Candle Bear
| Candle Bear | |
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| Appears in | WarioWare: Move It! |
| Type | Mona |
| Command(s) | Keep the flame lit! Fire the cannon! |
| Info | "Our last line of defense between the cake and an army of ants is...Candle Bear! Use the flames to melt the ice, fire the cannon, and beat back the boss ant! Don't give up if one candle gets soaked--use the other to light it again, and keep fighting!" (1 player) "Our last line of defense between the cake and an army of ants is...Candle Bears! Use the flames to melt the ice, fire the cannon, and beat back the boss ant! Don't give up if one candle gets soaked--use the other one or your friend's bear to light it again, and keep fighting!" (2 players) |
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| Form(s) | "Sky Stretch" |
Candle Bear is Mona's boss microgame in WarioWare: Move It! Its name is a pun on "candle bearer," an alternate term for an acolyte in many Christian denominations.
Gameplay[edit]
The player as Candle Bear has to protect their candles from being extinguished by the ants. The ants will try to extinguish the flames by pouring water on it from a bucket, squirting it with a hose, or summoning rainclouds to make it rain on the candles. If one candle goes out, the player can re-light it by moving the still lit candle into contact with the extinguished one, however if both candles go out, Candle Bear despairs, the ants prepare to eat the cake and the microgame is lost. After surviving for a period of time, a cannon appears at the right or the left, or at the middle (2 players), and its fuse is covered in a giant chunk of ice. The player must melt the ice block and light the fuse all while avoiding the ant's attempts to extinguish their candles. When the player fires the cannon, the boss ant is knocked out, the background lights up, two three-layer cakes appear, and the microgame is won.
- Level 1:The cannon’s fuse is blocked with a small mound of ice. The ants are not too aggressive with their water attacks, there are very few of them and there are many safe spots to hold the candles as a result. The raincloud can be summoned by the boss ant, but it usually has at least one safe spot.
- Level 2: The cannon’s fuse is blocked with a bigger mound of ice. The ants are more aggressive, and they attack more often making there be less safe spots than before. The raincloud also covers the entire left or right half of the screen ensuring that the candle on that side will be extinguished.
- Level 3: The ants are very aggressive and many of them will attack the candles at the same time or one after the other, and also track the movement of the candles more closely. The cannon’s fuse is blocked with an even bigger mound of ice. It makes it even longer to melt the ice. This makes it a lot harder to avoid the water attacks and there are very few safe spots to hold the candles. Like in Level 2, the rainclouds cover the entire left or right half, guaranteeing that the candle on that side will be extinguished.
In multiplayer, both players have two candles each. If both of one player’s candles go out, one player can use the other player's candle to re-light it, and the player whose candle got lighted can light their candle as well. Some rain clouds on Level 1 will guarantee that one player's candles will be extinguished.
Gallery[edit]
The 2-player variant
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ろうそくベアー[?] Rōusoku Beā |
Candle bear | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 蜡烛熊[?] Làzhú xióng |
Candle bear | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 蠟燭熊[?] Làzhú xióng |
Candle bear | |
| French | Nounours à bougies[?] | Candle bear | |
| Korean | 캔들 베어[?] Kaendeul Be-eo |
Candle bear | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Oso Candeloso[?] | Candlestick Bear portmanteau of "candelero" meaning "candlestick" and "oso" meaning "bear" |
