Game of the Week #34

Metal Mario · 03-06-2010, 05:29 AM

Wario World (GCN, 2003)

Okay, so Wario is just relaxing around his castle one day, minding his own business and enjoying the pleasures of the independently wealthy. He's got sports on the tube, he's deep-frying giant turkey legs, and nobody's around to bother him. Life is good.

Then, suddenly and without warning, a malevolent Black Jewel tucked away in his treasure vault decides to use its diabolical sorcery to transform Wario's castle into a whole new, wacky world.

Yeah, that's right. When **** gets real in the Mario universe, **** gets real.

Now, if Wario hopes to restore things to their (relatively) normal state, he has to fight his way to the Black Jewel and destroy it. While simultaneously aiding a tribe of forest sprites that seem to suddenly be living in his house.

Building on the character's reputation for brutal roughhousing, Wario World endows Wario with many impressive attack moves, including a power throw, a piledriver, and the ability to inhale scattered coins (which he literally beats out of enemies). The game is short, and focuses rather more on combat than is typical for a platformer.

Here's a gameplay video.

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Antisocial · 03-06-2010, 06:50 AM

Eight stages.

EIGHT.

C'mon, Nintendo--One of the several games you worked with Treasure on and all you could come up with is EIGHT?

What the ****.

Luigiman7 · 03-06-2010, 09:58 AM

Eh. It was ok.

I liked the underground parts, though.

Robotazy · 03-06-2010, 04:18 PM

This game was fast, I mean really fast.

Though It also has Warioware Demos if you cared.

Also, it was interesting regardless.

Dr. Furball · 03-09-2010, 01:52 PM

The only Wario Land game I haven't played aside the VB one. It looks good, though, since I love beat-em-ups and platformers.

03-06-2010, 06:50 AM	#2
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,471 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1,296 Times in 536 Posts	I extended replayability by COLLECTAN. Eight stages. EIGHT. C'mon, Nintendo--One of the several games you worked with Treasure on and all you could come up with is EIGHT? What the ****.

03-06-2010, 09:58 AM	#3
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	Eh. It was ok. I liked the underground parts, though. __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

03-06-2010, 04:18 PM	#4
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	This game was fast, I mean really fast. Though It also has Warioware Demos if you cared. Also, it was interesting regardless.

03-09-2010, 01:52 PM	#5
Dr. Furball Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mad Science Academy, 12th Floor Gender: Posts: 1,125 Thanks: 185 Thanked 97 Times in 60 Posts	The only Wario Land game I haven't played aside the VB one. It looks good, though, since I love beat-em-ups and platformers.