Did Nintendo delay the virtual console to encourage people to

Actually they're making the SNES mini to encourage people to buy a Switch

ROMs don't sell new consoles. Nostalgia does

I think it's more likely that the VC is tied in with their online service.

unlikely.
the whole reason nes mini got discontinued is because the switch's subscription service includes access to those old games.

Most of the cost of the NES and SNES mini are in licensing the 30 games.
The unites are just cheap ARM processors with not much on the boards themselves, they don't even have wifi and bluetooth with the $10 raspberry pi zero w does.

The NES and SNES mini are purely promotional items meant to draw attention to nintendo and it is working.
Loads of articles about shortages get published about these things and bring the Nintendo brand name into the public eye again and again.

>>381949487
Can't delay something that was never going to get made in the first place.

They promised that there would be some way to transfer licenses from previous consoles to the Switch so that you don't have to rebuy ROMs you've bought a billion times before

They probably have no idea how they're going to do that so it's delayed until they finalize the system

I really don't think the SNES/NES mini are anything other than advertisements to get people interested in Nintendo products again

>>381950234
>if you owned the game on the Wii U or Wii U get a 10% discount

Nintendo will do something shady like this

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>>381950482
this was so bad
>buy VC games on Wii U because at the time it was the good shit
>if you want them on 3DS you have to pay full price again
>if you want them on Wii U you get a small discount but no one bought a Wii U so it doesn't matter

>>381949487
Seems more likely that there won't actually be a virtual console as we've seen before.
And instead we'll rent access to (a likely limited yet rotating selection of) retro games Netflix style.

And that sucks. Just give me Mario 64 on the Switch Nintendo. I'll gladly pay for it. But let me keep it. None of that renting crap!
Tetris Attack too.

>>381950234
>They promised that there would be some way to transfer licenses from previous consoles to the Switch so that you don't have to rebuy ROMs you've bought a billion times before
They promised no such thing.
You'll buy Super Metroid for the fourth time like a good little drone.

Seems like an obvious business decision

>>381950482
>bought OoT on Wii shop channel for $10
>transfer save data to Wii U in 2013
>go to wii u eshop in 2015
>OoT there for $1.99 instead of $10

I mean there's still a huge level of jewery there since they're still making me spend money to have a game that's literally already on the system, just with savestates and different controller options. But if that kind of discount persists to Switch I'd be down for it.

>>381953345
The difference here is that you could still just play those games through the Wii mode on Wii U at no extra cost. That doesn't exist on Switch.

>>381951220
See this Just makes me anxious and makes me want to buy everything on the Wii U and 3ds eshop just in case. Fuck you

>>381953456
Yeah, felt like I pointed that out. And that """complication""" still stands, but if what they're saying is we won't have to rebuy/we get to rebuy for a much lower cost (80% or 90%) I'd be okay with just paying 1 or 2 bucks.

>>381953667
>get to rebuy for a much lower cost (80% or 90%)
>get to
Jesus, not even sony and MS make you re-buy retro games. They've truly got you by the balls.

>>381953501
Just hack your Wii U and pirate the VC games, no reason not to

>>381953903
Yeah instead they "remake" it and charge you full price for it twice.

>see: sotc

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>>381954131
>Yeah instead they "remake" it and charge you full price for it twice.

>>381954187
that's once, and technically not full price

>>381954306
It was full price retard

>>381954351
$50 isn't 100% of $60.

>>381954504
It was $60 when it came out.

>>381954645
No it wasn't. WWHD and TPHD were both $50 on release. And that's besides the point. Shadow of the Colossus has been re-released before for $60 and you bet it's going to be $60 when the "new" remake comes out.

>>381950234
>They promised that there would be some way to transfer licenses from previous consoles to the Switch so that you don't have to rebuy ROMs you've bought a billion times before
citation needed

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>>381954816
>>381954504
hurrrrr

>>381954816
shoutouts to skyrim for being the re-release master

>>381954939
>$60 with Amiibo

>>381955132
For a long time the only way you could buy it was with the stupid mcdonalds toy. It was either that, or don't buy it. It wasn't sold separately.
Its only sold separately now because of used copies of the game

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>>381954939
>amiibo

>>381955332
You can't buy new copies without the amiibo

>>381955290
yeah everybody who bought the game on the eshop just downloaded the amiibo too right?

>>381949487
No. VC was delayed for paid online and their minis were always a holiday item.

>>381955443
No one buys digital on Wii U, and I'm pretty sure it was $60 on the eshop when it came out

No one needs encouragement to buy an snes mini.

They haven't done a vc for the switch yet because they are lazy, worthless assholes.

>>381955515
Both of those statements are wrong. I bought most of my games digitally, didn't even buy TPHD, it was $50 on eshop and you could buy it in stores new without the amiibo for $50.

>>381955670
>you could buy it in stores new without the amiibo for $50.
wrong

>>381955725
nah, you're wrong. and the game is still $50 either way.

>>381955995
I already gave proof that it isn't, you have yet to show any proof of it being $50 or that you can buy it new without the amiibo.
Post proof or fuck off.

>>381949487
I dunno maybe

>>381949487
no they just rushed the Switch

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>>381956153
And don't forget it being $50 on eshop since release

>>381956618
>sold by Dekar's Outlet
Yeah that's a used copy

>>381956870
There's just no reasoning with you is there?

>>381957278
Maybe find one that isn't sold from some shitty mom and pop store? If its as common as you say it shouldn't be hard

>>381957405
I'm trying to verify that Dekar's outlet isn't some second hand shop, every search for it leads me to Walmart, which leads me to believe it's just a substore/warehouse of Walmart and not some second hand shop. Is Walmart not a good enough retailer for you?

>>381949487
Which console do you recommend?

I am a gamer, who only likes and plays video games Rated E For Everyone on the ESRB

And I look for a console that has very few violent games, and that has many and most games for all ages and all audiences

>>381957520
Not him, but that's just like someone selling through amazon. They aren't a substore of walmart.

>>381958157
I get that sentiment, but I can't find Dekar's outlet anywhere else to confirm that. And it doesn't say used/pre-owned anywhere. And either way I'm bored of this and he's dodging the main point and I've bitten more than enough bait to be happy, I'm out.

>>381958354
You don't need confirmation of that, Walmart literally does not have substores and non walmart branded business outlets selling walmart product. That's not a thing.