Editing Mr. Game & Watch (PM)

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'''Mr. Game & Watch''' is a playable character in the ''[[Brawl]]'' mod ''[[Project M]]''. Because of his rather low standing on the ''[[Melee]]'' tier list, he has been significantly buffed for his appearance in ''Project M''.  He ranks 6th out of 41 on the [[Project M#Tier list|official]] [[tier list]], placing him in the A tier and significantly above his placements in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', where he ranks 19th out of 26 and 16th out of 38, respectively. He ranks much lower on the official [[Project +]] tier list, ranking 24th out of 42, near the top of B tier.

Mr. Game & Watch falls under the general lightweight archetype, being nimble and weak, while having few powerful moves (such as his up smash) that possess high KO potential. He has received a lot of buffs from ''Brawl'', and got a slight re-working of his Side-Special, Judge; adding a few small tweaks to the mechanics of the move to make it easier to predict.

His inability to be combo'd efficiently, however, is exchanged for being heavily susceptible to juggles and KOs as a result of his light weight (tied with {{PM|Fox}} as the third lightest) and relatively low falling speed, making him extremely easy to KO both horizontally and vertically.

Mr. Game & Watch was significantly [[buff]]ed from ''Melee'' to ''PM''. Various issues he had in ''Melee'' such as his inability to [[L-cancel]] all of his aerials and his extremely small shield were fixed. Some (but not all) of the improvements he had in ''Brawl'' were retained while various moves in his moveset had various adjustments to make them more effective such as an increase in power or speed. His specials also received various improvements. [[Chef]] is much faster, [[Fire]] no longer leaves Mr. Game & Watch [[helpless]] and [[Judgment]] received various changes to make it more effective. Dots now appear above Judgment to show whether the next judge will be an odd or even number and judges 2-8 are significantly more effective. Judge also retains the advanced techniques it gained from ''Brawl''.

 

 

Overall, Mr. Game & Watch is more effective than he was in both games and his tournament results are stronger than they have ever been in other Smash games.

*{{buff|He is significantly heavier weighing the same as he did in ''Brawl'' (60 → 75), no longer being as light as [[Jigglypuff_(PM)|Jigglypuff]] and is now tied with Fox in weight.}}

*{{buff|His [[Shield]] is larger now covering his whole body.}}

*{{buff|Forward tilt has less startup lag with a longer duration (frames 13-30 → 10-34), can be interrupted as quickly as the hitbox diminishes (frame 42 → 35), and its sweetspot deals more damage (10% → 13%) improving its KO potential.}}

*{{nerf|Forward tilt now has a weaker late hit (10% → 8%).}}

*{{buff|Up tilt deals more damage (9% → 12%) improving its KO potential.}}

*{{buff|Down tilt has its range from ''Brawl'' and its knockback from ''Melee'', and its aerial hitbox deals more knockback and damage (9% → 10%).}}

*{{buff|Dash attack deals more knockback (70 (base), 30 (scaling) → 60/50), has less startup lag with a longer duration (frames 6-29 → 3-28) and its clean hit deals more damage (10% → 9%).}}

*{{buff|Dash attack is now cancelable, allowing Mr. Game & Watch to [[DACUS]]. Unlike in ''Brawl'' where his DACUS covered no distance, his DACUS covers a decently long distance being the third longest DACUS in ''Project M''.}}

*{{change|Mr. Game & Watch uses a previously unused smash attack charge sound from ''Brawl'' whenever a smash attack is charged.}}

*{{buff|Forward smash has increased base knockback (44 → 50) and less ending lag (frame 42 → 41).}}

*{{nerf|Forward smash has a slightly shorter duration (frames 13-33 → 13-32).}}

*{{buff|Up smash deals more damage (18% → 21%) and has increased knockback growth (96 → 100) making it the second strongest up smash in ''Project M''.}}

*{{nerf|Up smash has more ending lag (frame 40 → 44).}}

*{{buff|Down smash's sourspot retains its power from ''Brawl'' (10% → 13%) (10 (base), 50 (scaling) → 50/66) and the sweetspot deals more damage (16% → 17%) and knockback growth (90 → 132 (grounded), 100 (aerial).}}

*{{buff|All of Mr. Game & Watch's aerials can now be [[L-cancel]]led.}}

*{{buff|Neutral aerial deals more damage (16% → 17%).}}

*{{nerf|Neutral aerial has more landing lag (15 frames → 17).}}

*{{buff|Forward aerial has less staartup lag (frame 10 → 9) and its sweetspot deals more knockback and the sourspot deals more damage (6% → 7%).}}

