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Announced earlier this year, Nintendo’s re-releases its iconic NES videogame console next month.

Packed with 8-bit classics like the Super Mario Bros trilogy, the first Zelda, Final Fantasy, Donkey Kong and more, the console has been bumped up to HD, and allows for instant game-saving, a nod to the old-school difficulty of the games.

Avaiable for pre-order now at various game shops for €65-70.

BONUS:

A split-screen comparison of gameplay on the original NES and the new box.

Should you find that NEScessary.

NEScessary.

Suit yourselves.

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An impressively brutal short from VFX studio Corridor Digital starring Steven Ogg (the voice of Trevor Phillips in Grand Theft Auto V). To wit:

After receiving a pair of the world’s most advanced Virtual Reality headset, a young man finds himself transported to a city full of chaos and bedlam where he meets the world’s most advanced A.I. trainer.

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Samorost 3 – an immersive game App recently released by Prague based Amanita Design (creators of the award winning Mechinarium).  Surreal, non verbal, heavily reliant on symbolism, sound design and intuition, the game is like an interactive artwork where players progress through the ecosystems of nine planets by solving increasingly difficult puzzles.

It’s no Pokemon Go.

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A promo for CupHead – a new side scroller from Studio MDHR (for PC and XBox One). To wit:

Inspired by cartoons of the 1930’s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional cel animation (hand drawn & hand inked!), watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings

MORE: Cuphead Vs Warren Spector (Games Industry)

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A pleasing animated tribute to all things thunk and ding [inspired by classic pinball games Twilight Zone (1993), Medieval Madness (1997), Tales of the Arabian Nights (1996), The Addams Family (1992) and Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure (1993)] by the nice people at Device animation studio in Barcelona.

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Behold the hand-polished 24k gold Analogue NT – a most conspicuous way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Legend Of Zelda.

Included with the blingful deck (which has a transparent baseplate revealing the inner gubbins and plays NES, Famicom and Famicom Disk System games) is a HDMI upgrade and an original gold The Legend of Zelda NES game cartridge.

Yours for a trifling €4,386.

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