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This is the third in my series of ‘a look down _____ lane’. Today I’m going to review each of Wario’s games (Hopefully!). Please tell me if I miss any out.
Mario has had soooo many classics on Nintendo it’s hard NOT to know who he is. But someone quite unnoticed is Wario. Mario’s, well hardly fascist, but close to it, brother has been in quite a few quest’s of his own. The brilliant thing about Wario games is, you can destroy enemies, collect pick ups and much more without being the good guy. Wario game storylines normally consist of Wario somehow finding out where he can get his grubby little mitts onto some dosh. All though Wario games are great, the future is looking bleak for our rather fat friend. No news of anymore Wario’s games has been released from Nintendo’s Head Quarters. This means we may never see Wario on the GameCube, well at least not in his own game as Mario Kart GameCube is rumoured to come out on British launch release which will hopefully feature Wario. There is a slim chance that Wario Land 5 may come out but again no news yet. Lets hope the GameCube features Nintendo 64 classics like Mario Party, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf which all included Wario, I just can’t wait to see his purple nose and spiky tash in glorious 128bit graphics.
As I said Wario has a couple of quest’s of his own, so why not take a look at Wario’s classics for consoles like the great Nintendo Gameboy Advance and Nintendo 64 to the poor disaster consoles such as the Nintendo Virtual Boy and as early as the Super NES.
Virtual Boy
WARIO LAND.
Many publisher didn’t make games for the first ever 3D portable games console, the Virtual Boy, which really is a shame because many games were top class stuff which could survive even the gaming world to this very day. Wario Land was one of these games that really gave the Virtual Boy a chance to fit in along with the other consoles. Wario Land is the only game I’ve ever played for the Virtual Boy, and I was impressed. It’s not just ‘Another Gameboy’ it COULD have revolutionised the way we play games to this very day. Lets hope the Virtual Boy 2 appears in the near future with hits like Wario Land. We deserve a 3D portable console after having to play games like Clayfighter 63 ¾.
Wario Land really had graphics that would blow you away! Wario could jump between the foreground and background, which was never seen on a portable games console. The one thing I would have to falt about the graphics on this game is after a while the screen may get blurred, this is almost the only annoying part of this game.
As I said before the blurred screen was ALMOST the only annoying thing about this game, the opening music is SO annoying! The kind of music you don’t ever want to hear, but you do. The rest of music was really good though and when you jumped from foreground to background the music gets really quiet but then when you jump to the foreground the music gets louder again, very memorable part of the game that is.
The BIG falt about this game is the lastability, it is a really fun game that you can’t really get bored of, but completing it is just too easy. I only had a go for half an hour and I completed it. If the game was re-made with a bit more of a challenge you couldn’t beat this game, fun, but too short describes this game perfectly. But even though it game doesn’t last long the fun of it can make play over and over again without getting bored, definitely one of the most fun games I’ve ever played in the whole of my gaming history.
May not be long, may blur and may have annoying music, but this is the most fun and brilliant game I’ve played, for only £20, this is a classic and a half.
SUPER Nintendo Entertainment System
WARIO’S WOOD
A brilliant SNES game and what an ‘Unnoticed’ classic it was. You probably figured out that you play as Mario’s big nosed brother, Wario. This was Wario’s only adventure on the good old SNES, this was his big break, but was outdone by his brother with Mario All Stars, this is what I mean by an unnoticed classic. The story of Wario being outdone by his brother, was reality on the SNES.
Wario’s Wood had average graphics but just a bit better than Mario All Stars, they were crisp clear, my favourite part about the graphics were the characters, also the backgrounds were quite good, for a SNES game anyway (Which is quite good)
Like a lot of Wario games, the music for this really sets the atmosphere on the game, the kind of music you’ll find yourself whistling it around the house and then noticing that you are. Catchy little tunes make this a music classic “la la la” ooops, sorry, I told you.
This game isn’t easy I can tell you that! Tricky puzzles make this classic a hard-ish game but not too hard so beginners don’t find impossible.
If you’ve still got a SNES, get this game from E-Bay for a tenner, you can’t go wrong.
Gameboy Mono/Pocket
MARIO LAND 2: 6 GOLDEN COINS
This was the first ever game Wario appeared in, it was a classic debut even if Wario was the bad guy and the final boss of this huge game. The plan was, Mario had go through a set of six different worlds and at the end of each world he confronted the Boss of that world and got a golden coin if he succeeded in this. After he’d beaten all the bosses there was one final level, in Mario’s castle which Wario had stolen, ohh, I love those good old castle final level settings like some of the first adventures of Mario on the NES. But just because castles are classic in gaming it doesn’t mean they are easy, completing the last level on hard is rock hard.
The graphics on this game were a massive improvement to the first Mario Land, there were better background scenes, better looking characters, and the bosses just topped it off beautifully. On Mario Land 2, Wario seemed to be 10 times bigger than on games like Wario Land, poor Mario looked like a mouse compared to him. This was probably to make Wario look more fierce, but he ended up still looking like a plumber wearing purple and yellow clothes, but only huge.
Mario Land 2 had more of that original Mario music, quite catchy that sets the atmosphere of the final showdown with the one and only Wario perfectly.
This game could last you ages! It’s so playable that you won’t ever get bored of it. If you haven’t got any new games recently you can just turn this on and play to your hearts galore. If you completed it on easy, you can make it a real challenge and change the settings to hard to give you a bit more to kill and do.
This is a top class game that shouldn’t be missed, I’ll be very surprised if some of you havn’t got it, it’s a real classic game and also Wario’s debut to gaming.
MARIO LAND 3: WARIO LAND
The sequel to Wario’s debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, you actually get to play as Wario. Wario wants his own castle so it’s your job to help him get this.
This game has awesome graphics! From big fat Wario, to the bosses and those annoying enemies of yours, these graphics are a huge improvement to the original Wario debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden coins. There is so much detail for a gameboy, basically, really good graphics in short.
The music is so repetitive, you’ll get so bored with it you’ll probably turn the sound off, or maybe not, because the sound effects are classic. Every different Wario has brilliant effects for the road, I don’t think anybody will be disappointed with the effects of this, sets the atmosphere very well, but isn’t that what sound effects are for? Yes.
Wario Land may be an easy game but the treasure is quite hard to find and the secret world Sherbert Land is quite a challenge. But this doesn’t really matter because it’s SO fun and addictive to play.
This is quite a good game but if you don’t like short games, don’t get this, otherwise, get it!
WARIO LAND 2
Wario Land 2 is the second in the series of the Wario Land games for the Gameboy. It may not be as good as the first Wario game, but it’s still a classic Gameboy Wario Land game that isn’t to be missed if you have a Gameboy.