*{{buff|Back aerial's hitboxes link better into each into other. It also has a longer duration (frames 10-21 → 10-22) and deals more damage due to changes to [[stale move negation]] (18% → 20%).}}

*{{nerf|Back aerial has more landing lag (18 frames → 20).}}

*{{buff|Up aerial now only consists of one hit. Because of this, it has drastically less [[ending lag]] (frame 40 → 18), and it can be used rapidly for [[juggling]]. It also has less startup lag (frame 7 → 3) and it now has a landing hit. It can now [[auto-cancel]] in a short hop and be performed twice in a short hop.}}

*{{nerf|Up aerial is significantly weaker dealing less damage (7% (hit 1), 9% (hit 2), 15% (total) → 9%).}}

*{{buff|Down aerial has less ending lag (frame 50 → 42) and its [[meteor]] hitbox deals 1% more damage (14% → 15%).}}

*{{buff|Down throw deals more damage (8% → 10%) and meteor smashes opponents akin to its ''Brawl'' counterpart allowing Mr. Game & Watch to [[tech-chase]] his opponents with it.}}

*{{buff|[[Chef]] has less startup (frame 16 → 8) and ending lag (frame 50 → 39) and it cancels on landing, similar to {{PM|Falco}}'s lasers.}}

*{{buff|[[Judgment]] numbers 2 through 8 are significantly more powerful. Numbers now also show one or two lights above them, indicating whether the next number will be even or odd - one dot means it will be odd, two dots means it will be even.}}

**{{buff|#7 is a significantly stronger KO move with more knockback scaling than his uncharged up smash and has the potential to heal 20% (10% for the move itself, and another 10% for the apple).}}

*{{buff|[[Fire]] no longer causes [[helpless]]ness and allows Mr. Game & Watch to act with any action afterwards (except an [[air dodge]]), like in ''Brawl'' but without the parachute and ability to air dodge.}}

*{{nerf|Fire has a shorter duration (frames 1-37 → 1-29).}}

*{{buff|[[Oil Panic]] has less ending lag (frame 50 → 44) after catching a projectile, and will usually [[OHKO]] when it is full. It can also now be used as an attack despite the amount of oil in the bucket. A full bucket attack now has [[intangibility]] during its first 6 frames.}}

*{{nerf|Oil Panic has more startup lag (frame 5 → 6) and a full bucket attack has a shorter duration (frames 2-37 → 2-26).}}

*{{buff|Up smash damage and knockback increased.}}

*{{buff|Neutral aerial parachute positioning better matched to ''Melee'' to have much better coverage on the sides and underneath.}}

*{{buff|Forward aerial knockback growth increased.}}

*{{buff|Forward and back throws have less endlag.}}

*{{nerf|Oil Panic minimum damage is decreased slightly.}}

*{{nerf|Oil Panic absorb collision is decreased in size.}}

*{{buff|Rapid Jab modified to not loop twice (4 hits) easily when trying to only loop once (2 hits).}}

*{{buff|Dash Attack hit duration is slightly increased, base knockback reduced a bit, and growth increased.}}

*{{change|Forward tilt timing of when the chair is out and when it hits corrected to match.}}

*{{change|Forward tilt and up tilt sound effects timing fixed.}}

*{{bugfix|Forward aerial had a misplaced hitbox during the back hit that was fixed, now allowing it to hit much further above and behind him.}}

*{{buff|Up aerial has an added landing hitbox identical to the aerial one except slightly less damage.}}

*{{buff|Down aerial upper and lower hitboxes both meteor on the initial hit instead of only the top.}}

*{{change|Up throw has much less base knockback and more growth.}}

*{{bugfix|Quick edge jump works properly on sloped edges.}}

*{{bugfix|[[Chef]] getting stuck in autofire bug has been fixed.}}

*{{buff|Chef pan hitbox does more damage, less base knockback, and much more growth.}}

*{{buff|[[Judgment]] maintains more horizontal momentum when used.}}

*{{buff|Judgment hit windows increased to match Melee, and added stronger sound effects to some of them.}}

*{{buff|Judgment adjusted so that the 1st hammer of the match cannot be a 1 or a 2, and the 2nd hammer cannot be a 1.}}

*{{bugfix|[[Fire]] falls more naturally and doesn't tug backwards at the peak when angled.}}

*{{change|Fire is stronger early in the attack, weaker near the end, and the knockback is reversible.}}

