Withdrawn from sale to promote the 16-bit SNES Classic, Nintendo’s NES Classic is finally coming back. Pulling it from shelves at the height of its popularity was a canny move by the Japanese game giant, but one that enraged fans and left industry-watchers scratching their heads. All that anguish and pontification is now wiped from the high score chart of history with one fell, swooping press release.
Don’t pay $200 for old stock on Amazon’s official-looking NES Classic page; the real thing will be $60 when it is out again on June 29th.
Pictured here is “Shaved Mario” by November17 on Twitter.