List of WarioWare: D.I.Y. contests

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.

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

Japan

#	Theme	Description	Submission Period	Distribution Period
1	School	The player has to make a school-related game.	April 29 - May 11, 2009	May 27 - June 23, 2009
2	Omakase	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	June 10 - July 14, 2009
3	Aru-aru Neta in Life	This roughly means that the microgame has to be about common situations in everyday life in a humorous way.	May 27 - June 8, 2009	June 24 - August 4, 2009
4	Heart Pounding (Doki Doki)	A situation in the microgame needs to make the player nervous and the heart pound fast, so to speak.	June 10 - 22, 2009	July 15 - August 25, 2009
5	Summer	The game needs to be summer-themed.	June 24 - July 13, 2009	August 5 - September 15, 2009
6	Japan	The game needs to feature things related to Japan.	July 15 - August 3, 2009	August 26 - October 6, 2009
7	Longness is futsuu	The game needs to be simple to understand and "quickly enjoyable."	August 5 - 24, 2009	September 16 - October 27, 2009
8	Body	The game has to be related to body parts, such as the face, hands, feet, and the mouth.	August 26 - September 14, 2009	October 7 - November 17, 2009
9	Autumn	The game needs to be autumn-themed.	September 16 - October 5, 2009	October 28 - December 8, 2009
10	Living Things	The game has to involve living things, flora and fauna, much like Kat and Ana's genre of Nature.	October 7 - October 26, 2009	November 18 - December 29, 2009
11	Cute (Kawaii)	The game needs to focus on something cute.	October 28 - November 16, 2009	December 9, 2009 - January 19, 2010
12	Winter	The game needs to be winter-themed.	November 18 - December 7, 2009	December 30, 2009 - February 9, 2010
13	Self-made	There are no special requirements.	December 9 - December 28, 2009	January 20 - March 2, 2010
14	Whiteness	Things that relate with the color white. Using colors besides white is OK.	December 30, 2009 - January 18, 2010	February 10 - March 23, 2010
15	Illust. Stamps	The player has to make use of the game's stamp feature.	January 20 - February 8, 2010	March 3 - April 13, 2010
16	Monochrome	Only black, white and gray colors are allowed for the game's graphics.	February 10 - March 1, 2010	March 24 - May 11, 2010
17	Spring	The game needs to be spring-themed.	March 3 - March 22, 2010	April 14 - June 8, 2010
18	Working People	The game has to focus on people at work.	March 24 - April 12, 2010	May 12 - July 6, 2010
19	Playing	The game has to be based on something one plays with in daily life, other than video games.	April 14 - May 10, 2010	June 9 - August 3, 2010
20	Long Ago	The game needs to be set in the distant past.	May 12 - June 7, 2010	July 7 - August 31, 2010
21	Food	The game needs to involve food.	June 9 - July 5, 2010	TBA
22	Speed	A thrilling game that involves speed has to be created.	July 7 - August 2, 2010	TBA
23	TBA	TBA (Read here)	August 30, 2010 - September 29, 2010	TBA

America

#	Theme	Description	Submission Period	Distribution Period
1	Machines	The game has to involve machines.	March 28, 2010 - April 12, 2010	May 3, 2010 - June 9, 2010
2	Sports	The game has to involve sports of any kind.	April 14, 2010 - April 29, 2010	May 18, 2010 - July 2, 2010
3	Creatures	The game has to involve animals, realistic or fictitiuous.	May 1, 2010 - May 16, 2010	June 9, 2010 - July 23, 2010
4	Auto-name	The game needs to involve the player using the game's random name and create a microgame with it.	May 18, 2010 - June 8, 2010	July 2, 2010 - August 17, 2010
5	Summer	The game needs to involve anything to do with summer such as beaches, picnics, and no school.	June 10, 2010 - July 1, 2010	July 23, 2010 - September 9, 2010
6	U.S.A	The game has involve the U.S.A or patriotic spirit.	July 3, 2010 - July 22, 2010	August 19, 2010 - October 1, 2010
7	Normal (Game Length)	The microgame's game length has to be short (not long).	August 7, 2010 - August 18, 2010	TBA
8	Cool Jobs	The game has to be focus on a Also|job that can be cool.	August TBA, 2010 - September 8, 2010	October 2, 2010 - TBA

Europe

#	Theme	Description	Submission Period	Distribution Period
1	Mario	The game has to involve Mario.	April 30, 2010 - May 14, 2010	June 11, 2010 - October 1, 2010
2	Dinos vs. Sharks	The game has to focus on a fight between dinos and sharks.	May 14, 2010 - May 27, 2010	TBA
3	Sports	The game has to involve sports of any kind.	May 27, 2010 - June 11, 2010	TBA
4	Auto-name only	The game needs to involve the player using the game's random name and create a microgame with it.	June 11, 2010 - June 2010	TBA
5	RPG-Game	The game needs to be "an epic RPG".	May 18, 2010 - June 8, 2010	TBA
6	Blue	The game needs use the colour blue.	- July 22, 2010	TBA
TBA	School Days	TBA	August 20, 2010 - September 2, 2010	October 1, 2010 - TBA