WarioWare: Twisted!

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WarioWare: Twisted! <sup>(JPJapanese: ま���る メイドインワリオ

Romaji: Mawaru Meido in Wario

Meaning: Turning Made in Wario)</sup> is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, as part of the WarioWare franchise. This iteration used motion sensing abilities to carry out inputs on many mini-games. Initially released in 2004 in Japan, the game was shipped out to North American and Australian regions the following year, but a European release strangely never materialised.

WarioWare Twisted! was very popular among critics, with Craig Harris, Nintendo editor at IGN, claiming it to be the very best Game Boy Advance game. Unlike the other WarioWare games, it uses a tilt sensor for the bulk of its gameplay, which allows for the console to be tilted in order to create input instead of pressing buttons (though buttons are occasionally used).

The game revolves around Wario and his coworkers going on self-contained adventures throughout Diamond City, with the microgames being played as the characters attempt to solve whatever problem is occurring to them.

Gameplay

WarioWare Twisted! is an innovative title that used technology similar to what was present in Yoshi Topsy Turvy and Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble for the Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color, respectively. Every single microgame in WarioWare Twisted! is controlled by twisting the Game Boy Advance left and right, with this feature being used in unique fashions for wach minigame The specially made cartridge also contains a rumble pak that shakes the Game Boy Advance whenever the Gyro Sensor is put into play.

WarioWare Twisted! asks what console the player is using when they boot up the game, whether it be a standard Game Boy Advance or a bottom slot system such as the Game Boy Advance SP or Nintendo DS. Despite not working well with a Game Boy Player (and the manual saying it's not compatible), WarioWare Twisted! works nonetheless.

Story Mode

• Wario
• Mona
• Jimmy T.
• Kat and Ana
• Dribble and Spitz
• Dr Crygor
• Orbulon
• 9-Volt
• 18-Volt
• Wario-man

Microgame sets

Main article: WarioWare Twisted!/microgames

Mini-Spin

The Mini-Spin collection of minigames are presented by Mona.

Avoid-A-Roid Foul Balls Balancing Act Happy Birthday Fancy Footwork Doggy Door Hard-Pressed Cat Walk On a Roll Foiled Again! Magnafire Practical Joker

Outta My Way! Sew Easy And the Winner is… Sync or Sink Busted! Barrel Roll Force Feeding Company Picnic Red Delicious? Coffee Jitters Assembly Flyin' Welcome Wagon Boss: Skyway Highway

Big Tipper

The Big Tipper collection of minigames are presented by Jimmy T.:

Down in the Dumps Feel the Burn Night and Day Slam Dunk Dishpan Hands Net Profits Focus Pocus Beware of Dog Circular Logic H2-Woah! Twist and Sprout Bacon Patrol

Make Way for Martian Stab in the Dark Self-Defense Bright Idea Dig This! Daily Grind Ice Queen Save our Raft! Fashion Plate Daredevil Road Work Alternative Medicine Boss: One Step at a Time

Tap Out

The Tap Out collection of minigames are presented by Kat and Ana:

Bubblegum Blues Big Drip Rocky Reunion Vicious Veggies Nuts! The Wave Contact Lens Solution Going Postal Launchpad Crazy Crush Falling Asheep Stalled Out

Thar He Blows Mixed Grill Survival of the Quickest Weird Science Slap Jack! Crazy Straw Beauty School Track Star Boss: Nose Dive

Steer Clear

The Steer Clear collection of minigames are presented by Dribble and Spitz

Shoot the Fruit D.I.Y. Key Ring County Fair Eating Contest Spintecticide I Hate Bananas Handy Man Homecoming King Wheel of Whack Five-Second Rule Oral Hijinks

Beat-Down Picky Eater Gyroid Jumble Last Piece Heavy Lifting Home Haircut Tooth Trouble Picture Perfect Laser Lineup Flip Out! Boss: Basic Training

Gravitator

The Gravitator collection of minigames are presented by Dr. Crygor

Hat's Off Tiltillation Crescent Roll Power Outage Mooo-ve It! Gravi-key Half Full Cliff-Hanger Shake Down Heartwrench Trash Day Half Empty

Spout Off Aromatherapy Skid Road Balloonatic Spitfall What Goes In… Open-And-Shut Case Shower Power Boss: Stumblebot

Speed Spin

The Speed Spin collection of minigames are presented by Wario

Cutting It Close Kit-tease Rays the Devil Iron Stomach Wipeout! Step On It Off the Wall Rain of Terror Alien Abduction Wrecking All Micro Golf Nice Catch

Opposites Attract Nuts and Bolts Roughing It Pumping Iron Party Favor Paper Trail Instant Replay Cheeky Monkey Shave the World Chain Letter Dear John Letter Boss: Boing!

Time Warp

The Time Warp collection of minigames are presented by Orbulon

Pipe Puzzle Air Passage Tapped Out Dire Plates Deadly Ditty Alphabet Soup Manual Labor Fine Tune Green Thumb Wedgies! Boomerang! Fill in the Blanks

Peak Peek Connect the Dots Rocket Rotary Sleight of Hand Guitar Solo Produce Pick About Face Safecracker High Card Draw Toaster Jam Boss: Crossing Guard

Spintendo Classics

The Spintendo Classics collection of minigames are presented by 9-Volt

Tennis Metroid-Morph Ball Super Mario Bros. 3-Lift Wrecking Crew Pinball Golf Mario Brothers Excitebike Clu Clu Land Donkey Kong Jr. Baseball Ice Climber

Balloon Fight Mach Rider Kid Icarus Duck Hunt The Legend of Zelda Donkey Kong 3 NES Open Tournament Golf Ice Hockey Metroid Samus Super Mario Bros. 3 Boss: Super Mario Bros.

