WarioWare: Touched!
Template:Infobox WarioWare: Touched!, known as Sawaru Made in Wario (さわるメイド イン ワリオ Sawaru Meido in Wario, lit. "Touching Made in Wario") in Japan, is a Nintendo DS game, and the fourth game in the WarioWare series. The game itself is made up of many microgames - tiny minigames with a simple idea. WarioWare: Touched! microgames are based on touching the touch screen with the stylus. There are several characters in the game, and each one has his or her own style of microgames. In addition, the game includes many "mix characters" - characters whose games are taken from normal characters. Besides the microgames, the game also includes special "toys" won by achieving certain tasks (like scoring a certain amount of points in a specific game). The player can play with these toys using the touch screen, but they do not affect general gameplay.
Story
Wario is walking down a street after having proudly stolen a Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP, but then he suddenly trips and drops both systems down a manhole. The Sewer Guru then flies up from the hole holding not only the two handheld systems but also a Nintendo DS, and he asks Wario which one he dropped. Wario replies, "Gimme all of 'em!" and lunges at the Sewer Guru, knocking both of them down the manhole. After a brief scuffle Wario emerges with the Nintendo DS. Wario immediately notices that the handheld has two screens, but finds it more peculiar that there are no buttons. Not knowing how to play it, Wario loses a Whack-a-Mole minigame and shakes it angrily, thinking it's busted. However, the stylus flies out into his hand, and Wario suddenly realizes that he must use it to tap the bottom screen. He wins the minigame and then realizes he could make double the profit out of this double-screened apparatus, and so he uses it to make touch-style microgames.
Characters and Stages
All characters in WarioWare get their own microgames. Below is a list of the characters and stages.
Character | Stage | Control style, microgame theme or other specialty |
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Wario | Touch Training | Tapping objects. |
Mona | Cute Cuts | Slicing objects. |
Jimmy T. | Dance Club Rub | Rubbing objects. |
Jamie T. | Jamie's Mix | Wario's, Mona's and Jimmy's microgames are mixed together, and the microgames start at second level. |
Kat and Ana | Ninja Scribble | Drawing things. |
Ashley and Red | Total Drag | Dragging objects. |
Dr. Crygor | Slightly Unscrewed | Rotating or turning objects. |
James T. | James's Remix | Kat and Ana's, Ashley's and Crygor's microgames are mixed together and the microgames start at second level. |
Mike | Mic Rocking | Blowing in the microphone. |
9-Volt and 18-Volt | Retro Action | Classic Nintendo games. All controls used. |
Wario-Man | Super Zero | Microgames based on Wario. All controls used. |
Pink Bear | Shuffle | Microgames from all characters are mixed here, except boss games, meaning that extra lives can't be earned. The speed increases gradually and without advice. After completing 18 microgames, the level increases, but after the third level, it keeps at a high speed until the player loses. Scoring 25 points or more will unlock a souvenir and the Ultra-Hard stage. |
White Bear | Ultra-Hard | Essentially the same as the Monster Megamix stage, but only one life is available and the player can't earn extra lives due to the absence of boss games, meaning that if the player loses in one microgame, it's game over. The speed is normal and never increases, but the microgames are all in second level. Scoring 15 points or more will unlock a souvenir and the Mirror stage. |
Yellow Bear | Speedy | Essentially the same as the Monster Megamix stage (all microgames without boss games, so extra lives can't be earned), but the microgames are at a high speed, and it also increases gradually (without advice) until it keeps at a maximum speed, almost the highest speed of the game. The microgames are always in first level. However, this time, the microgames are all mirrored. Scoring 20 points or more will unlock a souvenir. |
Microgames
- Main article: List of microgames in WarioWare: Touched!
Souvenirs
Souvenirs can be unlocked by completing tasks like getting 30 points on a stage or playing all microgames. Souvenirs can both be stored in Games and in the Toy Room. If stored in Games, souvenirs can be found quickly, but amount of souvenirs the player can store here is limited. If the player wants all the souvenirs at one place, the souvenirs can be stored in the Toy Room. Below is a list of the souvenirs.
Note that in the Wii U Virtual Console version, Mona Pizza cannot be unlocked, since players must have a copy of WarioWare: Twisted! in the Game Boy Advance slot on the Nintendo DS in order to unlock it.
