SNES Classic coming September 29th

[PartridgeSenpai]

I do like the counterpoint to all the frustrations directed at Nintendo for all this. I can understand to a degree (if some of this speculation has any truth).
However, I've got to think that they misunderstand their audience base almost entirely.
I wonder that if supply and demand were not an issue, how many customers would go the VC route for games (assuming the switch gets the same selection) and how many would want a one time mini-console buy? I'm leaning towards the console would still sell more and that VC demand would stay pretty much the same either way (different audience base). It's the way of the consumer.

Given that Nintendo doesn't make all that much off of these Classic systems, it could very well be possible that if someone who would've bought a classic buys one or two eShop games instead, Nintendo is making far more money off of those because all that money goes to them (in most cases, given most games on the SNES-CE are Nintendo games). I'd very much be interested in seeing actual numbers on that as well, but I doubt Nintendo will ever tell.

[marurun]

I know Square has M2 doing the emulation work for the upcoming Seiken Densetsu/Mana release. We could probably speculate for ages about what this means for Nintendo's progress on the emulator code for the Switch VC.

[noiseredux]

I know Square has M2 doing the emulation work for the upcoming Seiken Densetsu/Mana release. We could probably speculate for ages about what this means for Nintendo's progress on the emulator code for the Switch VC.

that's a good point considering the compilation has both GB and SNES emulation on it.

Also, "upcoming"? I was pretty certain it's already out.

[marurun]

Also, "upcoming"? I was pretty certain it's already out.

Oh. I'm sorta out of the timing loop on stuff like that.

[Tanooki]

Upcoming would be nice if that same sentence included english translation as it has been out and disappointing since no one can read it. But there is another one that's a snub, SOM(SD2) is getting the SD1 3D model treatment on 2 Sony systems, 1 PC(Steam) and 0 Nintendo which is fairly bs but likely Sony buying another bribe release like with Street Fighter 5 which was PS+PC only too.

[PartridgeSenpai]

Upcoming would be nice if that same sentence included english translation as it has been out and disappointing since no one can read it. But there is another one that's a snub, SOM(SD2) is getting the SD1 3D model treatment on 2 Sony systems, 1 PC(Steam) and 0 Nintendo which is fairly bs but likely Sony buying another bribe release like with Street Fighter 5 which was PS+PC only too.

Poking around online, I can't really find a good answer for why SD3 was never ported way back when other than "technical bugs." I guess either someone really fucked up putting English text into the code, or maybe the English/Western dialogues just didn't fit into the boxes they had in a satisfactory matter, or they exceeded the amount of memory possible on the cartridge? Very very strange.

[Tanooki]

I remember some rumored story in the 90s that it wasn't done because Square/Squaresoft was waffling around deciding to do that or Final Fantasy V, but then Nintendo stepped in with early urges to collaborate on Super Mario RPG so both got put into the dumpster. Not sure if that's true but I remember it being floated around 20 years ago.

[Hazerd]

I was talking about a physical Switch compilation of those same games.

This would be a sweet alternative, if it was a digital only collection, it would be meh.

[nightrnr]

I remember some rumored story in the 90s that it wasn't done because Square/Squaresoft was waffling around deciding to do that or Final Fantasy V, but then Nintendo stepped in with early urges to collaborate on Super Mario RPG so both got put into the dumpster. Not sure if that's true but I remember it being floated around 20 years ago.

If so, it was for the best. We got a whole other game out of the mix, while we would see a fan translation come about some years later for SD3.

As for the Switch getting a SNES classic "Physical" release. I approve heartily. I don't see why we can't have both though.

[Tanooki]

As for the Switch getting a SNES classic "Physical" release. I approve heartily. I don't see why we can't have both though.

I can and it could be said with one word: MONEY.

What do you charge for 21 games on a Switch card and digital vapor since Nintendo(like any) don't cut breaks asininely on digital media. I know the VC has always put SNES games at $8 outside of screwing people for $10 on Earthbound which is on there. So if you have 8x20 + 10 for EB that's $170 worth of singular digital download games on the virtual console buying them all. I don't see why they'd want to do a $50 piece of media/download package and leave $120 on the table. The hardware as it is justifies itself being a physical chunk of fun with games on it, but losing the console and 2 controllers, not so much.