Manhole (Game & Watch)
| Manhole | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Manhole.jpg The Gold version of Manhole | |||
| Developer | Nintendo R&D 1 | ||
| Publisher | Nintendo | ||
| Platform(s) | Game & Watch, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS | ||
| Release date | Game & Watch: January 29, 1981 (Gold) January 29, 1981 (Gold) August 24, 1983 (New Wide Screen)Nintendo e-Reader: 2002Nintendo DSi (DSiWare): August 19, 2009 April 5, 2010 April 9, 2010 April 9, 2010 October 21, 2010Nintendo 3DS (eShop): June 6, 2011 June 6, 2011 June 6, 2011 July 7, 2011 | ||
| Genre | Puzzle | ||
| Rating(s) |
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| Mode(s) | Single player | ||
| Media | Game & Watch:
Built-in Game Boy Advance: e-Reader card Nintendo DSi:
 Digital downloadNintendo 3DS: Digital download | ||
| Input | Game & Watch:
Game Boy Advance: Nintendo DS: Nintendo 3DS:
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- Everyone
Manhole is a Game & Watch game originally released as part of the Gold series on January 29, 1981, and was reissued as part of the New Wide Screen series on August 24, 1983; the latter type had been ported as a minigame in two Super Mario games, Game & Watch Gallery and Game & Watch Gallery 4. Manhole is one of Game & Watch Gallery's Gallery Corner games.
The WarioWare series has referenced Manhole a few times. In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, there is a microgame similar to Manhole called Bridge Work, which appears in Orbulon's stage. In WarioWare Gold, a microgame based on Manhole called Game & Watch: Manhole appears as one of 5-Volt's microgames, and there is also a full length minigame with the same name.
Gameplay
Classic version
The main character has to stop pedestrians from falling into holes that lead to the sewers below. To do this, he uses a manhole cover, which fills in the holes long enough for the people to pass. The player earns a point for every pedestrian who travels across a manhole cover. As the game progresses, the pedestrians move faster. More of them appear in Game B. If a pedestrian falls into the water, the player gets a miss. If the player reaches 300 points without any misses, the points are worth double until the player does get a miss. If the player has any misses at said score, every miss is cleared instead. When the player gets three misses, they receive a Game Over.
Modern version
Manhole was remade with an updated "Modern" version for Game & Watch Gallery. Toad, Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario are the pedestrians in this version, walking at different speeds, while Yoshi is the character the player controls. In this version, four manhole covers can stay up at once, unlike in the original. The manhole covers can drop from characters stepping on them, causing the next pedestrian to fall if Yoshi does not act quickly. Yoshi can also hold a manhole cover in place to keep it from falling. He holds up the upper manhole covers with his head and the lower ones with his tongue. At 200, 500, and 700 points, a Chubby comes out of the ground and throws a heart for Yoshi to catch to remove a miss. This version also features music, with the tempo changing depending on the speed of the game.
Controls
Game & Watch Gallery
: Move
: Diagonal
Game & Watch Gallery 4
: Move
and 
: Diagonal
Gallery
Classic version
Manhole as it appears in Game & Watch Gallery 4
Modern version
Manhole cover
References
| Game & Watch games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Super Mario franchise | Donkey Kong (1982, MS) • Mario Bros. (1983, MS) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, TT/NWS) • Mario's Bombs Away (1983, PS) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, MVS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, CrS | 1987, Sp | 1988, NWS) • Mario the Juggler (1991, NWS) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, CoS) | |
| Donkey Kong franchise | Donkey Kong (1982, MS) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982, NWS | 1983, TT & PS) • Donkey Kong II (1983, MS) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984, MVS) • Donkey Kong Circus (1984, PS) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, MVS) | |
| Miscellaneous | Green House (1982, MS) | |
| MS: Multi Screen • TT: Table Top • PS: Panorama Screen • NWS: New Wide Screen • MVS: Micro VS. System • CrS: Crystal Screen • Sp: Special • CoS: Color Screen | ||
