How to find out exactly when and where you can pre-order the Nintendo SNES Classic Edition

Super Nintendo Classic Edition

This time, you'll be prepared.

If you missed out on Nintendo's short-lived NES Classic Edition earlier this year, you're probably pining to get the upcoming SNES Classic Edition, the $80 mini Super Nintendo that works with modern TVs and comes with 21 classic games built-in.

Nintendo revealed on Tuesday that the SNES Classic Edition will be available for pre-order from "various retailers late this month." Considering this will be a very hot item when it goes on sale, I've come up with a way for you to track down when those stores will have the SNES Classic available for pre-order.

Check it out:

Keep this continuously-refreshing list of Twitter accounts open in a tab. It will eventually show when the SNES Classic is available to pre-order.

I've compiled a list with the Twitter accounts of stores that openly claim they'll have the SNES Classic available for pre-order, as well as those that sold the previous NES Classic, for good measure. If those stores will likely announce via Twitter when they have the SNES Classic up for pre-order.

You can click here to see the list that I've created, which refreshes as new tweets are posted. I'll keep the list updated if more stores claim they'll offer the SNES Classic for pre-order.

Right now, that list will likely show a lot of irrelevant tweets that have nothing to do with the SNES Classic. It could drive you crazy, but once the news comes out that it's available for pre-order, you'll be thankful you endured the madness. Then, you can click like hell to nab yourself a SNES Classic from whatever store tweets that it has pre-order units available.

If you want to make your own personalized list to receive notifications of new tweets about the SNES Classic, you'll need to sign up for a Twitter account and create a list using Tweetdeck.

Again, you might go crazy with all the irrelevant tweet notifications for the time being, but it'll all be worth it once you get your hands on that gray and purple 16-bit goodness.

1. Sign up for Twitter (if you haven't already)

2. Go to tweetdeck.com and sign in with your Twitter account information.

3. On the left of the Tweetdeck interface, click the "+" button to add a column.

4. Select "List."

5. Click "Create new list."

6. Name your new list "SNES Classic," or whatever you want, and click save.

7. Start adding the following Twitter accounts to your list:

6. A column will appear containing the latest tweets from all those stores.

7. To get notifications of new tweets from those Twitter accounts, click the settings button to the right of the column's name.

8. Click "Preferences."

9. Select "Enable desktop notifications," you can select "Enable sound" if you want, too.

10. Select the size you want for the desktop notifications for the tweets. Click the settings button again to close the menu.

11. Click the "Let's Go" button in the blue bar at the top of Tweetdeck to allow desktop notifications. If you run Chrome, it may ask you again if you want to allow notifications. Click "Allow."

You can disable the notifications once you're done.

Sign up for email alerts from stores that will offer pre-orders for the SNES Classic. Those stores include Amazon...

Sign up for an email alert when the SNES Classic becomes available for pre-order on Amazon. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account to sign up for the alert.

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