- This article is about Mr. Game & Watch's appearance in Super Smash Flash 2. For general information about the character, see Mr. Game & Watch.
Mr. Game & Watch is a veteran starter character in Super Smash Flash 2. He was revealed on the third day of the APEX 2015 stream. His moveset and sprite design are taken from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Unlike his usual appearance as an unlockable character in all the official Super Smash Bros. games released to date and the previous game, he was made a starter instead in Super Smash Flash 2.
Mr. Game & Watch is currently placed at 28th of B tier on the current tier list. Mr. Game & Watch has strong KO moves in his disjointed smash attacks, all aerial attacks (excluding back aerial), and Fire, as well as his potentially strong Judge and Oil Panic. Due to his high air speed, he has an amazing air game, along with fast and high priority aerial attacks that provide good spacing and edgeguarding tools, with his down aerial able meteor smash if landed on the initial hitbox. His relatively slow falling speed allows him to break out of juggles, and combined with Fire, he has one of the best vertical recoveries in the game. Since forward aerial has good and slightly disjointed range and has slow falling speed, this helps in Mr. Game & Watch's great edgeguarding tactic in the wall of pain.
Despite these strengths, Mr. Game & Watch possesses a few notable weaknesses. He is tied with Kirby and Bandana Dee for being the third lightest character in the game, which makes his survivability very weak. Despite having disjointed hitboxes, his overall range is mediocre, allowing sword-wielding characters to keep him away. Additionally, while Mr. Game & Watch's up throw and down throw are strong combo starters, none of his throws tend to KO until very high percents. His strongest special moves, Judge and Oil Panic, are also very situational, with Judge having a random effect with each use and Oil Panic only being useful against opponents with absorbable projectiles.
Attributes
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Mr. Game & Watch is a medium-speedy, yet floaty character. Mr. Game & Watch has fairly average attributes all around, running slightly slower and jumping slightly lower than Mario, but runs faster and jumps higher than the lightest characters, such as Kirby and Jigglypuff. He has good air speed and is on the floatier side of the cast. His most notable attribute is his light weight, being tied for third-lightest in the game, which almost makes him a combo-oriented character.
Overall, Mr. Game & Watch has a fairly unorthodox moveset focused on vertical combos. He possesses a very strong juggle game, with his neutral air having a large vertical hitbox and combo ability, his up special allowing him to quickly reach opponents above him, and his up air being able to keep opponents in the air with its windbox effect. Many of his attacks, including forward tilt, up tilt, and all of his aerials, are disjointed, which gives him an advantage in spacing, but many of his attacks, especially those with horizontal hitboxes, are either slow or have awkward properties that make them difficult to use in the neutral game. By far Mr. Game & Watch's greatest weakness is his lack of horizontal approach options. His run speed isn't fast enough to catch many opponents, and his only fast horizontal aerial is his back air, which does a mere 6% and is difficult to combo with. His grab has very little range, and none of his moves are very strong on shield, with the possible exception of a spaced forward air or forward tilt. Despite this, charging up smash attacks, using Judge if the number hits 3 or 9, using Oil Panic or repeatedly using standard, down, or up tilt attacks on the opponent's shield is very strong on shield, almost resulting in the point of the shield breaking. Chef also deals more shield damage. As such, he has a difficult time getting much of anything started, and struggles against characters that can outbox him on the ground, like Kirby and Samus. He also has trouble with some zoners, as his down special only absorbs energy-based projectiles. He sometimes struggles to KO due to his slow smash attacks, leaving him with few KO options outside of random forward airs, combos into up air (which is inconsistent), or his grab KO confirm. Mr. Game & Watch also has a hard time landing, due to his floatiness and lack of a good option to hit below him outside of down air, which has hefty landing lag.
When he does get in, though, Mr. Game & Watch can deal a lot of damage. His neutral air, up tilt, up special, and down air are all powerful combo tools that have the ability to link into each other, and forward air and up air are good combo finishers that can net a KO at high percents. Mr. Game & Watch's neutral air can also drag the opponent down, leading to a grab or even a smash attack if timed just right. Mr. Game & Watch also has a potentially deadly grab game, with his up throw setting up for a juggle. Back throw is Mr. Game & Watch's best and strongest throw for being good for setting up edge guards (since he has forward air and down air for meteor-smashing), where it can lead to KOing every opponents, even around 100% or less damage, his down throw forcing the opponent into a tech chase scenario and can also send the opponent off the ledge if used near the ledge and also can buy enough time to use one of his smash attacks, and his forward throw comboing into neutral air at low percents, forward air at high percents for a KO confirm, or even his potentially deadly side special, Judge — an attack that can KO at almost all percentages if the number strikes to 9 —, it is extremely easy to KO if hitting 9 both vertically and horizontally, due to his floatiness, combined with his somewhat lightweight status. Mr. Game & Watch also has a strong edgeguarding game, with his high aerial mobility, ability to put out a large number of falling projectiles with his neutral special, long-lasting aerials, and ability to quickly react to opponents trying to jump over him with his up special. His down air is also an extremely strong spike, and its disjointed hitbox allows it to beat out or trade with nearly every recovery move in the game, severely punishing opponents that have to recover low. Mr. Game & Watch has a strong recovery himself, with a fast up special that covers a long distance, the ability to mix up his recovery after his up special with aerials, and his ability to retain his double jump after using his up special. Mr. Game & Watch is almost never at a disadvantage offstage, as up special will KO opponents off-stage.
