[Cossix]

Okay so this is pretty much the Best Wii Game released so far. You finally have a game that shows off a lot of functionality of the Wii Remote, what with all the forms the game has. The fact that it is a collection of minigames is kind of offset by the fact that it is the best collection of minigames on the console with the largest selection of collections of minigames.

Anyways, who else picked this up? Do you think it's better or worse than Twisted? Have you noticed any Wii limitations as a result of this game? What minigames do you suck at?

Personally I hate the fucking elephant form. The console has problems picking up where my cursor is in the four seconds it gives me to complete a task so I almost always fail the Collect minigame. Also I fail the Don't Drop The Broom one like every time.

[Psycho Ant]

I think that the controls are great and they make for some interesting new minigames. However they really needed to spend more time on the graphics since they're a little too barebones for my liking. For example the 9-Volt level was rather disappointing because even though the gamecube and ds minigames were decent I would've liked more snes-era ones included for some gorgeous 2D graphics froth. That's my problem with most of the other levels too, not enough personality in the graphics for my liking and the story cutscenes are boring compared to previous efforts. The whole game does seem a bit rushed but I guess that's because it was a Japanese launch title. So yes on the whole I preferred Twisted.

[aerisdead]

Guys I reviewed this.

ps I will say this in any thread which features a game I have reviewed

if this is a problem toups please say
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[Cossix]

apparently your website is too sexy for my workplace because websense is blocking it for SEX

i will read it later though. I promise.

[aerisdead]

Oh yeah I keep forgetting I'm on a websense block list for some fucking reason

I have no idea how to change that situation
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[winkerwatson]

if only there was a review site out there that i could trust
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[rye]

My feeling is that the WarioWare devs work much better on the smaller screen. The visuals in this game feel too plain and empty.

[diplo]

the descriptions for the different ways to hold the remote are gold

[aerisdead]

[DarwinMayflower]

It's a bit disappointing to me. With the lack of simultaneous competitive multiplayer it seems a bit underdeveloped in comparison to the GC version. At least the GC version added some interesting ways of making it multiplayer. Smooth Moves is somewhat fun, but it's just the same thing as the GBA version but with the Wii controller. As much as I like the Wii controller useage, when comparing it with Rayman: Raving Rabbids, I find that their minigames are more satisfying. It might be the fact that the microgames are just too short for my tastes.

It's hard to say because I have yet to play it in a true party situation, of which I think that is what is catered to. It's just fun to see people unfamiliar with the series or just non-gamers try to play the game and I think that's half the fun.

[Focus]

[gooktime]

Smooth Moves is the most fun I've had with my Wii so far, but that's not saying much and I finished it in about an hour.

[Kriv]

It lacks the intimacy and the more stimulating visuals of the DS version, but I have to say it is enjoyable.

Must say though, the Darts mini game is worth the price tag alone. Slowly edging out Wii Tennis.
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[Cossix]

After beating the game last night I'd have to say I like it more than Twisted despite the fact that it's shorter. It's my favorite Wii game by far so far, anyways.

I don't see why anyone is complaining about the visuals in this game? It's the best looking Wii game released to date it seems. The designs are simple but they seem to be rather well executed ingame.

[wisteria]

[ani]

By far and away the most fun Wii game so far. The comedy's golden (for the kinds of people that like this weird kind of crap) and the microgames that force you to get your whole body into the game (i.e., with jumping, crouching, DANCING, etc.) are really what more Wii games should be trying to get you to do, even if it's all just a big illusion.

The microgames, although terribly addicting to begin with, start to lose their touch after a few hours. But honestly, who cares? The shmup that you unlock after seeing all of the microgames is better than the whole rest of the game anyway. I'd pay the full price of the game just for that. Someone really needs to release some more shmups for the Wii; I thought they'd be pretty cool, but I had no idea they'd work so amazingly well.

[negativedge]

Meh. It's Wario Ware, same as it's been for a while.

The original is the only one I like, because the focus was different. Playing the original, everyone knows what the A and B buttons are; the game is designed to get you to think cleverly about them. The later games are You vs. The Controls, as you attempt to figure out what the game wants from you. That the wiimote is featured in the game itself is not a good sign.

