It's the one that started it all! WarioWare is a series of games that consist of microgames that you complete in rapid succession, each one consisting of three to five seconds of a quick action. This game started it all with Wario because the people at Nintendo made this game and had the idea first and were like "what character can we make this game for" and they decided on Wario because he's "an idiot and always doing stupid things". Love that.
So we have Wario and we're also introduced to a handful of new characters. There's a taxi driving dog, a girl who works at an ice cream shop who hates cops, a dancing clown man with an afro, two ninja girls, and a little boy who loves retro games. As you play through the game your success helps them through their own self contained stories. Some are better than others but they're ultimately just vehicles to get you to play more microgames.
Each character level consists of 15 to 25 microgames and you have a total of four mistakes allowed before you fail. These stages all end with significantly longer (maybe a minute or two tops) boss stages that are all unique for each character and are usually a bit more involved. Levels can also consist of microgames from previous levels that switch things up a bit by presenting in the same way but having you perform different actions. It's actually a clever twist on things to keep players on their toes along with stages increasing the pace as you progress through them.
Ultimately a neat concept and fun little thing. Not very challenging though and maybe an hour long? The game cover boasts "Infinite Fun!" which maybe children got out of it being amused by just repeating levels because they're bad? I dunno. I went through the story and played the infinite mini games like the one where you jump rope forever or skateboarding as 9-Volt and avoiding obstacles. I even played the two player ones against myself which I thought was neat that they made functional two player versus mini games played locally on one handheld. It all worked well! There's also like an endless mode where it just keeps throwing the microgames at you marathon style until you lose or get bored. I was already kinda done by the time I got to this so it was whatever. Not really enough variation in the games to keep me enthralled.
I'm thankful for this game mostly for its style. The music is good and the characters are all unique and fun. Unfortunately I'm playing this game 20 years after it came out and I've played other arguably better WarioWare games in that time so my perception of this is all warped and I basically played it to appreciate the origins of a thing I enjoy even though gameplay was mostly just going through the motions. Still amusing enough though. If you never played this series before, it's the perfect place to start but I can't imagine going back other than for nostalgia.
Anyway, there's no Ashley in this game so 0/10 tbh
So we have Wario and we're also introduced to a handful of new characters. There's a taxi driving dog, a girl who works at an ice cream shop who hates cops, a dancing clown man with an afro, two ninja girls, and a little boy who loves retro games. As you play through the game your success helps them through their own self contained stories. Some are better than others but they're ultimately just vehicles to get you to play more microgames.
Each character level consists of 15 to 25 microgames and you have a total of four mistakes allowed before you fail. These stages all end with significantly longer (maybe a minute or two tops) boss stages that are all unique for each character and are usually a bit more involved. Levels can also consist of microgames from previous levels that switch things up a bit by presenting in the same way but having you perform different actions. It's actually a clever twist on things to keep players on their toes along with stages increasing the pace as you progress through them.
Ultimately a neat concept and fun little thing. Not very challenging though and maybe an hour long? The game cover boasts "Infinite Fun!" which maybe children got out of it being amused by just repeating levels because they're bad? I dunno. I went through the story and played the infinite mini games like the one where you jump rope forever or skateboarding as 9-Volt and avoiding obstacles. I even played the two player ones against myself which I thought was neat that they made functional two player versus mini games played locally on one handheld. It all worked well! There's also like an endless mode where it just keeps throwing the microgames at you marathon style until you lose or get bored. I was already kinda done by the time I got to this so it was whatever. Not really enough variation in the games to keep me enthralled.
I'm thankful for this game mostly for its style. The music is good and the characters are all unique and fun. Unfortunately I'm playing this game 20 years after it came out and I've played other arguably better WarioWare games in that time so my perception of this is all warped and I basically played it to appreciate the origins of a thing I enjoy even though gameplay was mostly just going through the motions. Still amusing enough though. If you never played this series before, it's the perfect place to start but I can't imagine going back other than for nostalgia.
Anyway, there's no Ashley in this game so 0/10 tbh