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{{italic title|List of ''WarioWare: D.I.Y.'' contests}}
== Design Challenges ==
{{rewrite-expand|Fill in missing dates and themes}}


== Design challenges ==
Periodically, Nintendo holds design challenges, also known as contests, where ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]'' owners can send in their game creations that have to comply with certain conditions depending on the challenge. Players who want to take part in the challenge need to access the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. One person can enter one time each. Games of the challenge winners will be made available under the category Theme Games for download over the Wi-Fi Connection by Nintendo for a limited time.  
Periodically, Nintendo held design challenges, also known as contests, where ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]'' owners could send in their game creations that complied with certain conditions depending on the challenge. Players who wanted to take part in the challenge needed to access [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]]. A person could enter a contest one time each. Games of the challenge winners were made available under the category Theme Games for download over the Wi-Fi Connection by Nintendo for a limited time.  


The first design challenge was started by Nintendo with the Japanese release of ''WarioWare: D.I.Y.'' The challenges differed between regions.
The first design challenge was started by Nintendo with the Japanese release of ''WarioWare: D.I.Y.'' The challenges differ between regions.
 
==List of Contests==


==List of contests==
===Japan===
===Japan===
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!Theme<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/uorj/shop/index.html</ref>
!Theme
!Description
!Description
!Submission Period
!Submission Period
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|2
|2
|''{{wp|Omakase}}'' (Auto-name)
|''[[wikipedia:Omakase|Omakase]]''
|align=left|The phrase ''Omakase'' translates to "It's up to you." Entries to this contest were to be titled using the built in "Omakase" feature, which creates a random title.
|align=left|The phrase ''Omakase'' translates to "It's up to you." Entries to this contest were to be titled using the built in "Omakase" feature, which creates a random title.
|May 13 - 25, 2009  
|May 13 - 25, 2009  
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|3
|3
|Aru-aru Neta (A Story in Life)
|''Aru-aru Neta'' in Life
|align=left|This roughly means that the microgame has to be about common situations in everyday life in a humorous way.
|align=left|This roughly means that the microgame has to be about common situations in everyday life in a humorous way.
|May 27 - June 8, 2009
|May 27 - June 8, 2009
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|-
|4
|4
|Doki Doki (Heart Pounding)
|Heart Pounding<br />''(Doki Doki)''
|align=left|A situation in the microgame needs to make the player nervous and the heart pound fast, so to speak.
|align=left|A situation in the microgame needs to make the player nervous and the heart pound fast, so to speak.
|June 10 - 22, 2009
|June 10 - 22, 2009
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|-
|7
|7
|Nagasa ga Futsuu (Length is Normal)
|Longness is ''futsuu''
|align=left|The game needs to be simple to understand and "quickly enjoyable."
|align=left|The game needs to be simple to understand and "quickly enjoyable."
|August 5 - 24, 2009
|August 5 - 24, 2009
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|10
|10
|Living Things
|Living Things
|align=left|The game has to involve living things, flora and fauna, much like [[Kat & Ana|Kat and Ana's]] genre of Nature.
|align=left|The game has to involve living things, flora and fauna, much like Kat and Ana's genre of Nature.
|October 7 - October 26, 2009
|October 7 - October 26, 2009
|November 18 - December 29, 2009
|November 18 - December 29, 2009
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|-
|11
|11
|Cute
|Cute ''([[wikipedia:Cuteness in Japanese culture|Kawaii]])''
|align=left|The game needs to focus on something cute.
|align=left|The game needs to focus on something cute.
|October 28 - November 16, 2009
|October 28 - November 16, 2009
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|-
|15
|15
|Illustration Stamps
|Illust. Stamps
|align=left|The player has to make use of the game's stamp feature.
|align=left|The player has to make use of the game's stamp feature.
|January 20 - February 8, 2010
|January 20 - February 8, 2010
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|align=left|The game needs to involve food.
|align=left|The game needs to involve food.
|June 9 - July 5, 2010
|June 9 - July 5, 2010
|August 4 - September 28, 2010
|TBA
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|-
|22
|22
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|align=left|A thrilling game that involves speed has to be created.
|align=left|A thrilling game that involves speed has to be created.
|July 7 - August 2, 2010
|July 7 - August 2, 2010
|September 1 - October 26, 2010
|TBA
|-
|-
|23
|23
|Refreshed
|align=left|A game that has to do with something refreshing.
|August 4 - August 30, 2010
|September 29 - November 23, 2010
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|24
|Fly
|align=left|A game that has to do with flight or the air.
|September 1, 2010 - September 27, 2010
|October 27, 2010 - December 21, 2010
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|25
|Sports
|align=left|A game that has to show about many kinds of sports.
|September 28 - October 25, 2010
|November 24, 2010 - January 18, 2011
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|26
|The Future
|align=left|A game that has to do with the future.
|October 27, 2010 - November 22, 2010
|December 22, 2010 - February 15, 2011
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|27
|Competition
|align=left|A game that contains some sort of competition.
|November 24, 2010 - December 20, 2010
