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Fun, Fast, Addictive as Heck

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 22
Date: May 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This really is the game for people with attention deficit disorder. Each level contains about 10 minigames, each of which you play for three seconds.

It's cute, and fun, but it can also be very frustrating, because you're only allowed to mess up a certain number of minigames per level. Once you pass that, you have to start the level over.

I originally gave this game only 3 stars, but after playing and playing and playing it I've had to edit my review and up my rating. It's truly addictive, lots of fun, and (despite what another reviewer said) appropriate for all ages. (Honestly, imagine being worried about your child seeing nose-picking. I don't know any little kid I haven't seen picking his or her nose at least once!)

One bonus -- you can unlock the full version of the classic game Dr. Mario. It's even better than the original Gameboy game, because it's in full color, the viruses have faces, and it's Wario, not Mario, tossing the pills.

Bottom line: this game is pure fun.

Fast pased fun - hard to put down

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: May 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

WarioWare is sort of a hard game to explain. The main game presents the player with 10-25 short challenge games followed by a "boss game" which lasts a little longer. The short games are shown to the player with no explaination given and you get 3 to 5 seconds to complete them. Some of them are self-explainatory (one is Donkey Kong and you have to jump the rolling barrel) while some are incomprehensible at first. You have to play them several times to figure out what the objective is and how to accomplish it. There are so many different games presented in random order that it never seems to get old.

The games are grouped into several categories. Sports, IQ games, Nintendo (a collection of minigames modelled after classic games), Scifi, Wacky, Food, and others. Many of the games are laugh out loud funny, and some are juvenile but made me laugh any way. I'll describe some of them briefly - remember you only have 3-5 seconds to do this. 1) Eat a banana 2) escape getting stomped by a foot 3) help the aliens escape getting caught in a glass 4) Cut through a piece of meat for dinner 5) Brush someone's teeth 6) stick a finger in a nose 7) put eyedrops in an eye 8) Karate chop through wood 9) block a soccer ball from a goal 10) Hit baseballs coming at you.

Hopefully those descriptions give you some idea of the flavor - there are over 200 to do. As you go through the game and beat the levels, you unlock other games. After you have beaten a level you can go back and play the games you beat for practice. Some of them are 2 player mini games that are played at the same time with two people on one GameBoy. Still more gameplay is squeezed out by going back and trying to get the high score on an individual level or a group of levels. You go back and play them over and over for score until you lose.

Some of the games require reading so young children may need a little help with them. Otherwise this is a game that all ages (both boys & girls) will enjoy. Wario Ware gets 5/5 - highly recommended.

To Bad No One Will Play It

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: May 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A new Tetris

a game so endlessly fun its insane
The concept is simple and begins simple. You play one mini game for close to five seconds where you are then quickly taken to the next, in the five seconds you have you have to determine the goal and acheive it. Its all fun and games early on, but as the levels progress it moves much MUCH faster. After you beat the game you can go back and play all the games(all of which will not be unlocked until at least 2 times through) Playing the grid which is essentially playing the same game over and over with it progressively getting harder and faster is one of the most fun parts. It keeps your high score for the level as well as all the individual games...thats over 220 high scores to compete against. also many larger games can be unlocked...including a near full version of Dr Mario

If your a Nintendo fan, its a must. If your a GBA fan, its a must and if your not THIS IS THE TIME TO START.

Its worth mentioning that this game is incredably Japanese. I read a review that mentioned a casual American might get some culture shock and thats true if your not used to things that are as flamboyant and bizare....to bad this game will probably suffer from poor sales and us americans will never ge treated to a sequel

please prove me wrong

Fantastic for Adults

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun! The game centers around completing several 5 second games in rapid succession. These 5-second mini-games include a wide variety of topics, including shaking a dog's paw, cutting meat, hitting rabbits on the head, and matching parts of vegetables. There are over 200 mini-games, and it will take hours and hours of game playing to unlock and complete all of them.

If you are from the "old" NES school (like myself), you will love the mini-games associated with the character "9-Volt". There are mini games based upon such classics as the original Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Hogan's Alley, Duck Hunt, and many more!

Once you unlock a game, you can play that one game as many times as you can in a row. Although this sounds like it should be easy, the game speeds up the action and it becomes very challenging and fun. I've been playing my GBA to kill time waiting in line, because the game is not linear in the traditional fashion.

Enjoyable, challenging, and non-traditional. All great qualities, especially at a time when the best GBA games are primarily re-releases of SNES titles!

Strange? Very. Fun? Heck yea

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: June 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this is one of the greatest games for the GBA i have ever played!! You can play over 200 microgames from 9 different sets such as sci-fi, sports, and many others. Now let's get to the rating.

Graphics- 8.5 many of the graphics in the micrgames look like they were made with the paint program and others push the GBA graphics to the max

Sound- 9.5 even though most of the microgames are about 5 seconds long, the sounds for most of them are very apropriate

Gameplay- 10 The microgames in Wario Ware Inc. are absolutely addictive! Even though you can probably beat all the developers games in a few hours you will continualy want to go back and unlock others.

Replay Value- 10 With over 200 microgames as well as extra unlockable games with a few for two players, you will be playing Wario Ware until you have completely beaten the game

Overall- 10 Despite some minor imperfections in the sound and graphics department the gameplay and replay value more than make up for it

Pure fun....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm not going to say much here, I'll leave the game descriptions to the many other reviews.

I'm going to be 40 years old in a few months (yes - 40, not 4, not 14) and I'm addicted to this delightful game. This is one of those games that people of any age can enjoy, particularly when you are not in the mood for deep thinking of a strategy game. The simplicity of design, the variety and creativity of the games make it irresistible. I play whenever I get a few free minutes (between meetings, feeding the baby, etc.)

wario Ware, Inc. is one of the best GB games I've ever purchased (and I've got many). I don't think I'll tire of it anytime soon. This game is pure fun. I hope they develop a sequel to the game and that others developers learn from it to create games as unique and fulfilling.

Best GBA game of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: February 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first got the game, it was all I could play. 200+ 5 second games that you have to figure out how to do while playing them. What could be more fun? My favorite genres are 9-volt's Nintendo and Orbulon's I.Q. games. I highly recommend this game to anyone with a gba.

It was really fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game was awesome and i loved that once you beat the level you could play all the mini games over again and even unlock new ones. two thumbs up

Incredibly addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I first heard about this game I thought I wouldn't want to play it. Minigames? What's the point? My old game and watch gallery cartridge was gathering dust.

I couldn't be more wrong!

This game is amazing! You play 5 second games, all growing ever faster and more difficult. You can unlock some great stuff too, like the full version of Dr. Mario! So you might have 5 seconds to shoot the mother brain in Metroid, or to jump a hurdle, or cut through a steak! Strange games, very post modern, but man are they addictive.

Psychotic Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: June 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Wario Ware, Inc: Mega Microgame$ is the most neurotic, seizure-inducing game I've ever played. In it, you are hot-dropped into a game, and you must figure out what is going on and complete the game's task, before your five seconds are up and you are dropped into another, completely different game. Insane.

And good luck trying to wrestle the game out of your friends' hands. It's incredibly playable; I've passed this game off randomly to friends, who invariably cackle maniacally, then yell "What the heck is this?" and then start cursing for the next half hour.

Great sound, some rockin tunes, graphics that run the spectrum from sub-par to breathtaking, and gameplay that just won't quit. I've beaten the game, and there are so many unlockables left, I'm still fixated. More extras than you can shake a stick at. Worth the time and money.

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