Nintendo Announces the Mini NES

Nintendo has unveiled a new console, but it isn’t the NX. Instead, the Japanese company has revealed a redux of the hardware that launched its entry into home gaming. Behold, the Mini NES!

The Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System is a tiny USB-powered version of the original 1980s console – petite enough to fit in the palm of your hand – which comes with thirty inbuilt classic games and one replica NES controller, which is also compatible with the Wii and Wii U to play applicable Virtual Console games. Wii U Classic Controller or Wii Classic Controller Pro are reverse-compatible with the Mini NES, while the NES Classic Controller will go on sale separately.

The thirty free games included are:

• Balloon Fight
• Bubble Bobble
• Castlevania
• Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest
• Donkey Kong
• Donkey Kong Jr.
• Double Dragon 2: The Revenge
• Mario
• Excitebike
• Final Fantasy
• Galaga
• Ghosts ‘n Goblins
• Gradius
• Ice Climber
• Kid Icarus
• Kirby’s Adventure
• Mario Bros.
• Mega Man 2
• Metroid
• Ninja Gaiden
• Pac-Man
• Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
• StarTropics
• Super C
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Tecmo Bowl
• The Legend of Zelda
• Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link

The Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System is set for release on 11th November, priced $59.99 (UK price is yet to be announced). Fingers crossed that a Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System follows soon.