Egg (Game & Watch)
| Egg | |||
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| File:Eggoriginalunit.jpg | |||
| Developer | Nintendo Research & Development 1 | ||
| Publisher | Nintendo | ||
| Platform(s) | Game & Watch | ||
| Release date | October 9, 1981[?] | ||
| Genre | Platformer | ||
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| Mode(s) | Single player | ||
| Input | Game & Watch:
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- EveryoneEgg is a Game & Watch game that was released as part of the Wide Screen series on October 9, 1981. Nintendo acquired a Disney license and simultaneously released a version of this game as the first Mickey Mouse Game & Watch game. The Egg variation was not released in Japan until Game & Watch Gallery 3, which includes Classic and Modern gameplay.
The alarm indicator of this game is a bell that is located beside the hen, and the hen swings the bell when the alarm goes off.
Gameplay
Classic version
In the original version, a wolf must catch chicken eggs sliding down ramps. Each egg gives the player one point, and if the player can get 200 and 500 points, all misses are erased. As the game progresses, the eggs slide down faster. If an egg breaks while a chicken is out the window, a baby chicken pops out of the broken egg, and the player gets half a miss. It is Game Over only if the player gets three misses, though, so the player still plays if they have 2.5 misses. In Game A, the eggs fall from three ramps. In Game B, the eggs fall from four ramps.
Modern version
In the Modern version, a Light Blue Yoshi needs to catch Yoshi Cookies that have just come out of the oven in his tongue. The closer to a conveyor belt's edge a cookie is, the more it is baked. The Yoshi earns a point for eating an unbaked cookie and two points for a baked cookie. Sometimes, a Bob-omb slides down a conveyor belt. The Yoshi must avoid eating this foe, or he faces getting a miss. If Mario pops out of any of the doors, the Yoshi gets half a miss if he misses a cookie. However, eating a Bob-omb while Mario is present still counts as a whole miss. Every perfectly baked cookie the Yoshi eats fills that cookie's meter. Eating a burnt cookie decreases that cookie's meter. If one of the cookie meters is filled up, a Yoshi-shaped cookie appears. If the Yoshi eats that cookie at the right time, he creates a Yoshi Egg, earning 10 points. The Yoshi can make up to two Yoshi Eggs, and if he continues to catch cookies without missing, one egg eventually releases a Baby Yoshi, rewarding the Yoshi with 10 points. The Baby Yoshi temporarily eats cookies at a certain angle, earning five points for each cookie it eats. Getting a miss while an egg is present causes the egg to disappear. At 200, 500, and 700 points, a heart appears and slides down one of the conveyor belts, and if the Yoshi catches it, a miss is removed. The Modern version also features music, with the tempo changing depending on the speed of the game.
Controls
: Move
and 
: Diagonal
Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker information
| Name | Image | Artwork from | Effect in The Subspace Emissary |
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| Egg | 
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Game & Watch | [Weapon] - Attack +4 |
Gallery
Modern version
Conveyor belt (descending to the right)
Conveyor belt (descending to the left)
Yoshi Cookie (squared)
Yoshi Cookie (round)
Yoshi Cookie (flower-shaped)
Yoshi Cookie (Yoshi-shaped)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | エッグ[1] Eggu |
Egg |
Trivia
- In the Modern version of Egg, if a cookie falls to the ground while Mario is present, the Yoshi will still eat it, although he will become sick.
- A commemorative edition of Egg was given to Nintendo employees for the shipping of 10 million Game & Watch units. When 20 million units were shipped, a commemorative edition of Green House was gifted.[2]
External links
Information about Egg on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine)
References
- ^ HISTORY｜ゲーム&ウオッチ スーパーマリオブラザーズ｜任天堂. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ https://www.happy-today.org/nintendo/wanted.html
| Game & Watch games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Super Mario franchise | Donkey Kong (1982, MS) • Mario Bros. (1983, MS) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, TT/NWS) • Mario's Bombs Away (1983, PS) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, MVS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, CrS | 1987, Sp | 1988, NWS) • Mario the Juggler (1991, NWS) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, CoS) | |
| Donkey Kong franchise | Donkey Kong (1982, MS) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982, NWS | 1983, TT & PS) • Donkey Kong II (1983, MS) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984, MVS) • Donkey Kong Circus (1984, PS) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, MVS) | |
| Miscellaneous | Green House (1982, MS) | |
| MS: Multi Screen • TT: Table Top • PS: Panorama Screen • NWS: New Wide Screen • MVS: Micro VS. System • CrS: Crystal Screen • Sp: Special • CoS: Color Screen | ||
