Taken as a piece of hardware, the Nintendo Switch certainly has its share of unique selling points. With this series, the quality of each installment seems to be an intersection between the strength of the gimmick and how many interesting ideas the team can come up with to use that gimmick. WarioWare Gold made up for its lack of innovation by cramming in as many microgames from the past as possible. gave users the power to make their own microgames. WarioWare: Smooth Moves leaned on the Wii Remote’s capabilities. WarioWare: Touched! took advantage of the Nintendo DS’s touch screen. WarioWare: Twisted! used a rotation sensor to add a literal twist to its microgames. The team behind the WarioWare games seemed very aware of this, with most follow-ups introducing at least one major new gimmick. Surprise is one of the toughest advantages to maintain, though. It was a fire hydrant of wacky humor, intuitive gameplay, and sheer novelty. It didn’t take long for anyone who played the game to find its appeal, however. Initially, people weren’t quite sure what to make of the first WarioWare game. Perhaps unsurprising, given it was yet another creation of Nintendo’s R&D1, the branch of the company behind the Game & Watch and Game Boy.
Things that you would probably be hard-pressed to build a full game around, but are fun enough for short blasts. WarioWare has always served as a grab bag of silly little gameplay ideas. Best of luck to you in perhaps doing the same! Reviews & Mini-Views WarioWare: Get It Together! ($49.99) It’s another colorful and quirky theme, and I’ll be adding it my stack of themes I collect and never use because I can not, will not give up the Game Boy Tetris one. It’s the usual affair: play the game during the event, rank as high as you can, collect event points, and when you accumulate 100 of them you’ll unlock the theme permanently. This latest one, kicking off on Friday at 12:00 AM PT and running through Monday at 11:59 PM PT, ties in with the recently-released WarioWare: Get It Together!.
Wah-ha-ha! There is definitely a pattern to these Maximus Cup events, and I expect we’ll be seeing one for most major first-party releases for the foreseeable future. ‘WarioWare’ Takes Over ‘Tetris 99’ in the Next Maximus Cup
There are a couple of new releases to look at today, including the rather lovely Cruis’n Blast, a little bit of news to stick our shovels into, and the usual lists of new and expiring sales to look at. Then I shift gears dramatically and dive into the magical world of Cave shooters with a review of Espgaluda II. First up, I take a long look into the wild nonsense that is WarioWare: Get It Together!. In today’s article, we have two more reviews for you to dig into. Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 14th, 2021.