET on August 22, purchasable either as individual units or as part of five bundles, which the company says you can buy online, or via their web-in-store program. The company requires a 25 deposit to get the console on September 29. The retailer also says it's taking preorders in-store. , Target's preorders went live shortly after 100 p.m. ET on August 22, but quickly sold out. Its placeholder Super NES Classic page was last seen here. The GameStop subsidiary is selling several fairly high-priced Super NES Classic bundle editions. You can preorder the Super NES Classic from Walmart here. The company's preorder page appears to have gone live around 100 p.m. ET on August 22, but buyers quickly burned through Walmart's initial allotment. Toys R' Us's Super NES Classic page isn't available yet, and according to this Twitter reply, the toy retailer won't offer preorders. , If you don't mind paying exorbitant scalper prices, eBay has listings for the Super NES Classic for between 200 and 300. This is utter last resort territory for super-fans, and under-no-circumstances-whatsoever turf for everyone else. Read more Nintendo Just Announced a Super Nintendo Classic Edition, More than merely a Super NES knockoff, the Super NES Classic is a pint-sized replica of Nintendo's beloved 16-bit gray-and-purple console that first arrived stateside in November 1991. Instead of top-loading cartridges, it comes with 21 games baked in, a pair of replica controllers and high-definition graphic support. It also includes a special "rewind" feature that lets players retry sections of a game, from a few minutes to a few dozen seconds, depending on the game. You can have it on September 29 for 79.99. See above! Preorders began August 22, 2017. That comports with what Nintendo said on its Facebook page in early August, noting that preorders would begin in late August. You get 21 acclaimed gems, including original U.S. SNES pack-in Super Mario World as well as a Star Fox sequel that Nintendo and British studio Argonaut Games fully developed but never released. To access Star Fox 2, you have to first beat Star Foxs starter level, says Nintendo, quipping "We didn't want to make it too hard!", Here's the full list, In addition to the system, the box includes an HDMI cable, a USB charging cable with AC adapter and two Super NES Classic Controllersessential if you're up for some local two-player per games like Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting, Super Mario Kart, Contra III The Alien Wars and Secret of Mana. The controller cable length has wisely been extended to 5 feet as well. The NES Classic's controller was just 3 feet., Game blogs as well as roundups like this one will lag the signal flares whooshing from social hubs like Twitter and Facebook, or forums like Reddit and NeoGAF as sales news breaks. Monitoring the Twitter and Facebook feeds of retail giants like Target and Walmart for unexpected dispatches is a good idea. Watch Nintendo of America's Twitter and Facebook feeds, of course. You can also keep an eye on the unofficial Nintendo Reddit be sure to scan the "New" view, or monitor NeoGAF's SNES preorder thread, with the usual caveats about information gleaned from anonymous public hangouts. It's also worth bookmarking in-stock checkers like NowInStock or the Twitter feeds of deal-watchers like Wario64. Nintendo has promised to produce "significantly more" of the SNES Classic than it did the NES Classic, a system that was perpetually sold out and eventually canceled well short of meeting consumer demand. It's anyone's guess what the total will be, but we know Nintendo sold 2.3 million NES Classics during its five-month run, so clearly more than that. In an August 1 Facebook dispatch, the company reiterated its commitment to producing the system in high volume, writing "A significant amount of additional systems will be shipped to stores for launch day, and throughout the balance of the calendar year.", Publisher Prima is putting out a companion book to fete the Super NES Classic titled Playing With Super Power Nintendo SNES Classics, a compendium that's due simultaneous with Nintendo's micro-console on September 29. The beefy 320-page book combines historical info, speedrun tips and factoids, and is analogous to the book Prima published to celebrate the NES Classic last year. Buy now Playing With Super Power Nintendo SNES Classics, Amazon, 26.99