Game & Watch Gallery 3

"Game Boy Gallery 3" redirects here. For the game that uses this name in Australia, see Game & Watch Gallery 2.

Game & Watch Gallery 3
For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Game Boy Color, Virtual Console (3DS), Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online
Release date	Game Boy Color: April 8, 1999 December 6, 1999 1999 February 2000 2000 Virtual Console (3DS) (full release): September 25, 2014 September 26, 2014 February 5, 2015 Virtual Console (3DS) (promotional release): November 21, 2014 Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online: February 8, 2023 February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023
Language(s)	English (United States) Japanese
Genre	Platformer
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Everyone PEGI: - Three years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - General
Mode(s)	Single player
Format	Nintendo Switch: Digital download Game Boy Color: Game Pak Nintendo 3DS: Digital download
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Joy-Con horizontal Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Game Boy Color: Gamepad Nintendo 3DS: Gamepad
Serial code(s)	DMG-AGQJ-JPN DMG-AGQE-USA DMG-AGQP-EUR DMG-AGQU-AUS

Game & Watch Gallery 3, known as Game Boy Gallery 4 in Australia and Game Boy Gallery 3 (ゲームボーイギャラリー3 Gēmu Bōi Gyararī 3) in Japan, is a compilation game that was released for the Game Boy Color in Japan, North America, and Australia in 1999 and Europe in 2000. Despite its name, it is actually the fourth game in the Game & Watch Gallery series. The game includes five Game & Watch games playable from the start and five more unlockables, five of which can be played in either Classic Mode with the original Game & Watch characters or an updated Modern Mode featuring characters of the Super Mario franchise along with updated graphics, updated gameplay, and music.

The game was rereleased on the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console in Europe on September 25, 2014; in Australia on September 26, 2014; in North America on February 5, 2015; and as a promotional release in Japan on November 21, 2014, for those who register Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and one of Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire with Club Nintendo before January 20, 2015. It was also later rereleased for the Nintendo Switch's Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online service as one of its launch titles on February 8, 2023.

Stars

Like the previous games in the series, Game & Watch Gallery 3 features a system to unlock bonus features. As before, every 200 points (20 in Judge, 5 in Flagman) the player reaches in a mode of a minigame is worth a star, up to five stars per minigame mode. The player unlocks features in the Gallery Corner as they collect stars. A very hard mode called Star Mode is unlocked for every game after the player earns at least 1,000 points in Modern Mode. The player can earn a total of 150 stars. If they do, a "Congratulations!!" message appears onscreen.

Games

• Egg – A Light Blue Yoshi must eat cookies as they pop out of an oven (a concept similar to that of Yoshi's Cookie), but he has to avoid the Bob-ombs. In the Classic version, a wolf must catch eggs laid by hens.
• Greenhouse – An Orange Yoshi must protect flowers from enemies by spitting watermelon seeds as he did in Yoshi's Island. In Classic Mode, the player has to protect flowers by using a spray gun.
• Turtle Bridge – Toad delivers items from Mario to Princess Peach by using a bridge of Goonies, which sometimes dive at passing balloons. The name of the minigame is from the original game, which involved a bridge made of turtles.
• Mario Bros. – This is far different from the original arcade game. In this game, Mario and Luigi must keep cakes (or packages of bottles in Classic Mode) moving on conveyor belts.
• Donkey Kong Jr. – Donkey Kong Jr. must traverse various stages to free Donkey Kong. Goombas, Bullet Bills, and Baby Piranha Plants appear as enemies.

Unlockables

• Flagman – In Game A, the player must copy the pattern shown by the flagman. After the player copies the pattern correctly, another step is added for the next round. In Game B, the flagman shows only one number; however, the time to react to this number shortens over time.
• Judge – A reaction game where the player with a number of equal or higher value attempts to hit the other, while the player with the lower number tries to run away.
• Lion – A game where the player must control lion tamers on either side of a cage to keep the lions inside.
• Spitball Sparky – A Breakout-like game where the player must break all the blocks to go up a level.
• Donkey Kong II – In this rerelease of the game with the same name, Donkey Kong Jr. must hit four keys up the screen in order to free Donkey Kong from chains.

Character appearances

Egg

• Light Blue Yoshi (playable)
• Mario (NPC)
• Bob-omb (enemy)
• Baby Yoshi (NPC)

Greenhouse

• Orange Yoshi (playable)
• Fly Guy (enemy)
• Grinder (enemy)

Turtle Bridge

• Toad (playable)
• Mario (NPC)
• Princess Peach (NPC)
• Goonie (NPC)
• Lakitu (NPC)

Mario Bros.

• Mario (playable)
• Luigi (playable)
• Bowser (enemy)
• Wario (NPC)

Donkey Kong Jr.

• Donkey Kong Jr. (playable)
• Mario (NPC)
• Donkey Kong (NPC)
• Goomba (enemy)
• Bullet Bill (enemy)
• Spiny (enemy)
• Baby Piranha Plant (enemy)
• Albatross (NPC)

Gallery Corner

As the player collects stars, they unlock new areas to check out. Below is a list of things that can be unlocked.

Stars	Unlockable
5	Sound Test + Museum + Egg added to Museum
10	Gift + new game: Flagman
15	Secret 1 + Donkey Kong II added to Museum
20	New game: Judge
25	Pinball added to Museum
30	New game: Lion
35	Donkey Kong Hockey added to Museum
40	New game: Spitball Sparky
45	Donkey Kong Circus added to Museum
50	New game: Donkey Kong II + staff credits
55	Super Mario Bros. added to Museum
60	Secret 2
65	Climber added to Museum
70	Balloon Fight added to Museum
100	Cast credits
120	All Museum titles unlocked

Note: Players can alternatively connect Game & Watch Gallery 3 with Game & Watch Gallery and Game & Watch Gallery 2 to unlock Game & Watch titles for the Museum with a Game Link Cable and two Game Boy Colors, but this was removed in the 3DS Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online versions. Instructions on how to link the games together are still listed in the rereleases, but they cannot be selected.

