My recent review on the Wii console gave it much praise which I still feel was well justified. The games we had at Christmas were all very good playable and lots of fun, so our anticipation to playing the latest addition to the collection would have been understandable.
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Advantages: Gets you used to the Wii controller Disadvantages: Designed for kids I think
My recent review on the Wii console gave it much praise which I still feel was well justified. The games we had at Christmas were all very good playable and lots of fun, so our anticipation to playing the latest addition to the collection would have been understandable.
Wario Ware is like nothing you have played before, it is basically lots of little games and teasers rolled into one. These are all geared up to improve your technique ... ...purposes of this review shall now be known as the form baton as it is called in the game.
The opening scene of the game gives you a few options to choose between each with a selection of small games and puzzles hidden behind their respective icon. The icon form a small village and each time you complete the tasks hidden behind an icon a new icon is added to the village thus giving new and harder games to play.
My recent review on the Wii console gave it much praise which I still feel was well justified. The games we had at Christmas were all very good playable and lots of fun, so our anticipation to playing the latest addition to the collection would have been understandable.
Wario Ware is like nothing you have played before, it is basically lots of little games and teasers rolled into one. These are all geared up to improve your technique in the use of the Wii controller which for the purposes of this review shall now be known as the form baton as it is called in the game.
The opening scene of the game gives you a few options to choose between each with a selection of small games and puzzles hidden behind their respective icon. The icon form a small village and each time you complete the tasks hidden behind an icon a new icon is added to the village thus giving new and harder games to play.
Clicking on the icon using your Wii control as a remote control initiates the start of the sequence. Initially when you start a series of games you are instructed in the Name and usage of the Form Baton for the particular series of games you are about to partake in. For example you may choose to go to the Disco where you will be greeted by a typical disco guy of the seventies with Afro hairstyle and all. There is a brief cartoony intro and the game begins. The first instance might indicate for example the baton in this case is "The Waiter" . You will be shown how you should use the form baton in this game with a graphic scene depicting the baton and it's location. In this case it is simply places buttons up on the palm of your hand as if it were a tray being carried by a Waiter. After a few seconds the game begins and tells you what you are expected to do, raise a glass, balance a ball on a tray on something along those lines. There are three sections to each game followed by a Boss level which last longer than the other three. Each section is completed and then redone at a faster speed before tackling the Boss.
Once you have completed the tasks you simply select the next icon on the main screen and complete the tasks given there, the tasks vary in difficulty from balancing a brush in the palm of your hand to shaving a man's face. You may be asked to swat a fly the is flying around the room, before each game you will be told which move is required to aid in the completion of the task. The moves cover all possible ways you can imagine holding the baton and each is given a specific name it is up to you to remember the move and it's name. Some of the move names are obvious some less so. " The Handlebar" for example is simply holding the Baton horizontal across both hands and grasping like a handlebar. "The Umbrella" involves holding the baton upright as the shaft of an Umbrella, this one is used to pop a cork on a bottle of champagne after shaking the baton up and down to produce the fizz. There are a lot of moves to remember but they do seem to stick in your mind as to what they are. In the actual game you do not get long to position yourself in the move position before it starts so its all about co-ordination and speed. Another move is the "Mohican" which means you place the controller on your head as if it were your Mohican haircut, the games for this move are very obscure and I cannot really see much use for it, but it's there and it is a bit of fun.
This game can be purchased for around £40 and is most definitely different from anything else I have ever played. I would have to say however that is more likely that the kids will participate since the graphics are not of particular high quality, adequate might just be an acceptable description being that they are cartoony and in some places just pathetic. There is no doubt however that should you pursue with the game your remote skills will improve and this will only serve to help you no end in the better quality games, of which there are quite a few to choose from.
From the initial option screen you can play serveral games which help you in your quest to master the Wii controller, the best of thses games and probably the best feature of the whole concept is the Darts. This games is probably the most acurate darts game I've played, in thois you use the Baton as a dart and simply motion like throwing with a yellow circle on the screen indicating where your dart will go. This circle starts large and reduces in size on to the target area it is at this point the throw should be taken. This part of the entire series of mini games was the part i certainly enjoyed the most and the graphics here are far better than those in some of the other mini games.
All in all this is not a bad game if game is in fact the right word for it, but I do feel it could have been far better than it actually is and that the price tag for what it is is just a tad over the top.
Advantages: 200+ crazy minigames, pickup and play fun. Disadvantages: Single player a little short, multiplayer has to be unlocked.
Introduction
Recently I bought a Nintendo Wii, I was looking for something a bit different as while I have a number of friends who are happy to play a long session on the PS2 or Xbox360. It can get a little antisocial and I was interested to see what the Wii had to offer.
