Ranking EVERY Nintendo Console From Worst To Best

Before the Game Boy saw Nintendo dominate the handheld market, Game & Watch was where their handheld efforts first began. Designed by Gunpei Yokoi, Game & Watch was a series of electronic games, with each model featured a single game. If you wanted a new game, this required buying a new model as each title was built-in. Releasing across 1980 until 1991, it was Nintendo’s first major success in the industry and sold 43 million units.

It featured a wide range of releases over its lifespan, including key franchises such as Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda and Mario and most games featured a “Game B” within the unit, normally a more difficult version of that title. It left a lasting legacy in its design, creating the modern D-Pad design in controllers whilst the Nintendo DS/3DS later reused the two screen approach present in some models.

By modern standards though, dedicated consoles no longer hold up and Nintendo have since moved onto better things, with its follow up, the Game Boy, allowing you to play multiple games via cartridges. With its continued representation in Super Smash Bros via playable character Mr Game & Watch and compilation releases, it’s clear Nintendo still look back fondly on their roots.