[JamesE]

[Focus]

[DarwinMayflower]

[ani]

[firenze]

Got a chance to try this tonight, and I've got to say... I think Nintendo needs to hang the Wario Ware series up for a long while.

The original GBA game (as well as the Gamecube port for its excellent multiplayer) was fun and unique. It felt fresh. The games had just enough humor, clever references, and interesting/fun ideas. Twisted was sort of dull to me because I just didn't like the minigames that much. Touched was addictive as hell for about a week then I had no desire to play it again - more of a way to show the DS gimmicks but those gimmick minigames didn't hold up well over time (whereas the original Warioware remains fun to me).

Smooth Moves just feels like a bland cash in to me. The minigames are uninspiring, and the forms totally disrupt the frantic feel of the game. I guess I just don't see how the game is suddenly more fun if you hold the controller like a retard. Also, the crude 4th grade humor is starting to feel incredibly forced and just plain stupid. It was actually somewhat clever and subversive to put the just plain dumb jokes in the original games, but that goofy shock value has lost its punch with the fourth iteration in three years (five if you count the Gamecube version as its own game, though I don't).

As for my gaming group, I played with 2 other people, so I did get the multiplayer aspect. We like party games just fine, all 3 players love Gamecube Warioware and we frequently get into heated battles of Monkey Ball minigames and the occasional Mario Party.

This was one of the few early Wii games that I had interest in, but I'm not impressed after having played it. I'll hold out hope that Mario Party 8 is more entertaining to me. I'm pretty sure that unless MP8 is way worse than it looks, it will hold up as a better party game once the initial goofy novelty of Smooth Moves wears off (which shouldn't take more than a few sessions for most players, I'd imagine).

[SplashBeats]

I was involved in like 8 player Survival and it was pretty fun. The multiplayer gets better with more people.

Also, firenze, you are faulting the game for being the 4th game in a series. You know why it's not unique, fresh, and original? It's because it's the 4th game in a series and 'wacky' humor doesn't work too well when you are expecting it.

Also, "holding the controller like a retard"? That's kind of the point of this console.

[DarwinMayflower]

[firenze]

[SplashBeats]

I'm sorry you don't find posturing with a piece of plastic fun!

[Focus]

Hi guys, I hate children and everything they do!


But seriously, playing most of the games in the Remote Control style would just be boring. I suppose it would break a good deal of the game, in a couple of ways.
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[JamesE]

[Cossix]

After playing the multiplayer with another person I was a bit disappointed. It takes way too long between players for it to really feel even remotely frantic like previous versions had been.

I dunno, one thing they could've done to improve the single player is not pop up the form once they play the little "You Win" thing, but have it always showing you the form you're about to go into. That'd make the intros shorter probably and would pick up the pace of the game. Other than that though, I think it's pretty fun.

The most minigame fun I've had on the Wii, anyways.

[SplashBeats]

I thought the rotation got pretty frantic in our survival game, the longer things went on. The seemingly random order adds to this.

[Cossix]

I guess my problem could have been that I was just playing with one other person. I imagine a 12 player game of survival or whatever could get pretty nuts if the order is indeed random.

[newave]

I feel like i should only get this game if i plan on playing it multiplayer..i mean if i get it now, when i play other people all the fun of learning the minigames will be gone...

[Cossix]

Well, you kind of have to beat single player to unlock multiplayer so you learn them all beforehand anyways.

[SuperWes]

For the love of god nobody buy this game for $50. Rent it for $8, bet it in an hour, and wait for the price to hit $20 to buy it for the multiplayer.

Nintendo shouldn't get away with charging $50 for something that they should have priced at $30 (or less).

-Wes
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[SplashBeats]

Survival kinda sucks for 2-4 people. Bomb is good for that, though!

Cossix, post in my KE3 thread.

[ani]

Multiplayer would be awesome and crazy, frantic fun, except for the fact that three out of the four multiplayer modes are set to eliminate a player upon losing a single microgame and that one of them even ends the game entirely once one player loses. It'd be nice if there was more than one chance or if one could even set the number of the chances. Otherwise, the multiplayer modes are pretty much ruined.

[Deets]

[SuperWes]

[dessgeega]

wes, warioware isn't a game you beat in an hour. it is a game you spend an hour unlocking all the games that you will then spend hours and hours playing. you never beat it.
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[SuperWes]

[dessgeega]

touche.
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