The Nintendo Entertainment System — more widely known as the NES — is the console that single-handedly saved the video game industry back in the early 80s. It is also the console that put Nintendo on the map, and establish the company as one of the biggest video game developers in history.
With all the success that the NES had back in the day, it was only natural that Nintendo would decide to do something with it at some point — almost inevitable, actually — and so they did; introducing players to the NES Classic, which is a miniature version of the original console, albeit with a bunch of critically acclaimed pre-loaded games.
Needless to say, the NES Classic was a massive hit amongst fans of The Big N; so much so, in fact, that Nintendo was not able to meet customer demands, and was later brought back. These days, however, NES Classic consoles are hard to come by, and Nintendo has already discontinued production.
During a recent interview with NintendoLife, Nintendo Entertainment System creator Masayuki Uemura made a very interesting statement — saying that he believes people would still buy a full-size NES console if Nintendo decided to make one right now.
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Why make it mini? I think they could still develop a regular Famicom and people would still buy it," Uemura revealed.
Uemura does make a very valid point, especially after the reception the NES Classic and Super NES Classic got when they were launched. If Nintendo did decide to release a full-size NES console that even played the cartridges of yesteryear, people would definitely run to the stores and purchase their console.
With all that said, it is very unlikely that Nintendo would do something like that. If they were really interested in doing something of the like, they would've kept producing the NES Classic and SNES Classic. Then again, Nintendo is known to surprise fans, and randomly announcing that they will be selling NES consoles again does sound like something The Big N could do.
As a side note, and for those of you wondering, Famicom is short for Family Computer — which is the NES' original name before it was localised outside of Japan.