When did Wario Land: Shake It! come out?

Wario Land: Shake It! was released on 24 July 2008 for Wii U and Wii.

Wario Land: Shake It! (2008) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Wario Land: Shake It!

Wario, Nintendo's greedy, uncouth and rude anti-hero, returns to his roots. The Wario Land series is where Wario first appeared, and it's back in all its side-scrolling, platform-jumping glory.

79 24 July 2008

What Wario Land: Shake It! is

Wario Land: Shake It! is an adventure game developed by Good-Feel and released in 2008. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Wario Land: Shake It!, known in Europe as Wario Land: The Shake Dimension and in Japan as Wario Land Shake, is a 2008 platform game developed by Good-Feel and published by Nintendo for the Wii, with animation produced by Production I.G. The game is the sixth installment in the Wario Land series, and is part of the Wario franchise. It follows Wario as he enters the Shake Dimension with the goal of obtaining the Bottomless Coin Sack, which provides an endless supply of coins.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series

Wario Land: Shake It! is the 53rd of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was WarioWare: Snapped! in 2008. Its critic score of 79 is 5 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

Wario Land: Shake It! holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Wario Land: Shake It! launched on 24 July 2008, within three weeks of Braid, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV and Rhythm Heaven. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Braid, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Rhythm Heaven.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer