WarioWare: Twisted!
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |  October 14, 2004 May 23, 2005 TBD (see article) |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (Everyone) CERO: All ages |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Media | Gyro sensor cartridge |
WarioWare: Twisted!, known in Japan as Mawaru: Made In Wario (まわる メイドインワリオ Mawaru Meido in Wario?) is a video game for Game Boy Advance by Nintendo. It was released on October 14, 2004 in Japan and May 23, 2005 in North America.
This game has yet to be released for Europe. The original release date was set as 24 June 2005 [1]. It was pushed back to February 24, 2006 [2]. Its release date is now listed as "TBD" (To Be Determined) on the Nintendo of Europe website.
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[edit] Gyro sensor
The WarioWare: Twisted! cartridge has a built-in gyro sensor and rumble feature (for feedback during rotation). Most of the microgames are played by rotating the entire handheld device. The gyro sensor uses a piezoelectric gyroscope developed by NEC [1] to detect angular movement.
Because the game automatically calibrates the gyro sensor when the game is turned on (and after every microgame), it works with both top-loading (like the Game Boy Advance) and bottom-loading slots (like all other models after the GBA like the Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Micro and the Nintendo DS Lite). Although the manual states Twisted! is not compatible with the Game Boy Player, it can technically still be played. However, players risk pulling out and/or damaging the cords when rotating the Nintendo GameCube during play. For the same reasons, the manual recommends that the game should not be played when the handheld console is plugged into an AC adapter.
[edit] Plot
Wario was playing his Game Boy Advance. When he lost, he threw his GBA around and broke it. Wario took it to Dr. Crygor to get it fixed. Crygor threw it in his machine, which spat out a flat, buttonless, GBA-like machine. He finds out that he now has to physically turn the console around to play. Mona and 9-Volt come in, picking up one of the units, and both like the invention. Wario comes up with the idea of selling the gyro sensor as a way to make cash.
[edit] Gameplay
This game changes the scoring from the other WarioWare titles. Previously, the score was the number of games that were played, but Twisted! only counts the number of games that the player won. The game features items called "souvenirs", which are unlocked after boss stages in story mode. Records, musical instruments, figurines, games, and many quirky items are possible to unlock.
Like other previous titles, each character has their own style of gameplay:
- Wario - Microgames do not have a time limit in the introductory 7-minigame stage. Later, Wario has a full-fledged stage called Speed Spin, which features the same games but with a strict time limit. Seconds are added after the successful completion of each game. He also has Speedier Spin, which sets even fewer seconds.
- Mona - Mini Spin: Microgames involve small spins and perfect precision.
- Jimmy T. - Big Tipper: Microgames involve large spins.
- Kat and Ana - Tap Out: Microgames only use the A button by pressing it once, twice or lots.
- Papa T. & Mama T. - Family Scramble: The microgames that were originally introduced by Mona, Jimmy, and Kat and Ana are used. The Family Scramble starts on medium instead of easy difficulty.
- Dribble and Spitz - Steer Clear: Microgames use both the gyro sensor and the A button.
- Dr. Crygor - Gravitator: Microgames involve using the gyro sensor to alter gravity.
- Orbulon - Time Warp: Microgames have longer time limits.
- 9-Volt - Spintendo Classics: Microgames are based on NES-classics. 18-Volt also makes an appearance here as 9-Volt's new buddy.
- Wario-Man - Spandex Challenge: Microgames involve any kind of spinning action and the A button.
- Fronk - Frantic Fronk: Microgames have half the time limit, and appear randomly in a big mix during certain levels in Story Mode (Fronk does not have his own stage).
- List of minor WarioWare characters
[edit] Reception
WarioWare: Twisted! currently has an aggregate 88% rating on Game Rankings [3].
In Japan, it won Grand Prize in Japan Media Arts Festival 2004 (Entertainment division). Also winner of the inaugural Edge Award at the Edinburgh International Games Festival 2004.[4]
[edit] Notes
- When playing WarioWare: Touched! on the Nintendo DS with WarioWare: Twisted! inserted into the GBA slot, the player receives a special toy. (Toys are the equivalent of souvenirs in Touched!.) The toy is a music video featuring Mona Pizza, similar to the Mona Pizza souvenir record in Twisted!
- Ashley and Mike do not appear in this game due to the order of the games' development. Twisted! was developed and released before Touched! in Japan; internationally, Wario Ware Touched! was released before Twisted!. This is also why 18-Volt is first introduced in Twisted!
[edit] References
- ^ Wario Becomes Even More Twisted Than Ever Before!. Games Press. May 4, 2005.
- ^ Early 2006 release dates announced. Nintendo.com. March 5 2006
- ^ WarioWare: Twisted! reviews. Game Rankings. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
- ^ "GameBoy mini-games take top prize" (August 14, 2004).
