Taxi (minigame)

Taxi title screen.

Taxi is Dribble and Spitz's minigame in the Wii U game, Game & Wario. It is a single-player game.

Story

Dribble and Spitz are driving their taxi through Route 56, starting to fall asleep. Not long after, they encounter a hitchhiker waiting on the side of the road. A UFO suddenly appears overhead and abducts the person. Spitz then grabs a laser gun, opens the top of their taxi, and attempts to shoot at the UFO. He then tells Dribble to follow it and he cooperates, following the UFO over a hill leading to a farm.

Gameplay

A general view of the game.

Taxi is played by moving around in Dribble and Spitz's taxi and firing with Spitz's laser bazooka. The is used for a first-person view of the game, including aiming with the gun, while the television screen is a bird's-eye view of the entire map.

The player's goal is to accumulate a target amount of money, with the extra "Taxi King" objective (6000) offering a higher challenge. To earn money, the primary objective of the game is to shoot down UFOs to release abducted clients, then give them a ride to a shelter. There are three types of UFOs: red (one hit point), blue (two hit points) and yellow (three hit points). Each kind of client pays the player a different amount of money when delivered to the shelter. Only three clients can fit in the taxi at a time. A Fronk occasionally flies overhead with a balloon; it can be picked up as well.

After the first 150 seconds, the mothership arrives at the area and initiates an attack, preparing to take out the shelter. The player is given five hit points and three minutes to take down the mothership by firing at its weak spots, all while dodging its own laser beam attacks. Ten stars rain down to the ground as the mothership is destroyed, which the player must try to collect before the remaining time is over.

Additionally, five treasure chests are hidden inside structures around the map. The player must shoot at these spots or lure the mothership to attack them to reveal the chests.

Stages

• Skyview Ranch
  • Objective: 2500
• Coaster City
  • Objective: 3000
  • Description: "This three-story roller coaster-connected city is straight out of the future! UFOs are barely even out of place here, but they still mean trouble. Our taxi can ride the elevators and coasters too. It's a cabbie's dreamland!"
• Giant Bedroom
  • Objective: 3500

Rewards

• Catch bonus (pick up client before they hit the ground): +100
• Deliver client to shelter:
  • Chicken (Skyview Ranch), Kid (Coaster City), Ant (Giant Bedroom): +200
  • Pig (Skyview Ranch), Adult (Coaster City), Ladybug (Giant Bedroom): +300
  • Cow (Skyview Ranch), Moneybags (Coaster City), Beetle (Giant Bedroom): +400
  • Fronk: +500
• Treasure chest: +200
• Star: +50
• Second remaining on timer: +10
• Repair (lost health point): -100

Controls

• /: Steer
• : Forward
• : Reverse
• : Pull bazooka out
• (with bazooka out): Shoot bazooka
• / (with bazooka out): Control bazooka

Description

"Swerve, steer... and shoot UFOs?! Eh, just another day of life for us cabbies Dribble and Spitz!"