The graphics aren’t an improvement from the last Wario Land game, Mario Land 3: Wario Land. But don’t get me wrong about this game, the graphics are still amazingly blending, smooth animation and tremendous background graphics.
The sound has improved quite a bit since the other GameBoy Wario Land games, the music interacts with the surroundings very well. The sound effects are crisp and really show that GameBoy games don’t all sound dodgy. Another brilliant thing is how you can be listening to the usual old Wario theme and then suddenly it changes when Wario changes his form, quite a sigh of relief after some Wario Games.
This game is really challenging if you can find out how. You can easily just get through levels without doing anything else, but that’s not what games are about, you need to explore, find new routes, treasures and more. Brilliant game, not too easy, but not rock hard.
This game is very fun, you can play anytime and enjoy it. Not only that seeing some of the Wario’s (Like Crazy Wario) is so funny when you first see it.
This isn’t a bad game, but you might find it a bit too repetitive and a lot like the first Wario Land.
WARIO LAND 3
The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo Gameboy and sadly, nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the characters and baddies look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the characters, a lot more than the others anyway. The foreground (Platforms, objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s just the same as the other Wario Land games, but the backgrounds are very good, again, like the characters there is a lot of details in the backgrounds, some of the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very different game, it’s just a copy of Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite annoying if you buy this looking for something different.
The music can be annoying at times, but it really depends on what level you are on, some of the music is quite and you’ll be humming it all day, some are so annoying you’ll be ripping your hair out. One thing that Wario games are good at, is sound effects. Like all Wario games they are brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your first Wario game, if not you’ll find it just like the other Wario Lands.
WARIO BLAST
Bomberman games have always been fun, exciting and adrenalin rushing. This time Wario has a chance of trying to beat those pesky Bombermen with his bomb-related game, Wario Blast. Bomberman also featured in this game, but there aren’t many games about bombs and blowing up your friends that doesn’t include Bomberman.
The graphics are quite good, like all Gameboy games it is quite hard to play because of reflections, scratches and other little things. Luckily we won’t have that anymore as a Gameboy Advance is rumoured to be being made in Japan with built in back light. It doesn’t sound like much but that one little improvement, I’ve been waiting ages for it.
The great thing about this game is how playable it is, I still play it to this very day, yet another long lasting Wario hit comes out. You can play it over, and over, and over again until you fall asleep. But aren’t all bomberman games? Yes. They have that special little thing about them, the ‘Just one more go’ feeling that keeps you coming back for more what ever time of the day it is.
If you still like your good old Gameboy and you like games with good graphics and gameplay, getting this would be a bad idea. Get it second hand from net if you still like your good old Gameboy. You can get it for about £3 in some places, it deserves to be bought.
Nintendo 64
MARIO KART 64
Mario Kart 64 is the second coming of the classic Mario racer. This is the best N64 racer by far, it may not have the realism of racers like Gran Turismo, but Mario games aren’t really meant to be realistic, more cartooned and comic. The battle modes are brilliant and the Cups will keep you coming back for more, even when you’ve completed all the cups on all CC you’ll still go back and try to complete them on mirror mode, which is won when you have completed all cups on all CC.
The graphics are brilliant, from the glittering stars on Rainbow Road to the expressions when the characters get hit, it’s just brilliant. The brilliant graphics on all the Bowser’s Castle’s are probably one of the most memorable things on the N64, it’s brilliant.
The music was so catchy, humming it around the house was compulsory on Mario Kart 64. But the sound effects have so much expression, each characters has an individual catchphrase both when hit and when you pass someone.
Mario Kart 64 is such a classic, I doubt that anyone hates this games. It’s brilliant. I play it to this day and I will keep playing it after this day, brilliant game, if you haven’t played you haven’t played the best of the N64 yet.
MARIO PARTY
Mario Party was probably a board game debut on the N64, and what a debut it was, the one player wasn’t great but the multiplayer was pure gold and diamond mixed together in a pot.
The graphics aren’t great and really could have been better, a bit fuzzy, which may put you off the game.
But the Gamplay and fun of the games really makes up for it, you can play it over and over and you won’t get bored of it, it’s one of those unique things that you don’t get in all games, but you should if it is to be named a classic.
The music is quite good and hummy, sound effects are quite good as well but not “WOW!”.
This is a brilliant game if you’re into multiplayer gaming, not as boring as you think it would, not brilliant but good.
MARIO GOLF
Mario Golf was a remake of the Gameboy Mono/Pocket and a great golfing game, there was so many characters for a golfing game. All the stars were in there.
The graphics were brilliant, all the characters looked too worthy of an N64, you can’t fault these graphics, the backgrounds, foregrounds, characters, objects, all brilliant.
The thing about Golfing games are people think they aren’t very good because they don’t like golf, I hate golf but I love this, almost everyone can get into this game, what a classic.
This game has the usual, casual, golfing music and some quite good sound effects to go with that.
You could do worse that buying this game, the best golfing game I’ve ever played, you’ll especially like this if you like golf and even if don’t you’ll still like it.
MARIO TENNIS
Mario Tennis was the debut of yet another name was Waluigi, What an original name. This is quit an unusual game but still really good (Can’t think of a descriptive word). This game was quite a challenge, it had brilliant gameplay and winning different courts was oh, so fun.
The graphics are as good as Mario Golf, brilliant, when you blast the ball it looks ace. All the courts and characters look great.
This is a very playable game, you can choose from loads of characters (Obviously including Wario) and courts, which makes this a very playable, long lasting game.
Again good music and sound like on Mario Golf.
If you still have an N64, this wouldn’t be a bad game for your Christmas list, unless you’re getting a PS2 >:(
MARIO PARTY 2
The second coming of the board game hit. This one is MUCH better than Mario Party, the multiplayer, though it’s hard to believe, is better than the first. The one player is also quite fun, it’s basically like the first but better.
The graphics are quite an improvement, with better expressions and backgrounds Mario Party 2 is a definite graphic improvement from the last one.
Again very playable with funny little sound effects and music.
If you liked the first Mario Party, you’ll love this, you don’t see many sequels that are better but this a perfect example of a better sequel.
MARIO PARTY 3
The final N64 game and it’s better than both Mario Party and Mario Party 2.
It’s just like the other two games but everything is better. Gameplay, graphics, fun, multiplayer and more, sadly the final N64 classic.
Gameboy Colour
WARIO LAND 3
Wario Land 3 for the GBC is just the same but in colour, so there’s not much to say.
“The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo Gameboy and sadly, nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the characters and baddies look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the characters, a lot more than the others anyway. The foreground (Platforms, objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s just the same as the other Wario Land games, but the backgrounds are very good, again, like the characters there is a lot of details in the backgrounds, some of the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very different game, it’s just a copy of Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite annoying if you buy this looking for something different.