Spandex Challenge

The Spandex Challenge collection of minigames are presented by Wario-Man

Tiptoe Titan Rain of Riches Power Line Pigeons Burying the Hatchet Crash Prize Hot Rod Rock It! Ping-Pong Panic Catch of the Day No-Zone Alignment Swamp Swing

Drywall Dodge Super Wario Cyclone Kick Wario Weigh-in Going Steady Inch, Worm! Soda Jerk Robotomy Wee Wario Blast Fragile! Strange Ritual Wario Hockey Wario and the Beanstalk Stay in School High-Speed Chase Volt Bolt Boss: Wario Mambo

Frantic Fronk

the Frantic Fronk Collection of minigames are presented by Fronk,

What's the Point? Oopsy-Daisy Hop to the Top Rock and a Hot Place Dirty Darts

Snake Snarl Feed on Fronk Peek-a-boo-boo Fronk Fishing

Souvenirs

Records

Cameos

WarioWare Twisted featured several Nintendo cameos. 9-Volt's stages in particular are all references to past Nintendo published titles. Games referenced include Wrecking Crew, Super Mario Bros. 3, Metroid, Clu Clu Land, Mach Rider, and more. Beyond the Nintendo themed microgames there are subtle references to past games contained in other microgames from sound effects to concepts to even the names of the micro and mini games (such as "Mewtroid"). Five of the records are from classic Nintendo Entertainment System games including Super Mario Bros., Kid Icarus, Metroid, Balloon Fight, and Wrecking Crew. One of the "doodads" is a Love Tester (Nintendo long ago manufactured Love Testers in Japan).

Development

Development on Twisted started after it was suggested that a second WarioWare game for the Game Boy Advance, even though the previous GBA installment, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, was still selling units^[1]. The project was soon underway, with the team amassing a collection of potential microgames, but they were not able to find something that would make it unique from the rest of the series. Around this time, the team was presented with the Nintendo DS, and they thought that the stylus would be perfect for a WarioWare game, developing it as a launch title even though there was already progress being put into Twisted. Development of this game, which would become WarioWare: Touched!, briefly overlapped with that of Twisted^[2]. As the series' core staff was already busy with Twisted, Touched was primarily developed by people new to the series. Following its completion, Twisted's staff was immediately moved to Touched to ensure the game was ready for the Nintendo DS's launch.

When the team was still looking for the game's key element, one of the staff, Kazuyoshi Osawa (who went on to conceptualize and become the chief director of the Rhythm Heaven series), presented an experimental motion sensor he was working on set up to work with microgame-like demos. The rest of the team loved the idea and soon sent it to Satoru Iwata for approval. Iwata spent a long time with a record player (which became the basis for the Record souvenirs), setting the console on a swivel chair, spinning it around, and enjoying as the game's music matched the chair's rotation. Sakamoto knew that he had a success on his hands when Iwata spun around in his chair and called the demo "idiotic". The game was finished in August 2004.^[3]

Reception

Critical reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	87.79%
Metacritic	88/100
Review scores
Publication	Score
GamesRadar	5/5
IGN	9.5/10

Twisted received generally positive reception from critics. It was praised heavily for using the tilt controls in a unique and fun fashion^[4] as well as its charming and quirky visuals^[5], though many wished for increased multiplayer options^[6]. 1UP's Jeremy Parish, in his review of Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (which also uses a tilt sensor), commented that Twisted! felt like the tilt sensor was built for it, rather than the other way around^[7]. IGN editor-in-chief Craig Harris (who gave the game a 9.5 out of 10 in his review) listed it as number 1 on IGN's "Top 25 Game Boy Advance Games of All-Time"^[8].

The game won the grand prize in the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival's entertainment division for its aesthetic appeal and its innovative controls^[9]. Director Goro Abe was nominated alongside the game and came to pick up the award at the ceremony^[10]

Sales

In Japan, WarioWare: Twisted sold around 108,000 copies on its opening week and had lifetime sales of 463,938 according to Famitsu sales data^[11]. As of June 1, 2005, WarioWare: Twisted has sold just above 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

European release

In 2005, when the game was released in Australia and America, Nintendo announced the game for release in Europe on June 24^[12], which was later pushed back to December 8.^[13] Four years later, in 2009, the Game Boy Advance was discontinued. The page for WarioWare: Twisted! on the Nintendo of Europe Website had been removed as well^[14]. In the European version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, when it is mentioned on the Chronicle, the game is marked as "Not Released".

Credits

Main article: WarioWare Twisted!/credits

Trivia

• The box art of the game shows Wario holding a Game Boy Advance SP, but in the game, the characters use the original Game Boy Advance instead.
• In the Guinness World Record 2010 Gamer's Edition, WarioWare: Twisted! was listed as having the most minigames in a single video game, which was 223.
• Like WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, some sound effects used in the game were taken from Wario Land 4.
• The Music Box World from Wario Land 3 makes a small cameo on Wario's desk. Additionally, a picture of the Golden Pyramid from Wario Land 4 is seen.
• In Donkey Konga 3: Tabe-houdai! Haru Mogitate 50 Kyoku, "Mona Pizza's Song" was featured.

References

External links

• WarioWare: Twisted! at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• WarioWare: Twisted! at GameFAQs