"Now while I’m a little too young to have actually experienced the Game & Watch games in their fullest glory, I was able to catch an encore performance of sorts by playing the old Game & Watch Gallery games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. I was watching Pawn Stars with my dad the other day (sorry not sorry) when someone came on and tried to sell their old Game & Watch games and it brought back feelings of nostalgia for me." - Joshua, BoomPopMedia
"The Game & Watch games have, in the past, been viewed as fine examples of true pick-up-and-play gameplay. Stick four of them into a collection of sorts and add the word 'Gallery' as the active part of the title and you may just have a recipe that will warm the hearts of hardcore and casual gamers alike. As it turns out, that's exactly what this title accomplishes, featuring what some may describe as timeless gameplay that by no means requires a noteworthy amount of nostalgic appeal to enjoy. What is more, the manner in which Nintendo expanded upon the originals in new and exciting ways has led to a really replayable bundle of games. It's of little wonder how this debut title developed into a whole series in itself." -- Wiiloveit.com
It’s been a reasonably slow start to the 3DS’ Virtual Console. Since the console launched back in June, we’ve only seen 24 Game Boy or Game Boy Color games released (in Australia).
Of course the 3D Classics has remedied this somewhat, and this is a story of quality over quantity; many of those 24 games are well worth buying.
Kristan Reed (Modojo): Somewhere in the raging heart of the eighties gamer there will always be a special place for Nintendo's ultra-basic, pre-Game Boy handheld gems. Simple, addictive, and designed to fill a few spare playground minutes, the Game & Watch games worked around their hilarious technical limitations with typical Nintendo class.
