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[[File:1100412-game_and_watch_super_8101.jpg|frame|Ball, the first of the Game and Watches]]

 

When ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'' came out, there was a strange character that nobody except the most hardcore of [[Nintendo]] fans recognized. [[Completely Missing the Point|His name was]] [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|Marth]].

The mascot himself is a bit of an enigma. Still, we have some information due to his role in the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' games. [[Flat Character|As far as we know, he has no personality]]. Because of this, he's Nintendo's first [[The Everyman|everyman,]] as Mario's a year younger than him. By [[Word of God]], he's [[True Neutral]], as he has no understanding of good or evil. He may be a [[Disco Dan]], as he still speaks [[The Unintelligible|in calculator beeps]] (with the exception of the "present" section in Game and Watch Gallery 4), he uses [[Limited Animation]] and he and his tools remain two-dimensional (except for a manhole cover). This probably isn't his fault; no game designer wants to be the one who updates him and [[The Artifact|gets attacked by his fans]]. His fighting style is, more or less, a mix of [[Confusion Fu]] and [[Hammerspace]]. And that's all we know on the monochrome enigma.

 

* Ball (1980): The very first game in the series. The player has to keep a number of balls in the air. Available as [[D Si]] Ware, and has been recently re-released through Club Nintendo.

* Boxing (1984) (Later renamed to [[Punch-Out!!]]): Similar to Urban Champion. Also available in Game & Watch Gallery 4.

* [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|Zelda]] (1989): A condensed version of the console game, the only Game & Watch game featuring Link. Appears as the final game in Gallery 4.

 

There were, of course, [http://www.handheldmuseum.com/ many other] watch/handheld game devices (and even ''wrist''watches with games):