24th February 2008, 7:36 PM
Playing it now (midway through on Normal), I'd say that "Easy and short but really fun" pretty much sums it up perfectly... though hard mode sounds somewhat promising. The only hard thing so far was the first boss, who was challenging. The levels, though... not so much.
The original Wario Land wasn't exactly difficult either, but at least it had 40 levels with a total of about 45 exits (though on the start screen '39' is the biggest number you can get to display because of course when you beat the last stage the game's over), and there are also 15 treasures to find scattered around the 33 levels, some of which require re-visiting certain levels that change after you progress (when the tide comes in in the beach, Teapot Mountain's lid coming down, the lake draining...). Seven levels have bosses, though there are full levels before the bosses. VBWL has 10 full levels, plus four more that are just boss fights, and 10 treasures, one per full level.
Obviously Hard Mode (something Wario Land 1 doesn't have) adds something, but even so, it's short. Oh well... at least it's great fun. The way that the levels are all connected, instead of there being a world map to travel around, is interesting.
The original Wario Land wasn't exactly difficult either, but at least it had 40 levels with a total of about 45 exits (though on the start screen '39' is the biggest number you can get to display because of course when you beat the last stage the game's over), and there are also 15 treasures to find scattered around the 33 levels, some of which require re-visiting certain levels that change after you progress (when the tide comes in in the beach, Teapot Mountain's lid coming down, the lake draining...). Seven levels have bosses, though there are full levels before the bosses. VBWL has 10 full levels, plus four more that are just boss fights, and 10 treasures, one per full level.
Obviously Hard Mode (something Wario Land 1 doesn't have) adds something, but even so, it's short. Oh well... at least it's great fun. The way that the levels are all connected, instead of there being a world map to travel around, is interesting.
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