Everyone wants an NES Mini, but I remained skeptical, and until now, I haven't seen anyone answer the most important question of all: how long are the controller cords? Well, it turns out that Nintendo didn't just cheap out on hardware, but they packed in an ultra-short controller cord to boot.

Polygon has finally written up something actually worthwhile about the NES Classic Edition; instead of just praising it at every turn, the publication is now scrutinizing one of the system's most annoying aspects: ultra-short controller cables. The NES Mini's controllers resemble a normal NES controller in almost every way--it's shaped the same, just as big as the golden oldie, but the cord length has been severed by half. We're talking Famicom-length short.

Nintendo shipping out NES Mini controllers with tiny cords just reeks of cost-cutting, and if it wasn't for the system's scaled resolution and video modes in 1080p, I'd call the tiny box just another shameless nostalgic cash grab. Considering how light the system is--it's literally just a Raspberry Pi-sized PCB in a really thin plastic box--this is a big problem. I see the system slinging all over the place, sliding every which way on coffee tables, stands, entertainment centers, etc.

UPDATE: Blizzard won't be remastering the original Diablo games, but instead recreating the first Diablo adventure within Diablo III. There was no mention of porting Diablo II over in this fashion, so it looks like D2 will remain as it is.

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Blizzard may unveil remastered versions of the original ARPGs that started it all at Blizzcon, with HD ports of Diablo I and Diablo II along with a new Necromancer class being the major Diablo announcements at the show.

The new NES Classic Edition, or NES Mini as it's collectively known, aims to bring the world back to the golden age of 80's console gaming. But what makes the little box tick? Is it just a Raspberry Pi slapped into a cute teensy NES replica?

As it turns out, the NES Mini is quite close to your basic cheap tablet in terms of internal hardware. The tech itself is somewhat similar with a Raspberry Pi 2, but Nintendo has customized the NES Mini and removed a bunch of basic components found on the Raspberry Pi models, and Nintendo also went with a cheaper Allwinner alternative for obvious reasons.

Unlike a Raspberry Pi 3, however, the NES Mini's 512MB Spansion NAND Flash memory is soldered directly onto the PCB, so you won't be able to easily swap in Mini SD cards loaded with tons of ROMs.

N7 Day is just three days away, and EA is expected to finally reveal Mass Effect: Andromeda's 2017 release date. That date won't be set in stone, however: EA says that it will delay the game as far as half a year if BioWare needs more time.

Even amidst its new push towards action games, EA understands that the Mass Effect IP is a juggernaut that can't be rushed out the door.

BioWare has been diligently working on the game for years now, and the game itself has shown up at major trade shows like E3 2016 with hardly any in-game footage. There's a reason for that: EA is giving BioWare all the time they need to make the game great.

Steam may soon require all games sold on its digital storefront to be accompanied by actual in-game screenshots instead of disingenuous, non-representative "bullshot" images that devs and publishers use to dazzle gamers.

Good news, PC gamers! Bullshots are coming to an end, at least on Steam. Valve plans on rolling out a new Discovery 2.0 update in a few weeks that asks developers to showcase authentic images of their game. This means the obviously doctored Watch Dogs bullshots and those infamous No Man's Sky images will need to be swapped out entirely--along with a ton of other misleading screenshots.

"We ask that any image syou upload to the screenshot section of your store page should be screenshots that show your game. This means avoiding using concept art, pre-rendered cinematic stills, or images that contain awards, cmarketing copy, or written product descriptions. Please show customers what youre game is actually like to play," Valve wrote on the blog update.

Set to be a big departure for the DC Comics Cinematic Universe, next year's 'Wonder Woman' is shaping up to be a good one for Warner, who's so far struggled to steer their ship creatively - even if 'Suicide Squad' ended up making mega bucks. The company has today released the second teaser for the upcoming feature, which hints at the wider plot.

