Nintendo to relaunch '80s hit Game & Watch console on Nov. 13

Company reprising first mobile product with new full-color display

Nintendo Game&Watch Nikkei 20200904

The Game&Watch console will be produced on a limited basis until March 2021. (Screen shot from Nintendo movie clip) 

Nikkei staff writers

OSAKA -- Nintendo is launching on Nov. 13 a reproduction of its Game & Watch, the company's first mobile game console sold in the 1980s, the company announced Thursday night.

The console will be produced on a limited basis until March 2021, with an upgraded full-color display. Nintendo's official online shopping site, which started accepting preorders on Thursday evening, had, by the following morning, stopped taking them.

Sponsored Content

About Sponsored ContentThis content was commissioned by Nikkei's Global Business Bureau.