Rumor: There will be no pre-orders for the NES Classic Edition

If you've been looking to pre-order Nintendo's upcoming NES Classic Edition, you might have noticed that the ability to do so is nowhere to be found. According to a poster on NeoGAF (mollipen), claiming to have spoken directly with a Nintendo Rep at a hands-on event in Los Angeles, Nintendo will not be doing pre-orders for the device at all.

Here's the excerpt from the post:

Originally Posted by mollipen

Nintendo specifically told me they aren't doing preorders. So that's why they haven't started yet, because they aren't going to on an official level.

Basically, I was at a recent hands-on event here in Los Angeles for upcoming Nintendo releases, and one of the things they were showing off was the NES Classic Edition. I specifically brought up the whole pre-order situation, and how I—speaking as a fan, not media—was really frustrated at the communication that had gone on about buying the device, and confusion over how or when consumers can pre-order or secure one. I was told by the Nintendo rep (with PR present) that Nintendo simply wasn't going to be doing preorders for the device, and that's it be a "buy it on day one" kind of thing.