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Wario Ware Inc. Mega Party Games
Oct. 16th, 2011 12:21 pmThe Wario Ware series is a set of "microgame" collections--like minigames, but even shorter, as most of them give you about 5 seconds to figure out what you're supposed to be doing and then do it, and you play them in rapid succession. I've played all of the portable entries is the series, and when I found a used copy cheap, I figured I'd give the Gamecube installment, Wario Ware Inc. Mega Party Games, a try.
( It had some ups and downs. And a lot of pressing the A button. )
Overall: This series works better in a portable format, I feel. It's a game designed for five minutes of play at a time, which means you get tired of it after an hour and it's silly to boot up a console for, but it's great for ten minutes of distraction while you're waiting for a train. The multiplayer aspect is good for one small gathering (max 4 players), but it's not going to keep people coming back. The gimmicks they added for WarioWare Twisted and WarioWare Touched actually made the games more interesting and added variety (as did the various Wii "poses"), whereas there's not enough new here to be worth it. I'd recommend most other installments before this one.
( It had some ups and downs. And a lot of pressing the A button. )
Overall: This series works better in a portable format, I feel. It's a game designed for five minutes of play at a time, which means you get tired of it after an hour and it's silly to boot up a console for, but it's great for ten minutes of distraction while you're waiting for a train. The multiplayer aspect is good for one small gathering (max 4 players), but it's not going to keep people coming back. The gimmicks they added for WarioWare Twisted and WarioWare Touched actually made the games more interesting and added variety (as did the various Wii "poses"), whereas there's not enough new here to be worth it. I'd recommend most other installments before this one.
