WarioWare: Touched!

WarioWare Touched!
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1 Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Composer(s)	Ryoji Yoshitomi
Series	WarioWare
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release date(s)	JP December 2, 2004 NA February 24, 2005 EU March 11, 2005 JPN December 8, 2005 ZH July 23, 2005
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: E CERO: A PEGI: 3+ OFLC: G
Media	Nintendo DS Game Card
Input methods	Touchscreen, microphone

WarioWare: Touched!, known in Japan as Sawaru Made In Wario (さわる メイドインワリオ, Sawaru Meido in Wario^?, lit. "Touching Made in Wario") is a video game for the Nintendo DS. It has been regarded by game journalists as one of the games which best utilizes the features of the Nintendo DS, alongside others such as Kirby: Canvas Curse, Nintendogs, and Metroid Prime Hunters.

The game is similar across regions. One of the major differences is the game cover, which is yellow in Asia and Europe and deep orange in North America.

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to that of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, but microgames are only played using the stylus, touch screen and microphone. Examples of microgames include scratching Wario's back, cutting a rope so a cage falls on a duck, and catching fish in a net. After successfully completing a number of microgames, smaller, mostly non-competitive "toys" are unlocked. These use the touch-screen to achieve tasks, such as playing with a yo-yo (in which one must hold the DS upside down), or building a snowman.

Plot

Wario is walking along holding two items that resemble a Game Boy Advance and a Game Boy Advance SP when he accidentally drops both into an open sewer. An angel comes out and asks if he dropped the two Game Boy Advance like items or a different item resembling a Nintendo DS. Wario states flatly to give him all of them and pounces the angel in order to get them. They fall into the sewer and Wario emerges holding the DS-like item. He attempts to play a whack-a-mole type game on the lower screen, but fails and shakes the device in anger. This produces a "weird stick" from the device that resembles a stylus and attempts to play the whack-a-mole game again. Now that he has the "stylus", he simply taps the mole with it and passes the game. After deciding that it's a fun game, he declares, "With two screens, I can make double the money!"

Reception

Sales information

As of July 25, 2007, WarioWare: Touched! has sold 2.15 million copies worldwide.^[1]

Awards

• IGN: Editors' Choice Award^[2]

Sequel

A new WarioWare title, WarioWare D.I.Y. for the Nintendo DS was announced at Nintendo's Fall Conference on October 2, 2008. The game will allow users to use the touchscreen capabilities to create their own microgames.^[3]

Another WarioWare title is available on the Nintendo DSi system, WarioWare: Snapped! The game requires the player to place the DSi on a table and move their arms and head in a series of minigames. Once all the minigames are completed, the game creates a slideshow or video of the player doing the tasks, usually speeding them up, or freezing them into a picture. There are three sets of minigames for one player, and one for two players. The game is currently only available on the Nintendo DSi Store.

References

1. ^ Matt Casamassina (2007-07-25). "Nintendo Sales Update". IGN. http://wii.ign.com/articles/807/807852p1.html. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 
2. ^ "IGN Editors' Choice Games". http://ds.ign.com/index/choice.html. 
3. ^ "Gametrailers - Japanese Fall Conference 2008 Reel". GameTrailers. 2008-10-02. http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40712.html. 

External links

• WarioWare: Touched! official Nintendo of Europe site
• WarioWare: Touched! official Nintendo of Korea site
• WarioWare Touched Review at DigitalSomething

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