The music can be annoying at times, but it really depends on what level you are on, some of the music is quite and you’ll be humming it all day, some are so annoying you’ll be ripping your hair out. One thing that Wario games are good at, is sound effects. Like all Wario games they are brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your first Wario game, if not you’ll find it just like the other Wario Lands.”
Gameboy Advance
MARIO KART ADVANCE: SUPER CIRCUIT
This is the third Mario Kart and like all the others is a classic, cartooned, racer.
If you’re looking for good graphics on your GBA, this is probably some of the best you’ll find. The characters and tracks are brilliant. Some of the backgrounds you see will blow you away.
A very fast, playable game with the usual power-ups that you find in all Mario Karts will sum up the game in a sentence, the multiplayer is brilliant, also you only need one cart and not four to have a multiplayer game on it, brilliant game.
The music and sound effects are brilliant like all Mario Kart games, this game really shows that the GBA is good, with 40+ tracks this won’t get boring. You’ll play it over and over and you won’t get bored.
This game is an essential part of GBA gaming, which you need if have one, trust me buy this game.
WARIO LAND 4
When I heard of this, I couldn’t wait. Most Wario games have been put down for being too easy because when you play as Wario you can’t die in his previous Wario Land games. After I saw the screenshots I knew we were in for a treat.
Beautiful, crisp graphics made me want it. The idea of the game is to beat all the bosses of each passage in order to get hold of some treasure. Each boss you beat you get a different treasure, which is transported to the Golden Pyramid, where the final showdown takes place. Also the quicker you complete the boss in the more treasure you get, as there are three treasure chest’s and a treasure for defeating each boss. You can’t get to the boss unless you have all four jewels, four jewel pieces are collected on each level, some can only be reached when Wario is using a certain power, some can’t be reached until you have set off the frog switch.
The graphics on Wario Land 4 are amazing DKC graphics. The characters have better expressions than on the early Wario Lands and move around much more naturally. When we get to the backgrounds of the levels we really see some good old Kong shining through. From a Jungle scene to an old dump, there is so much detail in there. It sets the scene and the atmosphere for the level so very well. You could imagine the Donkster himself jumping into the foreground and beating up that fat guy. It may not have 32bit graphics as Nintendo keep on predicting, but a handheld with graphics worthy of a SNES is good enough for me. The best level for seeing the real ingénues of the backgrounds is Monsoon Jungle, it shows off the background in every possible way the designers could. Splashing into the water looks brilliant and shivering reflection of the background really gives it just that little bit extra that your looking for.
The brilliant thing about this game is a small function that changes the gameplay quite a lot, the easy/hard function, it may not seem like much but it is. If you are an inexperienced gamer you would go for the easy mode, if you are an expert gamer you choose the hard. If you’ve ever played games like Banjo Kazooie and Mario 64 you’ll know what I mean, you don’t have to write down how to do those tricky moves, because there aren’t any. Another thing about the gameplay is that there no gliches at all, no memory loss, nothing to ruin your gaming experience. This is the only Wario title which is half RPG and half Platformer, the start of a new era for Wario.
It’s not like the other Wario Land games. Like most Wario games it’s about things to do with wealth but it’s a RPG AND a Platformer, you don’t get many of them that really work, a lot of the time you feel as though it’s the same old thing. The last good RPG/Platformer I’ve ever played was Actraiser for the SNES, very unnoticed like the Wario Land series, but one hell of a game. The characters and bosses are brilliantly thought up, these bosses will remind you of, nothing, the ideas are fresh blood to the gaming world. A giant cat that creates tsunamis and fires them at you, to a giant teddy bear, which you have to throw spiked enemies at him to pop him. Crazy, that’s all I can say.
When you find a jewel piece he shouts “Hey!” When you hit the Frog Switch near the end of the level Wario tells you to “Come on!!!” It’s pure brilliance on a console. When you die on a level, Wario screams as he loses all his coins. The sound effects are amazing and scene setting. The music isn’t brilliant, just average, some levels have catchy tunes but most are just boring. One of the only faults in the game.
This game will last you ages. Even if you find the levels easy, you won’t find all the jewels and CD’s as easy completing the level is. It’s amazing how much you can get out of a game with just one extra option. An easy/hard option seems nothing, but in actual fact it can make all the difference when it comes to lastability.
There isn’t much to fault on Wario Land 4 except the fairly annoying music. A classic and a half.
If you’re looking for more Wario Land games, the future is looking quite bleak, there are no Wario games planned to be released on the GameCube and GBA yet, but Wario will star in Mario Kart: GameCube so at least we’ll see Wario in glorious Next Gen 3D graphics.
GameCube
MARIO KART: GAMECUBE
There hasn’t been any in-game shots yet but there was a video clip of what it could be like (With no backgrounds, just characters).
Hopefully this will come out on release as it’s been rumoured, but all we can do is hope.
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Mario has had soooo many classics on Nintendo it’s hard NOT to know who he is. But someone quite unnoticed is Wario. Mario’s, well hardly fascist, but close to it, brother has been in quite a few quest’s of his own. The brilliant thing about Wario games is, you can destroy enemies, collect pick ups and much more without being the good guy. Wario game storylines normally consist of Wario somehow finding out where he can get his grubby little mitts onto some dosh. All though Wario games are great, the future is looking bleak for our rather fat friend. No news of anymore Wario’s games has been released from Nintendo’s Head Quarters. This means we may never see Wario on the GameCube, well at least not in his own game as Mario Kart GameCube is rumoured to come out on British launch release which will hopefully feature Wario. There is a slim chance that Wario Land 5 may come out but again no news yet. Lets hope the GameCube features Nintendo 64 classics like Mario Party, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf which all included Wario, I just can’t wait to see his purple nose and spiky tash in glorious 128bit graphics.
As I said Wario has a couple of quest’s of his own, so why not take a look at Wario’s classics for consoles like the great Nintendo Gameboy Advance and Nintendo 64 to the poor disaster consoles such as the Nintendo Virtual Boy and as early as the Super NES.
Virtual Boy
WARIO LAND.
Many publisher didn’t make games for the first ever 3D portable games console, the Virtual Boy, which really is a shame because many games were top class stuff which could survive even the gaming world to this very day. Wario Land was one of these games that really gave the Virtual Boy a chance to fit in along with the other consoles. Wario Land is the only game I’ve ever played for the Virtual Boy, and I was impressed. It’s not just ‘Another Gameboy’ it COULD have revolutionised the way we play games to this very day. Lets hope the Virtual Boy 2 appears in the near future with hits like Wario Land. We deserve a 3D portable console after having to play games like Clayfighter 63 ¾.
