So, I picked up Warioware for the Wii- the short review would be: It's a fun, fast-paced, quirky game... but I'm not sure it's worth the $50 price tag.
If you liked earlier iterations, you'll almost certainly like this one since it provides more of the same. It's got a very quirky sense of humor and some of the mini-games actually elicit a laugh from me. The mini-games follow the same pattern as previous games, with the obvious difference being the use of the wiimote. As the game progresses, it introduces you to different ways of holding the wiimote, giving them named poses- the janitor, the umbrella, the big cheese, ect. As you are shown more and more styles, part of the challenge becomes quickly changing grips as required from one mini-game to the next.
On the downside, the actual game is fairly short(you can probably get through most of it in an evening)- naturally it has decent replay value, but again, I think $50 may be a bit much for what amounts to a collection of mini-games. Another drawback is the fact that multiplayer is completely disabled until you play all the way through the single-player game- this was noted nowhere in the manual and I actually had to go to the Nintendo forums to figure out why it wouldn't work. :thumbsdown:
Back to the bright side, one thing Warioware showed to me yet again, was the immense possibilities of the wiimote. There are sooo many mini-games, many of which have you using the wiimote in ways I never would've thought of and it works so well so much of the time. Very exciting... :2thumbsup:
