{"id":18185,"date":"2018-08-10T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T00:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=18185"},"modified":"2018-08-03T02:06:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T02:06:01","slug":"we-love-warioware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/10\/we-love-warioware\/","title":{"rendered":"We Love WarioWare!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A new WarioWare game has been recently released on 3DS: WarioWare: Gold.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of a \u2018best of\u2019 the series with over 300 games from the franchise.\u00a0 So in honor of that, I figured I\u2019d post a blog about all the games in the series, as it is one of my favorites!<\/p>\n

WarioWare: Mega Microgame$<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who would\u2019ve thought that a game about 3 second mini-games that you have to quickly figure out would be fun?\u00a0 I loved this game so much that it was my Game of the Year back in 2003.\u00a0 Can you believe it\u2019s been that long since the first game?\u00a0 That was also the first year that I started writing for GamerDad.com!\u00a0 Did you know that the same folks who worked on the first WarioWare game also worked on the Game Boy Camera, and some of the mini games in that are the same?\u00a0 Only bad thing about WarioWare is I think it kind of replaced the Game & Watch Gallery series, which I also loved.\u00a0 I don\u2019t like using the expression \u201con crack\u201d but WarioWare is basically Game & Watch \u201con crack.\u201d\u00a0 It even got imitator games, like Hot Pixl on the PSP.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t played a WarioWare game yet, you should!<\/p>\n

WarioWare: Mega Party Game$<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of people complain that Nintendo just repackaged the GBA original into a multiplayer GameCube game, and they kind of did.\u00a0 But it was so much fun and they had a lot of good ideas on how to make the micro games into a multiplayer experience.\u00a0 Plus, the game was only 30 bucks, which was pretty low for a GameCube game from Nintendo.\u00a0 I had a lot of fun playing this one with friends back then.<\/p>\n

WarioWare: Twisted<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back on the GBA, Nintendo included a motion sensoring device right on the cartridge, and you would twist and rotate the GBA around to play the games.\u00a0 It was very creative at the time.\u00a0 Was this game, along with Yoshi Topsy Turvy, Nintendo\u2019s experiments with motion controls they would later use with the Wii?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 Did you know that in Japan, this game came out before the DS WarioWare game did, but in the US, we got the DS game first?\u00a0 Kind of weird.\u00a0 Many people claim that Twisted is one of the best WarioWare games.\u00a0 I enjoyed it a lot, but for some reason, it didn\u2019t stick out in my mind like some of the others did.<\/p>\n

WarioWare: Touched<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back when the DS came out, touch screens were a bit of a novelty, as cell phones as we know them now hadn\u2019t come about just yet.\u00a0 So all the mini-games in this edition used the touch screen and microphone, two staples of the DS.\u00a0 A lot of people say this was one of the weaker entries, but I enjoyed it quite a bit.<\/p>\n

WarioWare: Smooth Moves<\/strong><\/p>\n

And of course when the Wii came out, they had to have a WarioWare game with full motion controls.\u00a0 I had a lot of fun with this one, but since they had to tell you how to hold the remote between each game, it kind of slowed the pace down a bit.\u00a0 Also since the Wii was home to tons of mini game collections like this, Smooth Moves kind of got lost in the shuffle.\u00a0 Plus it was pretty short.<\/p>\n

WarioWare: Snapped<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the DSi came out it could do two things that the DS couldn\u2019t.\u00a0 Take pictures, and download games via DSiWare.\u00a0 And that\u2019s where Snapped comes in.\u00a0 It came out near launch of the DSi, and you could only download it.\u00a0 Which was kind of a new thing back then for handhelds.\u00a0 The game used the camera to view your head as you leaned around and play mini games with an amusement park theme.\u00a0 Kind of like how when you get your picture taken on a roller coaster.\u00a0 Only problem was the game worked about as well as the PS2 EyeToy, which means not very well.\u00a0 And there were only four character stages, so it was a pretty short experience.\u00a0 Probably my least favorite WarioWare game.<\/p>\n

WarioWare: D.I.Y.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So this is basically Mario Maker for the WarioWare series.\u00a0 Using a Mario Paint style interface along with some \u2018if, then\u2019 programming style statements, you could make your own micro games!\u00a0 The game also had a lot of pre-made games you could play and take a look under the hood at to see how they made them.\u00a0 Because of this, I consider the game very educational, too.\u00a0 It even won my Game of the Year Award when it came out (2010 I believe).<\/p>\n

