Journies End
31st May 2003, 04:21 AM
WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$
Does anyone else out there own this game (or I should say games) for the GBA? I just got this game today and it is crazy!! The basic story is in Wario's homtown, Diamond City, handheld mini games are all the rage and selling like crazy! So wanting to cash in on this Wario and a few of his buddies create WarioWare Inc., a new gaming company with a library of 200 minigames! Granted each game never lasts more than five whole seconds, but that's were the fun lies ;): when you begin WarioWare Inc. you'll soon discover you need a quick wit and even quicker reflexes to "solve" each minigame! For example (and these games appear in random order):
You begin the game and enter your name (for your data save slot) and watch a little animation of Wario working out to a stereo beat and jumping on a trampoline. He jumps too high and lands in the stereo! You see a screen with Wario trapped inside the stereo and Wario's Level begins! The words "DODGE!" will flash on the screen and the game cuts to a 5 second timed minigame of a car headed for Wario. Jump ("A" Button) at the right time to doge the car! If you get hit you loose 1/4 life. The screen cuts back to Wario traped in the stereo (if you were hit 1/4 of the lights are out) and because you completed 1 minigame 01 will be displayed. But no time to catch your breath! The next minigame name "CATCH!" flashes! Cut to "CATCH!" game. 5 seconds... 4, 3, 2, a pole drops from the sky! There is a hand is at the bottom of the screen! Time it right ("A" button again) and you CATCH the pole! 02 games complete and now "DRESS!" flashes and cut to next game! You see a shirtless Wario at the bottom of the screen. A shirt falls randomly from the sky! Use the arrow keys this time and have Wario run under the falling shirt! 03 games complete! After you sucessfully complete 10 of these minigames (without lossing all your life) you see a cute animation of how Wario frees himself from his stereo. Now on to the next character and a new batch of minigames!
These quick minigames instantaneously copupled one after another is how the whole game is played. Like I said you need a quick wit and quick reflexes in order to undersand what needs to be done in a game. Some games have really unclear objectives like "SHOOT MARS!" where the minigame has a black background, a crosshair, and a yellow, blue, and red ball. 5 seconds. You get it! Use the arrows to get the red ball in the crosshairs and "A" to SHOOT MARS! Or how about "MARK #!" A number is given, for example "9", and a book is flipping though pages. 5 seconds. I get it! Mark page #9!! Quick reflexes, the pages are turning quickly! Don't miss it! This whole game is an adreneline rush!
For each character you play, the minigames have a certain theme, there are 8 characters in all, each character having 25 games totaling a whopping 200 minigames(!):
Wario - Genre: Intro. The bad-arse president of WarioWare Inc.. His minigames have a general theme of shooting, jumping, and dodging.
Jimmy - Genre: Sports. The funkadelic, disco dancer, and cell phone gamer! Sports minigames are his thing: tennis, swimming, basketball, skateboarding, baseball, etc, minigames galore.
Dribble (and Spitz) - Genre: Sci-Fi. The pit-bull mechanic (and Tabby cat partner) also run the Diamond City taxi service. The theme of his games are manuvering and dodging with a pinch of timing. Get those arrow keys ready!
Mona - Genre: Strage. A girl on the run from the cops so timing is everything! From manurvering a floating finger to a nose in "PICK!" or spinning the arrow keys to sare spagetti on a fork in "TWIRL!" the theme of these games is accuracy!
9-Volt - Genre: Nintendo (my personal fav Genre :D). The themes of classic Nintendo are abound in this techie kid's mimigame library. From juming barrels a' la old-skool Donkey Kong, to stomping down a screen full of goombas, killing Mother Brain in 5 seconds as Samus, or even playing F-Zero and dodging all cars, every game here is strait from an old skool Nintendo game!! The memories!
Orbulon - Genre: IQ (my personal most frustrating Genre :mad: ). Think fast! React faster. Puzzles are this alien's theme. Games involing counting, sequence memorization, astute observation, and even spelling will make you wanna tear your hair out!
Dr. Crygor - Genre: Realistic. This mad scientist will not tolerate non-fiction! His games have a general theme of manuvering, timing, and accuracy, but the thing that makes his games stand out is they are all photo-realistic (ever play any of the GameBoy Camera minigames?)
Kat (and Ana) - Genre: Nature. These pair of ninja femme fatales give you a variety of games were accuracy is everything! Pin-point D-Pad ussage and "A" button pressing are a must in order to prove your shinobi skills!
That's all for now. I've only unlocked about 100 minigames... so I gotta keep playing! I can't wait to show this to my friends and whatch them struggle to beat my high scores!!