*{{buff|[[Oil Panic]] minimum hold time slightly reduced and is much more consistent, always releasing immediately if it has been held for that amount of time already.}}

*{{buff|Oil Panic initial horizontal momentum slightly increased.}}

*{{buff|Oil Panic attack can be activated by pressing B at any time the bucket is being held out with a charge in it, with more charges resulting in a larger attack area.}}

*{{buff|Forward smash is capable of hitting multiple times.}}

*{{buff|Down smash sweetspot on the hammers is now a meteor against grounded opponents with compensated knockback, allowing for combos at low damage.}}

*{{buff|Down throw does slightly more damage.}}

*{{change|Dash attack has a hitbox at the very start of the move that sends enemies forward.}}

*{{nerf|Forward tilt's late hit is weaker, sends more vertically, and is slightly smaller in size.}}

*{{change|Down aerial is interruptible sooner in the air.}}

*{{change|All throws appear identical in animation until the opponent is released.}}

*{{buff|Chef depending on frequency of use has a chance of launching large foods that spin slower, are more damaging, and stun longer than normal. Damage scales a little bit on each with Sausage<Shrimp<Fish<Steak.}}

*{{buff|Chef foods random trajectories can be limited to the upper or lower three by holding up or down.}}

*{{nerf|Chef pan hit window is a bit shorter.}}

*{{nerf|[[Chef]] has 4 frames of landing lag instead of instantly switching to wait upon landing.}}

*{{buff|Dash lengthened.}}

*{{change|Forward smash loop hitboxes removed, now possesses a weaker late flub hitbox.}}

*{{nerf|Using [[Oil Panic]] now stalls Mr. Game & Watch only once per time he's is in the air.}}

*{{nerf|Energy projectiles absorbed by Oil Panic now cause a flat 12% damage, instead of it being based on the projectile absorbed.}}

*{{buff|Oil Panic's damage is back to being based on the projectile(s) absorbed.}}

| [[Oil Panic]] || 10-60% (Based on absorbed attacks) || Mr. Game & Watch holds out a bucket that absorbs any incoming energy-based projectiles. The bucket can absorb up to three projectiles, after which the move turns into a powerful attack that can one-hit KO opponents depending on the strength of the projectiles absorbed. Taking out the bucket immediately halts all of Mr. Game & Watch's momentum once per air state, so the move can also be used to air-stall and recover, a technique known as [[Bucket Braking]]. However, the move will not cancel any momentum if the bucket is full.

*{{Sm|Pikmon|USA}} - Formerly best Game & Watch player in the world. Ranked 8th on [[PMRank 2019]] before switching to Ike, but still uses Game & Watch as a secondary. Currently ranked #17 on [[PMRank 2023]].

*{{Sm|Ellipsis|USA}} - The current best solo Game & Watch in the world. Ranked 25th on [[PMRank 2023]].

*{{Sm|Rise|USA}} - Ranked #43 on [[PMRank 2023]].

*{{Sm|Mr.Watch&Learn|USA}} - Formerly ranked 25th on [[PMRank 2019]]. Honorable mention on [[PMRank 2023]].

*{{Sm|Drugfreechu|USA}} - Formerly ranked 11th on [[PMRank 2019]].

*{{Sm|MrLz|USA}} - Formerly the best Game & Watch player in the world. Placed 3rd at [[EVO 2015]], 1st at [[Paragon Los Angeles 2015]], and 1st at [[Smash 'N' Splash 2]]. Formerly ranked 6th on [[PMRank 2016]].

*{{Sm|Nezergy|USA}} - Formerly ranked 35th on [[PMRank 2019]].

*{{Sm|Loyal|USA}} - Fprmerly ranked 47th on [[PMRank 2017]]

|colspan=10|[[File:Mr. Game & Watch Palette (PM).png|frame|center|Mr. Game & Watch's alternate costumes in PM]]

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|colspan=2|[[File:MrGame&WatchHeadRedSSBB.png]]

|colspan=2|[[File:MrGame&WatchHeadYellowSSBB.png]]

|colspan=2|[[File:MrGame&WatchHeadBlueSSBB.png]]

|colspan=2|[[File:MrGame&WatchHeadGreenSSBB.png]]

|colspan=2|[[File:MrGame&WatchHeadCyanSSBB.png]]

|colspan=2|[[File:MrGame&WatchHeadWhitePM.png]]

|colspan=2|[[File:MrGame&WatchHeadPinkPM.png]]

|colspan=2|[[File:MrGame&WatchHeadPurplePM.png]]