Universal Marionette is a recurring microgame in the WarioWare series. It first appears in WarioWare: Smooth Moves, as one of Mona's microgames, and returns in WarioWare Gold as one of Wario's Twist League microgames.
Layout[]
The microgame features a background graphic that references Leonardo da Vinci's drawing "Vitruvian Man." In the front is a marionette, which has the appearance of a person with a black body with a bald, white head, white glove-like hands, and white shoes. In WarioWare Gold, the marionette is replaced with Wario, due to it becoming one of his microgames. The background was changed to dark purple, and the Vitruvian Man-like graphic is light purple and given a closer resemblance to Wario.
Gameplay[]
The player must move the marionette's limbs to deflect the watermelons aimed at its head. If done successfully, the player wins, but if the watermelon hits the marionette's head, they lose. In WarioWare Smooth Moves, a loss is indicated by the watermelon knocking off the marionette's head and replacing it. In WarioWare Gold, the marionette of Wario instead tilts to the side and spins out.
Difficulty levels[]
The changes between difficulty levels are slightly different between the microgame's WarioWare: Smooth Moves and WarioWare Gold iterations.
In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, the first, second, and third difficulty levels require the player to deflect two, four, and six watermelons respectively.
In WarioWare Gold, the first, second, and third difficulty levels require the player to deflect two, three, and four watermelons respectively. Level 3 sometimes features an alternative gameplay objective in which the Wario marionette has to be adjusted to fit into a storage case; in doing so, the player wins the microgame, but if not done on time, they lose.
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| Ashley & Red | All Shook Up • Bone Appetit • Carving Artist • Cheater! • Cold Call • Flask Me Later • Fresh off the Grill • How the West Was Really Won • In the Cards • Marching Orders • Pool Boy • Ringmaster • Secret Ingredient • Shady Characters • Shoot the Breeze • Skip It • Spray It, Don't Say It • Sticky Shift • Undercover Agent • Wiggle Room • You're Fired!
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| Minor characters | 13-Amp • Alien Bunny • Amy and Mimi • Ben • Cat • Danny • Dark Lord Hum Gree • Doris 1 • Fronk • Gahrumble • Joe • Little Hammy • Lulu • Mike• Mr. Sparkles • Ms. Munchly • Ninja Steve • Pops • Ralphie • Ruffington • Sasquatch Family • Space Gangs | ||
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| 5-Volt | Balloon Fight • Donkey Kong Country • Fire Emblem Awakening • Game & Watch: Manhole • Ice Climber • Joker Face • Kid Icarus • Lefty RX • The Legend of Zelda • Mario Bros. • Mario Clash • Ocarina of Time • One Hit Wonder • Pinball • Pushmo • Rhythm Tweezers • Super Mario Kart • Super Mario Land • Yoshi's Island
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| Twist League | Wario | Cut to the Chase • Focus Pocus • Force Feeding • High Treeson • Pumping Iron • Road Wario • Universal Marionette
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| Ashley & Red | A Moment of Reflection • A-maze-ing • Bacon Patrol • Crescent Roll • Crossing Guard • Doggy Door • Foiled Again! • Make Way for Martian • Manual Labor • Monster Chase • Net Profits • Pipe Puzzle • Power Outage • Road Work • Safecracker • Shave the World • Space Passage • Stab in the Dark • Stumblebot • Tearful Reunion • Walk This Way
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| Dr. Crygor | Armed and Dangerous • Barrel Roll • Basic Training • Curls and Weigh • Dodge Ball • Fancy Footwork • Feel the Burn • Heavy Lifting • Iron Stomach • Micro Golf • Ride the Wave • Self-Defense • Shoot the Fruit • Slam Dunk • Snowboard Slalom • Sync or Sink • Top Off • Wheel of Whack • Wiggle Room
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| 18-Volt | Animal Crossing: Wild World • Chiritorie • Donkey Kong Jr. • Dr. Mario • Laser Pointer • Metroid • Metroid-Samus • NES Open Tournament Golf • Pikmin 2 • Racing 112 • R.O.B. Block Set • Star Fox • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario Sunshine • Super Mario World • Wario Land 3 • Wii Menu • The Wind Waker
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| 9-Volt | amiibo Tap • Clawing for More • Donkey Kong • Duck Hunt • Excitebike • Hanafuda • Head Count • Joy-Con Slide • Love Tester • Mario Paint - Flyswatter • Mii Channel • Nintendogs • Phantom Hourglass • Sounds of Super Mario Bros. • Stylus Hunt • Super Mario Maker • Ten Billion Barrel • Tomodachi Life • Wrecking Crew
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| Young Cricket | Arms Race • Count 'Em Up • Engine Trouble • Erosion • Finish Line • Flag Waver • Heat Wave • I'm Gonna Hurl • Local News • Long Division • Oh, Snap! • Pass Aggressive • Pass Fail • Pit Stop • Pro Bowling • Pumped Poser • Rump Roast • Skate Race • Stroke of Genius • Sweeps Week • Twin Swimmers
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| Orbulon | Big Bang • Birdcicle • Breaking Up • Character Development • Crypto Zoo • Family Reunion • Fruit Fans • Goin' Loopy • Hookin' Up • Love Struck • On the Edge • Over the Hump • Pet Peeved • Plant Food • The Proud, the Fuse • Separation Anxiety • Sinking Feeling • Snack Sucker • Sneaky Snatcher • Sneeze, Please! • Spirit Spot • Stripy Sea • Sure, You Can
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| Ultra League | Answering Machine • The Claw • Feed on Fronk • Fronk Fishing • Sliding Doors • Tread Carefully • Vicious Veggies | ||
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| Leagues | Leagues | Mash League • Touch League • Twist League • Ultra League (Dancing League • Potluck Gang) • Wario Deluxe | |
| Challenge | Modes | All Mixed Up • Battle Time • Cruise Controls • Sneaky Gamer • Split Screen • Super Hard • Thrill Ride • Wario Interrupts • Wario Watch | |
| Locations | Locations | 5-Volt's House • Agate Forest • Ashley's Mansion • Club Joe • Crystal Park • Diamond City • Diamond City Amusement Park • Diamond City Castle • Diamond City Elementary • Diamond City Stadium • Dr. Crygor's Lab • Emerald Street • Gigantaburger • Joe's Clothes • Luxeville • Penny's Lab • Peridot Campgrounds • Sapphire Street • The Farthest Edge of Space • Wario's House | |
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