by Wolf Bird » Wed May 9, '18, 8:57 pm
So we actually found one over the weekend at GameStop, of all places. Certainly snatched it right up, and they had 2 in stock. Going to say it's a neat novelty piece of hardware for sure. The controllers are nice (though I don't know why Nintendo makes the cables so short...we ordered extenders that should arrive today), and feel like real SNES controllers. The menu interface is neat, pretty easy to navigate, but more to explore than you'd think outright. The selection of games installed by default is good, and I'm certainly delighted EarthBound is one of the included games! Has most of the titles you'd think of, with probably the most notable omissions being Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3, likely due to licensing issues over Dixie Kong. It beats emulating at a computer, and of course you can plug it into any modern TV.
And within a day we naturally hacked it. Not very difficult, and now it's loaded with other emulators and tons more ROMs from many systems, including more SNES games. Of course I loaded the original Mother and Mother 3 (translated) onto it, including the Mother 25th anniversary hack. We also ordered a wireless controller that arrived yesterday, and it was a pretty impressive little chunk of hardware! Felt like a real SNES controller, no noticeable latency.
Next Pokemon game(s): Pearl
Last finished Pokémon game: Shield
Other games: Skyrim Special Edition (Switch), Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Switch & PS4), Okami (Switch & PS4)
Other gaming goals: completing a Living Pokedex (minus some event Pokes) and going through at least 1 game per generation