The first solo 'Wonder Woman' feature which stars Gal Gadot reprising her role first seen in 'Batman v Superman' is set to delve deeper into the mythology of the Amazonian warrior, while weaving in and out of history.

'Wonder Woman' is set to hit 2D, 3D and IMAX cinemas worldwide on June 2nd 2017.

Facebook is making a big push into PC gaming with the launch of its Gameroom, a Windows desktop gaming platform. The app is available for users to download on Windows 7 and up.

The app is easy to install and lets users play games without the distraction of the News Feed. Users can browse the games by category, see all the games they usually play on Facebook and get all the game notifications in one place.

The Gameroom is filled with many games, some that you are already familiar with from Facebook, but there are also some native Gameroom games that you can check out.

In the past quarter, Facebook generated revenue of $7 billion, 56% more than the year before. During the same period, their profit tripled, thanks to strong growth in advertising.

According to a business report, Facebook's net profit reached $2.4 billion in Q3, which is 166% more than in the same quarter last year.

The advertising revenues, which make up most of Facebook revenues, rose 58% to $6.82 billion.

Google's Android operating system is a big winner in the Q3 2016. A market research firm Strategy Analytics published a report stating the Android OS has captured a record of 88 percent global market share.

Global shipments hit 375 million units in the third quarter of 2016. Out of 375 million smartphones, 328.6 million were Android phones.

Linda Sui, Director at Strategy Analytics, said in an official statement.

Huawei's event in Munich didn't end with two new phones - the Mate 9 and Porsche Design Mate 9. They also unveiled their new fitness tracker, simply named Huawei Fit.

Although it looks more like a smartwatch than a fitness band, the Huawei Fit is here to monitor your heart rate, count steps and track sleep. The fitness band will automatically sense when you are walking, running or sleep, it can monitor the distance, and it will tell you how many calories you burned.

The Fit comes with a 1.04-inch monochrome touchscreen and a 80 mAh battery. According to Huawei, the Fit can last up to 6 days on 2 hours charge. The band is rated IP68, and 5 ATMs for water resistance meaning it can stand submersion up to 50 meters.

Today in Munich, Huawei unveiled its latest flagship - the Mate 9. You can read all about it here.

Huawei also surprised everyone with a premium version of the phone - Porsche Design Mate 9. Basically, it's a beefed up version of Mate 9 that comes with a ludicrous price.

The Porsche Design Mate 9 comes with 6GB of RAM and 256GB of internal memory (compared to 4GB of RAM and 64GB of ROM on the Mate 9). The device has a 5.5-inch curved display with a 2K resolution screen (1440x2560 pixels). The camera and the battery are the same as the basic Mate 9 version - rear-dual camera 20MP (monochrome) + 12MP (color) and 8MP selfie camera, plus 4,000 mAh battery.

The Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei unveiled its latest flagship - the Mate 9. The Android phone is the top-of-the-line product and Huawei is in direct competition to Samsung and Google's Pixel.

A lot of info leaked before the official announcement so they don't come as a surprise. Huawei is using their own chips in the phones, and Mate 9 will feature their newest one - Kirin 960. The Mate 9 comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, and is expandable to 256GB with a microSD card.

The phone has a 5.9-inch full HD display, 4,000 mAh battery, fingerprint sensor and rear-dual camera system - 20MP (monochrome) + 12MP (color) with an aperture f/2.2. The front camera is 8MP with an aperture f/1.9.

Dishonored 2 has gone gold - and we know that means it's finished in some way, and will have some massive day one patch and will take weeks until it's more of a finished form because gold means so much right now - trash talk aside, Arkane Studios has revealed the PC requirements of Dishonored 2.

You'll need 8GB of RAM and 60GB of HDD space, as well as a mid-range graphics card and Steam of course. Even if you buy the physical copy of Dishonored 2, you'll still need to download "additional files" from Steam to activate the game.

NVIDIA technology and features are found in Dishonored 2, with the new GeForce 375.70 WHQL drivers recommended for the game, with NVIDIA including HBAO+, TXAA, Ansel, and Surround support.

