Mr. Game & Watch

Mr. Game and Watch in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Mr. Game & Watch
Base	Flat Zone
Debut	Super Smash Bros. Melee

Mr. Game & Watch is a character who was created for Super Smash Bros. Melee. He is a living homage to Nintendo's Game & Watch games and is specifically designed to resemble the monochromatic sprites of the early Game & Watch titles (although graphics did improve as the Game & Watch series continued).

Background

Mr. Game & Watch first appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee as an unlockable fighter (the last one to be unlocked) who speaks in only beeps and whistles (to represent the limited sound in early Game & Watch games) and moves in a stilted, frame-by-frame movement. Mr. Game & Watch returned as an unlockable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U.

In Brawl's "The Subspace Emissary", Mr. Game & Watch was captured by Tabuu, who used the mysterious substance within Mr. Game & Watch to create the shadow bugs that were used to form the majority of Tabuu's Subspace Army. Mr. Game & Watch remained trapped in trophy form until Meta Knight, Lucario and Snake discovered a squad of Mr. Game & Watch dopplegangers formed by the shadow bugs that worked the deck of the Halberd. The Game & Watches were defeated with ease, but the shadow bugs that comprised them than reformed into the boss robot Duon. After Duon was destroyed, Mr. Game & Watch's trophy was revealed after the shadow bugs dissolved, and he was then freed by Princess Peach, at which point he joined the main party.

Outside the Smash Bros. series, Mr. Game & Watch also made a small appearance in Game & Watch Gallery 4, where he hosted the Present Mode alongside Mario and was perfectly capable of speech. In the WarioWare games, he has made minor appearances in menus within WarioWare: Twisted! and WarioWare: Touched!, and what seemed to be an audience of Game & Watch people appeared in WarioWare: Smooth Move. He also made an apparent cameo appearance in the background of the Factory Fumes level of Donkey Kong Country Returns, where he seemed to be working on girders from the original Donkey Kong.

Unlockability and Trophies

• In Melee, he is unlocked by playing 1000 rounds of Vs. Mode or clearing Classic, Adventure, or Target Test with all the characters except for Game and Watch. He has three unlockable trophies in this game.
• In Brawl, he is unlocked by fighting 200 brawls, beating Target Smash with 20 characters or having him join the party in The Subspace Emissary. In this game, he has two trophies, one normal trophy and one of his Final Smash
• In the 3DS Smash, he is unlocked by playing 90 Vs. Matches or by completing Classic Mode 10 times. In the Wii U Smash, he is unlocked by playing 80 Vs. Matches or by beating Classic Mode on Intensity Level 2.0 or higher. He has two unlockable trophies in these games, as well as a trophy for his Final Smash in the Wii U version.

Abilities

In the Smash Bros. games, nearly all of his moves are based on Game & Watch games. His main B button attacks are:

• Standard Special Move: Chef- Mr. Game & Watch uses a frying pan to fling susages at enemies, only up to five at a time.
• Side Special Move: Judgement- Mr. Game & Watch strikes with a hammer while drawing a flag. The effects of this attack are randomized based on the number that appears on the flag, and in some cases may result in Mr. Game and Watch hurting himself.
• Up Special Move: Fire- Mr. Game & Watch summons a pair of men with a trampoline to bounce him into the air. This attack acts as his third jump.
• Down Special Move: Oil Panic- Mr. Game & Watch collects three missile attacks in a container and can then unleash it on the enemy.
• Final Smash: Octopus- Exclusively in Brawl and with use of a Smash Ball. Mr. Game & Watch transforms into an octopus, at which point the tentacles can be used to furiously whip out at Mr. Game & Watch's enemies.

His normal attacks include Green House, Helmet, Lion, Flag Man, Manhole, Fire Attack, Octopus, Vermin, Parachute, Cement Factory, Turtle Bridge, Spitball Sparky, Tropical Fish, and Donkey Kong Jr..

Mr. Game & Watch also has several attacks where he wields a bell as a weapon, in an homage to the Game & Watch's alarm. Despite his great variety of moves, he is very light and thus can be knocked offstage easily.

Trivia

• He is unique in that he was created as a character for the Smash Bros. series, despite being retroactively treated as the protagonist of the Game & Watch games.
• According to the official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website, Mr. Game & Watch has no concept of good and evil.