- Not to be confused with Game & Watch or Gamewatch Boy.
The Nelsonic Game Watch is a multi-purpose wristwatch developed by Nelsonic Industries that uses an LCD display. Nelsonic obtained licensing from Nintendo in 1989 to reproduce many of Nintendo's popular games, including various Mario entries; these were done in a much simpler Game & Watch style format, due to the game watch's limitations. All of the Nelsonic Game Watch products were released in North America, and were produced while Nelsonic acted as a division of the watch-making company M. Z. Berger prior to and after their acquisition in 1990. Mario's Egg Catch, Luigi's Hammer Toss, and Princess Toadstool's Castle Run were also given away in Japanese McDonald's chains.[1] The Super Mario Bros. 3 watch was re-released in Europe, along with a couple of other Nelsonic Game Watches, by UK-based timepiece distributor Zeon in late 1992.[2]
This is a list of Mario games that were made for the Nelsonic Game Watch:
- Super Mario Bros. (based on Super Mario Bros.) (1989)
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (based on Super Mario Bros. 3) (1990)
- Mario's Egg Catch (based on Super Mario Bros. 2) (1990)
- Luigi's Hammer Toss (1990)
- Princess Toadstool's Castle Run (1990) (distributed by S.I.U.)[3][dead link]
- Super Mario World (based on Super Mario World) (1991)
- Donkey Kong (based on Donkey Kong) (1994)
Gallery
Japanese McDonald's Mario's Egg Catch
Close up of packaging
Instructions in Japanese
Instructions in Japanese
Japanese McDonald's Princess Toadstool's Castle Run
Close up of packaging
Instructions in Japanese
Instructions in Japanese
Japanese McDonald's Luigi's Hammer Toss
Close up of packaging
Instructions in Japanese
Instructions in Japanese
Super Mario Bros. 3
External links
References
- ^ https://russetburbank.net/products/list?category_id=16
- ^ Bielby, Matt. December 1992. No. 1 Nintendo Game Watches. Super Play, Issue 2, pg. 21.
- ^ Warranty sheet featuring return address: [1]