WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
Frantic action! Prepare for lightning-quick game play as you blaze through over 200 bizarre microgames designed by a crazy crew of Wario's cronies! There are even two-player contests that can be played on a…
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 21 March 2003 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Game Boy Advance. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! is
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 2003. It was published by iQue. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
The premise, in the publisher's words
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!, known as WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania in PAL regions, is a 2003 action game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The debut title in the WarioWare series, the game is about rapid completion of "microgames", short minigames given to the player consecutively and with increasing speed per each game complete. The game's concept was inspired by the "Sound Bomber" mode of Mario Artist: Polygon Studio for the Nintendo 64DD. Many of the music tracks and sound effects were recycled from Wario Land 4. The game was produced by Takehiro Izushi and directed by Hirofumi Matsuoka. Matsuoka was also the director of Polygon Studio. Mega…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! is the 30th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Wario World in 2003. Its critic score of 91 is 17 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 113 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 21 hrs, roughly 5.3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! launched on 21 March 2003, within three weeks of Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2, Midnight Club 2 and Midnight Club II. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2, Midnight Club 2, Midnight Club II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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