![]() No-Intro - Nintendo DS (Decrypted) () seems to have been deleted by the uploader. Over 6000 games and some bonus cheats, demos, and other weird stuff for your DS. Instead, it feels like a very unenthusiastic addition to the franchise. Ya’ know, give the Nintendo 3DS the final salute before putting it out to pasture. ![]() So I guess I was waiting for Nintendo to pull out all of the stops and let their best freak-flag fly. This is the time to showcase some of the best features WarioWare Gold has to offer in order to entice new consumers to purchase it. I did feel like there is a healthy amount of content for a player to become acquainted with the game’s structure, but I couldn’t help feeling that special something that first drew me into the series is missing in the demo. While the demo is chock-full of modes and content to play, I don’t think it’s as good of a representation of the franchise as could have been showcased. Anyone that may be new to Wario’s ways might not be impressed by the vanilla gameplay. I felt as though Nintendo kept it a little too safe. The demo didn’t really show off anything as quirky or random as we’ve seen in the past. However, that little bit of something “punny” or “odd” was missing from my short-lived invitation to play. Overcoming these small feats against the timer is what has made the franchise special. Unusual games, like picking a nose or serving delicatessen food to a restaurant patron, are not outside Wario’s grasp. Wario’s mini-games typically have something quirky or bizarre about them, which is probably why I’ve enjoyed them so much throughout the years. Usually, Wario’s wahhs and ahhs are the only sounds heard from the portly antihero. This wasn’t necessarily a big deal to me however, it is excellently displayed in the demo. The first has been touted in the advertisements for the game, as well as shown in the game’s description on the Nintendo eShop: This is the first WarioWare game to have fully voiced cutscenes. There are two stark differences for this installment in the WarioWare franchise. But, even the one seen here in early screens was not playable in the demo. Tilting your console offers some unique use of the gyroscope for mini-games. The Ultra mode rubber bands all of the other modes together, having you button mash, twist, and touch in order to make it through its challenges. I can’t tell you how foreign the stylus felt, too, after spending the majority of my playtime on the Nintendo Switch. The Mash mode calls upon you to mash the D-pad and A button for its “microgames.” The Twist mode has you tilting your console left and right, while the Touch mode begs you to break out the stylus and tap your bottom screen. There are four game modes in the demo: Mash, Twist, Touch, and Ultra. The small download (816 blocks) brings quite a bit of playable content in a small package. The WarioWare Gold demo is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. However, I’ll take the jagged-mustached man’s party games any day of the week. I was surprised to see WarioWare Gold unveiled during E3 2018 for the aging Nintendo 3DS handheld. In the last months, the Nintendo 3DS has been all but starved of any major new first-party titles, let alone new game releases. I was honestly expecting any future WarioWare titles to go directly to the Nintendo Switch. With my first encounter, I do remember thinking, “What exactly is the difference between WarioWare and the Wario Land titles?” Much like how the Mario Party games are an offshoot of the Super Mario mainline games, Wario too parties on. I don’t really remember the first WarioWare game I played.
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