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WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Wario and his pals learn fun, wacky moves after discovering a strange book and a mystical device called the Form Baton. Familiar characters from the WarioWare universe will return to this installment and some…

80 2 December 2006

WarioWare: Smooth Moves is an arcade developed by Intelligent Systems, released 2 December 2006 on Wii U and Wii.

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What WarioWare: Smooth Moves is

WarioWare: Smooth Moves is an arcade game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2006. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.

The premise, in the publisher's words

WarioWare: Smooth Moves is a party video game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It was released in Japan in December 2006, and in Europe, North America, and Australia in January 2007. It is the fifth game in the WarioWare series of games, and the only game in the series to be physically released for the Wii. Additionally, this was the first spin-off Mario game to be released for the console.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series

WarioWare: Smooth Moves is the 46th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. It arrived 7 months after New Super Mario Bros.. The next entry was Wario: Master of Disguise in 2007. Its critic score of 80 is 6 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

WarioWare: Smooth Moves holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 100 votes.

What it launched against

WarioWare: Smooth Moves launched on 2 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas.

Cheats and codes

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When did WarioWare: Smooth Moves come out?
WarioWare: Smooth Moves was released on 2 December 2006 for Wii U and Wii.

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