WarioWare

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About

WarioWare is a series of comedy-based microgames compilations. the series is co-developed, published by Nintendo & Intelligent Systems and is released on various Nintendo Handheld and Consoles.

Gameplay

WarioWare games are a collections of short and simple games ("microgames" or "minigames") that is presented in quick succession. Each of these microgames usually lasts about three to five seconds (in certain microgames, it can last longer than just 5 seconds), the speed and difficulty of the microgames will increase as the player progress. While the game gives you a maximum of four lifes, the player must complete those microgames in a rapid secession or else a life will be lost. Lose all lifes and it's gameover.

Boss games usually appears frequently, it is much longer and more complex than the other microgames; upon completing these, the player can regain a lost life.

Each WarioWare installments often make use of hardware features from console/handhelds for which they are released.^[1][2]

Plot

The plots of these games center on Wario, his company WarioWare, Inc., and his friends in Diamond City who develop microgames for his company. Because of his greed, Wario usually refuses to pay his friends, despite the high success of the games.

Most games in the series include short stories in the form of cutscenes dedicated to each of the developers, telling about their adventures or everyday lives. These cutscenes are split into two parts, the first one shown before the developer's respective microgame stage, and the latter part appearing after the player beats the stage.^[3]

Games

The first game in the series, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! was released on March 21th, 2003 in Japan and May 23th & 26th 2003 in America and Europe respectively, for the Game Boy Advance. The second game in the series, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games! is a multiplayer-focused party video game and a remake of the first game, it was released on October 17th, 2003 in Japan, April 6th, 2004 on US and September 3rd 2004 for the GameCube.

The third game, WarioWare: Twisted! was released on October 14th, 2004 in Japan and May 23, 2005 in America for the Gameboy Advance. Twisted! uses gyro sensor built-in to a cartridge to rotate the Game Boy Advance handheld system, this allows most Microgames to take advantage of gyro sensors.

The fourth game, WarioWare: Touched! was released on December 2nd, 2004 in Japan, February 14th, 2005 and March 11th, 2005 in Europe as a Launch Title for the Nintendo DS. The microgames are exclusively controlled with the Touchscreen.

The fifth game, WarioWare: Smooth Moves was released on December 2nd, 2006 in Japan, January 12th, 2007 in Europe and January 15th, 2007 in America for the Nintendo Wii. Smooth Moves takes complete advantage of Wii Remote as each microgames requires the player to position the Remote in specific ways.

The sixth game, WarioWare: Snapped! was released on December 24th, 2008 in Japan, April 3rd, 2009 in Europe and April 5th, 2009 in America as a Launch Title for Nintendo DSi under DSiWare. The game primary uses the Nintendo DSi's built-in camera to use the player's movement in order to complete microgames.

The Seventh game, WarioWare D.I.Y. was released on April 29th, 2009 in Japan, March 28th, 2010 in America and April 30th, 2010 in Europe for both The Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii. D.I.Y focused on User Generated Content (UGC), which allows players to create their own microgames and can be shared to other players via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. sadly, the service was terminated on May 20, 2014, thus, this specific online feature no longer works.

The eighth game, WarioWare Gold was released on July 27th in Europe, August 2nd in Japan and August 3rd 2018 in America for the Nintendo 3DS. this installment is a complication of microgames across the series with some new microgames, while updated to have a new control scheme for the 3DS alongside visuals and scenarios. Gold is the first WarioWare game to feature Full Voice Acting and has the largest collection of microgames (over 300 microgames) to date.

Spin-offs

Game & Wario is a party game released on March 28th in Japan, June 23th in America and June 28th 2013 in Europe for the Nintendo Wii U.

Reception

WarioWare games has earn numerous awards and received critical acclaim for its gameplay, graphical presentation, the setting, musics & audio and its use of hardware features for each installments.

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