Party like it's 1983: Nintendo Classic Mini aims to pique gamers' nostalgia

The video game company is rereleasing the console that started it all, with a new version of the Nintendo Entertainment System set to hit shops in November

Hot on the heels of Nintendo's biggest success in years - that would be Poki(C)mon Go, which you may have read about - the company is releasing a new version of its 1983 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) on 11 November. Stock in the company, already on the rise from the Poki(C)mon Go phenomenon, was up 15% on Thursday morning.

The new NES, called the Nintendo Classic Mini, will be smaller, lighter and composed of fewer parts than its 33-year-old thrice-great-grandfather. The company has released five subsequent home video game consoles since the NES broke out and, unlike other systems made by Nintendo, the new version will be a dedicated machine with a preset selection of 30 games from the company's vast library. It will retail for $59.99.