WarioWare: Move It!

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WarioWare: Move It!
It's-a-me, Wario! and his friends! Going on vacation to an island!
Protagonist(s): Wario Jimmy T Mona Dribble Spitz Kat Ana 9-Volt Dr. Crygor Orbulon 18-Volt Ashley Red Mike Young Cricket Master Mantis Penny Crygor 5-Volt Lulu 13-Volt Pyoro Genre(s): Action Platform(s): Nintendo Switch Release Date: November 3, 2023 Developer(s): Nintendo EPD Intelligent Systems Publisher(s): Nintendo Country: Japan Series: Wario Predecessor: WarioWare: Get It Together!

WarioWare: Move It! is a minigame compilation game developed by Nintendo EPD and Intelligent Systems for the Nintendo Switch. This serves as the eleventh installment in the WarioWare series.

Why It Likes To Move It

1. This game is a spiritual successor to WarioWare: Smooth Moves. With most of the play style being implemented from scratch, excluding Tug-of-War and Big Cheese, which returned and it functions the same.
2. There are 223 microgames in total, similar to the previous games.
3. A lot of the characters from the past WarioWare games return and multiple characters from the past games return, such as:
   • Wario appears, as to be expected from a Wario and a WarioWare game.
   • Cractus returns in Kat and Ana's story as the main antagonist, and it's great to see it after twenty-two years since Wario Land 4. It is also the first character from the Wario Land franchise to appear in the WarioWare franchise, if not counting microgames based on the Wario Land series.
   • Ken the Reporter finally appears, and it's great to see him after fourteen years since Smooth Moves.
   • Cicada from the Rhythm Heaven franchise returns, and it's great to see her appear after two years and a physical appearance after thirteen years since Rhythm Heaven Fever.
   • Dr. Mario returns, and it's great to see him appear after two years since Mario Kart Tour.
4. Good voice acting as to be expected from the WarioWare games. Kevin Afgahni does a good job voicing Wario.
5. There are a lot of modes. However, most of it can be found in multiplayer mode.
   • Double Act: A Variety Tower that only focuses on two-players with no hazards.
   • Switching Gears: One player is in charge of the microgame while the other player has to reveal what microgame is the former playing. When it passed, players can take turns.
   • Showdown: The successor of Battle Time in WarioWare Gold, where the first player is Cricket while the second player is Mantis, but with handicaps.
   • Galactic Conquest: Players can play a dice to advance forward, but when players play a microgame, they can advance or go back to any space.
   • Listen to the Doctor: The game that return from Mega Party Game$, but this time with players playing microgames while performing a secondary action.
   • Medusa March: Based on the microgame itself, players have to move without facing the Medusa.
   • Go For Distance: Players play microgames by solo or together at once. The players who survives the longest wins.
   • The "Who's In Control?" Show: a 2vs2 multiplayer party game where one team plays a microgame while the other team pretends an action. During a microgame, a catch being a player who is in charge of the microgame.
   • Copycat Mirror: One of the player has to stand at he back of the TV while the other has to copy the former's movements.
6. Similar to the previous games, there is a lot of funny moments (as to be expected from a Wario game), especially in the cutscenes and from Wario. In particular, Wario getting his butt stuck in the volcano is hilarious.
7. When players get a game over, it has a free Sacred Pose to revive the game, though it happens when players complete the level for the first time.
   • It is then replace with Break Time Poses, where players can freely pose by following the statue's pose, though it is optional and it can still be used freely in the gallery.
8. In the credits, players can reveal the cast's favorite food.

Bad Qualities

1. Some of the Form Stone controls can be bad, like Pounce and Scales.
2. There are bad microgames, like Tether Trays, Memory Match, The Big Moment (especially on level 3), and Helping Hands.
   • There are three bad boss microgames, which are Candle Bear, Flight of Icarus, and the most infamous, Griddlebot.
3. Plot Holes:
   • Red and Orbulon suffer problems at the end of Ashley and Orbulon's levels (Red becomes giant after eating diced tomato berries and Orbulon becomes amnesiac after tripping on the banana peel), yet they recover in Not-So Relaxing Rapids without further explanation.
   • It's never explained how Leo went to Caresaway Island, especially since he is not shown on the boat with the rest of the WarioWare crew.
   • Kat and Ana order Caresaway Parfait, but it is unknown whether they buy it or not.
     • Sure, Kat and Ana have money from Wario in Gold and they implied to have salary in Get It Together!, but there is no further explanation on how to buy the parfait.
   • Wario is seen dancing in the roll call, despite being stuck in the shrine of Perspiration Peak Volcano and becomes a God, however, it is implied that the Woods Watchers free Wario by pulling his arm just to make his butt escape.
     • While not a plot hole, the clerk from the Garlic Burger shop says to Wario that "You and 20 friends are going on a dream trip to Caresaway Island!" but in the next scene, there are 19 friends gathering on a vacation, which is anachronism. Wario could've invited Fronk, Doris 1, Pyoro, Sal Out, etc.
     • Speaking of which, Fronk barely has a role in the game, only appearing in Level 3 of Phone for You, and he either says "Good luck to you!" or make beatboxing sounds.
     • This is the first WarioWare game since Game & Wario not to feature Doris 1 at all, and the first WarioWare game with the WarioWare Gold-present artstyle not to have Doris 1.
     • Wario and his friends are never shown going back to Diamond City at all.
4. The two minigames (Dirty Job and Pyoro W) are pointless since both of them do get beneficial rewards after playing for a certain amount of time.
5. Missed Opportunity: Unlike Smooth Moves, its predecessor, it lacks a Sound Studio, as it could have been unlocked after players play two minigames.

Trivia

• In Jimmy T.'s stage, one person, who is Summer, is the descendant of Hilda from Fire Emblem: Three Houses due to both characters having pink hair and pigtails.
  • Coincidentally, both games were developed by Intelligent Systems.

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