{"id":21631,"date":"2021-10-15T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T00:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21631"},"modified":"2021-10-01T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T12:15:29","slug":"lets-have-a-warioware-get-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/15\/lets-have-a-warioware-get-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Have a WarioWare Get Together!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>WarioWare: Get it Together was recently released on Switch, so in honor of that, I wanted to write a blog about it!\u00a0 At first I thought about talking about all the games in the WarioWare series, but I did that last time a new WarioWare game came out, so you can just read that blog here if you want<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Not much would\u2019ve changed anyway if I did it again.\u00a0 But WarioWare: Get it Together has a focus on characters, so I figured I\u2019d go over all the crazy characters in the series and how they play in this game!\u00a0 So let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n

So in most WarioWare games, you must play micro games that only last seconds long in rapid succession.\u00a0 The challenge lies in quickly figuring out what to do and then doing it.\u00a0 In this one, you control the WarioWare characters themselves like they are in a 2-D platformer as you tackle the games.\u00a0 Each character has different skills, so you must figure out how to do the mini-games with that character.\u00a0 Two can play at the same time as well, a first in the series.\u00a0 So now let\u2019s take a look at the playable characters.\u00a0 Oh, and there may be some spoilers here and there, just a warning.\u00a0 Although the Story Mode where you unlock all the characters only takes about a few hours to beat, so I\u2019m not worrying about it too much.<\/p>\n

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

He’s the main character in these games, and all the other characters work for him making micro games.\u00a0 That\u2019s really the only thing they have in common with each other!\u00a0 In this game, Wario makes a handheld console that has a bunch of bugs inside of it, and they take over and suck all the characters into the game and you have to play the micro games to get rid of the bugs.\u00a0 In most WarioWare games, Wario gets two stages based after him.\u00a0 The intro stages and the final boss stages.\u00a0 The final stages usually feature Wario in them in some way, too.\u00a0 In this game, Wario gets a jetpack so he can fly around, and he can do his trademark shoulder bash in any direction.\u00a0 A good easy character to start with.<\/p>\n

Young Cricket<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s a martial arts master in training and has spiky hair.\u00a0 Kind of generic, really.\u00a0 He also really likes meat dumplings.\u00a0 I think he first appeared in the Wii WarioWare Smooth Moves game.\u00a0 Some characters have their own stages in this game, while others you just unlock along the way.\u00a0 Young Cricket is the latter, and you get him right after Wario.\u00a0 He controls like a basic platforming hero, where you press the A button to jump and you can jump higher if you hold it down.<\/p>\n

Master Mantis<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s Young Cricket\u2019s sensei, an old Miyagi type guy.\u00a0 You unlock him much later, and he controls just like Young Cricket except he can walk on the ceilings, too!<\/p>\n

9-Volt<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s my favorite character in the series, mainly because his games feature classic Nintendo properties.\u00a0 In fact, I usually learn something about Nintendo when playing a new WarioWare game.\u00a0 Like for instance, in this game I learned that Nintendo used to make board games in Japan, too!\u00a0 Anyway, 9-Volt is a grade school kid who is obsessed with Nintendo history.\u00a0 In fact, his character kind of makes fun of Nintendo fanboys, but that\u2019s OK, I can take a joke, too!\u00a0 9-Volt has other interests as well, like DJing, skateboarding, and yo-yos.\u00a0 He also has a pet Fronk, who is a blocky character featured in a lot of the mini-games in WarioWare.\u00a0 I\u2019m kind of surprised Fronk isn\u2019t playable here.\u00a0 Anyway, in this game 9-Volt rides his skateboard back and forth, and the only way to stop him is to press a button to have him fling his yo-yo upwards.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this makes him one of the hardest characters to control.<\/p>\n

18-Volt<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s 9-Volt\u2019s best friend and they like to play games together.\u00a0 18-Volt looks way to old to be an elementary school student, but they joke about that in the games.\u00a0 He also likes to rap with his new friend 13-Amp, but she\u2019s not playable in this game and only makes a small cameo.\u00a0 In this game, 18-Volt doesn\u2019t move at all, but he can fire CDs in any direction.\u00a0 Any character who has limited movement like this, they\u2019ll add rings to the stages and if you aim your attacks at one, you\u2019ll latch onto it like a grappling hook and that\u2019s how you move around.<\/p>\n

5-Volt<\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s 9-Volt\u2019s mom.\u00a0 She\u2019s mostly featured in the Gamer stages found in Game & Wario and Smash Bros.\u00a0 In that, you must play WarioWare but quickly shut it down when she peeks into your room to see if you\u2019re asleep and not playing games sneakily.\u00a0 I think we\u2019ve all done that before.\u00a0 Anyway, if you get caught, she gets kind of scary so I think that\u2019s the premise to how she plays in this game.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of weird, though.\u00a0 Anyway, here she falls asleep and can\u2019t move, but you control a ghost of her as she has an out of body experience.\u00a0 When you press the button, she\u2019ll wake up, warp to the spot where her ghost was, and get angry and attack anything nearby.\u00a0 Then she\u2019ll fall asleep again and you start the whole process over.\u00a0 So she\u2019s pretty tricky to control.\u00a0 One interesting this is that her voice actress is the same lady who does the voice for Shantae!\u00a0 Neat!<\/p>\n

