As part of the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., Nintendo has announced that it will launch a new console this year. No it's not a direct competitor to the PS5 or Xbox Series X, rather the House of Mario is revisiting an old console released in the 1980s: the Game & Watch. These series of handheld consoles contained a game as well as the ability to tell the time. In 2020, Nintendo is releasing a new collectible device inspired by these handhelds and is named Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.

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Nintendo's upcoming device features a modern +Control Pad, comes pre-loaded with classic games Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (released in Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2) and a special version of Ball with a Mario makeover. Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. also functions as a clock, with 35 little touches to discover, including some guest appearances from Mario’s friends and foes.

Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. launches on 13th November.

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[peteruk]

you mean one to sell on ebay when the price is high enough

Well yes mate ofc

 

[Kwyjor]

Why would they attach data pins to this one's USB-C cable? It also has no wireless of any kind. How do you plan on being able to hack it? I guess if you took it apart, maybe.

Why did they attach data pins on the NES mini and SNES mini?

Either way, 99% of these are going to end up on a shelf collecting dust, hacked or not.

 

[ciaomao]

pre-ordered, finally

 

[Taleweaver]

... I don't get the appeal. And my very first video game I've ever played was on game & watch.
I mean... What's even the nostalgic value of it doesn't play the original games to begin with?
(no, I still wouldn't get it if it played manhole... Gaming got BETTER since then)

 

[RedBlueGreen]

I really like the look of it, love the OG Game and Watch stuff...but $50 = strong pass for me I think. Maybe if it included all the G&W games in collection or something, or could be updated to add more games for free later on I'd grab one, but for just SMB? Nah, I don't need to pay for a 35 year old game for the billionth time.

If it had the NES version of SMB3 as well I would actually consider it.

 

[ciaomao]

... I don't get the appeal. And my very first video game I've ever played was on game & watch.
I mean... What's even the nostalgic value of it doesn't play the original games to begin with?
(no, I still wouldn't get it if it played manhole... Gaming got BETTER since then)

my first handheld was also a G&W and a completely new segment-based LCD would have been my wish. OR a reissue of the mario crystal screen. I think I am just starting to dream.

 

[Mnecraft368]

That was quick.

 

[Bladexdsl]

see i told you all the scalpers bought them all. fucking parasites

 

[subcon959]

ShopTo still has some at this time if you missed out on Nintendo stock.

 

[DJPlace]

never played a real life game and watch i only played the Game Boy games. all i just had before i got my game gear was tiger hand held games with no color.... my fav one of those was batman and captian planet.

 

[HarveyHouston]

I can see that not many are excited for this one but I certainly am

Hey, I like it! It's just... not what I expected. It's a neat system, and I'll consider getting it before it sells out.

 

[limpbiz411]

im chomping at the bits just to beat the scalpers here in usa, i keep refreshing the webpage. I'm going to go clinically insane because of this if only we lived in a world without scalpers.

 

[WiiHomebrew+Snes]

yknow what would be interesting? if there are scalpers who scalp to be able to afford to buy other stuff from scalpers. I feel like that might happen with all the different limited mario stuff coming out.

 

[Rahkeesh]

Remember how much more shit everyone gave Sega for doing exactly this same thing?

 

[DerpDingus]

nintendo fans " We want a gameboy mini "

Nintendo " how about we release a game & watch that has two 35 year old games and drum roll please....

A WATCH THAT TELLS TIME!!!"

 

[Mnecraft368]

The official Japanese site on this shows a lot more of it off. Shows the sides and back of the device, including the power button and usb-c port positions, in a fancy animation. Also shows its FCC compliance message on the back
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/gamewatch/index.html

 

[grubgrub]

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?...ame+and+watch&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1&_sop=10

So many sold listings!

Too late to jump on that bandwagon >.>

 

[lordelan]

As usual I think this is a waste of resources and therefore garbage.
I'd like to have one in some way but I'd play a day or at maximum a week with it and that's it.
I hope someone dumps the stuff though as there seem to be special touches to the Mario Bros. 1 rom that I would like to enjoy in RetroArch on my Switch.

 

[LightBeam]

You do realize this is practically nothing like an actual G&W, right? If you want something like that, you should check out those Tiger Electronics rereleases that were announced a while back. Granted, Nintendo did have a slightly superior product - but not by much.

I know, this has nothing to do, I was just talking about the shape and stuff (not the screen which is obviously not the same) but I didn't know about the Tiger Electronics being re-released, tho I've only heard bad stuff about those so I'll pass

 

[WiiHomebrew+Snes]

Aww, sad there's no kickstand. Although pretty sure the ball rerelease 9 years ago also didn't have it. Either way, probably means you can't use it as an alarm.