Mr. Game & Watch (SSB4): Difference between revisions

Since the early metagame, Mr. Game & Watch has maintained a mixed perception in regard to his tier placement and viability, due to the fact that he had been nerfed overall in his transition from ''Brawl''. Players acknowledged his heavily damaging combos, raw power and having one of the best recoveries in the game, but also his very light weight, lackluster range and sub-par grab game. Mr. Game & Watch's results had always been rather obscure until {{Trn|EVO 2015}}, where {{Sm|Regi}} placed 13th, and opinions of his potential became more positive over time due to some decent results brought by players such as {{Sm|KOSSismoss}} and {{Sm|Songn}}. This led him to being ranked 35th on the first ''4BR'' [[tier list]].

However, Mr. Game & Watch's overall tournament results and representation still stood out to be rather low in competitive play, even with the recent high placings of KOSSismoss and Regi's relatively better placement of 17th at {{Trn|EVO 2016}}. Although these results allowed Mr. Game & Watch to only negligibly drop to 37th on the second tier list, the inclusion of {{SSB4|Corrin}} and {{SSB4|Bayonetta}} would harm him, since their respective combo and camping games would prove them to be quite oppressive across the cast. The addition of the DLC characters would cause his tournament representation to decline. As such, he dropped to 40th on the third tier list, before rising to 38th on the fourth and final tier list.

2018 saw the debut of {{Sm|Maister}} on the greater ''Smash'' scene, who almost immediately began matching and even surpassing Regi's performances. Most notable among these performances was {{Trn|Combo Breaker 2018}}, which Maister won over {{Sm|ESAM}} and {{Sm|tyroy}}. With Maister being ranked 44th on the [[PGR v5]] and 81st on the [[PGR 100]], this has led many to reconsider Mr. Game & Watch's true viability, although its extent remained up in the air following the end of the game's competitive lifespan.