Pirates

Pirates title screen.

Pirates is a minigame hosted by Captain Wario in Game & Wario. It is a single player game that is played with the horizontally.

Story

Wario decides to go outside of his house on his motorcycle. He eventually sees a pirate costume and decides to become a pirate himself.

Gameplay

Pirate is a rhythm game. The game consists of Captain Wario giving commands to pirates on his ship and other ships to attack the player. These commands vary between him saying "Center!", "Over!", "Left!" or "Right!", corresponding to the four ships' positions. The player must move the in these directions as if they are using a shield to block the attacks. Occasionally, Captain Wario might shout out "Token!" when revisiting a stage that had been completed with a Perfect rank. Blocking the shot rewards a Cluck-A-Pop coin.

After the chosen song itself has concluded, a dance sequence follows prior to the conclusion of the overall stage. The player, who is assisted in part by Adventure King (named Admiral Venture in the European English version), must mimic the moves shown on screen by a humanoid Captain Wario to build up power to charge up an energy ball. Once enough energy has been built up, the player must press the and buttons simultaneously with the rhythm to shoot the energy ball at Captain Wario and his crew. If the player manages to achieve an "A" rating in all four categories, they will score a "Perfect" which rewards a Cluck-A-Pop coin.

This game is what became of the Wii U demo, Shield Pose.

Controls

• Move — Block arrows
• Face down — Remove caught arrows from the shield / Zoom in on Wario
• + — Launch energy ball at the end of the level
• Rotate — Vertical blocking (Lively Village onwards)

Stages

• Sparkly Ocean: The first stage. It is quite simple, and also features the game's tutorial.

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ギラギラ オーシャン[?] Giragira Ōshan	Sparkling Ocean

• Chilly Sea: The second stage. This stage plays in 6/8 time, rather than 4/4 like the other stages.

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハイハイ フローズン[?] Haihai Furōzun	Cheerful Frozen

• Lively Village: The third stage. Introduces vertical arrow shoots, requiring the player to first turn the GamePad vertically to block them.

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ブリブリ ビレッジ[?] Buriburi Birejji	Tense Village

• Bubbly Volcano: The fourth stage. Signals are now longer than before, so the player has to wait a bit longer to aim the GamePad at the TV. The dance segment has players making various faces.

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ポワポワ ボルケーノ[?] Powapowa Borukēno	Gentle Volcano

• Twinkly Planet: The fifth and final stage. Features all of the mechanics mentioned from before. The final part of the dance segment allows players to do what they want.

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ピカピカ プラネット[?] Pikapika Puranetto	Twinkly Planet

Description

"Ahoy! Captain Wario's the name. Block arrows-move yer booty! My rhythm-based action battle game will get ye shakin' yer timbers!"

Gallery

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  Stage one

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  Stage two

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  Stage three

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  Stage four

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  Stage five

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  Screenshot of the dance sequence in stage one

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  Screenshot of a different pose during a dance sequence

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  The design of the Hint Cards

Media

Dancin' Pirates - Background song during Twinkly Planet; later appeared in WarioWare Gold as a souvenir record

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
French (NOE)	Pirates[?]	-
German	Pirates[?]	-
Spanish (NOE)	Pirates[?]	-

Trivia

• In Tomodachi Life, Miis can occasionally be heard playing this game if they have a Wii U.
  • Coincidentally, a voice from the combined voice engine for Tomodachi Life and Game & Wario can be heard on the results screen.
• In the opening cutscene, a reporter and wrestler from Rhythm Heaven Fever can be seen in the background.

External links

• Patent application