Wario Land really had graphics that would blow you away! Wario could jump between the foreground and background, which was never seen on a portable games console. The one thing I would have to falt about the graphics on this game is after a while the screen may get blurred, this is almost the only annoying part of this game.
As I said before the blurred screen was ALMOST the only annoying thing about this game, the opening music is SO annoying! The kind of music you don’t ever want to hear, but you do. The rest of music was really good though and when you jumped from foreground to background the music gets really quiet but then when you jump to the foreground the music gets louder again, very memorable part of the game that is.
The BIG falt about this game is the lastability, it is a really fun game that you can’t really get bored of, but completing it is just too easy. I only had a go for half an hour and I completed it. If the game was re-made with a bit more of a challenge you couldn’t beat this game, fun, but too short describes this game perfectly. But even though it game doesn’t last long the fun of it can make play over and over again without getting bored, definitely one of the most fun games I’ve ever played in the whole of my gaming history.
May not be long, may blur and may have annoying music, but this is the most fun and brilliant game I’ve played, for only £20, this is a classic and a half.
SUPER Nintendo Entertainment System
WARIO’S WOOD
A brilliant SNES game and what an ‘Unnoticed’ classic it was. You probably figured out that you play as Mario’s big nosed brother, Wario. This was Wario’s only adventure on the good old SNES, this was his big break, but was outdone by his brother with Mario All Stars, this is what I mean by an unnoticed classic. The story of Wario being outdone by his brother, was reality on the SNES.
Wario’s Wood had average graphics but just a bit better than Mario All Stars, they were crisp clear, my favourite part about the graphics were the characters, also the backgrounds were quite good, for a SNES game anyway (Which is quite good)
Like a lot of Wario games, the music for this really sets the atmosphere on the game, the kind of music you’ll find yourself whistling it around the house and then noticing that you are. Catchy little tunes make this a music classic “la la la” ooops, sorry, I told you.
This game isn’t easy I can tell you that! Tricky puzzles make this classic a hard-ish game but not too hard so beginners don’t find impossible.
If you’ve still got a SNES, get this game from E-Bay for a tenner, you can’t go wrong.
Gameboy Mono/Pocket
MARIO LAND 2: 6 GOLDEN COINS
This was the first ever game Wario appeared in, it was a classic debut even if Wario was the bad guy and the final boss of this huge game. The plan was, Mario had go through a set of six different worlds and at the end of each world he confronted the Boss of that world and got a golden coin if he succeeded in this. After he’d beaten all the bosses there was one final level, in Mario’s castle which Wario had stolen, ohh, I love those good old castle final level settings like some of the first adventures of Mario on the NES. But just because castles are classic in gaming it doesn’t mean they are easy, completing the last level on hard is rock hard.
The graphics on this game were a massive improvement to the first Mario Land, there were better background scenes, better looking characters, and the bosses just topped it off beautifully. On Mario Land 2, Wario seemed to be 10 times bigger than on games like Wario Land, poor Mario looked like a mouse compared to him. This was probably to make Wario look more fierce, but he ended up still looking like a plumber wearing purple and yellow clothes, but only huge.
Mario Land 2 had more of that original Mario music, quite catchy that sets the atmosphere of the final showdown with the one and only Wario perfectly.
This game could last you ages! It’s so playable that you won’t ever get bored of it. If you haven’t got any new games recently you can just turn this on and play to your hearts galore. If you completed it on easy, you can make it a real challenge and change the settings to hard to give you a bit more to kill and do.
This is a top class game that shouldn’t be missed, I’ll be very surprised if some of you havn’t got it, it’s a real classic game and also Wario’s debut to gaming.
MARIO LAND 3: WARIO LAND
The sequel to Wario’s debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, you actually get to play as Wario. Wario wants his own castle so it’s your job to help him get this.
This game has awesome graphics! From big fat Wario, to the bosses and those annoying enemies of yours, these graphics are a huge improvement to the original Wario debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden coins. There is so much detail for a gameboy, basically, really good graphics in short.
The music is so repetitive, you’ll get so bored with it you’ll probably turn the sound off, or maybe not, because the sound effects are classic. Every different Wario has brilliant effects for the road, I don’t think anybody will be disappointed with the effects of this, sets the atmosphere very well, but isn’t that what sound effects are for? Yes.
Wario Land may be an easy game but the treasure is quite hard to find and the secret world Sherbert Land is quite a challenge. But this doesn’t really matter because it’s SO fun and addictive to play.
This is quite a good game but if you don’t like short games, don’t get this, otherwise, get it!
WARIO LAND 2
Wario Land 2 is the second in the series of the Wario Land games for the Gameboy. It may not be as good as the first Wario game, but it’s still a classic Gameboy Wario Land game that isn’t to be missed if you have a Gameboy.
The graphics aren’t an improvement from the last Wario Land game, Mario Land 3: Wario Land. But don’t get me wrong about this game, the graphics are still amazingly blending, smooth animation and tremendous background graphics.
The sound has improved quite a bit since the other GameBoy Wario Land games, the music interacts with the surroundings very well. The sound effects are crisp and really show that GameBoy games don’t all sound dodgy. Another brilliant thing is how you can be listening to the usual old Wario theme and then suddenly it changes when Wario changes his form, quite a sigh of relief after some Wario Games.
This game is really challenging if you can find out how. You can easily just get through levels without doing anything else, but that’s not what games are about, you need to explore, find new routes, treasures and more. Brilliant game, not too easy, but not rock hard.
This game is very fun, you can play anytime and enjoy it. Not only that seeing some of the Wario’s (Like Crazy Wario) is so funny when you first see it.
This isn’t a bad game, but you might find it a bit too repetitive and a lot like the first Wario Land.
WARIO LAND 3
The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo Gameboy and sadly, nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the characters and baddies look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the characters, a lot more than the others anyway. The foreground (Platforms, objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s just the same as the other Wario Land games, but the backgrounds are very good, again, like the characters there is a lot of details in the backgrounds, some of the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very different game, it’s just a copy of Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite annoying if you buy this looking for something different.
The music can be annoying at times, but it really depends on what level you are on, some of the music is quite and you’ll be humming it all day, some are so annoying you’ll be ripping your hair out. One thing that Wario games are good at, is sound effects. Like all Wario games they are brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your first Wario game, if not you’ll find it just like the other Wario Lands.
WARIO BLAST
Bomberman games have always been fun, exciting and adrenalin rushing. This time Wario has a chance of trying to beat those pesky Bombermen with his bomb-related game, Wario Blast. Bomberman also featured in this game, but there aren’t many games about bombs and blowing up your friends that doesn’t include Bomberman.
