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Simply great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Get ready, Wario/Mario fanatics, this is the game to end ll games!!!!! Here are the good things about it:

1: The graphics are really beautiful. The GBA is a great platform for this game. Backgrouds scroll effortlessly. Wario looks GREAT!

2: The game never gets boring. There is so much difference between each passage and level, it makes for ENDLESS replay value. Also, since you can only play most of the levels by unlocking them, the game is addictive.

3: The game is fun, challenging, and yet short of frustrating. Near the end of each level, there is a switch that you land on to turn on the vortex and timer. Then, you must return to the vortex before time runs out, which is no mean feat.

4: There are all sorts of extras and diversion mixed into the game, such as minigames and CDs. There are three minigames, which you play to get medals to buy itms to make the bosses easier. And there are 16 CDs, one in each level, which make interesting noises.

5: The bosses and enemies are creative. All 5 bosses are neat and VERY different. The enemies aren't all the same, on e bad characteristic of many games like Warioland 4.

I recommend this game for 8- to 14-year-olds with the realization that this game has lots of depth and takes time to play.

fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this is my first GBA game and i find it very addicting. the graphics are nice and i am overall very pleased with it.

BEST WARIO GAME EVER!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game I couldnt ask for more!!!!!The graphics and sounds are great and funny too! The bosses are challenging but hey thats what make them fun and exciting.The mini games are also pretty good. I also enjoy all the different worlds and collecting the money. Overall I would reccomend this game to anyone who wants a fun time! 10/10!!

It's cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Wario Land 4, in my opinion, is one of the best games for the GBA. It's way better than the Super Mario Advance games as it's a little easier and has better levels. The levels are well designed and are beautifully colored. The boss battles are a blast and the mini-games are rewarding. Playing the mini-games earns you some coins that you can use to buy gagets and goodies for the boss battles. The music is even cool in it's own unique way. This game might be a bit on the easy side but it never gets really tedious.

A great action/puzzle combo

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am not much of a fan of puzzle games, but WL4 combines elements of mario-style platform gaming and puzzle games in a very fun way, it's one of my favorite games and I think it shows that 2D video games are not dead.

The game starts with a short training stage which familiarizes you with all of Wario's moves. Wario has a wide range of moves (he can pick up and throw objects, roll down hills, stomp, jump, run, dash, and duck). The trick of this game is figuring out where to use these moves to get you to hidden parts of the game.

Each level has 4 jewel pieces you must find. You have unlimited time to explore the level until you find a timer. When you start the timer, you have to rush back to the beginning of the stage before time runs out. When you hit the timer, different blocks become activated/deactivated, which completely changes the layout of the level (making you take a different route back to the beginning of the stage.) This is usually the most frantic and action-packed part of each level, as sometimes you still have jewel pieces to find in the newly opened areas.

The levels are huge and very cleverly designed. You can blow right through them or get lost exploring all the hidden areas. Each level has unique aspects to the environment, which Wario can take advantage of. It's a lot of fun trying to uncover every hidden area, which really ups the replay value.

Also, in each stage there are at least one or two puzzle areas, which is a sort of optionall mini game where you must figure out how to get a diamond using Warios moves and the stages environmental elements. These stages are practically a game withtin themselves. You don't even have to play them, but again, it really helps the replay value of the game.

Fans of the earlier Wario land games might not like the inclusion of an energy meter in this game. In the earlier games, you couldn't die. In WL4, I think it makes the game more intense and makes you play more carefully, as if you lose all your energy in one level, you must start all over again.

The graphics are colorful and detailed, the sound is great. There's a lot of good video game music in this game, and the music is dynamic to what Wario is doing (e.g., if he is ducking, the music slows down, if he is dizzy, the music sounds atonal and crazy)

If you like the Mario games, this is a change of pace from them in a way, but will be familiar enough to get around. This is a great action-puzzler, and one of nintendo's best games.

Itsa too easy.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love this game,and Wario is the only character who has a worse Italian-American accent than me. There are cool mini games, my favorite being Wario Home Run Derby. And the game music is pretty good, It's also cool that you can hear Wario talk.

But I beat this game in an hour and a half, without any codes or maps. It was a little too easy for someone who had no idea what he was doing.