Does anyone else out there own this game (or I should say games) for the GBA? I just got this game today and it is crazy!! The basic story is in Wario's homtown, Diamond City, handheld mini games are all the rage and selling like crazy! So wanting to cash in on this Wario and a few of his buddies create WarioWare Inc., a new gaming company with a library of 200 minigames! Granted each game never lasts more than five whole seconds, but that's were the fun lies ;): when you begin WarioWare Inc. you'll soon discover you need a quick wit and even quicker reflexes to "solve" each minigame! For example (and these games appear in random order):
You begin the game and enter your name (for your data save slot) and watch a little animation of Wario working out to a stereo beat and jumping on a trampoline. He jumps too high and lands in the stereo! You see a screen with Wario trapped inside the stereo and Wario's Level begins! The words "DODGE!" will flash on the screen and the game cuts to a 5 second timed minigame of a car headed for Wario. Jump ("A" Button) at the right time to doge the car! If you get hit you loose 1/4 life. The screen cuts back to Wario traped in the stereo (if you were hit 1/4 of the lights are out) and because you completed 1 minigame 01 will be displayed. But no time to catch your breath! The next minigame name "CATCH!" flashes! Cut to "CATCH!" game. 5 seconds... 4, 3, 2, a pole drops from the sky! There is a hand is at the bottom of the screen! Time it right ("A" button again) and you CATCH the pole! 02 games complete and now "DRESS!" flashes and cut to next game! You see a shirtless Wario at the bottom of the screen. A shirt falls randomly from the sky! Use the arrow keys this time and have Wario run under the falling shirt! 03 games complete! After you sucessfully complete 10 of these minigames (without lossing all your life) you see a cute animation of how Wario frees himself from his stereo. Now on to the next character and a new batch of minigames!
These quick minigames instantaneously copupled one after another is how the whole game is played. Like I said you need a quick wit and quick reflexes in order to undersand what needs to be done in a game. Some games have really unclear objectives like "SHOOT MARS!" where the minigame has a black background, a crosshair, and a yellow, blue, and red ball. 5 seconds. You get it! Use the arrows to get the red ball in the crosshairs and "A" to SHOOT MARS! Or how about "MARK #!" A number is given, for example "9", and a book is flipping though pages. 5 seconds. I get it! Mark page #9!! Quick reflexes, the pages are turning quickly! Don't miss it! This whole game is an adreneline rush!
For each character you play, the minigames have a certain theme, there are 8 characters in all, each character having 25 games totaling a whopping 200 minigames(!):
Wario - Genre: Intro. The bad-arse president of WarioWare Inc.. His minigames have a general theme of shooting, jumping, and dodging.
Jimmy - Genre: Sports. The funkadelic, disco dancer, and cell phone gamer! Sports minigames are his thing: tennis, swimming, basketball, skateboarding, baseball, etc, minigames galore.
Dribble (and Spitz) - Genre: Sci-Fi. The pit-bull mechanic (and Tabby cat partner) also run the Diamond City taxi service. The theme of his games are manuvering and dodging with a pinch of timing. Get those arrow keys ready!
Mona - Genre: Strage. A girl on the run from the cops so timing is everything! From manurvering a floating finger to a nose in "PICK!" or spinning the arrow keys to sare spagetti on a fork in "TWIRL!" the theme of these games is accuracy!
9-Volt - Genre: Nintendo (my personal fav Genre :D). The themes of classic Nintendo are abound in this techie kid's mimigame library. From juming barrels a' la old-skool Donkey Kong, to stomping down a screen full of goombas, killing Mother Brain in 5 seconds as Samus, or even playing F-Zero and dodging all cars, every game here is strait from an old skool Nintendo game!! The memories!
Orbulon - Genre: IQ (my personal most frustrating Genre :mad: ). Think fast! React faster. Puzzles are this alien's theme. Games involing counting, sequence memorization, astute observation, and even spelling will make you wanna tear your hair out!
Dr. Crygor - Genre: Realistic. This mad scientist will not tolerate non-fiction! His games have a general theme of manuvering, timing, and accuracy, but the thing that makes his games stand out is they are all photo-realistic (ever play any of the GameBoy Camera minigames?)
Kat (and Ana) - Genre: Nature. These pair of ninja femme fatales give you a variety of games were accuracy is everything! Pin-point D-Pad ussage and "A" button pressing are a must in order to prove your shinobi skills!
That's all for now. I've only unlocked about 100 minigames... so I gotta keep playing! I can't wait to show this to my friends and whatch them struggle to beat my high scores!!