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Wario Ware: Mega Microgame$ - EdenMaster - 12th July 2003
This is the face you will make when you play Wario Ware the first time:
:S
But once the game gets it's addicting claws into you, you'll more likely be doing this:
Wario Ware is the pitome of pick-up-and-play gaming. It consists of well over 200 minigames...no, scratch that, MICROGAMES! Minigames sounds too big. All of these microgames only last about 3 to 5 seconds, and consist of using A, the control pad, or a combination of the two. What you need to do in those 3 to 5 seconds is totally unexpected and you must think fast. Right before it starts, it'll give you a one or two word description of what you must do, such as "Run!", "Jump", or "Sniffle". Yes, sniffle. The games collected in here are from every end of the spectrum, and even some too odd to even be let IN the spectrum. They range from classic Nintendo games, to shaking the paw of a collie (and he'll cry if you fail). Dropping a strawberry on top of a moving cake, to deploying an airbag to save a crash test dummy in an accident.
As odd as this game sounds (and t is), I guarantee that once you get into it, you won't be able to put it down. Since the games are so quick, you can squeeze in a little play time practically anytime! There's very little sounds or music to the game, and what is in there isn't too remearkable, though the opening theme song is cool.
There are characters too. Quite a few of them in fact, and they're stereotypical to the EXTREEEEEEEEME! There's Jimmy, the disco freak, who possesses an afro wig which takes up more mass than his whole body. There's 9-Volt, the Nintendo freak who has a giant Game Boy and a conveyor belt full of equally huge GB games. There's also Mona, the hot chick; Dr Crygor, the mad scientist; Orbulon, the alien; Kat, the samurai who also still in kindergarten; and of course, Wario.
There's also something to be said that this game wasn't changed much from the Japanese version. Japanese words, music, and people appear frequently. Marijuana plants are also a common sight (guaranteed you won't find Mary Jane in any OTHER GBA game!).
It takes a bit of time to get the feel of this game and really begin to enjoy it, but once you do, you'll easily consider it one of the best games the GBA has to offer. I sure do.