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Nelsonic Mario Watches - Manual Scans and Additional Game Info

A topic by Entking created May 22, 2025 Views: 469 Replies: 14

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Entking222 days ago

Hello - I'm hoping that you'll soon be able to add the three Nelsonic watches from the Mario collection to this collection. I've put together a RAR here that contains the following information:

- PNG scans of the manuals for each watch (in Japanese, but that's all I could find at the moment)
- AI translated versions of the manuals in easy-to-open Word docs
- Links to the websites where I found the information on each watch in a seperate text file - the websites do a fantastic job at explaning the rules of each game and how they're meant to be played, which will hopefully supplement the imperfect AI translations that I was able to provide

All of the information is avaialble in a RAR here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11OqFgrRxmYH-Kwr9r6hGjIz0wJKdNFHP?usp=dri...

Please let me know when you download it so that I can set the folder back to Private again!

Best,

E

Itizso222 days ago

Thanks! That's awesome. Unfortunately the folder is private and I can't access it.

Entking222 days ago

Hi can you please try accessing the folder again? It should be open to you now, as I've changed the privacy settings (I did this before but they didn't save for some reason.)

Itizso222 days ago

Thanks! Got it. These are great. The only thing still needed is some close ups of the screen artwork so I can recreate the graphics. The ones on the youtube videos are too small. I'll see what else I can find. Thanks again for your contribution.

Entking222 days ago

I also managed to find this image of the Luigi instructions in English, so there's now a complete set in English for three watches here. Would it be possible to take screenshots of the Youtube videos and then zoom in on them? I also wonder if the manuals might help with the graphics? Hoping you'll be able to make these soon.

Itizso222 days ago

Nice find! Do you have a link to the source so I can link to it in the game credits. As for the graphics, unfortunately enlarging a screenshot from the videos you linked to won't make the graphics any clearer since they're so small. And the graphics in the image scans are great but don't show all the graphics, only some 😞

Entking221 days ago

Sure - I originally found it on this old auction page here:

Do you think you'll be able to find the graphics somewhere? I'd hate for this not to get made after finding all of the documentation, as it's likely the only way that I and anyone else interested will ever be able to play these games (these watches sell for several hundred dollars on EBay, which is kind of a lot for what it actually is.)

I hope that you'll be able to make these with all of the information I've given you so far, and that you'll be able to find the rest either online or with the help of someone else here in the community.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1990-nintendo-mario-bros-game-watch-18709...

Itizso221 days ago

I'll be looking for more footage and hopefully someone in the community might be able to assist. Thanks for tracking down all the resources you've provided so far!

Entking211 days ago

Hi are there any updates on this? I've been trying to build these myself on ChatGPT, but the system keeps crashing - it did give me some interesting bits though. I'm hoping you'll eventually be able to make these and haven't given up on them.

Itizso211 days ago (1 edit)

I still haven't managed to find any better quality footage :(

Entking197 days ago

Hey Itizso, I managed to find some EBay listings that might be of use to you - are any of these helpful with getting you the info you need?

Finding video has proven to be very tricky, although one of these listings does have a few seconds of a very clear video - I hope this helps in some way!