Toy Room 1
Picture | Souvenir | Description |
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Snow Man | I'm bored… and freezing! Roll a snowball and make a snowman so I can kick it over! | |
Wario Spinner | Blow on the contraption to see the gnarliness that is Wario! | |
Whistle a Tune | Blow into the microphone to whistle! | |
Calculator | WHAT?! This cheap calculator only adds and subtracts! The salesman told me it could vacuum and bake beans! | |
Juggle Boy | Slap Juggle Boy's hand to keep him juggling! Juggle, boy, juggle! | |
Piano | Don't try to play this mini piano in a concert, because you'll get laughed at. They'll throw things, too... sticky things. | |
Orbit Ball | Draw lines to bounce this freakishly happy little ball into orbit. He'll ricochet off stars and UFO's, so watch out! | |
Air Toss 2000 | Blow into the microphone to levitate the ball. Warning: you are guaranteed to look stupid. | |
Metronome | This stupid thing won't stop ticking! I threw it against a wall, hurled into an industrial grinder, and even sat on it... and still won't shut up! | |
Wario Paint | Pick a color from the palette on the top and start painting! | |
Pong Ping | If you want to settle a rivalry once and for all, you've gotta do it with the ultimate game of skill... Pong Ping! Use both the L and R Buttons to settle your spat on the court. The first player to score 10 points wins! | |
Kitchen Timer | Use the kitchen timer to improve your awful cooking. Oh, and hurry up and bake me a pie! | |
Pet Brine Buddies | Zoom in on those salty little freaks with the magnifying glass! What does this stupid light bulb do?! | |
Wind Chime | You could cut this air with a plastic spork! Blow into the microphone to cool it down! | |
Reel-to-Reel | Spin the reels to play, fast-forward or rewind the film. | |
Bubble Blaster | Bubbles have only two purposes in life: confusing animals and irritating adults. Choose one and run with it! | |
Mona Pizza | Just for forking over your money, you get to watch this hot new video! It hasn't even shown up on the Internet yet. |
Toy Room 2
Picture | Souvenir | Description |
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Clacker | You don't know old-school gaming until you've tried this thing! | |
They Hunger | Don't touch the screen! They're hungry! No...it's too late! They're all over me! Get'em off! Aggghhhh! | |
Spirometer | This tube measures your hot-air capacity. People say you 're full of it! | |
Play By Ear | Hey, Nerdy McGeeker son! You might be a little less of a dweeb if you joined a band! But you gotta learn how to play an instrument, first! | |
Air Dude | Blow into the microphone to keep Air Dude gliding! I tried to fly once, and my face has never been the same. | |
Party Tooter | This is a party tooter. Use it to toot at parties. | |
Turntable | Pick a record and press play! | |
Yo-Yo | Hold your Nintendo DS upside down to play with the yo-yo! | |
Big Hurl | Spin fast and hurl the hammer! Just don't spin him too long, or... | |
Grandma Simulator | Grandma has some advice for you! Blow into the microphone to cool off her tea, and she might share a pearl of wisdom with you. She'll say different things depending on how you blow into the microphone. | |
Pet Parrot | This stupid parrot imitates everything...you...say. Hey, stop that! SHADDUP! | |
Light Show | Scribble...Ooooooh. Scribble scribble...Ooooooh. Scribble scribble scribble...Ahhhhhh! | |
Snore Rope | Blow carefully to keep the miniature senior citizen floating up and over the swinging rope. | |
Game Credits | This is a list of all the people who made WarioWare: Touched! | |
Pet Chameleon | Chameleons blend into their surroundings. If you threw one into a giant mound of butter, it would look like a chameleon-shaped stick of butter! Try pulling down the wallpaper to see this buttery ability in action! | |
Pyoro T | Grab Pyoro's tail , stretch it back, and let go to skewer insects! Don't let'em land on your flowers! | |
Custard | Smack that pudding! Jigglejigglejigglejiggle... |
Quotes
- Main article: List of WarioWare: Touched! quotes
- Wario here! No offense, but you stink! My Touch Training stage is guaranteed to make you 138 percent less pathetic!
- Just drag stuff. Even you can do that. (Ashley)
- Wow! That was some serious funkitude. (Jamie T.)
Glitches
Three microgames in Kat & Ana's set are impossible to complete on some first-run Japanese DSes. The lines in Bright Idea and The Proud, the Fuse cannot be drawn while the flashlight in Midnight Weirdo blinks on and off [1]. Nintendo provided replacement copies for those affected, and the glitches were corrected in later printings and the Western releases.
Gallery
Staff
- Main article: List of WarioWare: Touched! staff
Development
WarioWare; Touched!'s development overlapped with that of WarioWare: Twisted. As the series core staff was already busy with the later title, the game was primarily developed by staff new to the series and producer Yoshio Sakamoto had to scramble to find a director for the project[2]. Twisted's staff was transferred to Touched following the completion of the title to help complete the game for the Nintendo DS's launch. The game was developed in five months[3].
Trivia
- European versions of the game are at some points not localized. Despite the game cover in Europe is yellow, the game's title screen and the menu icon are still orange (while in Japanese editions of the game, the title screen and icon are yellow). Also, in the explanation of the microgame Gold Digger, the series' first game is referred to as WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, while the European title of it is WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania. The game also uses American spelling and grammar in all English versions of the game.
- In Japanese editions of the game, the music that plays when a boss game is announced is the same as the Speed Up music, while other editions of the game have original music.
References
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