John Olinda This thing is going to sell out so fast it's going to hurt. Nintendo's really on a roll this last week. nintendo.com/nes-c...

Martijn I just don't get this one. People really interested in retro gaming can just set-up a RetroPi or something and have thousands of games to chose from, instead of a limited few pre-selected by Nintendo with no real way to ever change what games are available.

Nkrs Not everyone has the skill and the want to set up such a thing himself. This is a finished product with professionally designed and made case, made by the original manufacturer, and it's made to be just unboxed and plugged into the TV, no extra setup. RetroPie is an interesting project, but it requires building the machine yourself and messing around with OS images, and it might not even turn out alright. I haven't heard of RetroPie before, but now that I did, it sounds like a cheaper variant that I might try; I could even reuse the Terminator case.

Martijn Most places that sell RPi's will sell kits with cases and cables included. All you need to do is download the latest RetroPi onto the SD card that came with your kit and you should be ready to go. I don't expect people to run emulation software on a completely different console (like how I run a GBA emulator on my PSP), but a RPi should not really be a problem.