Well, OK, there\u2019s another reason why this game won my Game of the Year award that year.\u00a0 I apologize if you\u2019ve heard this story too many times, but it is one of the biggest feathers in my game playing and reviewing cap, so I\u2019m rather proud of it so bear with me while I tell it again.\u00a0 Shortly after the release of D.I.Y., Nintendo held contests where you could make WarioWare games, upload them to the server, and they would select a few to be featured on their main page every month that anyone could download.\u00a0 Well one of mine won!\u00a0 It was a really dumb game where you must feed a kitty healthy food instead of fattening food.\u00a0 But it won so I was happy.\u00a0 I even wrote an article about it then, here\u2019s a link to it<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Game & Wario<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this one you play mini-games that use both the Wii U screen and TV screen, but it\u2019s a bit of a departure because the games aren\u2019t three-second mini-games in this one, just regular arcade style games.\u00a0 Because of this, some people don\u2019t even consider it part of the WarioWare series, but it has the same characters so I think it is.\u00a0 Plus when you consider the WarioWare games are called \u201cMade in Wario\u201d in Japan, which sounds like Game & Wario in a way, it makes a bit more sense.<\/p>\n

Some people have also claimed this is one of the worst WarioWare games and one of the worst Wii U games period, but I really liked it.\u00a0 It was fun to come back to every day to see what goodie you get, and my brothers and their friends enjoyed the Pictionary style drawing charades game you could play with it.\u00a0 Some of the games were really creative, too.\u00a0 My favorite character is 9-Volt because his games always involve Nintendo titles and references.\u00a0 In Game & Wario, in his game you must play WarioWare on the bottom screen, but must also watch the top TV screen in case you mother checks in on you.\u00a0 You must flip the controller over if she peeks in, and if she catches you playing, it\u2019s Game Over!<\/p>\n

Smash Cameos<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have to talk about the WarioWare cameos in Smash games since there is a significant amount of them.\u00a0 Of course you can play as Wario since the Wii one, and he\u2019s in his WarioWare garb and most of his attacks are from that game, too.\u00a0 There are also assist trophies of other characters like Kat & Ana and Ashley.\u00a0 There are also two WarioWare stages.\u00a0 In one you must do what they tell you to do, like in a WarioWare micro game, and if you do it, you won\u2019t get penalized.\u00a0 The other stage is based on 9-Volt\u2019s game in Game & Wario that I just talked about.\u00a0 You play in 9-Volt\u2019s bedroom but if his mom comes in and catches you in her view, you take damage!\u00a0 I hope both those stages make it into Smash Bros. Ultimate!<\/p>\n

WarioWare: Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

As of this writing, I haven\u2019t gotten the new game yet.\u00a0 I do have it on order, though, so I should get it in the mail soon.\u00a0 It\u2019s basically a \u2018best of\u2019 WarioWare game, with over 300 micro games.\u00a0 Some are old, but some are new, too.\u00a0 But even the ones that are old have been retouched with better resolution, so the whole thing looks new if you ask me.\u00a0 Plus all the story cutscenes and modes are new, so yeah, it\u2019s new enough to me.\u00a0 You can download a demo of it on the 3DS eShop, that\u2019s how I know so much about it already.\u00a0 It looks like it takes a lot of the games from the first one, Twisted, and Touched, and organizes them that way.\u00a0 They also have new modes like one that sounds a lot like 9-Volt\u2019s \u201cGamer\u201d game from Game & Wario that I\u2019ve talked about already.\u00a0 Also the characters are now fully voiced.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to play the full game!<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all I feel like talking about WarioWare right now.\u00a0 In the comments section, tell me your favorite WarioWare games.\u00a0 Who are your favorite WarioWare characters?\u00a0 Mine are 9-Volt, Mona, and Kat & Ana.\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new WarioWare game has been recently released on 3DS: WarioWare: Gold.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of a \u2018best of\u2019 the series with over 300 games from the franchise.\u00a0 So in honor of that, I figured I\u2019d post a blog about all the games in the series, as it is one of my favorites! WarioWare: Mega Microgame$ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18186,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185\/revisions\/18186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}