The graphics are quite good, like all Gameboy games it is quite hard to play because of reflections, scratches and other little things. Luckily we won’t have that anymore as a Gameboy Advance is rumoured to be being made in Japan with built in back light. It doesn’t sound like much but that one little improvement, I’ve been waiting ages for it.
The great thing about this game is how playable it is, I still play it to this very day, yet another long lasting Wario hit comes out. You can play it over, and over, and over again until you fall asleep. But aren’t all bomberman games? Yes. They have that special little thing about them, the ‘Just one more go’ feeling that keeps you coming back for more what ever time of the day it is.
If you still like your good old Gameboy and you like games with good graphics and gameplay, getting this would be a bad idea. Get it second hand from net if you still like your good old Gameboy. You can get it for about £3 in some places, it deserves to be bought.
Nintendo 64
MARIO KART 64
Mario Kart 64 is the second coming of the classic Mario racer. This is the best N64 racer by far, it may not have the realism of racers like Gran Turismo, but Mario games aren’t really meant to be realistic, more cartooned and comic. The battle modes are brilliant and the Cups will keep you coming back for more, even when you’ve completed all the cups on all CC you’ll still go back and try to complete them on mirror mode, which is won when you have completed all cups on all CC.
The graphics are brilliant, from the glittering stars on Rainbow Road to the expressions when the characters get hit, it’s just brilliant. The brilliant graphics on all the Bowser’s Castle’s are probably one of the most memorable things on the N64, it’s brilliant.
The music was so catchy, humming it around the house was compulsory on Mario Kart 64. But the sound effects have so much expression, each characters has an individual catchphrase both when hit and when you pass someone.
Mario Kart 64 is such a classic, I doubt that anyone hates this games. It’s brilliant. I play it to this day and I will keep playing it after this day, brilliant game, if you haven’t played you haven’t played the best of the N64 yet.
MARIO PARTY
Mario Party was probably a board game debut on the N64, and what a debut it was, the one player wasn’t great but the multiplayer was pure gold and diamond mixed together in a pot.
The graphics aren’t great and really could have been better, a bit fuzzy, which may put you off the game.
But the Gamplay and fun of the games really makes up for it, you can play it over and over and you won’t get bored of it, it’s one of those unique things that you don’t get in all games, but you should if it is to be named a classic.
The music is quite good and hummy, sound effects are quite good as well but not “WOW!”.
This is a brilliant game if you’re into multiplayer gaming, not as boring as you think it would, not brilliant but good.
MARIO GOLF
Mario Golf was a remake of the Gameboy Mono/Pocket and a great golfing game, there was so many characters for a golfing game. All the stars were in there.
The graphics were brilliant, all the characters looked too worthy of an N64, you can’t fault these graphics, the backgrounds, foregrounds, characters, objects, all brilliant.
The thing about Golfing games are people think they aren’t very good because they don’t like golf, I hate golf but I love this, almost everyone can get into this game, what a classic.
This game has the usual, casual, golfing music and some quite good sound effects to go with that.
You could do worse that buying this game, the best golfing game I’ve ever played, you’ll especially like this if you like golf and even if don’t you’ll still like it.
MARIO TENNIS
Mario Tennis was the debut of yet another name was Waluigi, What an original name. This is quit an unusual game but still really good (Can’t think of a descriptive word). This game was quite a challenge, it had brilliant gameplay and winning different courts was oh, so fun.
The graphics are as good as Mario Golf, brilliant, when you blast the ball it looks ace. All the courts and characters look great.
This is a very playable game, you can choose from loads of characters (Obviously including Wario) and courts, which makes this a very playable, long lasting game.
Again good music and sound like on Mario Golf.
If you still have an N64, this wouldn’t be a bad game for your Christmas list, unless you’re getting a PS2 >:(
MARIO PARTY 2
The second coming of the board game hit. This one is MUCH better than Mario Party, the multiplayer, though it’s hard to believe, is better than the first. The one player is also quite fun, it’s basically like the first but better.
The graphics are quite an improvement, with better expressions and backgrounds Mario Party 2 is a definite graphic improvement from the last one.
Again very playable with funny little sound effects and music.
If you liked the first Mario Party, you’ll love this, you don’t see many sequels that are better but this a perfect example of a better sequel.
MARIO PARTY 3
The final N64 game and it’s better than both Mario Party and Mario Party 2.
It’s just like the other two games but everything is better. Gameplay, graphics, fun, multiplayer and more, sadly the final N64 classic.
Gameboy Colour
WARIO LAND 3
Wario Land 3 for the GBC is just the same but in colour, so there’s not much to say.
“The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo Gameboy and sadly, nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the characters and baddies look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the characters, a lot more than the others anyway. The foreground (Platforms, objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s just the same as the other Wario Land games, but the backgrounds are very good, again, like the characters there is a lot of details in the backgrounds, some of the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very different game, it’s just a copy of Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite annoying if you buy this looking for something different.
The music can be annoying at times, but it really depends on what level you are on, some of the music is quite and you’ll be humming it all day, some are so annoying you’ll be ripping your hair out. One thing that Wario games are good at, is sound effects. Like all Wario games they are brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your first Wario game, if not you’ll find it just like the other Wario Lands.”
Gameboy Advance
MARIO KART ADVANCE: SUPER CIRCUIT
This is the third Mario Kart and like all the others is a classic, cartooned, racer.
If you’re looking for good graphics on your GBA, this is probably some of the best you’ll find. The characters and tracks are brilliant. Some of the backgrounds you see will blow you away.
A very fast, playable game with the usual power-ups that you find in all Mario Karts will sum up the game in a sentence, the multiplayer is brilliant, also you only need one cart and not four to have a multiplayer game on it, brilliant game.
The music and sound effects are brilliant like all Mario Kart games, this game really shows that the GBA is good, with 40+ tracks this won’t get boring. You’ll play it over and over and you won’t get bored.
This game is an essential part of GBA gaming, which you need if have one, trust me buy this game.
WARIO LAND 4
When I heard of this, I couldn’t wait. Most Wario games have been put down for being too easy because when you play as Wario you can’t die in his previous Wario Land games. After I saw the screenshots I knew we were in for a treat.
Beautiful, crisp graphics made me want it. The idea of the game is to beat all the bosses of each passage in order to get hold of some treasure. Each boss you beat you get a different treasure, which is transported to the Golden Pyramid, where the final showdown takes place. Also the quicker you complete the boss in the more treasure you get, as there are three treasure chest’s and a treasure for defeating each boss. You can’t get to the boss unless you have all four jewels, four jewel pieces are collected on each level, some can only be reached when Wario is using a certain power, some can’t be reached until you have set off the frog switch.
