Hold on I'm just now looking at my log dates, what do you mean it took me over a month to beat this?! Christ, I got to get my shit together. Anyway, Wario's pretty fucking cool.

So much passion is clearly evident in this. Despite coming out in the launch year of the GBA, it goes all out with what the system is capable of. Each level has its own central gimmick that make full use of Wario's moveset, while the graphics and music are making the most off-the-wall aesthetic decisions to really make this feel like the culmination of the energy this team has been building up over the years, which would then be poured into the Warioware and Rhythm Heaven series. There are already plenty of great pieces talking about the genius of Wario Land 4's music and gameplay, so I don't really have much else to say, it's just an incredible achievement. Although right now what I'm interested in is the DS game Wario: Master of Disguise, a Wario game literally no one talks about, whatever's in there is probably bad but now I need to know, but that's for another day.

Reviewed on Apr 17, 2023


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1 year ago

Personally I don't think Master of Disguise is too bad but I also played it over 10 years ago and I couldn't be bothered to do any of the post-game, so it probably has some issues that I didn't pick up on back then. The soundtrack's great though!