Since Mr. Game & Watch has mostly strongest attacks, Mr. Game & Watch is described as a "bait and punish", which is a character that possesses a potent offense, and can deal a lot of damage. Mainly, he can forcibly punish other lightweight characters, since most of his attacks are fairly powerful and has lots of great combos, along with outboxing other slowfallers or lightweight characters while on the ground, like Kirby, Jigglypuff or Bandana Dee.
Overall, Mr. Game & Watch had a few differences in Beta 1.1 in terms of moveset, such as his down air meteor-smashing without a sweetspot or hitting the inital hitbox, his forward air somewhat sending the opponent upwards, resulting in an apparent Star or Screen KO to opponents who are around 100% damage, and lastly his down attack pushing the opponents who are above it upwards, like his up aerial. Because of this, Mr. Game & Watch was once again the most popular character.
Moveset
Ground attacks
| Attack | Description | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Standard attack | Presses an insecticide pump to pump gas outward, then repeatedly presses it, ending by leaning forward to pump it. The player can continue the move by repeatedly pressing or holding the attack button after the second hit. Based on Greenhouse. | 3% |
| 0%-1% | ||
| 3% | ||
| Side tilt | Thrusts a chair in front of him. It launches horizontally and can be used as an edgeguarding tool. Strong ground attack and has great horizontal KO potential on opponents at higher damages or otherwise who are lightweight. Based on Lion. | 10% |
| Up tilt | Waves a flag with the number one above him. Good juggling capabilities, and can combo into itself or into neutral aerial. Based on Flagman. | 7% |
| Down tilt | Flips a manhole cover in front of him. Good combo starter. Based on Manhole. | 10% |
| Dash attack | Performs a sliding headbutt along the ground while wearing a helmet. The attack is mostly used as a combo starter. Based on Helmet. | 9% |
| Forward smash | Swings a lit torch forward. It has a sweetspot at the end and deals strong knockback, KOing opponents reliably under 150% and can cause potentially decent shield damage if sweetspotted, making it as a shield breaker. Based on Fire Attack. | 14% |
| 18% | ||
| Up smash | Performs an upward-arcing headbutt while wearing a diving helmet. It has moderate startup lag but great KO capability, as well as very high priority and strong knockback. Can also hit opponents at the air and can cause decently high and strong shield damage, making it as a shield breaker. His head is intangible during its active frames. Based on Octopus. | 18% |
| Down smash | Takes out two hammers and slams them on the ground. The sour spot in the center sends opponents horizontally while sweetspot sends opponents vertically, which will KO opponents at higher damages. Can be used as a shield breaker, since it causes decent shield damage. Based on Vermin. | 13% |
| 15% |
Aerial attacks
| Attack | Description | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Neutral aerial | Holds out a fish bowl with two fish in it, which hop out of the bowl around him, hitting four times, counting as a multi-hit drill. Possesses great juggling capability and high damage output. Based on Tropical Fish. | 3% |
| 4% | ||
| Forward aerial | Swings a boxed package in front of him. Based on Mario Bros. Has good reach. Great edgeguarding tool and a component of Mr. Game & Watch's notorious wall of pain. | 10% |
| 6% | ||
| Back aerial | Holds a snapping turtle behind him as it bites, hitting three times. This move can string into itself, but it does not have a great KOing ability unless used off-stage or otherwise if the opponents have higher damages. Based on Turtle Bridge. | 2% |
| 3% | ||
| Up aerial | Blows puffs of air above him twice. It pushes characters above him upwards if they are out of range of being damaged, the wind being more powerful closer to him. Has great KO capability. Based on Spitball Sparky. | 7% |
| 9% | ||
| Down aerial | Takes out a key and thrusts it downwards. A stall-then-fall, it meteor smashes opponents if the initial hitbox is landed and sweetspotted, which will result in apparent KO. Can be moved left or right as he descends. Based on Donkey Kong Jr.. | 11% |
| 7% | ||
| 4% |
Grab and throws
| Attack | Description | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Grab | Reaches out with a hand. Small range. Based on Mario's Cement Factory. | N/A |
| Pummel | Smacks the opponent with his alarm bell. Does this somewhat slowly. Based on the alarm feature of Game & Watch units. | 3% |
| Forward throw | Juggles the opponent as a ball from back to front, then launches them forward. Based on Ball. | 8% |
| Back throw | Juggles the opponent as a ball from front to back, then launches them backwards. Strong throw, and capable of KOing opponents at higher damages or otherwise lightweight or used off-stage. Based on Ball. | 8% |
| Up throw | Juggles the opponent as a ball from front to back, then launches them upwards. This move can combo into neutral aerial at lower percents for juggling and racking up damage, or up aerial at higher percents for KOing opponents, and can be used for KOing opponents at higher damages or if used off-stage. Can also chain grab fast-fallers and heavyweight characters, and sets up for Oil Panic remarkably well if filled. Based on Ball. | 8% |
