{"id":6877,"date":"2017-06-27T12:50:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T12:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2017-06-27T12:50:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T12:50:53","slug":"linked-nintendo-discontinues-the-nes-classic-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/06\/27\/linked-nintendo-discontinues-the-nes-classic-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Nintendo Discontinues the NES Classic Edition&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2940,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ign.com\\\/articles\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/13\\\/nintendo-discontinues-the-nes-classic-edition&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250907234935\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.ign.com\\\/articles\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/13\\\/nintendo-discontinues-the-nes-classic-edition&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 02:13:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 16:08:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 21:49:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 21:55:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 08:00:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-21 10:44:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-04 03:54:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 13:35:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 13:35:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2017\/04\/13\/nintendo-discontinues-the-nes-classic-edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via IGN<\/a>: (What happened to this once great website? Auto playing video and a design that on a retina MacBook Pro only shows me 2 lines of article text with the rest being pop-ups and banner ads)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A Nintendo representative provided the following statement to IGN:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThroughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year. We encourage anyone interested in obtaining this system to check with retail outlets regarding availability. We understand that it has been difficult for many consumers to find a system, and for that we apologize. We have paid close attention to consumer feedback, and we greatly appreciate the incredible level of consumer interest and support for this product.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This device is so popular we\u2019re cancelling it. This is an extremely odd outcome for any for-profit company to arrive at.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via IGN: (What happened to this once great website? Auto playing video and a design that on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-06-27T12:51:01Z","apple_news_api_id":"c641fa92-95d7-440d-a060-9981a1678b5b","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-06-27T12:51:07Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AxkH6kpXXRA2gYJmBoWeLWw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1MV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5641,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/25\/linked-former-nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-tribute-gdc\/","url_meta":{"origin":6877,"position":0},"title":"Linked: Former Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Tribute @ GDC","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via LaughingSquid: Satoru Iwata, former president and CEO of Nintendo, passed away last July at age 55. 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