Hard Mode in Judge is replaced with a 2P VS mode, but due to Game Boy and Game Boy Color Virtual Console games on the Nintendo 3DS not having two-player functions, this mode cannot be selected in those versions.

All Museum titles in previous games reappear in this Museum.

This is the first Game & Watch game to have the Gift mode visitable at any point. Although the Gift Function was present in Game & Watch Gallery 2, it could be visited only when a new game/function was unlocked.

Secret

As the player collects stars, they unlock a feature called Secret 1. This feature describes information regarding an inverted version of the Game & Watch title Fire (Silver series). When the player unlocks Secret 2, they can play the inverted Fire at any time but are not able to pause the game, and consequently, they cannot perform an autosave to continue later. Instead, pressing sends the player back to the Gallery Corner.

The high score is not recorded for this version of Fire, nor can stars be earned by playing it.

List of Museum games

#	Name	Image	Description
NO. 026	Egg		October 9th, 1981 Outside Japan only Carefully catch the eggs laid by the hens!
NO. 055	Donkey Kong II		March 7th, 1983 In this sequel, the son rescues his captured father.
NO. 059	Pinball		December 5th, 1983 Get the high score without dropping a ball!
NO. 303	Donkey Kong Hockey		November 13th, 1984 Mario and DK play hockey. For 1 or 2 players.
NO. 096	Donkey Kong Circus		September 6th, 1984 Outside Japan only DK juggles pineapples in a panoramic setting.
NO. 801	Super Mario Bros.		June 25th, 1986 Outside Japan only Classic NES game. Help Mario rescue Princess Peach.
NO. 802	Climber		July 4th, 1986 Outside Japan only Break through the ceiling to reach the top floor!
NO. 803	Balloon Fight		November 19th, 1986 Outside Japan only Dodge obstacles while collecting balloons in the air.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Game & Watch Gallery 3.

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  Japanese logo

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  European box art

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  Australian box art

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  Japanese box art

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  The cartridge

Reception

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo 3DS	Philip J Reed, Nintendo Life	8/10	"If you liked the original Game & Watch titles, this collection is a must-have. Both the originals and remakes, which combine simple gameplay and subtle strategy, are here to enjoy, and the updates are so well done that we'd recommend this game even to those who don't like the Game & Watch series. The newer versions play differently enough that you're quite likely to consider them new experiences in and of themselves. The musical and visual presentation is just fantastic as well, and the entire package serves as a relic of a truly magical time in gaming. Or, perhaps, two truly magical times."
Game Boy Color	Craig Harris, IGN	8/10	"It's not going to take a permanent place in the back of your Game Boy's cartridge slot, but Game & Watch is a great diversion -- and each game pak has gotten increasingly better. This one is indeed the best of the bunch, simply because there are so many extras to uncover. Just don't expect anything more than what they are -- simple games for simple technology. We salute you, Gumpei Yokoi."
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
GameRankings		82.67%

Staff

Main article: List of Game & Watch Gallery 3 staff

Media

Title Screen - Title Screen theme

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Game Select - Game Select theme

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Mode Select - Mode Select theme

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Egg - Egg theme

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Greenhouse - Greenhouse theme

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Turtle Bridge - Turtle Bridge theme

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Mario Bros. - Mario Bros. theme

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Mario Bros. 2 - Mario Bros. reversed conveyor belts theme

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Donkey Kong Jr. Area 1 - Donkey Kong Jr. Area 1 theme

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Donkey Kong Jr. Area 2 - Donkey Kong Jr. Area 2 theme

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Donkey Kong Jr. Area 3 - Donkey Kong Jr. Area 3 theme

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Message - Message theme

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Gallery Corner - Gallery Corner theme

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Note Board - Note Board theme

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Music Room - Music Room theme

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Museum - Museum and inside unlockable games theme

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Museum 2 - Museum (inside linkable games)

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Secrets - Secrets theme

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Pause - Pause jingle

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Game Over - Game Over jingle

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Credits - Credits theme

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Pre-release and unused content

This content was found in the game data, but part of it is accessible only through cheat codes. The title screen includes crude cave painting-like placeholder graphics, including what appears to be Mario and Luigi having successfully hunted Pikachu.

Early title screen

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  A placeholder-like title screen

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  First graphic

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  Second graphic

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  Third graphic

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  Fourth graphic

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  Fifth graphic

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  Sixth graphic

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  Seventh graphic

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  Eighth graphic

Gallery Corner

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  An unfinished path was going to appear near the exit.

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  An unused star with teal outline

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  Another unused star with black outline

Gift

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  An unused text

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  Another unused text

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  Yet another unused text

Miscellaneous

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  Unused Classic Star Mode from Interrupt Save

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  Unused text from Egg

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ゲームボーイギャラリー3[?] Gēmu Bōi Gyararī 3	Game Boy Gallery 3

Trivia

The Game Boy displays a Game Boy.

The Super Game Boy displays a Super Nintendo Entertainment System controller.

The Game Boy Color displays a Game Boy Color.

• Depending on what Game Boy hardware the game is played on, it displays appropriate hardware for controls when the mode for each game is selected, except for the Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Player, which display a Game Boy Color regardless.
• The English character credits display each character with their Japanese name.