Tip the Scale

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Not to be confused with Tilt the Scale, a microgame in WarioWare: Move It!
Tip the Scale
Tip the Scale.png
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
WWG Tip the Scale.png
WarioWare Gold
Appears in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
WarioWare Gold
League Mash League
Type IQ (Orbulon, Mega Microgame$!)
That's Life (Mona, Gold)
Command(s) Heavier?
Info "Which side of the primitive mass detection device is heavier? The left or the right?" (Mega Microgame$!)
"Which is heavier–the left side or the right? Once you've made your choice, press the corresponding direction." (Gold)
Controls +Control Pad left or right/+Control Pad Left-Right/+Control Pad left or right – Select
Time limit 16 beats
Points to clear 25 (Mega Microgame$!)
20 (Gold)
Music track Tip the Scale

Tip the Scale is one of Orbulon's microgames found in the IQ folder in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and one of Mona's microgames found in the That's Life stage from the Mash League in WarioWare Gold.

Gameplay[edit]

Items of varying weights (small, medium and large) are on each side of a scale. The player then has to decide which side is heavier. If the player chose the correct pile of items, the room will become yellow. If not, the room goes gray.

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! & WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$![edit]

In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, the only items present on the scale are turtles.

  • 1st level difficulty: There are three turtles on each side.
  • 2nd level difficulty: There are three turtles on each side and the three sizes are mixed up.
  • 3rd level difficulty: Same as Level 2, but there are four turtles on each side.

WarioWare Gold[edit]

The WarioWare Gold version features more items to weigh, including fish, cats and human-shaped turnips.

  • 1st level difficulty: There are three items on each side.
  • 2nd level difficulty: There are three items on each side and the three sizes are mixed up.
  • 3rd level difficulty: There are multiple stacks of pancakes on each side, some of which are cut in half.

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Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$! L. BALANCE L. means long, as Orbulon's microgames all last twice as long

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese てんびん[?]
Tenbin
Weighing scale
Chinese 天平称重[?]
Tiānpíng chēng zhòng
Weighing scales
French Le tort tue[?] Pun on "tort" (wrong) and "tortue" (turtle)
German Schwere Ladung[?] Heavy Load
Italian Sbilancia-ruga[?] Portmanteau of "sbilanciato" (unbalanced) and "tartaruga" (turtle)
Spanish Balanza[?] Scales