"Yoshi is a gardener, Mario and Luigi bake cakes, and Toad is a delivery man. What’s not to like?"

Nintendo made a ton of money in the late 1990's by re-releasing some of their classic Game and Watch titles from the early 1980's. All of them have been remade using Mario and his cast of characters. For those of you that don't know, Game and Watch games were sold separately, and actually looked like the Game Boy Advance does today. They were basically handheld video games that actually had a clock built right it. There are five games that have been redone for Game and Watch Gallery 3. I will describe each game. Also as a nice bonus, the classic versions are included as well, although they aren't anything to ride home about.

Egg is my favorite game in this collection. Yoshi stars in it, and his job is to eat the cookies and doughnuts before they fall. Be careful because Bob-ombs also fall in with the treats, and if Yoshi eats one he loses. In Green House, another game staring Yoshi, your job is to spit watermelon seeds at the Shy Guys and monkeys that are going after your garden crops. Don't let them touch your crops. Turtle Bridge stars Toad. His job is to bring Mario's presents over to Peach. The trick is that the pathway is on a group of birds that disappear after a certain amount of time.

Mario Bros. is not the one from the NES. Now that we have gotten that out of the way, this is a great game. Mario and Luigi must pass cakes back and forth on a conveyor belt in order to decorate the cake, and then load it onto Wario's delivery truck. Bowser of course will try and stop you by messing up the controls from time to time. Don't drop any cakes. The final game is Donkey Kong Jr. Mario has captured Donkey Kong, and Jr. must rescue him.

All of these games are rather easy at the beginning, but get very hard as you earn more points. In addition, the graphics are top notch, and the music is fantastic. The graphics are better than Game and Watch Gallery 2, but they don't look quite as good nowadays compared to other games. I must add that most of the classic versions, while nice to have, are really boring and aren't worth your time. Still you have to play them if you want to unlock everything. Of course they aren't as boring as Game and Watch Gallery 2, but they still are very slow paced.

Of course this game has lots of replay value. All of the games are fun, but as you get better at them, and earn more points, you can unlock more games. They include, Flagman, Judge, Lion, Spitball Sparky, and Donkey Kong Jr. 2. In all, this is the type of game that will keep you busy for months. Buy it, if you can find it at a store.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 02/23/05, Updated 03/15/05