The graphics on Wario Land 4 are amazing DKC graphics. The characters have better expressions than on the early Wario Lands and move around much more naturally. When we get to the backgrounds of the levels we really see some good old Kong shining through. From a Jungle scene to an old dump, there is so much detail in there. It sets the scene and the atmosphere for the level so very well. You could imagine the Donkster himself jumping into the foreground and beating up that fat guy. It may not have 32bit graphics as Nintendo keep on predicting, but a handheld with graphics worthy of a SNES is good enough for me. The best level for seeing the real ingénues of the backgrounds is Monsoon Jungle, it shows off the background in every possible way the designers could. Splashing into the water looks brilliant and shivering reflection of the background really gives it just that little bit extra that your looking for.
The brilliant thing about this game is a small function that changes the gameplay quite a lot, the easy/hard function, it may not seem like much but it is. If you are an inexperienced gamer you would go for the easy mode, if you are an expert gamer you choose the hard. If you’ve ever played games like Banjo Kazooie and Mario 64 you’ll know what I mean, you don’t have to write down how to do those tricky moves, because there aren’t any. Another thing about the gameplay is that there no gliches at all, no memory loss, nothing to ruin your gaming experience. This is the only Wario title which is half RPG and half Platformer, the start of a new era for Wario.
It’s not like the other Wario Land games. Like most Wario games it’s about things to do with wealth but it’s a RPG AND a Platformer, you don’t get many of them that really work, a lot of the time you feel as though it’s the same old thing. The last good RPG/Platformer I’ve ever played was Actraiser for the SNES, very unnoticed like the Wario Land series, but one hell of a game. The characters and bosses are brilliantly thought up, these bosses will remind you of, nothing, the ideas are fresh blood to the gaming world. A giant cat that creates tsunamis and fires them at you, to a giant teddy bear, which you have to throw spiked enemies at him to pop him. Crazy, that’s all I can say.
When you find a jewel piece he shouts “Hey!” When you hit the Frog Switch near the end of the level Wario tells you to “Come on!!!” It’s pure brilliance on a console. When you die on a level, Wario screams as he loses all his coins. The sound effects are amazing and scene setting. The music isn’t brilliant, just average, some levels have catchy tunes but most are just boring. One of the only faults in the game.
This game will last you ages. Even if you find the levels easy, you won’t find all the jewels and CD’s as easy completing the level is. It’s amazing how much you can get out of a game with just one extra option. An easy/hard option seems nothing, but in actual fact it can make all the difference when it comes to lastability.
There isn’t much to fault on Wario Land 4 except the fairly annoying music. A classic and a half.
If you’re looking for more Wario Land games, the future is looking quite bleak, there are no Wario games planned to be released on the GameCube and GBA yet, but Wario will star in Mario Kart: GameCube so at least we’ll see Wario in glorious Next Gen 3D graphics.
GameCube
MARIO KART: GAMECUBE
There hasn’t been any in-game shots yet but there was a video clip of what it could be like (With no backgrounds, just characters).
Hopefully this will come out on release as it’s been rumoured, but all we can do is hope.
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RiCkOsS wrote:
> This is the third in my series of ‘a look down _____ lane’. Today I’m going to
> review each of Wario’s games (Hopefully!). Please tell me if I miss any out.
>
Mario has had soooo many classics on Nintendo it’s hard NOT to know who he
> is. But someone quite unnoticed is Wario. Mario’s, well hardly fascist, but
> close to it, brother has been in quite a few quest’s of his own. The brilliant
> thing about Wario games is, you can destroy enemies, collect pick ups and much
> more without being the good guy. Wario game storylines normally consist of Wario
> somehow finding out where he can get his grubby little mitts onto some dosh. All
> though Wario games are great, the future is looking bleak for our rather fat
> friend. No news of anymore Wario’s games has been released from Nintendo’s Head
> Quarters. This means we may never see Wario on the GameCube, well at least not
> in his own game as Mario Kart GameCube is rumoured to come out on British launch
> release which will hopefully feature Wario. There is a slim chance that Wario
> Land 5 may come out but again no news yet. Lets hope the GameCube features
> Nintendo 64 classics like Mario Party, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf which all
> included Wario, I just can’t wait to see his purple nose and spiky tash in
> glorious 128bit graphics.
As I said Wario has a couple of quest’s of his own,
> so why not take a look at Wario’s classics for consoles like the great Nintendo
> Gameboy Advance and Nintendo 64 to the poor disaster consoles such as the
> Nintendo Virtual Boy and as early as the Super NES.
Virtual Boy
WARIO
> LAND.
Many publisher didn’t make games for the first ever 3D portable games
> console, the Virtual Boy, which really is a shame because many games were top
> class stuff which could survive even the gaming world to this very day. Wario
> Land was one of these games that really gave the Virtual Boy a chance to fit in
> along with the other consoles. Wario Land is the only game I’ve ever played for
> the Virtual Boy, and I was impressed. It’s not just ‘Another Gameboy’ it COULD
> have revolutionised the way we play games to this very day. Lets hope the
> Virtual Boy 2 appears in the near future with hits like Wario Land. We deserve a
> 3D portable console after having to play games like Clayfighter 63 ¾.
>
Wario Land really had graphics that would blow you away! Wario could jump
> between the foreground and background, which was never seen on a portable games
> console. The one thing I would have to falt about the graphics on this game is
> after a while the screen may get blurred, this is almost the only annoying part
> of this game.
As I said before the blurred screen was ALMOST the only annoying
> thing about this game, the opening music is SO annoying! The kind of music you
> don’t ever want to hear, but you do. The rest of music was really good though
> and when you jumped from foreground to background the music gets really quiet
> but then when you jump to the foreground the music gets louder again, very
> memorable part of the game that is.
The BIG falt about this game is the
> lastability, it is a really fun game that you can’t really get bored of, but
> completing it is just too easy. I only had a go for half an hour and I completed
> it. If the game was re-made with a bit more of a challenge you couldn’t beat
> this game, fun, but too short describes this game perfectly. But even though it
> game doesn’t last long the fun of it can make play over and over again without
> getting bored, definitely one of the most fun games I’ve ever played in the
> whole of my gaming history.
May not be long, may blur and may have annoying
> music, but this is the most fun and brilliant game I’ve played, for only
> £20, this is a classic and a half.
SUPER Nintendo Entertainment
> System
WARIO’S WOOD
A brilliant SNES game and what an ‘Unnoticed’ classic it
> was. You probably figured out that you play as Mario’s big nosed brother, Wario.
