Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999)
3.29 from 56 ratings
170 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 39 backlogged · 27 wish listed
Details
- Developers
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publishers
- Gradiente, Nintendo
- Genres
- Arcade
- Themes
- Action
- Franchises
- Donkey Kong, Mario
- Series
- Game & Watch Gallery
Release dates
- Apr 08, 1999 (Full Release) (Japan) Game Boy Color
- Dec 06, 1999 (Full Release) (North_America) Game Boy Color
- 1999 (Full Release) (Brazil) Game Boy Color
- Feb 01, 2000 (Full Release) (Europe) Game Boy Color
- Sep 25, 2014 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
- Nov 21, 2014 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
- Feb 04, 2015 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
Related
In this bundle
- Flagman (Jun 1980) · G&W
- Fire (Jul 1980) · G&W
- Judge (Oct 1980) · G&W
- Lion (Apr 1981) · G&W
- Egg (Oct 1981) · G&W
- Turtle Bridge (Feb 1982) · G&W
- Flagman (Jun 1980) · G&W
- Fire (Jul 1980) · G&W
- Judge (Oct 1980) · G&W
- Lion (Apr 1981) · G&W
- Egg (Oct 1981) · G&W
- Turtle Bridge (Feb 1982) · G&W
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Oct 1982) · G&W
- Green House (Dec 1982) · G&W
- Donkey Kong II (Mar 1983) · G&W
- Mario Bros. (Mar 1983) · G&W
- Spitball Sparky (Feb 1984) · G&W
- Egg (Apr 1999) · GBC
- Greenhouse (Apr 1999) · GBC
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Apr 1999) · GBC
- Mario Bros. (Apr 1999) · GBC
- Turtle Bridge (Apr 1999) · GBC
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Rating distribution
5 stars
5
4 stars
17
3 stars
26
2 stars
5
1 star
3
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status TheBeautifulEric Feb 10, 2023 Completed
It’s neat that they included both a classic and a modern version for each of the games in the collection, along with difficulty options. I owned both 2 and 3 as a kid, and I think that 2 was more memorable for me. Hoping to see all of these games on switch.
Review Mazinkaiser 2/5 · Sep 10, 2019
Game and Watch Gallery 3: Odds and Ends
Game and Watch Gallery continues the excessively repetitive loop of previous Game and Watch games with games that aren't quite as solid and Modern versions that don't stick the landing as well.
There isn't much that's new here - the graphics look somewhat moreso like the original Game and Watch Gallery (and in color!) but nothing really stands out. The …
Game and Watch Gallery continues the excessively repetitive loop of previous Game and Watch games with games that aren't quite as solid and Modern versions that don't stick the landing as well.
There isn't much that's new here - the graphics look somewhat moreso like the original Game and Watch Gallery (and in color!) but nothing really stands out. The game has up to 150 stars from up to five stars in each mode at 200 points each. That still adds up to having to play the game up to 1000 points, which is more boring than challenging.
The games in question are more complex in design - Turtle Bridge is built on Helmet, Greenhouse is built on a two-screen setup, Mario Bros has a split control scheme that will get that pat-head-and-rub-belly confusion going, Egg is built on some very tricky timing, and Donkey Kong Jr has the titular ape jumping with slight delays up and over various obstacles and just at the right moment to reach the goal. Some of the Modern versions improve things (Yoshi's Egg version is much more gentle on the timing and Turtle Bridge picks up the pace), but things like Greenhouse and Mario Bros get much too hectic on faster paces and there seems to be a bug on the Modern version of Donkey Kong Jr (must be double-checked with others who played).
As for the unlockables, there are five Classic-only games of varying quality and an Easter Egg which is...Fire in reverse. Not too exciting. Flagman plays out a Simon Says routine, Judge is a somewhat fun multiplayer edition where you anticipate your opponents moves based on the numbers that appear above your heads, Spitball Sparky is a more infuriating version of Arkanoid, Lion is another dual-control setup game much like Mario Bros, and Donkey Kong II takes the double-screen setup and attempts to attach Donkey Kong Jr to it for what feels like the most complex Game and Watch game I've played.
Most of these games come together as less of the more classic games that Game and Watch fans have come to enjoy and more just feels like a hodgepodge of varying quality. It feels important to preserve these games in a sense, but the way that they're presented with brain-melting loops and hit-or-miss Modern versions make this feel like the weakest of the Game and Watch Gallery series.