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'''Game & Watch''', referred to as '''Tricotronic''' in Germany and Austria, is a brand of handheld LCD games developed and published by [[Nintendo]]. The idea originated form Gunpei Yokoi riding the bullet train in the late 1970's and witnessing a bored businessman pass the time by pressing random buttons on an LCD calculator. This led to the first game in the series, ''Ball'' being released on April 28, 1980. Every game contained three modes: Game A, Game B, and Clock. Game A is the standard mode, Game B is a tweaked version of Game A, and the clock can be set to tell the time as a replacement to a watch. | '''Game & Watch''', referred to as '''Tricotronic''' in Germany and Austria, is a brand of handheld LCD games developed and published by [[Nintendo]]. The idea originated form Gunpei Yokoi riding the bullet train in the late 1970's and witnessing a bored businessman pass the time by pressing random buttons on an LCD calculator. This led to the first game in the series, ''Ball'' being released on April 28, 1980. Every game contained three modes: Game A, Game B, and Clock. Game A is the standard mode, Game B is a tweaked version of Game A, and the clock can be set to tell the time as a replacement to a watch. | ||
Due to each ''Game & Watch'' unit only carrying one actual game, each unit was tailor made for that game with unique controls and layouts. Most ''Game & Watch'' games fit under different series that were released in waves. Those series were the following: | |||
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After the initial run, Several ''Game & Watch'' games would be rereleased under the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series as well as sold individually in dsiware and 3DS Eshop. Characters would also make occasional cameos in many games over the years, including the introduction of Mr. Game & Watch in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. Nintendo would also develop more ''Game & Watch'' units, including the Club Nintendo exclusive 2010 reissue of Ball and the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Edition in 2020. | After the initial run, Several ''Game & Watch'' games would be rereleased under the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series as well as sold individually in dsiware and 3DS Eshop. Characters would also make occasional cameos in many games over the years, including the introduction of Mr. Game & Watch in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. Nintendo would also develop more ''Game & Watch'' units, including the Club Nintendo exclusive 2010 reissue of Ball and the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Edition in 2020. | ||
''[[The Legend of Zelda (series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' series got its own ''Game & Watch'' entry, simply titled ''[[Zelda (Game & Watch)|Zelda]]''. Released exclusively in North America on August, 1989 as part of the Multi-Screen series, the game is notable for being the first ''Game & Watch'' entry after the launch of the ''[[Game Boy]]'' in April of that year, as well as the second to last entry in the original ''Game & Watch'' run, the final being ''Mario the Juggler'' in 1991. | |||
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