This gorgeous remake of the original NES costs nearly $500

This holiday, Nintendo will re-release its classic Nintendo Entertainment System — the NES — in a smaller form. This is the NES Classic Edition: it has 30 games, and it costs $60. It even uses a facsimile of the original NES gamepad.

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The NES Classic Edition fits in the palm of your hand!

But what about all the hundreds of other games on the NES? What if you want to use cartridges to re-live the glory days of “Jackal?” For that, you’ll need something a bit more powerful than the NES Classic Edition. 

Introducing the Analogue NT Mini:

Analogue NT

Oh man, it requires two hands to hold up for photos? FORGET IT THEN.

Pretty, isn’t it? Here’s everything we know about the Analogue NT Mini:

Like the NES Classic, the Analogue NT Mini is delightfully small. Unlike the NES Classic, you can straight up plug old games into the top.

You’ll also notice that there are four controller ports on the front. There are only so many NES classics with four-player support, but it’s a nice feature to have built in.

The big selling point for the Analogue NT Mini, like the original Analogue NT, is that it’s made of serious, long-lasting materials. It’s carved out of a single block of aluminum.

It also works with every classic NES peripheral, from the Zapper seen below to that ridiculous “Track & Field” mat you’ve been holding on to.

As a bonus, the system comes with one high-quality wireless NES gamepad from 8bitdo, as well as the wireless receiver it uses. Rad!

Here’s the really, really bad news: The Analogue NT Mini is outrageously expensive. Remember when I told you that the NES Classic is $60? The Analogue NT Mini is an astounding $479.

Outside of being built well, the reason Analogue NT gives for this insanely high price is functionality. The Analogue NT Mini plays NES, Famicom (the name for the NES in Japan), and Famicom Disk System games, all directly from the original cartridges.

If you’re willing to trade a near-$400 difference in price for functionality, build quality, and a wireless gamepad, this is the NES you’ve been looking for. It starts shipping to buyers in January 2017.

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