WarioWare Gold
Similarly to past entries of the series, in WarioWare Gold, the player must complete consecutive “microgames” at increasing paces. Gold features both new microgames and microgames from past entries in the series (with improved graphics) for a total of over 300 microgames, the most featured in any series entry to date.
In WarioWare Gold, the player must complete “microgames”, which are small minigames with short time limits. If the player succeeds in a microgame, the game moves onto the next. If the player fails, they lose one of four lives. If the player runs out of lives, the game ends and the player’s high score is displayed, which is determined by how many microgames were passed. During gameplay, the game will naturally speed up every few microgames, with its difficulty increasing each time a boss microgame is completed.
The microgames featured in Gold return from multiple games in the series, including WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!, WarioWare: Twisted!, WarioWare: Touched!, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, WarioWare: D.I.Y., and Game & Wario, in addition to new ones for a total of over 300. These microgames involve pressing buttons, tilting the system, touching the touch screen, and blowing on the system’s microphone. Gold also features full voice acting, the first WarioWare game to do so, with an additional unlockable feature allowing players to overdub their own voice over the game’s cutscenes.
Having run out of money, Wario decides to organize a gaming tournament and calls his friends to design him some new games. He offers a ten million coin prize to the tournament winner, though he secretly plots to take the money for himself. While the player competes in the tournament, a girl named Lulu calls Wario out and begins training to challenge him, seeking to retrieve a treasure Wario stole from her village.
WarioWare Gold Review
After five years, a new WarioWare is finally upon us. Well, mostly new, anyway. Warioware Gold is a mashup of some of the best microgames the series has had to offer, along with a few new ones. Most ‘best of’ collections include a creator’s hits; those tracks you can’t help but play over and over, despite knowing every single beat. WarioWare Gold has that one game where you have to jam your finger up your nose. We basically couldn’t be happier.
To say that WarioWare Gold is a mere ‘best of’ collection would be unfair; there’s plenty of new content on offer, from about 50 new microgames to some hilarious amiibo functionality (tap any amiibo, then tap the Wario one). However, the biggest changes come in how this new entry in the series is presented.
Most importantly, WarioWare’s microgames are now split into leagues. Each league is based on a different type of microgame. There’s the Mash League, which features games that use only the D-pad and buttons; the Twist League, which uses the 3DS’s motion controls; the aptly-named Touch League, which uses the touch screen and finally the Ultra League, which includes some brand new microgames as well as those of every type from the previous leagues.
WarioWare Gold is proof that there’s life yet in the venerable 3DS line of handhelds. The microgames on offer are some of the series’ best, and the fully-voiced cutscenes in the Story mode are hilarious. Challenge mode will give you plenty of reason to come back and the unlockable souvenirs are our favourite in the series to date. We would have loved to have seen this on Switch as well, but it’s clear this game was designed for the 3DS from the ground up. With its absurdist humour, wonderful voice acting (courtesy of Charles Martinet, naturally), immensely satisfying gameplay and stern challenges – many of which will make even the most seasoned players’ palms sweat – WarioWare offers something for everyone. If this does turn out to be the 3DS’ swansong, then it’s going out on a high.
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