> This was Wario’s only adventure on the good old SNES, this was his big break,
> but was outdone by his brother with Mario All Stars, this is what I mean by an
> unnoticed classic. The story of Wario being outdone by his brother, was reality
> on the SNES.
Wario’s Wood had average graphics but just a bit better than Mario
> All Stars, they were crisp clear, my favourite part about the graphics were the
> characters, also the backgrounds were quite good, for a SNES game anyway (Which
> is quite good)
Like a lot of Wario games, the music for this really sets the
> atmosphere on the game, the kind of music you’ll find yourself whistling it
> around the house and then noticing that you are. Catchy little tunes make this a
> music classic “la la la” ooops, sorry, I told you.
This game isn’t easy I can
> tell you that! Tricky puzzles make this classic a hard-ish game but not too hard
> so beginners don’t find impossible.
If you’ve still got a SNES, get this game
> from E-Bay for a tenner, you can’t go wrong.
Gameboy Mono/Pocket
MARIO
> LAND 2: 6 GOLDEN COINS
This was the first ever game Wario appeared in, it was a
> classic debut even if Wario was the bad guy and the final boss of this huge
> game. The plan was, Mario had go through a set of six different worlds and at
> the end of each world he confronted the Boss of that world and got a golden coin
> if he succeeded in this. After he’d beaten all the bosses there was one final
> level, in Mario’s castle which Wario had stolen, ohh, I love those good old
> castle final level settings like some of the first adventures of Mario on the
> NES. But just because castles are classic in gaming it doesn’t mean they are
> easy, completing the last level on hard is rock hard.
The graphics on this game
> were a massive improvement to the first Mario Land, there were better background
> scenes, better looking characters, and the bosses just topped it off
> beautifully. On Mario Land 2, Wario seemed to be 10 times bigger than on games
> like Wario Land, poor Mario looked like a mouse compared to him. This was
> probably to make Wario look more fierce, but he ended up still looking like a
> plumber wearing purple and yellow clothes, but only huge.
Mario Land 2 had more
> of that original Mario music, quite catchy that sets the atmosphere of the final
> showdown with the one and only Wario perfectly.
This game could last you ages!
> It’s so playable that you won’t ever get bored of it. If you haven’t got any new
> games recently you can just turn this on and play to your hearts galore. If you
> completed it on easy, you can make it a real challenge and change the settings
> to hard to give you a bit more to kill and do.
This is a top class game that
> shouldn’t be missed, I’ll be very surprised if some of you havn’t got it, it’s a
> real classic game and also Wario’s debut to gaming.
MARIO LAND 3: WARIO
> LAND
The sequel to Wario’s debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, you actually
> get to play as Wario. Wario wants his own castle so it’s your job to help him
> get this.
This game has awesome graphics! From big fat Wario, to the bosses
> and those annoying enemies of yours, these graphics are a huge improvement to
> the original Wario debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden coins. There is so much detail
> for a gameboy, basically, really good graphics in short.
The music is so
> repetitive, you’ll get so bored with it you’ll probably turn the sound off, or
> maybe not, because the sound effects are classic. Every different Wario has
> brilliant effects for the road, I don’t think anybody will be disappointed with
> the effects of this, sets the atmosphere very well, but isn’t that what sound
> effects are for? Yes.
Wario Land may be an easy game but the treasure is quite
> hard to find and the secret world Sherbert Land is quite a challenge. But this
> doesn’t really matter because it’s SO fun and addictive to play.
This is quite
> a good game but if you don’t like short games, don’t get this, otherwise, get
> it!
WARIO LAND 2
Wario Land 2 is the second in the series of the Wario Land
> games for the Gameboy. It may not be as good as the first Wario game, but it’s
> still a classic Gameboy Wario Land game that isn’t to be missed if you have a
> Gameboy.
The graphics aren’t an improvement from the last Wario Land game,
> Mario Land 3: Wario Land. But don’t get me wrong about this game, the graphics
> are still amazingly blending, smooth animation and tremendous background
> graphics.
The sound has improved quite a bit since the other GameBoy Wario Land
> games, the music interacts with the surroundings very well. The sound effects
> are crisp and really show that GameBoy games don’t all sound dodgy. Another
> brilliant thing is how you can be listening to the usual old Wario theme and
> then suddenly it changes when Wario changes his form, quite a sigh of relief
> after some Wario Games.
This game is really challenging if you can find out
> how. You can easily just get through levels without doing anything else, but
> that’s not what games are about, you need to explore, find new routes, treasures
> and more. Brilliant game, not too easy, but not rock hard.
This game is very
> fun, you can play anytime and enjoy it. Not only that seeing some of the Wario’s
> (Like Crazy Wario) is so funny when you first see it.
This isn’t a bad game,
> but you might find it a bit too repetitive and a lot like the first Wario
> Land.
WARIO LAND 3
The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo
> Gameboy and sadly, nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the
> characters and baddies look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the
> characters, a lot more than the others anyway. The foreground (Platforms,
> objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s just the same as the other Wario Land games,
> but the backgrounds are very good, again, like the characters there is a lot of
> details in the backgrounds, some of the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very
> different game, it’s just a copy of Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite
> annoying if you buy this looking for something different.
The music can be
> annoying at times, but it really depends on what level you are on, some of the
> music is quite and you’ll be humming it all day, some are so annoying you’ll be
> ripping your hair out. One thing that Wario games are good at, is sound effects.
> Like all Wario games they are brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your
> first Wario game, if not you’ll find it just like the other Wario
> Lands.
WARIO BLAST
Bomberman games have always been fun, exciting and
> adrenalin rushing. This time Wario has a chance of trying to beat those pesky
> Bombermen with his bomb-related game, Wario Blast. Bomberman also featured in
> this game, but there aren’t many games about bombs and blowing up your friends
> that doesn’t include Bomberman.
The graphics are quite good, like all Gameboy
> games it is quite hard to play because of reflections, scratches and other
> little things. Luckily we won’t have that anymore as a Gameboy Advance is
> rumoured to be being made in Japan with built in back light. It doesn’t sound
> like much but that one little improvement, I’ve been waiting ages for it.
The
> great thing about this game is how playable it is, I still play it to this very
> day, yet another long lasting Wario hit comes out. You can play it over, and
> over, and over again until you fall asleep. But aren’t all bomberman games? Yes.
> They have that special little thing about them, the ‘Just one more go’ feeling
> that keeps you coming back for more what ever time of the day it is.
If you
> still like your good old Gameboy and you like games with good graphics and
> gameplay, getting this would be a bad idea. Get it second hand from net if you
> still like your good old Gameboy. You can get it for about £3 in some
> places, it deserves to be bought.
