NEW YORK (TheStreet) –– Nintendo (NTDOY)  shocked the tech community earlier Tuesday when it announced it will be making games for mobile devices.

In perhaps one of the more surprising announcements in recent memory, Nintendo unveiled a collaboration with Japanese mobile-gaming company DeNA (pronounced DNA) to bring all of its beloved games and characters, including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser and more, to smart devices. 

"The alliance is intended to complement Nintendo's dedicated video game systems business and extend Nintendo's reach into the vast market of smart device users worldwide," the companies said in a statement.

The announcement by Nintendo and DeNA was a long time coming for both gaming enthusiasts and investors. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said discussions had started in summer 2010, but the Japanese-based entertainment company publicly had denounced mobile games several times over the years.

Initial reaction to the news from consumers was overwhelmingly positive. "They view themselves as the Apple (AAPL) - Get Report of gaming," video game enthusiast Steve Feldman, 36, said. "They always try to innovate and reshape the way we play video games."

Casual gamers were excited about the news as well, with Lauren Kamm noting she was excited about the possibility of playing Duck Hunt, a popular Nintendo game, on her phone.

Here are seven legendary Nintendo games we want Nintendo to make available for mobile devices.

Duck Hunt

Duck Hunt was a popular game made for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console (it also came later to the Wii U via the Virtual Console).

Released in 1984 in Japan and in 1985 in North America, the game is pretty simple. Players use the NES Zapper to shoot down ducks that appear on the screen. Occasionally, there would be two ducks on the screen at once, and players would get three shots to shoot the ducks and advance to the next round. If they missed after three shots, the game was over.

Zelda

The Legend of Zelda, as it's actually known, is a game much like Mario -- it's about finding a princess. Link, the main character, is usually up to the task of rescuing Princess Zelda from Ganondorf (or Ganon), the leader of a gang known as the Gerudo.

Because of the enormous popularity of Zelda, there's been a ton of games made, 17 in total, with more than 67 million copies sold.

There was recently talk of making a live-action Zelda series for Netflix (NFLX) - Get Report, similar to what Game of Thrones has become for HBO.

Mario Kart

Mario Kart has become one of Nintendo's most popular games since it was introduced more than 20 years ago.

More than 100 million copies have been sold since the inception of the franchise, which consists of 11 games, including five for consoles. The most recent game, Mario Kart 8, was released for the Wii U last May. Mario Kart 8 is now being bundled with the Wii U and has been credited with helping drive a resurgence in sales for Nintendo's latest console.

Donkey Kong

There's something inherently fun about a game where you try to escape a giant gorilla whose sole goal is to throw barrels at you to try to kill you.

First introduced in 1981, Donkey Kong has gone on to become another mega franchise for Nintendo, selling more than 40 million copies in a wide variety of games.

Some of the more popular ones include Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and the Donkey Kong Country series.

Coincidentally, Donkey Kong is slated to appear in the upcoming Pixels movie, a film about aliens and classic arcade games from the 1980s.

Super Mario Bros.

This is the one that started it all.

Mario (or Jump Man as he used to be known) has been a beloved video-game character for more than a generation, since Nintendo first introduced him in Donkey Kong in 1981. Since then, he's gone on to star in countless games with his brother Luigi and the cast of other characters.

The character is such a big star, having featured in his own movie (albeit one not well-received), as well as several TV shows, including The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! which starred "Captain" Lou Albano.

Mario essentially vaulted Nintendo into the position it's in now, having helped sell more than 210 million units around the world, making it the best-selling video game franchise of all time.

Super Tecmo Bowl

Tecmo Bowl is the only game (as far as I can tell) in which former star football and baseball player Bo Jackson was more unstoppable then he was in real life.

The first NES game to use real players, the game was introduced by Tecmo in 1987 and became an instant hit. Players such as Jackson and New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor were near unstoppable and made for countless hours worth of fun.

Tecmo Bowl was put on mobile phones in 2004, but it's high-time we get one in the smartphone age.

Mike Tyson's Punch Out

There's nothing scarier than fighting Mike Tyson as Little Mac, but that never stopped the game from being tons of fun.

Playing as Little Mac, gamers would box various opponents, building out stars to make his punches more effective as time goes on. After facing such characters as Aran Ryan, Glass Joe, Bald Bull, King Hippo and others, Little Mac would face Mike Tyson for the World Heavyweight Championship. 

Mike Tyson's Punch Out was first released in 1987, and several versions of the game have been reimagined throughout the years.