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Super NES Classic Pre-orders are out and Everyone hates Nintendo

I can’t believe I was able to pre-order a SNES Classic last night. I literally ran to grab my wallet. If you haven’t heard, the Super Nintendo Classic‘s Pre-orders are finally out. They are sold out everywhere. I am attaching links below of where you can purchase them. GameStop has recently been stocking them.

If you look on Nintendo‘s social media, fans are furious. For a company as large as Nintendo, there should never actually be a shortage of products. However, this has been their strategy ever since the Nintendo Wii. It builds interest and more sales over time rather than at specific quarter ends or during the holiday season. Nintendo will most likely release a surplus during the holiday season, so don’t panic just yet.

If you search on E-bay, the prices being set are insane so I would not recommend it unless you are that desperate. Nintendo will be stocking more so I highly recommend checking the links and staying up to date.

Nintendo World Championship coming to you! Super Mario Odyssey and Metroid Demos

Nintendo is hosting a World Tournament this October in an ultimate test of Nintendo Gaming Skill. There will be eight qualifying events across the United States at certain Best Buy Stores. Qualifiers will be from August 19th to September 10th. The game is Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS. If you think you’re the best driver in the United States, try and see if you’ll qualify for the Nintendo World Tournament.

Game Mode

For 12 and under, you’ll play DS Luigi Mansion Track with a standard kart, as Mario. 13 and over, you’ll play as Bowser in GBA Bowser’s Castle with a standard kart. Both modes are Time Trial and you’ll have two tries. Those who have the best time will qualify for the final competition in Manhattan.

Locations

Select cities have certain dates so check the link to see if there is a city nearby where you can participate. There are 8 cities in total: San Jose (Bay Area), Bronx (New York), Evanstone (Chicago), Torrance (Los Angeles), Richfield (Minneapolis), Dallas, Tukwila (Seattle), and Hialeah (Miami).

Free Stuff

While you’re there, you can play Mario Odyssey and Metroid: Samus Returns demos and possibly earn a My Nintendo Pin if you’re one of the first 200 people to check in. If you bring your My Nintendo QR code, you’ll also earn 100 Platinum points.

The final competition will be in Manhattan, New York in the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom. I will update later on as more details are released.

Sources: Nintendo

Super NES Classic Pre-order *Update

Update: 8/1/2017

The official word from Nintendo: You can now pre-order the Super Nintendo Classic Mini late this month. I highly recommend pre-ordering this if you are interested. Last year, the NES Mini was sold out everywhere and stopped production in April. Although Nintendo has stated they will produce a significant amount of units, you can expect many retailers to be sold out if you are waiting to find it in stores. Nintendo stated

“A significant amount of additional systems will be shipped to stores for launch day, and throughout the balance of the calendar year.”

They will eventually stop production in the following year similar to the NES Classic Mini.

Wal-Mart recently cancelled all pre-orders from their website late in July due to a technical issue. If you have pre-ordered before this article, I recommend checking your e-mail to see if your order was cancelled.

Sources: Nintendo

Polygon

If you have been looking for the Super NES, you’re gonna wanna sign up ASAP. They were first available for pre-order on Walmart.com. They are currently sold out now. (Of course). You can now receive updates on online retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy. These are not pre-orders, simply alert responses when they come back in stock. It’s a slow news day. Many of the links are for the United States only.

Angry Pokemon Go-Fest Attendees sue Niatic

If you read my previous article regarding Pokemon Go-Fest, you might notice that some people were unhappy with the entire experience. People came all over the world to Chicago to catch Legendary Pokemon and experience an event dedicated to a game they enjoy on a daily basis. But constant game failures, lack of response, long lines in summer heat and slow fixes led to a complete event failure for Niantic. To apologize, they refunded all the attendees, gave them $100 worth of in-game currency, and Lugia. It was inevitable that somebody would sue Niantic and the first person was Jonathan Norton from California. Thomas Zimmerman is a Chicago lawyer who is supporting his and other people’s cases.

Since Jonathan’s first lawsuit, 20 – 30 lawsuits have followed as of July 27. They are mostly suing for negligence and Niantic not refunding participants’ plane ride ticket to Chicago. Zimmerman stated

“Niantic is not offering to refund people’s travel expenses for coming to Chicago. Most of the people came from out of state, many people from other countries — I talked to someone who flew in from Japan.”

While Niantic did extend the time of the event and increase the range for catching Pokemon, Zimmerman stated it wasn’t enough. He stated

“The issue is, what was promised, what was the incentive that people relied on and the representations that people relied on to buy a ticket and make travel plans and fly to Chicago to participate in this festival, would they have done that had they known that that was not going to be lived up to and they weren’t going to get the experience that was represented?”

Opinion:

I personally think that paying for everyone’s plane ride ticket is too much. Yes, the event failed to meet anybody’s expectations but if you purchase a ticket, there is always a risk. This is the same for any concerts or any outdoor events. Regardless of how awful it is, companies don’t owe you for the trip because they didn’t plan the ride.

Do you think Niantic should refund participants for their plane tickets? Or do you think this is too much?

Sources:

Polygon

Chicago Sun Times