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Wario Land 4

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 21 / 23
Date: October 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The widely popular Wario Land series makes its 4th installment on the GameBoy Advance. This time around, our greedy 2-D friend is inside of a golden pyramid that supposedly holds a wealth of untold treasure. The gameplay is similar to past Wario games, & this time around Wario is no longer invicible, meaning you'll half to be a bit more careful while looking for gold. & the bright, colorful graphics show up much nicer on the GBA's screen then the past Wario Land 3 for GBC did. & last but not least, you can take a break from stealing & play mini games to earn extra coins. Bottom line: This one should be one to look forward to.

A whole new M(W)arior World, more like a puzzle challenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: February 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing, especially to me, because I did not like Wario Land and the Mario games have been done to death. Wario, who is a bigger bullying version of Mario offers a whole new game to play. Rather than Mario who jumps on enemies, leaps to punch blocks above him and collects mushrooms and fire flowers to power-up; Wario uses the direct method, ramming straight through enemies, blocks and collects hearts for energy. You can even pick up enemies to throw them. So what makes this game different than a Mario game? Because a Mario game was simple, where you go right and find the end of a level. With Wario's land, each level is a miniature maze, where you enter a level through a portal where you must then find four pieces of a stone, which are scattered in the level, then you must find the key. They key is unique, because they key is a bird who's beak is the key and it actually flies behind you and bigger enemies can steal the key and hold it hostage. You can leave the level, but the key is needed to get to the next level. To top it all off, you can't just finish a level, you must find and activate a bomb! The bomb then sets a timer at the top of the screen for you to exit the level by. Each level is very detailed and the graphics are completely different, such as a Desert, a Haunted House, a Lake, a Raining Swamp, Paradise, and a Sunflower Field to name a few. To make sure you don't get bored, there are coins, jewels and gold to collect, in which with all of this cash, you can pay to play mini games, like Roulette, Homerun Derby and Wario Hop. The graphics are great and Wario is full of tricks so there is great gameplay.

Another Wonderful Wario!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 22
Date: November 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am an adult who has played and won all 4 Wario games. This one is a little different. You must go through all the levels in a pyramid and collect crystals, coins, a cd (which you can listen to in the sound room), 4 jewel pieces which are in treasure chests, and the hidden treasure. At the beginning of the level you will enter a vortex. After you find the above items, you must find Keyzer (a key shaped bird) and the special switch. When you jump on the switch the timer starts and you have a limited amount of time to return to the beginning of the level and exit through the vortex. If you have collected Keyzer, you can unlock the door to the next level. After you have collected all four pieces of the jewel in all four levels in a passage, you must fight a boss. This is where the coins and crystals come in handy. After each level, for 5,000 coins, you can play a mini game and collect medals. The mini-games are baseball, hopping over things, and roulette with Wario's face. All are fun. With the medals you can buy an item in the item shop on the way to meet the boss. The items will do damage to the boss which can make your job easier. Wario has all of his usual moves, ie jump, grab, swim, roll, dash, smash, stomp, and with the help of friends he can get fat, turn into fire or ice, and fly. However, he not invincible. You must also gather hearts for health. When you lose all health you go to the beginning of the level and lose all items. I really enjoyed this game. The only complaint might be that it was too short. It could have had more levels. Although I must admit, I have not yet found all of the items, so...keep playing!

Overview of Warioland 4

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game, being the fourth installment in the wonderful Warioland series, is a must have for this holiday season.This game takes advantage of the Gameboy Advance' 32-bit graphics processors. The Graphics are smooth and the characters move around so much more natrually than in the previous games. The sound is also quite good, with added speech from Wario, and some typical Wario music (Although it is better because of the GBA's capabilities). There is also 2 difficulty modes for beginners or ol' Wario veterans. This game has virtually endless replay value, with a myriad of secret areas and treasures to find. This is an excellent game. Therefore, I dub it the best platform game in existence (besides Super Metroid for SNES).

Great game - great replay value, just too easy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: March 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I loved Wario Land for Game Boy, so this was the first game I went out and bought when I got the GBA. I must say I was impressed with the graphics, they were clear and detailed. Wario can be fat, puff up like a balloon (due to an allergic reaction from a bee sting), catch on fire, turn into a snowball and more. There are many secrets to be found in every level, that is always a bonus. 4 jewel pieces must be found in each board before you can confront the boss. Collecting all of the CDs is quite difficult (there is one for each board), and they really don't seem to serve any purpose, but I haven't found all of them yet. The story line is pretty typical, but with a few surprises once you get to the end of the game. My only complaint is that the game is fairly easy.
There is a shop owned by a little wavy guy that you pass right before each boss - my advice, don't buy anything from him if you want the game to be more challenging. You play games and earn coins to purchase things from the shop, and then the guy follows you into the boss's chamber and hits him with whatever you bought (there are various item to choose from, the more expensive it is the more damage it does) before you confront him. The problem? Some of the items do so much damage you only have to hit the boss once or twice to beat him. Great if you want all the treasure, which disappears as the clock winds down while you're fighting the boss. But even the final boss can be beaten easily if an extra item is purchased. But like I said before there are many secrets in this game, and many items to collect, which makes it fun to play even after you've beaten the game - you can go back to your beaten game's levels and explore them further.
A bit childish, somewhat easy, but hey - I had fun playing it, and that's the point, right? So I give this game 4 stars.

