You get just one controller in the box, with the option of buying another separately. You’ve got the same layout of ‘A’ and ‘B’ buttons on the right, a D-pad on the left, and ‘Start’ and ‘Select’ buttons in the center. Thankfully, while the console has been slimmed down, the controller remains full-size, and is functionally exactly the same as the NES original. It’s also surprisingly light, but thanks to some non-slip rubber feet you’ll find it sits snugly wherever you put it. For reference it’s about as wide as an iPhone SE is long and should fit in the palm of your hand, which is to say that it’s a dinky console indeed. The console itself is 126 x 99 x 43mm ( W x D x H). Even we were surprised at how small the box was when we first saw it, and once we’d gotten the console out it seemed smaller still. The biggest change however, is its size and weight. The Nintendo Classic Mini doesn’t have a cartridge slot for example (all the games run off internal memory), and the console uses the much more modern HDMI connector to get data onto a television’s screen, rather than the original’s ancient aerial connection. Naturally a couple of changes have been made since the original console was released in 1983.

If you’re familiar with the design of the original Nintendo Entertainment System then you’ll have a pretty good idea of how the Nintendo Classic Edition looks. Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System (White) at Amazon for $229.97.It's not a completely flawless nostalgia trip, clearly, but aside from some minor hardware difficulties the £49/$59/AU$99 Nintendo Classic Mini succeeds at almost everything it attempts. These aren’t the same as games from the days of early 3D graphics, when developers were still struggling to make use of the third-dimension, these are games from 2D-gaming’s prime NES developers knew what they were doing, and their efforts hold up surprisingly well over 30 years later. You might expect the system to suffer from these nostalgia-related issues, and it does but what’s more surprising is how well many of the games hold up. The Nintendo Entertainment System (or the NES) was originally a system released in 1983, and now Nintendo is bringing it back, along with 30 of its best games, as the Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System.

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