Doc says I can read and write normally now, so I'll chime in on this.
Judging by the interface, save states and the crt filter, I was probably spot on in thinking that this is some recycled wii tech. A famicom classic is also being released.... it's shaped like a mini famicom. It's library and gui is slightly different, which makes me think that there must be some way to access the firmware on these boards as I seriously doubt they made a different motherboard for each unit. If we are lucky they used the usb power port, which is often used to update firmware on devices like the xbox one gamepads. IF that is true and IF the emulator is similar to those used on wii/wii u vc games, then it will be quite simple to swap out roms and only slightly more complicated to swap out textures. I mean, I figured it out last time if that tells you how easy it was.
Wouldn't you know that they start rolling out the pre-orders right after my surgery when I'm not allowed to read, so I missed that boat. Hopefully I can get one at launch.