Nintendo will bring back the super-retro handheld game and watch from the 1980s


The Japanese gaming company has announced that it will re-launch the handheld sensation Game & Watch, which Nintendo put on the map 40 years ago.

First released in 1980 and produced in 1991, Game & Watch was a series of handheld games – in 59 – sold by Nintendo before the world of Game Boy. Unlike Game Boy, a black-and-white game and a watch can only play one game.

The new Game & Watch Watch, built to look original with its’ 80s style, is definitely more sophisticated – it has a color LCD screen and a rechargeable battery with a USB-C connector. It will play three games: “Super Mario Brothers.” “Super Mario Bros .: The Lost Level” and “Ball (Mario version).”

Like every game and watch device that has come out since 1981, the new one can be an alarm clock with the tap of a button. At this point, 35 different screen-saver scenes of Mario interact with the clock.

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Although Game & Watch was not Nintendo’s first video game attempt, it was its first successful attempt, paving the way for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 and Game Boy in 1989.

The Game & Watch is not celebrated like some of Nintendo’s other game systems, but was the first system to feature a + shaped directional pad, first seen in 1982 on the “Donkey Kong” Game & Watch. Its success also gave handheld gaming some legitimacy, a feature of which video game makers were obscure in the 1970s.

Before Nintendo released the version over the past decade and put in its “Super Smash Bros.” – Mr. Game & Watch Watch – an anonymous character that appears in many games from the early Game & Watch Watch, Game & Winch is immersed in a nostalgia bucket. Games.

The company has recently re-released. In recent years, it has sold classic versions of NES and Super Nintendo, complete with dozens of games and original controllers. Now, Nintendo is in full celebration mode: it’s Mario’s 35th anniversary. The company announced tons of Mario Fun, including a new Battle Royale game and a re-launch of “Super Mario 64,” “Super Mario Galaxy” and “Super Mario Sunshine.”

Now it’s Game & Watch’s turn in the spotlight. Game & Watch’s 40th anniversary edition will go on sale for a limited time on November 13.

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