I agree with you about the art style of these colour ones.
For me, they look too “new” and lose a lot of that charm the older Game and Watch games had.
yes they just really look like a lot of the other generic tabletop lcd games that were around at that time. i don’t know mate i’ve spoken to a lot of people about this and everyone feels the same but maybe it’s just an age thing ? maybe youngsters who got a game and watch panorama colour screen game before they encountered “the originals” would feel like those are the originals but, yes, i much prefer the classic style. that’s why the new mario and zelda games feel wrong, too. they’re just mario and zelda from the nes, the whole games. nothing you can’t play elsewhere. i think it’s a shame they didn’t just bite the bullet and make a game & watch “mini” featuring all the old games, or maybe 2 or 3 featuring them all spread over a few machines. that would have been preferable to what we got.
Bigsky
1 year ago
Lovely colours aside, this one does look like it would get old quickly. Great review though George and not sure why Mario is watching this unfold, while poor old DK is such a torturous situation – maybe Luigi is at home with DK’s kids holding them ransom perhaps? 🤔🤣
I agree with you about the art style of these colour ones.
For me, they look too “new” and lose a lot of that charm the older Game and Watch games had.
yes they just really look like a lot of the other generic tabletop lcd games that were around at that time. i don’t know mate i’ve spoken to a lot of people about this and everyone feels the same but maybe it’s just an age thing ? maybe youngsters who got a game and watch panorama colour screen game before they encountered “the originals” would feel like those are the originals but, yes, i much prefer the classic style. that’s why the new mario and zelda games feel wrong, too. they’re just mario and zelda from the nes, the whole games. nothing you can’t play elsewhere. i think it’s a shame they didn’t just bite the bullet and make a game & watch “mini” featuring all the old games, or maybe 2 or 3 featuring them all spread over a few machines. that would have been preferable to what we got.
Lovely colours aside, this one does look like it would get old quickly. Great review though George and not sure why Mario is watching this unfold, while poor old DK is such a torturous situation – maybe Luigi is at home with DK’s kids holding them ransom perhaps? 🤔🤣