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Nintendo Japan plans to stop repairing its Classic Edition consoles

The Nintendo Family Computer Classic Edition and Super Famicom Classic Edition consoles pictured next to each one’s logo.
It’s hard to believe Nintendo’s Classic Edition consoles are already this old. | Image: Nintendo Japan

Somehow, Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition console is already almost eight years old, while the Super Nintendo Classic Edition is about to turn seven. That’s apparently old enough for Nintendo to announce that the Japanese versions of the consoles — the Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer and the Nintendo Classic Mini Super Famicom — will no longer be eligible for repair once Nintendo Japan’s current stock of parts runs out.

That doesn’t mean that if you wake up tomorrow morning with a mini Famicom that won’t boot you’re out of luck. Nintendo Japan will continue to accept repairs but is warning users that it doesn’t have a definitive timeline for how long that will be the case. Nintendo Japan announced its plan to end repairs of the…

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