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Nintendo Co. is doubling down on nostalgia with the introduction of a mini version of its classic Nintendo Entertainment System.

The new mini NES will include 30 built-in games and will connect to modern televisions via HDMI. Alongside the mini NES, Nintendo is releasing new gamepads that will look and feel exactly the same as the ones released with the original NES in 1985. The new pads will work with the new mini NES and also will plug into Wii remotes, meaning they can be used to play classic games on Nintendo’s Wii and Wii U systems.

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The original Nintendo Entertainment System, based on the slightly different Japanese Famicom system, was released in the fall of 1985 in the wake of the crash of the Atari 2600 and in the midst of a moribund video-game industry. The NES’s surging success revived the games industry, and moved the centre of games development, especially for home consoles, from North America to Japan.