best game yet for gba

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have played this game for a few weeks (since nov. 1)and i love this game. its amazing, the graphics are smooth and amazing, the gameplay is almost the same as classic wario but with a few new moves. a tutorial is included in the game makes it very easy to learn the few special moves. anyone over 7 years old should be able to play this game. THIS IS THE BEST GAME YET FOR GAMEBOY ADVANCE SO GO BUY IT if you dont youll be sorry it will probably have sold out by the next chance you have to buy

challenging but excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ok, let me start from the beginning. This game is amazing! You start as Wario at the Entry Passage and that level is simple, the game tells you the controls on the walls. After you beat that, you fight an easy boss, then you can open up many passages: Topaz, Sapphire, Ruby, and Emerald. And the great thing is you can move from passage to passage as you progress through the game, so you don't have to be stuck on one level. Next, let me talk about graphics. The graphics in this game are brilliant. Wario looks great in the nice light of the GBA SP, and the scenery is beautiful. The characters are well- colored, and this game has wonderful graphics for the GBA. Next, gameplay. This game is very, very, entertaining, and you'll never get bored of the challenging, yet fun, stages. In fact, the levels are so fun and exciting that you'll want to play levels after you've beaten them. I do. The mini- games are cool, and they add excitement to the game. You have to pay a small fee of coins, but it pays off if you're good at the game, because you get medals for how good you do. One of the most fun things about this game is the side- effects Wario gets. Like, in some levels, if you touch a bat, you'll become a Vampire bat, and you can fly. Also, if you eat an apple, than, you'll become Fat Wario, and you can break hard blocks. All the side- affects are: Fat Wario, Puffy Wario, Vampire Bat Wario, Flat Wario, Bouncy Wario, Zombie Wario, Snowman Wario, Bubble Wario, Flaming Wario, and Frozen Wario. These side- effects are goofy, but they are a vital part of the game, sometimes you have to get them on purpose to get past tricky challenges, and you'll get each one a few times before finishing the game. Next, Controls. The controls in this game are very simple, and all you have to do is look on the walls in the Entry Passage, it shows you what to do. But, if you want to learn the side- effect controls, just read the back of the Instruction Booklet. Last, but certainly not least, is the sound. The music and sound effects are marvelous in this game, and you'll want to sometimes stop Wario and listen to the brilliant music in levels. The boss music is great, and the theme song is dandy. Also, the music genre changes from stage to stage, so you'll never hear the same song twice. Basically, you have to find the four treasure pieces and Keyzer to beat a level. Ok, so this game is perfect. I bought this game almost two months ago, and I am not even half- way to beating it. This game is NOT EASY! It is challenging and rewarding. I bought this game for the GBA SP, hoping itwas good, I have only played one game with Wario in it, Mario Kart for N64. I wasn't a Wario fan before I played this game. But now, I love it! This game is not simple, I'm glad, because I enjoy challenging games. This is how I would rate this game: Fun: 5/5 Graphics: 5/5 Controls: 5/5 Sound: 5/5. As you can see, this game is perfect! Anyone who read this review who has GBA, BUY THIS GAME!!! It is a superb game and it makes an excellent title to GBA owners' collection.

the bad boy is back

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

the original villain who got his own series is back in this incredibly good game. I got it recently and it is the best game on the gba.the graphics, sound, control and everything else are near perfect. wario is cool and so is this game. definately worth buying

Wario Land 4 Lives Up to His Name And the Standards

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Get your greed face on and let us muster gluttony for the precious riches within a mysterious pyramid. Mario's flipped persona arrives in his latest installment that is Wario Land 4. Perusing through a newspaper and driven to the untouched riches of a recently discovered wonder, the ever so dogged Wario is oblivious to the demises of earlier attempts. Up for the thrill and as money-hungry as America's lovable politicians (ha-ha), Wario seeks out the pyramid.

As 2D side-scrollers go, Wario Land 4 lives up to the portable gaming standards. Using the incredible power of the GBA, a whole new height of action is consigned for players. Squeezing high results, their new disposal consists of Wario's truckload of expert moves like his mighty butt stomp, the decisive bash, the swift slide, and much, much more. With his new array of techniques, the overtly fat Wario earns a thumbs-up for his trickier side of side-scrolling gaming. Besides collecting items to complete the stages, Wario must now go deep into guarded enemy territory and keep his guard on his health. Wario's life, now embodied as heart containers, must be sustained by dodging attacks. If the containers drain clear, the player is tossed back to the stage's entrance and as a penalty, loses all items found. Some areas in the pyramid are to be advanced by the help of enemies. Wario must proceed towards certain enemies and imitate their special property. Wario goes through a type of metamorphosis if successfully in contact with an enemy. There are also quite a few screen-filling bosses the players square off against. Clever ways of attacking them must be utilized in order to defeat the overgrown menaces. If the player has any snag, he can simply purchase power-ups at a shop then vanquish the colossal brutes. Lastly the three dandy mini-games such as the home run derby, match the face game, and doge the whizzing objects, add to enhance the replay value. Difficulty-wise, Wario Land 4 proves to be as painless as old-schooling gaming can get.

Wario Land 4 is a great 2D platform and shows with its bountiful stages. Fast, smooth, and clean gameplay is generally found everywhere with the gaudy graphics. Let's face it, there is no other finer side-scrolling on the market right now (other than the Castlevania one), and this is a portable title gone the extra mile.

The best side-scroller I've yet to see

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game was definetly worth to wait! This a fairly challanging game with some amazing graphics. It starts out with Wario going to a secret pyramid to get some more gold. After the short movie you get into an enterance passage which gives you an introduction to the game. This passage has only one level but it gives you a taste for whats instore. Once you beat the boss on the Entrance passage you unlock four more passages. Each one with 4 levels and on challanging bose. After you beat the 4 boses you get to the final passage, The Golden passage. The levels get very tense once you set the timer off that makes you go back to the starting vortex before time runs out. After the time runs out you will start losing your coins(which is visually impressive). Th sound tracks are pretty good with about 5 different songs. This a great game for anyone who likes adventure games or just likes greedy old Wario.

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