WarioWare: Smooth Moves

11 ianuarie, 2007

Over the course of the WarioWare franchise, Nintendo found ways to reinvent the series, tasking players to frantically press buttons, twist their Game Boy Advances and poke their Nintendo DS systems. But with its fifth iteration of WarioWare: Smooth Moves, the company really let its imagination fly. Using the Wii remote (and nunchuk in later levels), players maneuver the controller in numerous positions in an attempt to complete 200 kooky micro games, all the while enjoying a presentation that is as zany as Wario himself.

This time around, the nefarious Wario stumbles upon a mysterious object known as the Form Baton, a device that bears a striking resemblance to the Wii remote. Eager to unlock its secrets, as well as exploit the citizens of Diamond City, the rotund one quickly gets to work designing all new micro games based on its strange, motion sensing properties. Soon, familiar faces from the series (as well as some new ones) pop up, eager to cash in on Wario’s latest discovery. Unbeknownst to them, and in typical Wario style, he never intends to share his profits. Then again, he wouldn’t be Wario if he did.

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