Mona<\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s one of my favorite characters, too.\u00a0 She\u2019s always on the go, so busy driving back and forth on her scooter to her various jobs and responsibilities.\u00a0 In the games they say she\u2019s a high school student, but I think a college student or young adult would be more befitting of her character. In the games she\u2019s worked at an ice cream store, pizza parlor, rock star, cheerleading, and more.\u00a0 She also has three pets: a pig, an elephant, and a monkey.\u00a0 In this new game it\u2019s also revealed that she lives in a mansion!\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 Her games usually involve day to day activities like brushing your teeth or putting eyedrops in your eyes.\u00a0 In this game she uses her scooter, which can fly now for some reason.\u00a0 But she can\u2019t stop moving until you press the attack button for her to throw a boomerang.\u00a0 When you do that, she\u2019ll stand still and you can control the boomerang around the screen.<\/p>\n

Dribble<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s a bulldog who drives a taxi around the city with his partner Spitz, a little yellow cat.\u00a0 They\u2019re games are mostly sci-fi or fantasy themed, as they tend to take their taxi out in space somehow.\u00a0 Some of the characters who have partners are designed with two players in mind, and Dribble is an example of that.\u00a0 He flies around in a little taxi, and shoots projectiles with a bazooka.\u00a0 But he can only fire to the right.\u00a0 Dribble and Spitz are my brother Jeff\u2019s favorite WarioWare characters, by the way.<\/p>\n

Spitz<\/strong><\/p>\n

As mentioned before, he\u2019s Dribble\u2019s little cat friend.\u00a0 Like Dribble, he flies around in a little taxi, too, and also has a bazooka. \u00a0But he can only fire to the left.<\/p>\n

Dr. Crygor<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s kind of a mad scientist with cybernetic implants all over him.\u00a0 Since WarioWare games have some toilet humor here and there, Dr. Crygor usually has some kind of digestive trouble and has to rush to the restroom while doing the pee-pee dance.\u00a0 Most of his games are high tech themed, or involve puzzles.\u00a0 Dr. Crygor\u2019s also a little\u2026weird.\u00a0 I mean, in this game, he wears a wetsuit, flippers, and an inner tube floatie around his waist.\u00a0 You press the button to make him \u2018swim\u2019 around the screen, and he can attack things with his head this way.<\/p>\n

Mike<\/strong><\/p>\n

Invented by Dr. Crygor, Mike is a robotic karaoke machine.\u00a0 He likes to sing, but doesn\u2019t do so very well.\u00a0 He was first introduced in WarioWare Touched on the DS, because they needed someone to represent the games where you blow into the microphone.\u00a0 In this game, Mike can fly and shoot music notes upwards.<\/p>\n

Penny<\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s Dr. Crygor\u2019s young granddaughter.\u00a0 She shares his perchance for science and inventing things, but like many other kids, she also wishes to be a famous pop idol singer.\u00a0 She also plays a big role in WarioWare D.I.Y. where she shows you the ropes on how to make microgames!\u00a0 Penny\u2019s not one of my favorite characters, but I think she has an inspiring design that would make for a great character for a kids\u2019 cartoon show.\u00a0 In this game, she even gets her own theme song that would be a great fit for a cartoon starring her.\u00a0 \u201cWith her hair tied up in braids, And glasses perched on her face, She is a small girl, Taking on a big world. With the inventions she makes.\u00a0 And though her plans may go awry.\u00a0 She\u2019ll just get back up and try!\u201d\u00a0 She\u2019s one of the last characters you unlock in this game, and she\u2019s kind of weird to control.\u00a0 She uses a water propelled jet pack she invented, but in order to make her fly, you must aim the water in the opposite direction.\u00a0 Since she fires water all over, you can also use the water drops to beat the microgames, too!<\/p>\n

Kat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Along with her twin sister Ana, Kat is a kindergartener and also a ninja in training.\u00a0 Their mini-games feature animals, plants, and just nature in general. \u00a0In fact, one of the twins especially likes plants, and the other likes animals.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t remember which one likes which!\u00a0 Like Dribble and Spitz, Kat & Ana are partner characters probably designed for two players.\u00a0 Kat continuously jumps, and can fire ninja stars only to the right.<\/p>\n

Ana<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kat\u2019s younger twin is also a kindergartener ninja, and in this game she also continuously jumps but fires ninja stars to the left.<\/p>\n

