Well, you knew it was going to happen eventually. You’ve always dreaded this day. But the time has come. Nintendo of Japan has finally decided drop their support for their granddaddy of Nintendo consoles, the Famicom. Otherwise known as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) to the rest of the world. Also to go is the support for the Super Nintendo (Super Famicom), N64, Gameboy, and Gameboy Pocket lines. The reason for this was due to issues from finding the needed parts required for repairs. And possibly the fact that you can now play a lot these older games on the Wii’s Virtual Console (or via emulators).

This comes as a surprise not because they’re actually doing it, but because I (as well as just about everyone) didn’t even know the NES was still being supported in the first place. It’s almost like Microsoft just ending support for Windows 1.0 or something now.

Source : Arcade Rennaisance