Nintendo is resurrecting one of its earliest gaming consoles to help you celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. 

In November, the company is bringing back the Game & Watch, a series of handheld products Nintendo first launched in 1980. This time, though, the product will come installed with the NES version of Super Mario Bros. 

The revival adopts the same design as the original Game & Watch, which was Nintendo’s first handheld gaming product. At the time, the hardware was pretty limited and only capable of rendering static digital sprites over the black-and-white LCD screen. 

The products could also only play one game. From 1980 to 1991, Nintendo released dozens of different models that ran scaled-down versions of hit games including Super Marios Bros., Donkey Kong, and Zelda. But eventually, the company phased them out in favor of the Game Boy, which could render moving pixels on the LCD screen. 

The Ball game on the new Game & Watch gets a Mario makeover. (Credit: Nintendo) 

Nintendo has now decided to bring back the Game & Watch as collector’s item for diehard fans. The hardware, which weighs at 0.15 pounds, has been updated to run not only the NES version of Super Mario Bros., but also Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. The product will also come with “Ball,” the first title available from the Game & Watch series.  

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Nintendo Revives 1980s 'Game & Watch' Handheld With Super Mario Bros.

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