Jimmy T.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This afro-wearing, disco-dancing dude usually has mini games that are sports themed.\u00a0 Other games also reveal his extensive family and his doppelganger Jimmy P. In this game, he has a fitness dancing show, kind of like that Zumba stuff, but with disco.\u00a0 Other minor characters join him, like Mona\u2019s dog boss from her jobs, Joe (he\u2019s not playable, though).\u00a0 In this game, you aim Jimmy\u2019s disco pointer finger around, and then press the button to send him flying in that direction.\u00a0 Then you repeat the process.<\/p>\n

Ashley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basically Wednesday Addams.\u00a0 She\u2019s a witch girl in training and is very deadpan and unenthusiastic.\u00a0 She first appeared in WarioWare Touched on the DS and even had her own theme song with vocals.\u00a0 Lines like \u201cWho\u2019s the creepy girl living in the haunted mansion?\u201d and \u201cWho can rule the world and still finish all her homework?\u201d\u00a0 Her games usually revolve around food.\u00a0 In this new game, characters who can fly around are usually \u201cO.P.\u201d and Ashley is probably one of the most.\u00a0 Not only can she fly around on her broom, she can cast projectile spells from her wand in any direction!<\/p>\n

Red<\/strong><\/p>\n

This little red devil demon is Ashley\u2019s sidekick and best friend.\u00a0 While Ashley is stoic and fearless, Red is excitable, nervous, and easily frightened.\u00a0 He can also shapeshift into things to help out Ashley, like a flying broom or magic wand.\u00a0 In this game he flies around, and drops bombs that explode when they hit something.<\/p>\n

Orbulon<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s an alien who wears sunglasses and has a head shaped like a bowling pin.\u00a0 He plans to take over the Earth someday, but he really just enjoys taking in the sights and flying around on his piggy UFO.\u00a0 Sometimes his games involve puzzles, but sometimes they feature cultures and customs from around the world.\u00a0 The latter is the case in this new game.\u00a0 In it, Orbulon flies around on his piggy spaceship, and when you press the button, he\u2019ll suck up anything into his spaceship from a downward direction tractor beam.\u00a0 You can even \u2018abduct\u2019 stuff you wouldn\u2019t expect to be able to do!<\/p>\n

Lulu<\/strong><\/p>\n

A relatively new character, she first appeared in the last game before this new one: WarioWare Gold.\u00a0 In it, Wario steals a golden pot from a village, and Lulu chases after him to get it back.\u00a0 She\u2019s spunky and has a bit of a crush on Young Cricket, but otherwise she\u2019s just a generic little girl.\u00a0 She can fly, but it\u2019s more like how you do it in Joust or Balloon Fight.\u00a0 Press a button to spin her bow on her head and she\u2019ll fly for a bit.\u00a0 Press down and she\u2019ll slam down as an attack.<\/p>\n

Pyoro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now this was a surprise!\u00a0 In WarioWare games, there is a fictional game series called Pyoro, and every release makes Wario want to make his own games for money.\u00a0 So he gets other people to do it!\u00a0 And the last thing you unlock is a full Pyoro game.\u00a0 They\u2019re usually simple screen affairs.\u00a0 You control a little red duck on the bottom of the screen and press a button to extend his tongue in a 45 degree angle to catch falling seeds before they hit the ground.\u00a0 There are a few variations depending on the game, but that\u2019s usually the gist of it.\u00a0 In this new game, Pyoro is actually the final boss!\u00a0 After you defeat him, you get to play as him and he controls just how he does in the games.\u00a0 Except here his tongue can bounce around the screen borders, too.<\/p>\n

And those are all the characters!\u00a0 However, there is one really obscure WarioWare game maker that is missing from this playable list.\u00a0 And that character would be\u2026<\/p>\n

Me!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah!\u00a0 Me!\u00a0 As you might know, back when WarioWare D.I.Y. came out, Nintendo held contests every month and would feature winners on their server for everyone to download.\u00a0 And one of my games won!\u00a0 You can read more about it here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Sorry to brag about it so much, but it is one of my proudest gaming achievements.\u00a0 Anyway, since I\u2019m officially a WarioWare game maker, I should be part of the team in the new game, too, don\u2019t you think?\u00a0 And if I were, what do you think I would be like in the game, and how would I play?\u00a0 Let me know in the comments section!<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s pretty much all I have to say about WarioWare: Get it Together!\u00a0 I have to say that while I like the game a lot, it\u2019s not one of the better games in the series.\u00a0 It\u2019s not the worst either, just middle of the road.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty light on content, with a short story mode, a weekly online challenge, and some multiplayer games that remind me of ones found in WarioWare: Mega Party Games on GameCube, but that\u2019s about it.\u00a0 So yeah, still good, but there\u2019s been better games in the series out there.<\/p>\n

You know what I\u2019d like to see?\u00a0 A WarioWare cartoon!\u00a0 It probably wouldn\u2019t make much sense, and would just be little segments featuring a few of the characters, but I think it would still be cool.\u00a0 The kid characters could have school time adventures, Ashley and Red could have a Halloween episode, etc.\u00a0 What do you think?\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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