The $500 Nintendo NES Mini #Helpful Post

Hey, guys, this is Austin.

So this is the NES Classic

and for about $60, it's probably the best way

of playing old school Nintendo games or is it?

Because what I have in front of me right here

is a $500 NES.

This is the Nt mini

and when Analogue offered to send it out, I couldn't say no.

This is pretty much the exact opposite

of what the NES Classic is

as this is a serious piece of machinery.

The first thing that jumps out to me

is just how solid it is.

There's nothing wrong with the NES Classic.

I really do think this is a nice little design

but it's pretty much plastic

and if you open one of these things up,

there's not a whole lot going on inside

whereas this is sort of the ultimate Nintendo.

They have gone all out.

Inside the box, we have the NES 30 8Bitdo controller.

Now, I've actually already done a video on this

a few months ago and I really liked it.

Not only is it wireless so you can use this little adapter

to be able to plug it straight into the original

NES cart slot but besides that,

it feels almost completely identical

to an original controller.

We also have a ton of power bricks and adapters

for different countries as well as some extra cables.

So right here, we have HDMI.

Just like the NES Classic,

you can connect this to a modern TV via HDMI.

However, because these guys are completely crazy,

we also have VGA component S-video and composite options

because reasons.

They really went all out with this.

So there's support for the Famicom mic attachment

as well as the Famicom audio.

You also have a USB port for charging the controller

and around the side, you can upgrade the firmware

via SD card.

Whoa, wait what?

Oh, I didn't even realize, the bottom is like plexiglass.

Wow, I actually kinda wanna open this up

just to see what's inside.

What's interesting about this, unlike the NES Classic,

is that while this supports software emulation

so it's essentially running

like a low powered smartphone chip

to be able to do all of the emulation,

this is running on FPGA

which is essentially the original hardware from the NES.

Now, they're really proud about the idea

that it pretty much has no lag when you're playing games.

Now, it's not exactly like there's a lot of lag

when you're playing on the NES Classic

but these guys have really gone above and beyond

to make the most authentic experience possible.

The build quality on this thing is stupid good.

Not only is it real aluminum

but with that acrylic window and,

they just went so over the top with this.

I mean, think about it.

The NES is over 30 years old at this point

and these guys engineered essentially

the ultimate version for 2017.

Now, one of the other big advantages over the Classic

is while this comes with 30 games,

this doesn't come with any

but you actually do have the full NES cart slot

as well as for the Famicom.

So when you're ready to play a game,

you just grab an original NES cart

and it clicks right in and that's legit.

This is ready to play.

Once you get the Nt mini set up,

it's pretty much an NES but there are a few options.

So there's a small menu here

and we have a few options like running the actual game

but a lot of the interesting stuff is in Settings.

So if you go into Video,

they have an insane number of options.

So not only can we pick whatever kind of resolution we want

but we can also go and exactly change the height,

the position, the width.

I mean, they even have all the things for scanlines, right,

so if you want two, three, 4x, Original.

This is way, way more than anyone actually needs.

So I'm doing the sort of basic way of playing right now

which is just using HDMI and it's easy to get setup

but if you're really hardcore with this,

you can use stuff like VGA out

to really sort of get that analog input.

Oh, look at that.

Look at that, Kirby master right now.

If you're a hardcore Nintendo fan,

yeah, you'll probably appreciate some of these differences

and I do think that the ability to play

all of your original NES games

and not just those few that actually come on the NES Classic

is cool but this is for hardcore people.

This is for people who wanna spend $500

on the ultimate NES.

It is crazy that this even exists at all.

So no, I'm not going to sit here and tell you

that you should spend $500 on an Nintendo.

However, I think anyone can appreciate

the crazy level of detail

that makes this even exist in 2017.

So what do you guys think about the Nt mini?

Let me know in the comments below

and I will catch you in the next one.