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Game & Watch Gallery 4
North American box art, with artwork representing the six default games.
Developer(s)Tose
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Hitoshi Yamagami
Yasuhito Minamimoto
Producer(s)Takehiro Izushi
Designer(s)Hisataka Ikoma
Akira Mochizuki
Erika Hara
Koutarou Shinoki
Programmer(s)Kenta Egami
Takahiro Furukawa
Artist(s)Yoichi Kotabe
Yasuko Takahashi
Composer(s)Riyou Kinugasa
Kengo Hagiwara
SeriesGame & Watch Gallery
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • EU: October 25, 2002
  • NA: October 28, 2002
Genre(s)Various
Mode(s)Single-player

Game & Watch Gallery 4, known as Game & Watch Gallery Advance in Europe and Australia and Game Boy Gallery 4 in Japan, is a video game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in October 2002. It is the fifth and final game in the Game & Watch Gallery series, and contains 11 remastered games from the Game & Watch line of Nintendo handheld games, several of which were featured in previous series entries.

The game was digitally re-released via the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe and Australia in December 2015, in North America in March 2016, and in Japan in April 2016. The Virtual Console release marks the first time the game was released in Japan.[1]

Gameplay

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Game & Watch Gallery 4 features 11 games based upon the Game & Watch brand of handheld games, five of which must be unlocked. Each game contains a 'Classic' mode, resembling the gameplay and presentation of the original Game & Watch title, and a 'Modern' mode, which contains revised graphics and additional features.[2] The following 11 games are included:

  • Fire: Players must use a tarp to catch civilians jumping from a burning building and bounce them to safety. In the 'Modern' version, different characters have different bounce durations.[3] This game was previously included in Game & Watch Gallery.[4]
  • Boxing: Players compete in a boxing match, varying between high and low hits to break their opponent's guard. In the 'Modern' version, the player fights multiple opponents of varying difficulty.[3] This game offers two-player competitive play in place of a hard difficulty.[5]
  • Rain Shower: Players must move clotheslines to prevent their clothes from being struck by rain. In the 'Modern' version, players must protect bystanders from water balloons, which can sometimes be turned to coins using a switch.[3]
  • Mario's Cement Factory: Players control Mario, who must move between multiple floors to empty cement vats before they overflow. In the 'Modern' version, Boos will sometimes take up space in the mixers.[3] This game was previously included in Game Boy Gallery.
  • Donkey Kong Jr.: Players rescue Donkey Kong from Mario by jumping on vines and collecting keys whilst avoiding enemies. In the 'Modern' version, platforms disappear and levels change for greater variation.[3] This game was previously included in Game & Watch Gallery 3.[6]
  • Donkey Kong 3: Players control Donkey Kong and Stanley, who use insecticide to try and push bees into the other's area. In the 'Modern' version, Stanley is replaced by Mario, and the bees are replaced by a fireball and Boo, the latter of which can move independently without being sprayed.[3] This game offers two-player competitive play in place of a hard difficulty.[5]
  • Chef (unlockable): The player moves left and right to catch food in their frying pan to toss up into the air. In the 'Modern' version, the player can rotate and turn on the spot to feed Yoshi.[3] This game was previously included in Game & Watch Gallery 2.[7]
  • Mario Bros. (unlockable): Mario and Luigi must move a series of packages along a conveyor belt and load cakes onto a truck without dropping them. In the 'Modern' version, an alarm rings that changes the direction of the conveyor belt.[3] This game was previously included in Game & Watch Gallery 3.[6]
  • Donkey Kong (unlockable): The player moves left and right and jumps to avoid barrels, making their way up platforms and ladders towards Donkey Kong. In the 'Modern' version, platforms disappear and levels change for greater variation.[3] This game was previously included in Game & Watch Gallery 2.[7]
  • Octopus (unlockable): Players must retrieve treasure from a sunken chest while avoiding an octopus' moving tentacles. In the 'Modern' version, Mario's speed is affected by the amount of treasure he is carrying.[3] This game was previously included in Game & Watch Gallery.[4]
  • Fire Attack (unlockable): Players must move between different areas of a base to repel attacking forces. In the 'Modern' version, players must avoid hitting apples or hens to receive additional points.[3]

When players accrue a certain number of points in each game, they earn 'stars' which can be used to unlock additional content, including the five unlockable games, a sound test, a chronological list of every Game & Watch game ever released, and new entries in the museum; up to five stars can be earned in each mode and difficulty of each game, for a total of 220 stars.[5] Unlike the museums in previous games, which only displayed animations of gameplay from other Game & Watch games, Game & Watch Gallery 4 allows players to unlock these games for play. These games are only playable in Classic mode, and do not grant additional stars. Games that can be unlocked in the museum include Manhole, Tropical Fish, Mario's Bombs Away, Parachute, Bomb Sweeper, Climber, Safebuster, Lifeboat, and Zelda.[8]

Reception

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References

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  1. ^ "3DSとWii Uの「ニンテンドーeショップ」サービス終了迫る！ 今のうちに買っておくべきDLソフト「私はこれを買いました」". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). December 31, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Murphy, Kevin (December 1, 2002). "Game & Watch Gallery 4 (GBA) Review". GameSpy. Archived from the original on November 10, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Pallesen, Lasse (November 16, 2002). "Game & Watch Gallery 4 Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Averett, Steve (June 15, 1999). "Game & Watch Gallery". IGN. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Harris, Craig (November 11, 2002). "Game & Watch Gallery 4". IGN. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Harris, Craig (December 10, 1999). "Game & Watch Gallery 3". IGN. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Sy, Dexter (November 24, 1999). "Game & Watch Gallery 2". IGN. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  8. ^ a b Provo, Frank (November 22, 2002). "Game & Watch Gallery 4 Review". GameSpot. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  9. ^ "Game & Watch Gallery 4 Reviews". Metacritic. October 28, 2002. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  10. ^ Faliszek, Chet (February 2003). "Game & Watch Gallery 4". Game Informer. No. 118. p. 110.
  11. ^ "Game & Watch Gallery 4". Nintendo Power. No. 162. November 2002. p. 76.
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