Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda is a cozy piece of nostalgia

Nintendo has another new microconsole for the holidays. The company launched the $50 Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda device earlier this month as part of its run up to the gift-giving season. Like last year’s Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros., this is a throwback handheld that focuses on a single game series with The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventures of Link, and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. And it’s exactly the kind of thing that I would love to spend Christmas day tinkering with.

This is Nintendo’s latest effort to offer up a smaller hardware option for fans. While this initiative started with the Nintendo Classic and Super Nintendo Classic, the company has shifted to these handhelds instead. And you can see why — the publisher doesn’t need to go out and license other games. While many of the titles on the NES Classic were from other companies, Nintendo can get away with shipping these portable devices with only a handful of its own ROMs.