R.I.P. SNES, NES: Nintendo stops hardware repair for old-school consoles |
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Old school gamers should keep silent for a moment to mourn the loss of our dearly beloved Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System consoles, which have brought many happy moments in our video gaming career.
Nintendo has announced that it will be officially dropping all hardware repair support for the two of its most celebrated consoles of all time. Ken Toyoda, Nintendo Japan's spokesperson, has finally commented on reports a few weeks back that the company will be ceasing to offer hardware support for its Famicom and Super Famicom (the Japanese equivalent to the NES and SNES) consoles.
It was on both these consoles that the likes of Super Mario Brothers, Dragon Quest, Star Fox, and Mario Kart were introduced to gamers everywhere. However, since the spare parts for the two consoles were running low Nintendo had no choice but to give up on them.
Both consoles had a good run just the same with the Famicom reaching 62 million units sold since its release in 1983. The Super Famicom, which debuted in 1990, got in around 50 million sales under its name.
Nintendo fans can still rest easy in the fact that the Wii Virtual Console will allow users to come back to some of the classic NES, SNES, and Nintendo 64 titles. While Nintendo is continually releasing new games on the VC, the relative weak selection of titles on it still can't encompass the scope of all the good games released on both consoles.
Hopefully, Nintendo will be more diligent in the future when it comes to shelling out more classic games on the Virtual Console to satisfy the nostalgia which hits old-school gamers every now and then.
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i need my nes fixed *****
I've got like 8 broken SNES and NES's here. If i knew they still repaired them I'd have sent em in!
Nintendo needs to boost virtual console game sales somehow. Now they let you give VC games as gifts just in time for christmas too. Isn't Nintendo nice.... New features that help them, not gamers.
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