I'd buy this game anyway, maybe I'm just a great gamer, but this game is probably one of the best games on GBA right now.

Great graphics, fantastic gameplay, great fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Warioland 4 is a great platform game. The graphics are jaw-dropping and hilarious. The levels are intricate and the puzzels are somewhat challenging. But most of all, it's just fun to play. The action is fast and the scrolling is fluid.

This is one of those games that really reminds me how far ahead the Gameboy Advance is from the Gameboy Color. Leaps and bounds! (...)

Does Wario Land 4 Live up to its Predecessors?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The answer is: It does. What I've always loved about the Wario Land series is its challenge level and puzzles, and Wario Land 4 doesn't disappoint. The game will give you a great first impression as you watch Wario tumble through a vortex into a level. Wario must then search the level for 4 gem pieces as well as a CD. In addition, he must find a "Keyzer", which is a key creature that enables Wario to enter the next level. Nintendo gave the game a completely new spin by adding a timer in each level. When Wario enters a level, he can not re-enter the vortex (which acts as a door), but when he hits the timer it re-opens, although he must rush back to get into the vortex in time. Wario is also mortal, and he can die if you're not careful. His zany transformations have returned. Examples are becoming flat when crushed by a machine, and going on fire when, surprise, you touch fire! You'll have to stop laughing at the transformations, however, since they're an important part of clearing each stage.

That's the basic information about the game, but here's my opinion. The game utilizes the GBA's graphics very well. The sound is especially EXCELLENT, although the CDs are kind of pointless. As for game design, the levels are intricate, and with a choice of Normal, Hard, or the unlockable Super Hard mode, every player gets a challenge. If you're a hard-core Wario fan, head directly to hard mode. The levels are huge, and it does take a long time to beat each one. I strongly disagree with EGM magazine's comment on the game's being able to beat in the "bigger part of a rainy day;" the game will certainly give even the most experienced Wario fan (which I consider myself!) many, many hours of fun. Some sources claim the game is too short. This is true, although the game still gives a lot of challenge. Still, once you start playing, you'll understand that the 22 levels are indeed intricate and difficult, although they are not too hard for a younger player (except for some later levels), and still challenge (in hard mode) the most experienced Wario veteran.

In conclusion, Wario Land 4 is a truly wonderful game that platform fans SHOULDN'T MISS! Although shorter than its predecessor's, the game definitely lives up to the Wario legacy. It will give hours and hours of puzzles and just pure fun. Go out and buy Wario Land 4; it's worth your thirty dollars. Dive into the vortex and get ready for a great time!

P.S. While you're at it, check out the Wario website--the entire site will really give you a laugh!

Side-scrolling, platform-jumping excellence!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Wario Land 4 (a.k.a. Wario Land Advance) is an excellent example of innovative gameplay in a genre that has pretty much been left in the dust by current next generation consoles. I love the 3D graphics and gameplay that the GameCube, PC, PS2, and XBox offer, but playing a 2D platformer brings me back to the days of frustratingly good fun that the original Super Mario games of the NES and Super NES era. Sonic was great on Genesis too. While these characters have made superb trasitions to the 3D realm in most cases, there is great gameplay still to be had in the 2D world of Wario Land 4. The level design is truely creative and involves thinking to get through. There were several instances where I was reminded of how I felt the first time I played through the 2D Mario games. Specifically when I discovered a hidden room. The game is very addictive. It can be beaten in a couple of days, but the time you will spend with it will be very good. Wario is a great anti-mario. He is not totally evil, just morally corrupt, and for this reason he is a great addition to Nintendo's unchallenged character library... If you own a Game Boy Advance, don't pass this one up. By the way. If you are thinking about buying a GBA, and are still deciding, get the SP. I have owned both, and the GBA SP is well worth the additional money. Playing Wario in the dark is fun indeed.

Warioland 4 Rules!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: December 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wario's back in his 4th Gameboy game for Nintendo.What is so great about this game is it is not only on the GBA,But it is much easier! Wario finds the ledgend of a golden pyramid.When he goes in,he has to go through 5 levels,In L1,there is only one level.The others have 4. I am a Wario fan because the other games are very stupid ! Sadly,Wario is not invincible.So you'll have to keep his health up!Warning,this is only for Wario fans only!!!!!!!!!!

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