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Game & Watch heads to DSiWare

Classic games to get a second lease of life on Nintendo download service

Game & Watch heads to DSiWare
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A selection of Nintendo’s legendary Game & Watch games is headed for the Japanese DSiWare over the coming weeks. Nine of the retro titles are making their way over to start with, at a cost of 200 points each.

Ball, Flagman, Vermin and Judge will be out on July 15th; Helmet and Chef on July 29th and Donkey Kong JR, Mario’s Cement Factory and Manhole have been confirmed for some time in August.

There’s no news on a western release just yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear anything.

Game & Watch was a series of standalone electronic games released by Nintendo between 1980 and 1991. They were created by legendary designer Gunpei Yukoi, who went on to create the Game Boy.

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Jon Mundy
Jon Mundy
Jon is a consummate expert in adventure, action, and sports games. Which is just as well, as in real life he's timid, lazy, and unfit. It's amazing how these things even themselves out.