Pop-culture franchises have been cross-pollinating for many years, from 'Alien v Predator' to 'Star Trek/Doctor Who', but the latest mash up of sci-fi franchises could be one of the most interesting as comic company IDW launch 'Star Trek: The Next Generation VS Aliens' in April 2017.

Announced at MCM London Comic Con, the upcoming The 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' / 'Aliens' crossover will be titled 'Acceptable Losses', and will be written by IDW's regular Trek creative team, and the people behind 'Star Trek/Doctor Who'; the Tipton brothers and JK Woodward.

So if you've wondered what would happen when Captain Jean-Luc Picard crosses paths with H.R. Giger's Xenomorph, you're about to find out!

Fans of astronomy should prepare for November 14th when they'll have the opportunity to enjoy a rare Supermoon.

The full Moon of November 14th is not only the closest full Moon of 2016 but also the closest full Moon to date in the 21st century. The full Moon won't come this close to Earth again until November 25, 2034. The last time the full Moon was this close to Earth was in 1948.

Henrik Fisker wants to forget all about its past failures and start a new page. He launched a new company, Fisker Inc. earlier this year, previously known as Fisker Automotive.

Fisker Automotive is related to what some call the biggest failure in the history of electric cars. In 2011 they announced the Fisker Karma, a $108,000 electric car, that turned out to have a pretty bad karma... The car was recalled multiple times due to many issues and the entire fiasco ended with the company filing for bankruptcy.

Given the history, Fisker's decision to come back to the electric car market is brave. But, he is back with a new car - EMotion.

The International Space Station has been continuously inhabited for 5,844 days since Expedition 1's crew of three arrived there on this day in 2000.

Expedition 1 consisted of an astronaut Bill Shepherd and two cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei K. Krikalev. They arrived at the Space Station on November 2nd, 2000, 16 years ago. It was the beginning of an uninterrupted human presence on the Station which continues to this day. The trio spent 136 days aboard the Station.

Apple's AirPods, which were scheduled to go on sale late October (that ship has sailed), were first postponed because according to Apple's spokesperson "they need a little more time before the AirPods are ready for customers."

Although a new date hasn't been given, users expected the delay wouldn't be a longer than a month, or at least the wireless ear buds that are somewhat of a replacement for the lack of headphone jack on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus would be ready before Christmas.

However, according to MacRumors, that might not happen. They report is that Apple is aiming towards January 2017 for the AirPods launch.

I can't believe that I'm writing this article, a major milestone not just for me personally, but professionally. This post is my 15,000th article that I've written for TweakTown, a massive journey that started in 2010. But where did I come from?

We're told throughout life that we need to finish school, go into further study, and spend our 20s 'finding ourselves' and trying out different jobs. Well, I've always been someone who doesn't want to do things the way everyone else does it - and this is how I've approached most of my life, including my career.

I was never someone who spent much time thinking about my career when I was a teenager and went from a factory/laboring job directly into IT retail for just under 10 years. I worked at a small IT retailer in South Australia called Getright Computers, right up until the end of the world - 12/21/12... the end of the Mayan calendar, 21st December, 2012 - the day I quit my day job and started writing for TweakTown full-time.

It's been over a decade since the last 'xXx' film which saw the lead role inherited by Ice Cube (yeah, the early '00's were weird), but Paramount Pictures has deemed the time is right to reinvigorate the old franchise for a third film which has just dropped its first trailer.

Despite killing the character off for the DVD extended cut of the first 'xXx' before being replaced by Ice Cube for the 2005 sequel, 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage' will see Vin Diesel will reprise his role as the extreme sports loving secret agent, alongside Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, Donnie Yen and Rory McCann. Director D.J. Caruso who was behind the lens for 'Disturbia' and 'Eagle Eye' will take the helm.

'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' hits cinemas worldwide from January 20, 2017.