WarioWare: Twisted!
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| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems[citation needed] Nintendo R&D1[citation needed] |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Release date | JP October 14, 2004 AUS May 19, 2005 NA May 23, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Variety |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | PEGI: 3+ |
| 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?, lit. "Turning Made in Wario") is a video game for Game Boy Advance by Nintendo. The game is of a variety and puzzle genre. It was released on October 14, 2004 in Japan, May 23, 2005 in North America, and May 19, 2005 in Australia. It was planned to be released in Europe but remained unreleased.
In the game, Wario and his friend Dr. Crygor invent a Game Boy Advance that only reacts when tilted around. The game follows the WarioWare formula with a variety of games that lasts for only a few seconds. The cartridge utilizes a gyro sensor and players must spin and twist in order to play the games.
Twisted! was critically acclaimed and has won numerous awards. Reviewers found the gyro sensor to be innovative and adding to the gameplay aspect.
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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: Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Micro, and Nintendo DS Lite). The manual states that Twisted! is not compatible with the Game Boy Player. Although it can technically still be played with the add-on.
[edit] Plot
While playing with his Game Boy Advance, Wario becomes frustrated with it and throws it at a wall, causing it to hit him on the head. After his temporary rage, he notices his GBA is busted. He requests Dr. Crygor's help in mending it. Crygor, however, places it in his new invention, the Gravitator, which spits out dozens of buttonless objects similar in form factor to a Game Boy Advance. It transpires that in order to play, the device must be physically moved. Mona and 9-Volt arrive and toy with these new units, enjoying themselves. Wario, taking note of their reaction, decides to take advantage of these motion-sensing abilities as a selling point, and recruits his friends to design Microgames based on this concept.
[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. (In practice, this simply reduces all scores by 3, as there are usually 4 lives in a session of WarioWare.) 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 involve the A button ( no spining involved).
- 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, the A button, and Wario.
- 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.[2]
In Japan, it won Grand Prize for Entertainment at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival.[3]
Craig Harris from IGN channel named Twisted! the #1 GBA game of all time.[4]
[edit] Relation to other games
- 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 Twisted!.) The toy is a music video featuring Mona Pizza, similar to the Mona Pizza souvenir record in Twisted!.
- Ashley and Mike don't appear in this game due to the order of the games' development. Twisted! was developed and released before Touched! in Japan; internationally, WarioWare: Touched! was released before Twisted!. This is also why 18-Volt is first introduced in Twisted!.
- Three Microgames from WarioWare: Twisted! appear during 9-Volt's stage in WarioWare: Smooth Moves using the "Chauffeur" form.
[edit] European Release
This game was originally set to be released in Europe on June 24, 2005;[5] however, it was later pushed back to February 24, 2006,[6] before Nintendo of Europe changed its release date to "TBD" on the company's website. As of 2008 the game has not been released, however in the January 2008 issue of the Official Nintendo Magazines "Ask Nintendo" section a Nintendo-Europe representative shed some light on the situation and claimed the Warioware Twisted delay was because Twisted was still undergoing the compulsory LGA testing and approval for Europe. There has been no further information since this statement.
[edit] References
- ^ Ceramic Gyro, NEC-Tokin
- ^ WarioWare: Twisted! reviews. Game Rankings. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
- ^ 2004 (8th) Grand Prize Wario Ware: Twisted!. Japan Media Arts Plaza. 2004. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
- ^ Harris, Craig. "Top 25 Game Boy Advance Games of All Time". IGN. March 25, 2007. Accessed April 11, 2007.
- ^ Wario Becomes Even More Twisted Than Ever Before!, Gamesindustry.biz, April 5, 2005.
- ^ Early 2006 release dates announced, Nintendo-Europe.com, 3 November 2005
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