Game and watch gallery 3 is a nice introduction to game and watch games. This is the first one I played and it's decent. The only one I came back consistenly is the egg one. And mario bros sometimes. That's because the collection in this one is a bit weak. After shelving it after trying 2, it's easy to see. But I dont't have any problem with the remakes EJEM g&w gallery 2 EJEM.And one thing i'm going to say about all of them, is that the original games, don't work, especially the dualscreen ones.

Besides that it's a decent timewaster. And it's fun to check all the games at least once.

High 4/10

Pros: Once again, five classic and modern Game & Watch titles, but this time several more unlockable, however, the unlockable games are only Classic versions. But it still added tons more replay value, and incentive to complete each game included, just to unlock more games! The highlights this time for me were Donkey Kong Jr., Egg, and Greenhouse. Egg perhaps my favorite, as its design uses the risk/reward system really well (like how Octopus and Helmet did in previous G&WG titles), you play as Yoshi, and you eat cookies that are rolling down oven paths from four different directions. The further down the path, the more baked the cookie will be, but at the end of the path, if you don't catch it, the cookie will crumble and you lose a life. If you're able to nab the cookie at the last second, you'll get multiplied points, which is the real risk/reward element of the game. And if it's a Yoshi cookie, the chance to hatch a Yoshi egg, sending out a baby Yoshi to walk down a path and eat cookies for you, acting as a shield. It's pretty involved for such a simple game, but so satisfying! Perhaps my favorite G&W game in the Gallery series thanks to this clever design! Also, Donkey Kong Jr. here plays so well, and is so charming, it's a far better experience than Donkey Kong 1 in G&WG2... But in this game you can also unlock Donkey Kong II, the only "Donkey Kong 2" in existence, haha! I love it, and several of the unlockable classics, in this, despite being Classic mode only, are a great time.

Cons: Having said that, the unlockables only having Classic mode is a slight bummer.

What it means to me: I just really like Donkey Kong II, heh, and this one finally gave me the ability to play it. But yeah, this game is good, I recall getting it used from a school friend, it was the only G&WG game I didn't get at launch, new. Not that it mattered, grateful I got my hands on it any way I could, it's a fun time.

An enjoyable collection of Nintendo's Game & Watch LCD games that predate the Gameboy line of handhelds. A handful of original G&W games are presented alongside modern (for the time) remakes featuring Mario and friends. The higher you score, the more stars you gain. Every 5 stars you're given a reward in the form of a new game or a museum entry detailing a game's history. I played this on the Switch's NSO app and I hope they add the other three Game & Watch Gallery titles in the future. Some may find the games included in this collection overly simplistic compared to modern fare, but I think most of these games are fun in short bursts. At the very least, it's a nice little virtual museum dedicated to Nintendo's early days. If you're a Super Smash Bros fan, you can finally learn where all of Mr. Game & Watch's moves come from!

The game and watch series was one of the first games out there for gaming as a whole. They were a lot of mindless fun, and only really had high scores as a prize for playing them. Game and Watch Gallery 3 changes that foundation by adding a lot more to score attacking with unlockable prizes while learning the ropes of what makes these games fun. On top of the amazing presentation and endearing use of Mario characters for the remix gamesl; Game and Watch Gallery 3 is something worth playing if you fancy yourself as a mini-game nut.

Game & Watch Gallery 3 (G&WG3) is basically a fancy remake version of varies game and watch games from back in the old day; these game and watches were sold separately and only had one game on it with 2 possible modes. G&WG3 takes these games, mixes them all together and provides a nice fresh Mario coat to them that help make them not only more endearing, but fun too. While not all the games change mechanically, there is something pleasing to the eye with the changes made graphically to each game. Not only do most games have backgrounds, new characters, and enemies, but sometimes they throw in slightly newer mechanics or make things easier by giving you additional lives. While I can't say I fully played through this game without a rewind feature, I can tell that a lot of those extra lives really helped to increase weaker players, like me, to higher score attacks and prizes. See largely this game is just seeing how the games are with the new Mario aesthetic, and then realizing that you can unlock more things by reaching certain high scores. This creates a feedback loop where you keep trying each game to get more and more high scores in order to unlock things from the museum gallery that this game has. Sometimes the things you unlock are simple things like history of the past games, and other times it's unlocking new games or older versions of the games you been playing. While that is relatively it, the main selling point is how the game presents itself and the unlockables you earn so if hearing this draws you to a yawn, it's probably not for you.

