Editing Game & Watch

{{about|the Game & Watch system|the character of the Game & Watch games with a similar name|[[Mr. Game & Watch]]}}

|image=[[File:Game & Watch.png|250px]]

|release={{flag list|World|April 28, 1980<ref>{{cite|author=Satoru Iwata|date=|title=Iwata Asks - Game & Watch - Page 2|url=https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/clubn/game-and-watch-ball-reward/0/1/|publisher=Iwata Asks|language=English|accessdate=December 8, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421014842/https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/clubn/game-and-watch-ball-reward/0/1/}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Michael Panayiotakis|date=June 15, 2008|title=Game & Watch: A Retrospective|url=http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/game-and-watch-a-retrospective-2/863704/|publisher=DS Fanboy|language=English|accessdate=December 8, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705111130/http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/game-and-watch-a-retrospective-2/863704/|deadlink=y}}</ref>}}

|discontinued={{flag list|World|1991 (original lineup)}}

|successor=[[Game Boy]]

{{quote|I say you can't better the graphics, sounds and playability of a Game & Watch!|Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong Country}}

The '''{{wp|Game & Watch}}''' series (initially released in North America as the '''Time-Out''' series)<ref>{{cite|author=Phil Salvador|date=June 13, 2024|url=https://gamehistory.org/mego-time-out-commercial/|title=Is this the first Nintendo commercial?|publisher=Video Game History Foundation|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627061609/https://gamehistory.org/mego-time-out-commercial/|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> is a series of handheld games developed by [[Nintendo]] from 1980 to 1991. The Game & Watch was Nintendo's earliest product to be very successful,<ref>{{cite|url=iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/mario25th/1/0|title=Iwata Asks: Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=April 30, 2023}}</ref> with the series selling a combined 43.4 million units worldwide.<ref>{{cite|url=iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/clubn/game-and-watch-ball-reward/0/3|title=Iwata Asks: Game & Watch|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=April 30, 2023}}</ref> Each Game & Watch had its own game built in, in addition to a clock and an alarm, and many of them are of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. Nintendo also let the Game & Watch games be used as promotional items for businesses that put their own logos on them.<ref>{{cite|url=www.gameandwatch.ch/en/faq-questions-answers/promo-advertising-game-watch.html|title=FAQ Promotional (Advertising) Game&Watch Games|publisher=www.gameandwatch.ch|accessdate=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

Most Game & Watch titles have two modes: Game A and Game B, the latter usually being a faster, more difficult version of Game A. In the Micro VS. System series of games, such as ''[[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong 3]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Hockey]]'', Game B is the two-player mode. A few Game & Watch games such as ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' do not have a Game B. The Game & Watch games normally become harder as the player progresses, but the gameplay usually slows down every 100 [[point]]s the player receives. The games usually end when the player receives three misses (generally meaning "lives that are lost"). In most games, misses can be removed if the player reaches a certain number of points; in some games, doing so with no misses starts a period called Chance Time, in which the score increases either temporarily or until a miss is made. The maximum score the player can get in most games is 999 points. Getting a higher score resets the score tally to zero points.

On September 3, 2020, 29 years after the original Game & Watch series' discontinuation and as part of the celebration of the [[Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary|35th anniversary]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', Nintendo announced ''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'', a full-color screen Game & Watch system featuring ports of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' as well as a ''Super Mario''-themed version of ''Ball'', set for a limited release on November 13, 2020.

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*''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]''{{footnote|main|a}}

*''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]''{{footnote|main|a}}{{footnote|main|b}}

*''[[Mario's Cement Factory]]''{{footnote|main|a}}{{footnote|main|b}}

*''[[Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]''{{footnote|main|b}}

{{footnote|note|a|Rereleased in the [[Mini Classics]] series.}}

{{footnote|note|b|Rereleased as [[DSiWare]].}}

These games are [[Game Boy]]-era ports of the classic Game & Watch titles, most of which are also given "Modern" versions featuring ''Super Mario'' characters. The "Classic" versions remove the timekeeping functions from the original games, in order to allow the player to accomplish the compilations' goal of getting the highest score possible. There were plans for a ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series of [[e-Reader]] cards called ''[[List of unreleased media#Game & Watch-e|Game & Watch-e]]'', but these did not surface, because the e-Reader was abruptly discontinued overseas due to low sales.

*''{{iw|nwiki|Game Boy Gallery}}'' (Europe and Australia only; not to be confused with the Japanese name for ''Game & Watch Gallery'')

====Games with a ''Super Mario''-themed "Modern" version====

In addition to all of the games listed below, the ''Super Mario'' Game & Watch games also reappear, with their "Modern" versions featuring updated graphics and gameplay.