- https://www.ebay.com/itm/177196714670?_skw=mario+egg+toss&itmmeta=01JXVBQ1R5NK94...
-https://www.ebay.com/itm/326640358202?_skw=princess+toadstool+castle+run&itmmeta=01JXVBVK9KP2PB36061DEXBWV8&hash=item4c0d48533a:g:SwgAAOSwol1m~-V9&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1f3TEkzqZ2VGvNXKTlVdNnNKFXmYJFb1XbS9Ur%2BdRQGjcsHZbF1OyJvmjLxA143oSPzDOh%2Bf8Vpz6U1dSG2DT23f%2FednQkP%2Bjho8yxjMSBIQxrw1n%2Fiu9%2FE%2BFWT2W4SASFwVAKBze8bvjd47AG3yVLoYNhMZd4WwMZ1n%2Fw7VS%2BNC5mwwRGNHYzP75Fni7TYaSXVddjloaJZ3dEigxJ8tLiyqGyWQUtZS%2B8F%2Bv88iCZLaoBJ8LXhnii0kZWbZWXWhlg0YMk1EBOzYTVyAYMTSS7i%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_C07uvuZQ
-https://www.ebay.com/itm/177010835091?_skw=princess+toadstool+castle+run&itmmeta=01JXVBVK9K6DWSHBKWS0MTG0ZZ&hash=item2936aafe93:g:DD0AAOSwzsln~UP0&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1f9GBUc1W1sEV7NCpkgt%2Fmc9cuqBD7kSclWA4RbRlZ3mlW2GI9tf8SHZbxyXzJzG6UKzPt%2BYpAVcHlZztD%2F3GOevnKOgDiLhlXCUuJ5tR63NdyNrfaFA098h8tO4a6EBt%2FfhlKT84bE2%2BDcPseCWs%2FQKjhVFCNeojRQPIXeJV30AS6Qrw3jP68BaJ%2FxFsxBZrC7Lk50EzqQii0DzRk1eu0zX3BJRiCEXmJTti%2FLnoFwg%2BoiqfvFL63kmqveCZekkpBlmQUUhphnmEQAQPSlu2em%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_C07uvuZQ

-https://www.ebay.com/itm/166850468021?_skw=princess+toadstool+castle+run&itmmeta...
-https://www.ebay.com/itm/256906675232?_skw=luigi+hammer+toss&itmmeta=01JXVBSDSCCK4MVGQPHFMGCCNC&hash=item3bd0d4c420:g:2rsAAeSwW51oC~ET&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cCYOQZXFQxdnIsRFTdhhutrNG3B4ksXqyiuat7q%2BVa5jdih1lvyrt7DUvGyV8nDIqZrIphyzpsqliuYkQTnI0ev1exWFr9XWNms0nZizvg1u%2BSJ7CTJYIjsDy9qrke32GPAl4cElsmVUVR9oQ%2FGKCWCD5MiCtA3TSjHIjToAv%2F3XHXOY6ks8ONaTnmaMJIFW3AFM9s6RuwiqAF8hjshIfPVtx5JqKmGwMyey%2FmDJs2AIdB37gW5fERr2nZIfkV12U%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-jc5evuZQ
-https://www.ebay.com/itm/388519236861?_skw=luigi%27s+hammer+toss&itmmeta=01JXVCCG4K4BXA3VHPVFFE4HVJ&hash=item5a758d14fd:g:np0AAeSwHbNoQUko&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fVJu3E4ksarnQXsP0yISOzTwJO%2B8XjjuASlbxY76wFI%2Bql2HxMgmxFjLO2nXBWXv6dRbdR9QL7XysRlheZa0toMO8xc16QAbV%2FWtOR5mgQChlNsqLwq2mRty9Qzmpe2O5SUm2VF7WEHvLfv8Ceu0H79VC0079Il9RNv9Ner159cGC8LvsKWsIGiZJDEmhcty8e%2FEI4k8IoEY1b2uZxvFn00C3Szw%2F8PaKLpF1zv5EmiDTDby2%2BUlPgj1POa35oMwtUKh%2B%2FevztcYpqU%2B%2B1eTISY90wIEA1xa%2FwUxON1HvQdw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMvIKy7O5l

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indiejoe222 days ago

These may be the same websites you found, but here are links to scans of the packaging (in Japanese)

Mario's Egg Catch
Luigi's Hammer Toss
Princess Toadstool's Castle Run

And here's an eBay listing with the American packaging for Castle Run.

Entking222 days ago

Yes this was the website I used - the only thing included in my RAR that's not here is AI translations of the Japanese manuals

Entking222 days ago

I also found an old Ebay listing for the Mario watch as well, which has a listing of the American manual pages

https://www.ebay.com/itm/355827597132

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