I don't think G&WG3 is really worth looking into unless you're really interested in video game history. Even then, a lot of the factoids can be looked up and games that can be played aren't exactly up to snuff compared to the games that were released when this game came out or currently available today. That doesn't mean the presentation for this game isn't great or the new remixes mean nothing, just that it's hard to really sell this as something that someone should play. Really G&WG3 is just a neat novelty more than it is a game, and honestly it's fine for being exactly what it is.

This game rules. Very fun minigames with beautiful pixelart. The backgrounds in DK Jr. are fucking awesome and I also especially love both yoshi sprites. I really like how progression works in a game that is just made up of different mini games. That aspect was really cool and fresh to me. The only kinda weak point is the collection of actual G&W games. They just aren’t that fun or good imo but yeah everything else rocks. Really glad this is on NSO or I would’ve probably missed out on it. Check it out for sure.

A pretty charming collection of old Game & Watch minigames, with some of them getting additional modern versions featuring Mario characters. If you're not familiar with them, Game & Watch minigames tend to be pretty simple score-chasing minigames without much depth, mostly focusing on repetition. Being honest, that's not my type of game, as it tends to be pretty time consuming and tedious to try and beat your high scores, which isn't helped by many of them being super slow.

Overall, it's a nice and cute package, but score chasing isn't really my thing. It's still interesting to give it a try for historical purposes though.

The reason I played this is because it was made available on Nintendo Switch Online. Now, I'm not stupid. Okay, having an NSO sub is kind of stupid, but ignore that for now. I know that there are endless different ways to play old games for free. I have multiple different programs and modded consoles for this exact purpose. Right now, if I wanted to, I could play literally any Game Boy game I wanted to on my PC or my Vita or my 3DS. But if there's one thing that a subscription service can be useful for, it's curation. Very little subscription services actually do this, and Nintendo definitely doesn't always do it well, but it can make all the difference to have a service actually care about what it's providing to the user. A lot of times I stare at a giant list of ROMs on my PC to play and end up playing nothing, sometimes I need someone to tell me "well why don't you play one of these games" and Nintendo did that. I probably would have never given the Game and Watch Gallery games a shot because from the outside they seem to just be what the title says, compilations of old Game & Watch games, probably not anything all that engaging. But now, I think I need to play all of these games.

You know how people talk about graphics peaking at the PS2 and everything afterwards being unnecessary? I think I'm becoming that person but specifically in regards to pixel art and the GBC. I adore the look of this game, the colors are so vibrant and the pixel art is all incredibly expressive and detailed while working within the limitations of the system. This not only makes for a great looking game, but one that can also showcase how expressive the original LCD games managed to be despite being made up of a very limited amount of still images. That also extends to how they play. Each minigame, while having a simple premise, has a lot little nuances, ways to get bonus points, ways each one encourages you to take more risks while always keeping the player engaged and changing things up. The best minigames in this collection are the ones that are essentially spinning plates: having to maintain multiple parts of the screen, having the player constantly switch their attention to different parts of it and punishing them for being negligent to any part of the minigame. Mario Bros and Greenhouse are the stand outs for this reason, and it makes sense since their classic versions are already great as well (Greenhouse Classic even has more score bonus opportunities than the modern version). The other minigames are mostly good, thought I'd argue Egg and Turtle Bridge have better classic versions, and Donkey Kong Jr feels like an even more ungraceful version of the arcade game, so it's better to just leave that one alone.

Where this game is more consistent is in its soundtrack. In a game that encourages playing each minigame up to the score limit, the music better be good enough to be listened to over and over again, and it most certainly is here. No track slacks, and it's nearly all original stuff as far as I can tell, so it doesn't really on playing the usual Mario fare either. This game also does a great job at providing context for these Game and Watch games, and helping the player appreciate them more than they would if just handed a boring port of the original, something a lot of game compilations fail to do. There's a museum with light trivia, but I mean more in the way that the modern versions of these games highlight what was already great in them, and so going back to the classic version doesn't feel like a downgrade so much as just another way to play. It helps the player see why these LCD games were popular, what made them stand out as games, it gives them value that could be lost if you engaged with them outside of this compilation.

This game was such a surprise, I never would have guessed how fun I found this. Hey, if you have an NSO sub, this is worth checking out, and hopefully they add more to the service. Or I mean, I could just go play them right now myself. Or play literally anything ever, actually. Or I could just sink more time trying to get all five stars in Greenhouse. Life is full of decisions, is the lesson here today.