The game speeds up as microgames are cleared in succession, making the experience more and more fast-paced. Like previous entries in the series, the main goal of WarioWare Gold is to clear as many microgames as you can without failing too many times. The story and each of its characters are pleasant aspects of the game, though it’s the fully voice-acted story cutscenes that make its presence more entertaining. This little premise to the game, allowing for various sections of microgame themes and types run by different characters, keeps everything fun and interesting for the player. The story mode to WarioWare Gold starts with Wario treasure hunting, then upon returning home, remembering he’s so broke that he can’t even enjoy a simple “pizza time.” Luckily, a commercial for the “Smash Hit Video Game Super Pyoro ” comes on, giving Wario the perfect idea…a video game tournament in a ton of microgames. Is Wario’s newest adventure one to invest in, or should Wario stay broke this time around? Let’s find out in this review.
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Featuring over 300 microgames, this is the bulkiest game in the series yet. Wario and his friends are finally back in the Microgames business, this time on the Nintendo 3DS with WarioWare Gold. For all of the memorization you might do, a full-game run of varied mini-games still requires some mental calisthenics, and WWG triples the required bandwidth-in its best challenge modes, at least.I’d like to give a special thanks to Nintendo of America for sending us this game to review. Instead, these tiny blips add up to a bewildering experience-where you're plucking nose hairs one moment, then protecting a kitty from the rain, then rotating your 3DS to avoid stomping massive feet on tiny underlings. WarioWare games have never been about the individual mini-games being so precious that they deserve memorializing.
The math isn't important, however, because the mechanics of all 300 games are absolutely familiar. The challenge ramp-up is probably perfect for anybody new to Wario's bizarre, dorky, and sometimes gross mini-games, but I've been down this road before. Because I don't have all of the original games handy, I can only estimate (having beaten every WarioWare game) that roughly two-thirds of WWG's mini-games come from older titles. Once I got to these modes, I realized how meek the default, no-surprises content felt in comparison. Thus, let's fondly remember the fun WWG still offers-and the historical context it shares with other Nintendo "flatliners." Going for the Gold WWG is arguably the most interesting game left in that "farewell tour" selection. In case you haven't noticed, the 3DS side of Nintendo has been tumbleweed city these days.Ĭorporate promises of continued support and new, limited-edition 3DS systems don't obscure the slim pickings that are currently announced for the beloved handheld's future: a Luigi's Mansion port and Yokai Watch sequel by year's end, then a Mario & Luigi RPG port in 2019. We've been micro-gaming with the WarioWare series for just a hair over 15 years (a squiggly, Wario mustache hair, for sure), and Gold lands as a "best-of" compilation-one that finally brings the franchise to the 3DS, no less.īut WWG is difficult to judge within a vacuum. The game's release date puts it in a rarified air among first-party Nintendo games: it arrives within a system's end-of-life window.
Nintendo's WarioWare Gold launches this week, and if we're judging the game within a vacuum, it's pretty good.
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