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*''[[Parachute (Game & Watch)|Parachute]]''

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==Alarm function==

Starting from the Gold version of ''Manhole'', the Game & Watch titles started to have an alarm function, which was accessible only by gently pressing the ALARM switch with a sharp-pointed instrument. Alarm time can be set by pressing the left buttons (hour set) and the right buttons (minute set). Games with two buttons in the same side use only the top button for time setting. These are Game & Watch alarm indicators in the ''Super Mario'' Game & Watch games:

|[[File:DK G&W Mini Donkey Kong.png]]||[[Mini Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Mini Donkey Kong]]||''Donkey Kong''||Jump and swing bell||Below the difficulty indicators

|[[File:Greenhouse_GH-54_Bell1.gif]]||Alarm cat||''Green House''||Be stung by a bee||Beside the ladder

|[[File:Donkey_Kong_II_JR-55_Bell1.gif]]||Alarm bell||''Donkey Kong II''||Be stricken by Mario||Beside leftmost lock

|[[File:Mario_Bros_Alarm_Bell_Artwork.gif]]||Alarm bell||''Mario Bros.''||Ring||Under time/score

|[[File:DK_Jr_CJ-71_Bell1.gif]]||Musical notes||''Donkey Kong Jr.'' (Panorama Screen & Table Top series)||Be whistled by Mario||Below miss counter

|[[File:MCF_Bell_Artwork.gif]]||[[Alarm man (Mario's Cement Factory)|Alarm man]]||''Mario's Cement Factory'' (Table Top)||Ring bell||Beside upward lift section

|[[File:Marios_Bombs_Away_TB-94_Bell2.gif]]||[[Alarm Monkey]]||''Mario's Bombs Away''||Swing bell||Below time score

|[[File:DK_Circus_MK-96_Bell1.gif]]||Alarm bell||''Donkey Kong Circus''||Swing||Below time/score

|[[File:DK-Jr_DJ-101_Bell1.gif]]||Alarm bell||''Donkey Kong Jr.'' (New Wide Sceen)||Be stricken by Mario||Under Donkey Kong

|[[File:MCF_Alarm_Bell.gif]]||Alarm bell||''Mario's Cement Factory'' (New Wide Screen)||Swing||Beside upward lift section

|[[File:SMB_YM-105_Bell2.gif]]||[[Alarm Koopa]]||''Super Mario Bros.''||Nod head and spew fire||Upper left corner

|[[File:Mario_the_Juggler_MB-108_Bell2.gif]]||[[Bell Turtle]]||''Mario the Juggler''||Swing bell||Beside the pipe

|[[File:AK-302_Bell1.gif]]||Alarm bell||''Donkey Kong 3''||Flash||Beside Player 1's miss and spray value counters

|[[File:HK-303_Bell1.gif]]||[[Alarm man (Donkey Kong Hockey)|Alarm man]]||''Donkey Kong Hockey''||Ring bell||Beside Player 1's score

==Appearances in the ''Super Mario'' franchise==

===''WarioWare: Smooth Moves''===

[[File:9-Volt 18-Volt prologue WarioWare Smooth Moves.png|thumb|9-Volt holding a Game & Watch in ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'']]

In ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', a ''Donkey Kong'' double-screen Game & Watch is a key part of [[9-Volt]] & [[18-Volt]]'s story. 9-Volt shows it to 18-Volt, causing them to tug-of-war it until it breaks, breaking their friendship as well. 18-Volt then tries to buy a replacement, bumping into 9-Volt, who had the same intention, giving them the chance to reconcile.

===''Wario: Master of Disguise''===

===''Super Paper Mario''===

[[File:SPM Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.png|thumb|left|Mario and some [[Dark Boomboxer]]s in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]]

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the player can access two post-game level areas, the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]] and the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]]. Both dungeons are modeled after the Game & Watch's screen, with black walls, floors, and doors, and faded silhouettes of said objects in places they currently are not occupying. Additionally, in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials specifically, stronger variants of the game's enemies appear with no visual distinctions from their normal counterparts, except they are pitch black, similar to characters that appear on Game & Watch screens.

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==Profiles and statistics==

===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===

|name=Game & Watch

|image=[[File:Trophy188.png|100px]]

|game=''Game & Watch''<br>1980

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|desc=This stage of Super Smash Bros. Melee takes its motif from the Game & Watch series. It incorporates settings from Oil Panic, Helmet, and Manhole, and it's sure to send a wave of nostalgia crashing over old-school gamers. If you want to truly reproduce the Game & Watch experience, try playing this unique level in Fixed-Camera Mode.

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G-w-donkeykong.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]'' (Multi Screen)

Game watch donkey kong 3-1-.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong 3]]'' (Micro VS. System)

Dkcircus.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Circus]]'' (Panorama Screen)

DKH HK-303 Game Front.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Hockey]]'' (Micro VS. System)

GaW DK2.png|''[[Donkey Kong II]]'' (Multi Screen)

DKJr. G&W Panorama.jpg|''Donkey Kong Jr.'' (Panorama Screen)

Donkey_Kong_Jr_Tabletop.png|''Donkey Kong Jr.'' (Table Top)

Game and Watch SMB system.png|''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' (Color Screen)

Green_House_original_unit.jpg|''[[Greenhouse|Green House]]'' (Multi Screen)

Gandwmbros.jpg|''[[Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Mario Bros.]]'' (Multi Screen)

Mario Juggling.jpg|''[[Mario the Juggler]]'' (New Wide Screen)

MariosBombsAway.jpg|''[[Mario's Bombs Away]]'' (Panorama Screen)

MCF System.png|''[[Mario's Cement Factory]]'' (New Wide Screen)

MCF Tabletop.png|''Mario's Cement Factory'' (Table Top)

Super_Mario_Bros_YM-801_Game_Front2.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' (Crystal Screen)

SMB G&W.png|''Super Mario Bros.'' (New Wide Screen)

SMB G&W YM-901-S.jpg|''Super Mario Bros.'' (special edition)

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|Jap=ゲーム&ウオッチ

|JapM=Game & Watch

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