To this end when shopping for the console I was on the lookout for games for parties, games that were for multiple players and something a bit different. Wario Ware seemed to ... ...revolves around 200 'micro games', each one of which takes only 5 or so seconds to complete. The games are embedded into short Japanese (Nintendo) type cartoons that, in single player, simply bracket the time when you play the games. Each section has about 15 games within it which you must complete before you get to a boss game. If this is completed then you are rewarded by moving onto the next story. The games themselves revolve around holding the ...
hero164 20.09.2007
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Advantages: Mindless Fun, sometimes charming Disadvantages: Short, sometimes childish
Wario’s wacky microgames managed to create themselves a decent franchise since first appearing on the GameBoy Advance 4 years ago. Today, “Smooth Moves” looks to continue the craze by maximizing the ways of bizarrely interacting with your console and introducing frenetic multiplayer action.
***The Story***
In the inaugural WarioWare, Wario had a brilliant get-rich-quick scheme: He would take advantage of the videogame market by creating countless ... ...and selling them as full products to the unsuspecting public. As a member of the R&D, you were given the opportunity to tackle all of them, making for extreme fun as you tried to figure out what silly thing you were supposed to do next, within 5 seconds.
It might not be much, but it was a rather clever effort to pack all those inexplicable microgames inside one single adventure, with some semblance of a storyline.
On the other hand, “Smooth Moves” ...
Magrippinho 20.07.2007
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Advantages: very fun and random Disadvantages: won't appeal to those who like an actual storyline
Quite simply put, Wario Ware is a game full of entirely random and fast paced minigames. Really. I could stop the review right here if I wanted to, because that's pretty much the most accurate description of the game you will ever read.
Of course, that would be an incredibly boring review, so I'll carry on.
Wario Ware is an amusing and strange game which is hilariously fun to play (and perhaps even more fun to watch other people play). To play ... ...watch a short clip relating to the character who's house it is, and then complete an average of 12 mini games. Following which you have to defeat a boss, and then you're on to the next house. If you are looking for a deep involving story, Wario Ware is not the game for you. There really is no real story to the game aside from Wario finding a mysterious temple. Even the storyline clips for each persons house do not really qualify as a storyline, as ...
hi_nicola 25.01.2007
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Advantages: Laugh out loud funny, Great party game Disadvantages: Very short Single Player, Multiplayer not unlocked untill Single Player completed
If like me, you're not a Rayman fan, then there is now an alternative to the French limbness pillock. If you're after a Party Game, then Wario Ware Smooth Moves is where it's at!
Smooth Moves is a collection of over 100 mad 5 second minigames. One minute you'll be catching a fish Animal Crossing style, the next you'll be sharpening a pencil. Then you might be doing the hula, swiflty follwed by placing a Grandma's teeth in her mouth! There is only ... ...player mode you'll be completing roughly 15 minigames and a Boss Stage for each character, before unlocking more characters and different ways of holding the ''Form Baton'' (Wiimote). This is where the game comes into it's own. Before each minigame, a little reminder will pop up onscreen telling you how to hold the Wiimote for that minigame (sadly, this does take out a bit of that bit of speed that Wario Ware is renowned for, but it is definitely ...
mrten_8 14.01.2007 (17.03.2007)
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Advantages: Wacky fun! Great to play with friends. Disadvantages: Very , Very Short.
This game is very odd.
It is a series of mini games that each last about 5 seconds.
after 14 mini games a hard "boss stage" appears and if you pass it you unlock a new level.
The levels are set out like a map, with a new location appearing every time you beat the previous one.
There are a host of wacky characters (Most of whom will be recognised by anybody who has played the WarioWare series previously)
The single player part of the game is ... ...additional challenges like playing all of the mini games so that they all appear in the "temple" on the map (a place where you can go to practice the games) and collecting the "lets pose" cards that you get after each boss stage (just a picture of somebody posing with a wiimote)
By the second day of me having this day i had unlocked every mini game and every place on the map and completed every level including the four elephant buildings (each has ...
looblylu 25.01.2007
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Product details
Publisher
Nintendo
Developer
Intelligent Systems
Release Date
12th January 2007
Age
7+
Genre
Party/Board Game; Kids/Family
Max Number of Players
1 Player
Input Devices Supported
Nunchuk; Wii Remote
Platform
Wii
EAN
45496900038
Aka
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Format
Wii Disc
Manufacturer's product description
The WarioWare team took an idea so wacky, it could only be made with the latest technology: the Wii Remote controller! Wario stumbles into an old building called the Temple of Form. Inside, he finds a mystical treasure called the Form Baton. There are many ways to hold and move the baton (called "forms"), and legend has it that if the holder follows the forms, he can overcome any challenge. With this discovery, the form craze spreads and soon everybody is doing their best to master the moves.
Features:
Revolutionary Fun - With hundreds of microgames, this game is just as wild as you'd expect from the name WarioWare, but the game play has been revolutionized. Under Wario's tutelage and with the help of the Wii Remote, players will swing, spin and squat their way to victory.
Tons and Tons of Microgames - With more than 200 lightning-quick microgames and controls that range from scribbling to flailing, WarioWare: Smooth Moves takes interactive gaming to a whole new level. All players need is confidence, a Wii Remote and their best moves.
Off-Screen Party - With games that are as much fun to play as they are to watch people play, WarioWare: Smooth Moves brings the party to its feet. It's hilarious for players and audiences alike.
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