Mr. Game & Watch (SSBB)

This article is about Mr. Game & Watch's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Mr. Game & Watch.

Mr. Game & Watch
Mr. Game & Watch
Universe	Game & Watch
Appears in	SSBM SSBB
Availability	Unlockable

Mr. Game & Watch (Mr.ゲーム＆ウォッチ, Misutā Gēmu ando Uocchi) is a character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Mr. Game & Watch was indirectly revealed from a leaked copy of the game. One of the leaked screenshots shows Game & Watch's Final Smash, in which Mr. Game & Watch transforms into an octopus.

He was officially confirmed on the Smash Bros. DOJO!! website on March 10, 2008.

How to Unlock

• Fight in 250 brawls
• Clear Target Smash with 30 different characters on any single difficulty level
• Have Mr. Game & Watch join your party in The Subspace Emissary

With the exception of the last of the three methods listed above, you’ll need to face Mr. Game & Watch in a brawl and beat him after satisfying the above conditions to unlock him.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Can catch projectiles in his bucket, which turns them into a powerful attack
• Up B has great vertical height, can give decent distance through the parachute, and can be attacked out of
• Quick and effective down and up tilts
• Smashes are powerful finishers
• Down air is a Stall-Then-Fall aerial, allowing it to negate vertical knockback
• Down air can spike in the initial falling frames
• Small target
• Up air pushes up characters above Game and Watch who aren't hit by the attack
• Back aerial is an incredible multi-hit approach
• Strong, fast forward aerial
• Down throw sets up for a tech chasing game
• Judgement 9 is a powerful launcher and often can kill even at 0%
• Chef can disrupt recoveries and limit an opponent's forms of approach
• Down Tilt has decent knockback & hit range
• Down special has been "buffed" in that the direction you face does not matter

Cons:

• Second lightest character in the game
• Many attacks are slow in coming out, especially smashes
• Roll and dash attack are rather poor (though improved over Melee)
• Can be comboed fairly easily
• Predictable recovery, has trouble sweet-spotting the edge
• Projectiles from Chef have a random trajectory making it somewhat unreliable
• Parachute can be Spiked
• Down special can only be used for projectiles

Changes from Melee to Brawl

• Down tilt has more horizontal range and sends enemies forward weakly. In Melee it was a powerful vertical launch.
• Chef throws out other foods
• Mr. Game & Watch uses a parachute after his Up B, making him fall more slowly
• New neutral air: Tropical Fish
• Down air propels him downwards
• Shield fully covers Mr. Game & Watch
• Up air pushes characters above Mr. Game & Watch upwards if they are far enough from being damaged.

Role in the Subspace Emissary

Snake, Meta Knight and Lucario come on to the bridge of the Halberd to discover a gang of Mr. Game and Watches are piloting the ship. The three quickly defeat them, throwing them through the window down to the deck in front of Sheik, Fox, and Peach. The clones then revert to Shadowbugs and form into a giant metal monster called Duon. Snake, Lucario, and Falco then jump down to to aid them. Once the monster is defeated, the Shadowbugs will disappear, leaving behind Mr. Game and Watch's trophy. Fox keeps a close eye on it with his blaster while Peach revives it. Peach then scolds Mr. Game and Watch as he bows in gratitiude. Then Peach gives him her parasol to cheer him up. Mr. Game and Watch accompanies the heroes throughout the rest of the story and helps them take down Tabuu.

Mr. Game & Watch is the only character to not have his name displayed when he is introduced (other than every boss except Tabuu).

According to a trophy, Mr. Game & Watch embodies a limitless supply of Shadow Bugs, a substance which can replicate characters or even create new creatures. Tabuu discovered this and captured Mr. Game & Watch, using the Shadow Bugs to build the Subspace Army.

Special Movements

Taunts

Up: Rings his bell high.

Side: Rings his bell low.

Down: Jumps once, opening his hands. (Note: Some players joke that he is actually flipping the bird with both hands.)

On-Screen Appearance: Moves across a row of Game & Watch LCD's.

External Links

• Gameplay video
• Another gameplay video
• Screenshots
• Mr. Game & Watch's Moves 1 - Super Smash Bros. Melee History; Shows where each of G%W's attacks came from
• Mr. Game & Watch's Moves 2 - Super Smash Bros. Melee History; Part 2 of the series.