Nintendo Mini Classics

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Nintendo Mini Classics are small LCD games, similar to Game and Watch or Tiger handhelds shaped like a Game Boy and with a keychain attached. Most games in the series are reissues of Game & Watch titles, but there are a few newer titles that were not from the original Game & Watch series. Titles that are not originally Game & Watch titles are still officially licensed by Nintendo.

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[edit] Design

The design looks like a Game Boy. It has a keychain attached to the top left hand corner, and has a stand on the back. It comes in different colors such as blue and green, depending on which game. Mario Cement Factory is blue for example. It has an Alarm like the Game and Watch too. Some games like Oil Panic has two screens.

The front of the Nintendo Mini Classic that has Mario's Cement Factory.

The back of the Nintendo Mini Classic that has Mario's Cement Factory.

The stand on the back of the Nintendo Mini Classic.

[edit] Batteries

In order to play the game, you need two AG13+Button Cell batteries. The batteries come with the Nintendo Mini Classic. But it is known that the batteries can run out (this is mostly known with the "Super Mario Bros" version).

[edit] Known Issues

1.Sometimes if you leave it on during in game playing, the sound becomes high pitched on some games.(Same happened in Super Mario Bros.)

2. There has been known issues that it may not power on (This is very unlikely to happen)

[edit] Games

[edit] Game & Watch reissues

[edit] Original Titles

  • Carrera
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Europe exclusive)
  • Poker (Europe exclusive)
  • Smurfs (Europe exclusive)
  • Soccer
  • Spider-Man
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (Single Screen) (Europe exclusive)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (Dual-Screen) (Europe exclusive)
  • Sudoku (Europe exclusive)
  • Tetris (Europe Exclusive)
  • UEFA Euro 2008 (Europe exclusive)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh

[edit] Different Colors

Some of the Mini Classics models, particularly the often-reissued Mario and Donkey Kong titles, have undergone several different color changes since the original 1998 releases. A couple of titles have also been given new color-tinted LCD displays since then.

[edit] Octopus

  • Toymax: Light Blue Case (1999)
  • Take 2:

[edit] Donkey Kong Jr.

  • Toymax: Dark Green Case (1998)
  • MGA: Yellow-Green Case (2000) (later reissued with color LCD circa 2005)
  • It's Outrageous: Yellow Case with Color LCD (2007)

[edit] Mario's Cement Factory

  • Toymax: Yellow Case (1999)
  • MGA: Grey Case (2000)
  • Take 2: Transparent Yellow Case (2002?)
  • It's Outrageous: Dark Blue Case (2007)

[edit] Super Mario Bros.

  • Toymax: White Case (1998)
  • MGA: Blue Case (2000)
  • It's Outrageous: Green Case with Color LCD (2007)

[edit] The Smurfs

  • Take 2: Transparent Blue-Green Case (2001?)
  • Take 2 (?): Yellow Case (2006?)

[edit] Distributors

  • Stadlbauer - Maker of the Nintendo Mini Classics, and principal distributor of the titles in Europe.
  • Take 2 Interactive - (Current?) Distributor of the Mini Classics in parts of Europe. The only known distributor of Oil Panic and the games based on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • Toymax - First American distributor of the Mini Classics. The first wave released in 1998 consisted of Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Fire, and Parachute. Octopus and Mario's Cement Factory were issued shortly thereafter in 1999. The packaging and an insert included for the last two games indicate that Snoopy Tennis apparently was also released in that time, but a Toymax-branded version of the game has yet to be discovered.
  • MGA Entertainment - After the Toymax releases, MGA reissued reissued Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario's Cement Factory in the USA beginning in 2000.
  • It's Outrageous - Current distributor of the Mini Classics in the United States. The company re-reissued Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario's Cement Factory, and introduced several of the newer Mini Classics to America, including Donkey Kong, Zelda, Soccer, Spiderman and Carrea.

[edit] See also

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