|January 19, 2011 - March 15, 2011
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|28
|Circle
|align=left|A game that involves something circular.
|December 22, 2010 - January 17, 2011
|February 16, 2011 - April 12, 2011
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|29
|Long Game Length
|align=left|A game that has long to take time to play.
|January 19, 2011 - February 14, 2011
|March 16, 2011 - May 10, 2011
|-
|30
|{{wp|Fukuwarai}}
|align=left|A game involving the assembly of a face.
|February 16, 2011 - March 14, 2011
|April 13, 2011 - June 7, 2011
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|31
|Green
|align=left|A game focusing around the color green.
|April 4, 2011 - TBA
|May 11, 2011 - TBA
|-
|32
|Nandemoari (Anything Goes)
|align=left|As the name implies, the contest has no particular theme and the games can be focused around anything.
|May 5, 2011 - May 9, 2011
|June 8, 2011 - TBA
|-
|33
|Selection 1~16
|align=left|The contest picks 48 microgames from the 1st through 16th contests (3 from each).
|TBA
|TBA
|September 1, 2011 - TBA
|align=left|TBA
|-
|August 30, 2010 - September 29, 2010
|34
|Selection 17~32
|align=left|The contest picks 48 microgames from the 17th through 32nd contests (3 from each).
|TBA
|TBA
|September 1, 2011 - TBA
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|3
|Creatures
|Creatures
|align=left|The game has to involve animals, realistic or fictitious.
|align=left|The game has to involve animals, realistic or fictitiuous.
|May 1, 2010 - May 16, 2010
|May 1, 2010 - May 16, 2010
|June 9, 2010 - July 23, 2010
|June 9, 2010 - July 23, 2010
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|align=left|The game needs to involve anything to do with summer such as beaches, picnics, and no school.
|align=left|The game needs to involve anything to do with summer such as beaches, picnics, and no school.
|June 10, 2010 - July 1, 2010
|June 10, 2010 - July 1, 2010
|July 23, 2010 - September 9, 2010
|TBA - September 9, 2010
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|6
|6
|U.S.A.
|U.S.A
|align=left|The game has involve the U.S.A or patriotic spirit.
|align=left|The game has involve the U.S.A or patriotic spirit.
|July 3, 2010 - July 22, 2010
|July 3, 2010 - July 22, 2010
|August 19, 2010 - October 1, 2010
|August 19, 2010 - October 1, 2010
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|-
|7
|-
|Normal ''(Game Length)''
|TBA
|Normal (Game Length)
|align=left|The microgame's game length has to be short (not long).
|align=left|The microgame's game length has to be short (not long).
|July 24, 2010 - August 16, 2010
|August 7, 2010 - August 18, 2010
|September 14, 2010 - October 25, 2010
|-
|8
|Cool Jobs
|align=left|The game has to be focused on a job that can be cool.
|August 18, 2010 - September 8, 2010
|October 5, 2010 - November 17, 2010
|-
|9
|Genre
|align=left|The game has to be in a Classic Video Game to use RPG, Shooter, Platform, and Puzzle.
|September 8, 2010 - September 30, 2010
|November 2, 2010 - December 10, 2010
|-
|10
|Autumn
|align=left|The game has to be showing about Autumn with falling leaves, back-to-school, and/or a cooler weather.
|October 2, 2010 - October 24, 2010
|November 30, 2010 - December 4, 2010
|-
|11
|Cute
|align=left|The game has to be have anything with cute stuff, like babies, rabbits, or more cute stuff....
|October 26, 2010 - November 16, 2010
|December 22, 2010 - January 27, 2011
|-
|12
|Winter
|align=left|The game needs to involve anything to do with winter such as snow, snowball fight, hot chocolate, snowman, Christmas, sledding, and no school.
|November 18, 2010 - December 9, 2010
|January 10, 2011 - February 9, 2011
|-
|13
|Masterpiece
|align=left|You can upload where you create a game and simit to the previous contest challenges that did not made to win and can be a perfect microgame to win this time.
|December 11, 2010 - January 3, 2011
|January 31, 2011 - March 15, 2011
|-
|14
|Black & White
|align=left|The game needs to involve anything to do with the colors of black and white.
|January 5, 2011 - January 27, 2011
|February 27, 2011 - April 7, 2011
|-
|15
|Sound
|align=left|The game needs to involve with any music and/or sound effects that are most important part of the themes!
|January 29, 2011 - February 18, 2011
|March 16, 2011 - April 30, 2011
|-
|16
|TBA
|TBA
|align=left|TBA
|February 20, 2011 - TBA 2011
|TBA 2011
|-
|17
|Spring
|align=left|The game needs to involve anything to do with spring like new blossoms, warmer weather, and/or Hay Fever.
|TBA 2011 - April 6, 2011
|May 2, 2011 - TBA 2011
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|6
|Blue
|Blue
|align=left|The game needs use the color blue.
|align=left|The game needs use the colour blue.
| - July 22, 2010
| - July 22, 2010
|TBA
|-
|TBA
|School Days
|align=left|TBA
|August 20, 2010 - September 2, 2010
|October 1, 2010 - TBA
|-
|TBA
|Stamps
|align=left|The player has to make use of the game's stamp feature.
|August 3, 2010 - September 16, 2010
|October 15, 2010 - TBA
|-
|TBA
|Sci-Fi
|align=left|The player has to make a Science Fiction based game like Space, Aliens, Lasers, Retro, or Futuristic. This is much like [[Dribble & Spitz]] genre.
|September 17, 2010 - September 30, 2010
|October 29, 2010 - TBA
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|13
|Monochrome
|align=left|Only black, white and gray colors are allowed for the game's graphics.
|TBA
|November 25, 2010-December 24, 2010
|-
|14
|Superpowers
|align=left|The player has to include a superpower in the game.
|TBA
|December 10, 2010-January 6, 2011
|-
|15
|The Body
|align=left|The game has to include something about the human body.
|TBA-December 23, 2010
|TBA
|TBA
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==References==
[[Category:Lists]]
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{{WWDIY microgames}}
{{WWDIYS microgames}}
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[[Category:WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase|*]]

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