| Down throw | Juggles the enemy as a ball from front to back, then launches them towards the ground. Can also launch them off the ledge if used on the opponents near the ledge. Another chain grab. Can set up tech chases and can also buy enough time to use his smash attacks and set up time for Oil Panic (if filled) at high percentages of damage. Based on Ball. | 8% |
Other attacks
| Attack | Description | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Floor attack | Gets out a hammer and slams it in front of him, then behind him. Deals high knockback. This can KO opponents at higher damages. Based on Vermin. | 6% |
| Ledge attack | Swings a bell in front of him while climbing up the ledge. This makes an alarm noise in the process. Strong knockback. Has a disjointed hitbox at the front tip of his bell. Based on the alarm feature of Game & Watch units. | 6% |
Special moves
| Special move | Name | Description | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral special move | Chef | Pulls out a frying pan and tosses food that flies through the air at various trajectories. The food travels slowly in an arc and deals weak knockback, making it useful as an anti-air, zoning, or edgeguarding tool. Hitting with the pan instead launches at a weak semi-spike angle. | 5% |
| 10% | |||
| Side special move | Judge | Attacks with his hammer and holds up a digital display with a random number from 1 to 9 on it. Each number has a different effect when hit. The effects for each number are the following:
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Varies |
| Up special move | Fire | Two firefighters appear, utilizing a trampoline to launch Mr. Game & Watch into the air. This move has very little startup lag and a hitbox as he rises. At the apex of his jump, he deploys a parachute to slow his descent. Capable of KOing opponents if used on them off-stage. | 6% |
| Down special move | Oil Panic | Pulls out a bucket that can absorb any energy based projectile. Once it is filled, using the move will release a projectile forwards. The attack's damage varies greatly, depending on the absorbed projectiles. The charge can be kept throughout stocks. This is capable of being a shield breaker (since it has decently high shield-damage) and KOing opponents at all damage-precents. | Varies |
| Final Smash | Octopus | Transforms into a huge octopus, extending its tentacles in and out to attack. | 16% |
Misc.
| Misc. | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| On-screen appearance | Moves along a line of unlit Game & Watch LCD frames. | ||
| Taunts | Standard | Rings his bell high. | |
| Side | Performs some sort of disco dance, raising his finger from behind to in front of him. Based on a "DJ Game & Watch" gif by ralaro. | ||
| Down/Up | Sits down and sighs. Has a windbox. | ||
| Idle poses | Hops in place or briefly looks behind himself. | ||
| Victory theme | A flourish that encompasses various chip tunes from the Game & Watch units. Directly taken from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. | ||
| Victory pose | Rings his bell at low and high angle, simultaneously turning around. | ||
| Hops two times in the air. | |||
| Runs to the right, then turns to the left and finally trips. | |||
Changes and revisions
Main article: Mr. Game & Watch (Super Smash Flash 2)/Changelog
Main article: Mr. Game & Watch was mostly directly buffed, although bugs related to down throw severely hurt his KO power, outweighing most of the buffs done. Below is a list of the major changes done in v1.1.
- Neutral aerial last hit deals more hitstun and has increased angle, improving combo ability.
- Judge #7 will always spawn food.
- Parachute now will go to heavy land on contact with the ground.
- Down throw is now much easier to SDI, making it effectively useless.
In competitive play
Match ups
Notable players
Tier placement history
Gallery
Costumes
Screenshots
Misc.
Trivia
Mr. Game & Watch's artwork when metal.
- It is possible for Mr. Game & Watch to be a true "silent character", along with Sandbag, Chibi-Robo, Mega Man, PAC-MAN, and Bomberman.
- Due to Mr. Game & Watch having a strong moveset in the game, he should have been ranked 1st of S in the Tier List by other players. The same can be said for Rayman and PAC-MAN.
- All of Mr. Game & Watch's moves use objects from games in the Game & Watch series, making him the only character to have every single move in his arsenal based on a game he appeared previously before.
- Although Mr. Game & Watch's appearance mainly consists of two flat colors, his appearance when metal consists of multiple shades of gray. To accomplish this, his default sprites are actually the same sprites he uses when metal, which are then recolored for his costumes.
- Mr. Game & Watch, along with Rayman, Yoshi, Zero Suit Samus, Tails, Jigglypuff, Mega Man, and Luffy, are the only characters so far who do not go into a helpless state under normal circumstances.
- Mr. Game & Watch's artwork is based on this official pose he makes in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ringing his bell.
- Since Beta 1.2, Mr. Game & Watch was the most popular character in the game, along with Rayman and PAC-MAN.
- Prior to Beta 1.2 and 1.1, in which costumes were simple filters and hues, Mr. Game & Watch's sprites were red by default, and Mr. Game & Watch's costumes had different colors that were scrapped before the release of Beta 1.2. This was due to the fact that it allowed for more varied costumes for the character, as grayscale colors like black cannot be changed by applying different hues.
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