When the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. edition launched last year, it was more of a curio and collectible than any kind of serious gaming device. It only included two relatively short classic games plus a Game & Watch homage, and it really wasn't the ideal way to play the classics, but it felt like a proof-of-concept for a Game Boy retro device. A year later, the Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda edition is a more substantial offering, and one of the better ways to play at least one of the best Zelda games of all time.

The Zelda version is almost identical to the Mario version in most respects, with green trim instead of red and the neat little addition of a glowing Triforce symbol on the back that lights up when the system is on. Other than that, the two are identical, right down to the charging port and button configuration placement. This time, the library includes the original The Legend of Zelda, Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, along with another riff on a classic Game & Watch minigame.

The game selection is presented a little more handsomely this time, with a slightly cleaner interface and the ability to swap between language options. And naturally, the actual clock function is presented as a Zelda 1 dungeon with the floor blocks making the numbers. (The Timer function is Zelda 2-themed.) The Game & Watch homage is the simplistic game Vermin, with Link's face replacing the monochrome Game & Watch character.