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WarioWare: Move It!
Developer(s)Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Goro Abe[1]
Waki Shigeta
Producer(s)Kensuke Tanabe
Shinya Saito
Atsushi Ikuno
Designer(s)Nami Komuro
Programmer(s)Yusuke Kitayama
Artist(s)Ko Takeuchi
Hiroki Kawamae
Writer(s)Nami Komuro
Composer(s)Jo Kondo
Haruno Ito
Shomo Murata
SeriesWarioWare
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseNovember 3, 2023
Genre(s)Party
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

WarioWare: Move It![a] is a party video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the eleventh installment in the WarioWare series, the second WarioWare game to be released on the Nintendo Switch, after Get It Together (2021), and the first direct sequel in the WarioWare series, being a follow-up to the 2006 Wii game, WarioWare: Smooth Moves. It was released on November 3, 2023.

Gameplay

Like previous entries in the WarioWare series, the game tasks players with tackling waves of fast-paced minigames known as "microgames". Similar to the 2006 Wii game, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, which used the system's Wii Remote controller for motion-controlled microgames, the game focuses on using the motion controls of the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con controllers. Each microgame centers around one of several "forms" depicting how the player should initially hold the Joy-Con, after which players move the controllers accordingly to complete each microgame. In addition to motion controls, some microgames also utilize the infrared camera on the right Joy-Con.[2] Move It! includes over 200 microgames.[3][4] The game features local co-op play, where two players must sync their motions with one another to complete microgames, and additional modes for up to four players.[5]

Plot

A TV commercial advertises a chance to visit a vacation resort called "Caresaway Island" by purchasing a garlic burger. A hungry Wario passes by the burger joint and orders fifty garlic burgers, which results in him winning a trip to Caresaway Island with twenty friends, much to his dismay. Upon hearing about this, Wario's friends ask to come along, and he reluctantly agrees.

Upon arriving at the island, the residents give the gang Form Stones, which resemble Joy-Cons, and can be used with their hands to help them out in situations. The gang then go on their own adventures in the island; Wario attempts to run away from residents of a temple, Mona goes underwater to search for mermaids, Dr. Crygor, Penny, and Mike time travel to the Stone Age and pose for a cave man's drawing, Ashley tries to get Red back to normal size after he eats some blueberries that make him tiny, Orbulon gets amnesia and believes he is a god, Kat and Ana try to take back the Caresaway Island map from a group of mutant plants, Young Cricket battles an army of penguins, Jimmy T. ends up surfing on a shark, Dribble and Spitz participate in a hovercraft race, and 9-Volt tries to save 5-Volt, 18-Volt, and 13-Amp from a spooky store.

Wario later returns to the temple he had visited earlier and tries to steal the gold items in it but ends up being overtaken by lava and merged with a giant volcano. Using the Form Stones, Wario's friends defeat him, and he turns back to normal. However, he ends up landing back in the temple and is worshipped by the people in the temple who had attacked him earlier.

Development and release

WarioWare: Move It! was announced during a Nintendo Direct presentation on June 21, 2023. The game is scheduled to be released for the Nintendo Switch on November 3, 2023.[6] On August 21, 2023, Nintendo announced Charles Martinet's retirement from voicing Wario and other characters, and confirmed his absence from Move It!.[7] On November 1, 2023, it was confirmed that Kevin Afghani, who voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, would take over the role of Wario.[8][9]

Reception

WarioWare: Move It! received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[10] On OpenCritic, 58% of reviews recommended the game.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 超おどる メイド イン ワリオ, Hepburn: Chō Odoru Meido in Wario, lit: "Super Dancing Made in Wario"
  2. ^ Score based on 61 reviews
  3. ^ Score based on 37 reviews

References

  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NbDz1qxKgs&t=1905s
  2. ^ Phillips, Tom (June 21, 2023). "There's a new WarioWare coming to Nintendo Switch this year". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  3. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (June 21, 2023). "WarioWare: Move It! Announced at Nintendo Direct 2023". IGN. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Bailey, Dustin (June 21, 2023). "Hell yes, another WarioWare game is on the way". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  5. ^ Fanelli, Jason (June 21, 2023). "WarioWare: Move It Brings More Microgame Madness To Switch In November". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  6. ^ LeBlanc, Wesley (June 21, 2023). "WarioWare: Move It Announced, Releasing This November". Game Informer. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  7. ^ Theriault, Donald (August 21, 2023). "Charles Martinet Stepping Away From Voice Of Mario, Becoming Mario Ambassador (UPDATED) - News". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  8. ^ Tom Phillips (November 1, 2023). "Wario's new voice actor now seemingly confirmed". Eurogamer. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  9. ^ Jim Norman (November 2, 2023). "Wario's New Voice Actor Seems To Be Confirmed". Nintendolife. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "WarioWare: Movie It!". Metacritic. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "WarioWare: Move It! Reviews". OpenCritic. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
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