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Pre-Ordered a Nintendo SNES Classic Edition

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Fingers crossed. It looks like I successfully pre-ordered a Nintendo SNES Classic Edition. When Nintendo announced this minature retro gaming console, pre-order links at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy soon followed. I had signed up for inventory notifications at these sites, and I got an alert yesterday afternoon from Walmart.

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Following the link, I quickly completed my order not believing it would actually process based on my previous experiences trying to online order the Nintendo Classic Edition. Luckily, my order appeared to go through followed by email confirmation of my order.

But… you just never know especially since this release came out of nowhere. The Twitterverse mentioned possible cancellations as a mistake on Walmart’s part and reported technical issues on Walmart’s site before selling out.

This morning, I thought it was too good to be true when I saw another email from Walmart. Here comes the “Ooops, my bad, we made a mistake” message I thought, but surprise, surprise instead Walmart was informing me that the release date of the SNES Classic Edition moved up a day from the original date.

But I’m still crossing my fingers until the SNES is in hand, and I’m playing Street Fighter II Turbo, Contra III, F-Zero, Final Fantasy III…

Holiday Gift Guide 2016: NES Classic

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nes-classic-edition-boxOf course the 2016 edition of the Pulpconnection Holiday Gift Guide kicks off with none other than the NES Classic game console. If you’re reading this then you know it’s already too late to get one of these childhood memories with initial inventory selling out in minutes. Online or at retail locations, these things didn’t last long.

But there is hope with Nintendo reassuring fans that inventory will be replenished over the weeks to come. But if you did manage to get one, it would, no doubt, be a memorable gift for old schoool gamers.

More Pulpconnection Holiday Gift Guide 2016.