Nintendo 64
MARIO KART 64
Mario Kart 64
> is the second coming of the classic Mario racer. This is the best N64 racer by
> far, it may not have the realism of racers like Gran Turismo, but Mario games
> aren’t really meant to be realistic, more cartooned and comic. The battle modes
> are brilliant and the Cups will keep you coming back for more, even when you’ve
> completed all the cups on all CC you’ll still go back and try to complete them
> on mirror mode, which is won when you have completed all cups on all CC.
The
> graphics are brilliant, from the glittering stars on Rainbow Road to the
> expressions when the characters get hit, it’s just brilliant. The brilliant
> graphics on all the Bowser’s Castle’s are probably one of the most memorable
> things on the N64, it’s brilliant.
The music was so catchy, humming it around
> the house was compulsory on Mario Kart 64. But the sound effects have so much
> expression, each characters has an individual catchphrase both when hit and when
> you pass someone.
Mario Kart 64 is such a classic, I doubt that anyone hates
> this games. It’s brilliant. I play it to this day and I will keep playing it
> after this day, brilliant game, if you haven’t played you haven’t played the
> best of the N64 yet.
MARIO PARTY
Mario Party was probably a board game
> debut on the N64, and what a debut it was, the one player wasn’t great but the
> multiplayer was pure gold and diamond mixed together in a pot.
The graphics
> aren’t great and really could have been better, a bit fuzzy, which may put you
> off the game.
But the Gamplay and fun of the games really makes up for it, you
> can play it over and over and you won’t get bored of it, it’s one of those
> unique things that you don’t get in all games, but you should if it is to be
> named a classic.
The music is quite good and hummy, sound effects are quite
> good as well but not “WOW!”.
This is a brilliant game if you’re into
> multiplayer gaming, not as boring as you think it would, not brilliant but
> good.
MARIO GOLF
Mario Golf was a remake of the Gameboy Mono/Pocket and a
> great golfing game, there was so many characters for a golfing game. All the
> stars were in there.
The graphics were brilliant, all the characters looked too
> worthy of an N64, you can’t fault these graphics, the backgrounds, foregrounds,
> characters, objects, all brilliant.
The thing about Golfing games are people
> think they aren’t very good because they don’t like golf, I hate golf but I love
> this, almost everyone can get into this game, what a classic.
This game has the
> usual, casual, golfing music and some quite good sound effects to go with
> that.
You could do worse that buying this game, the best golfing game I’ve ever
> played, you’ll especially like this if you like golf and even if don’t you’ll
> still like it.
MARIO TENNIS
Mario Tennis was the debut of yet another name
> was Waluigi, What an original name. This is quit an unusual game but still
> really good (Can’t think of a descriptive word). This game was quite a
> challenge, it had brilliant gameplay and winning different courts was oh, so
> fun.
The graphics are as good as Mario Golf, brilliant, when you blast the ball
> it looks ace. All the courts and characters look great.
This is a very playable
> game, you can choose from loads of characters (Obviously including Wario) and
> courts, which makes this a very playable, long lasting game.
Again good music
> and sound like on Mario Golf.
If you still have an N64, this wouldn’t be a bad
> game for your Christmas list, unless you’re getting a PS2 >:(
MARIO PARTY
> 2
The second coming of the board game hit. This one is MUCH better than Mario
> Party, the multiplayer, though it’s hard to believe, is better than the first.
> The one player is also quite fun, it’s basically like the first but better.
The
> graphics are quite an improvement, with better expressions and backgrounds Mario
> Party 2 is a definite graphic improvement from the last one.
Again very
> playable with funny little sound effects and music.
If you liked the first
> Mario Party, you’ll love this, you don’t see many sequels that are better but
> this a perfect example of a better sequel.
MARIO PARTY 3
The final N64 game
> and it’s better than both Mario Party and Mario Party 2.
It’s just like the
> other two games but everything is better. Gameplay, graphics, fun, multiplayer
> and more, sadly the final N64 classic.
Gameboy Colour
WARIO LAND 3
Wario
> Land 3 for the GBC is just the same but in colour, so there’s not much to
> say.
“The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo Gameboy and sadly,
> nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the characters and baddies
> look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the characters, a lot more than the
> others anyway. The foreground (Platforms, objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s
> just the same as the other Wario Land games, but the backgrounds are very good,
> again, like the characters there is a lot of details in the backgrounds, some of
> the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very different game, it’s just a copy of
> Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite annoying if you buy this looking for
> something different.
The music can be annoying at times, but it really depends
> on what level you are on, some of the music is quite and you’ll be humming it
> all day, some are so annoying you’ll be ripping your hair out. One thing that
> Wario games are good at, is sound effects. Like all Wario games they are
> brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your first Wario game, if not you’ll
> find it just like the other Wario Lands.”
Gameboy Advance
MARIO KART
> ADVANCE: SUPER CIRCUIT
This is the third Mario Kart and like all the others is
> a classic, cartooned, racer.
If you’re looking for good graphics on your GBA,
> this is probably some of the best you’ll find. The characters and tracks are
> brilliant. Some of the backgrounds you see will blow you away.
A very fast,
> playable game with the usual power-ups that you find in all Mario Karts will sum
> up the game in a sentence, the multiplayer is brilliant, also you only need one
> cart and not four to have a multiplayer game on it, brilliant game.
The music
> and sound effects are brilliant like all Mario Kart games, this game really
> shows that the GBA is good, with 40+ tracks this won’t get boring. You’ll play
> it over and over and you won’t get bored.
This game is an essential part of GBA
> gaming, which you need if have one, trust me buy this game.
WARIO LAND
> 4
When I heard of this, I couldn’t wait. Most Wario games have been put down
> for being too easy because when you play as Wario you can’t die in his previous
> Wario Land games. After I saw the screenshots I knew we were in for a
> treat.
Beautiful, crisp graphics made me want it. The idea of the game is to
> beat all the bosses of each passage in order to get hold of some treasure. Each
> boss you beat you get a different treasure, which is transported to the Golden
> Pyramid, where the final showdown takes place. Also the quicker you complete the
> boss in the more treasure you get, as there are three treasure chest’s and a
> treasure for defeating each boss. You can’t get to the boss unless you have all
> four jewels, four jewel pieces are collected on each level, some can only be
> reached when Wario is using a certain power, some can’t be reached until you
> have set off the frog switch.
The graphics on Wario Land 4 are amazing DKC
> graphics. The characters have better expressions than on the early Wario Lands
> and move around much more naturally. When we get to the backgrounds of the
> levels we really see some good old Kong shining through. From a Jungle scene to
> an old dump, there is so much detail in there. It sets the scene and the
> atmosphere for the level so very well. You could imagine the Donkster himself
> jumping into the foreground and beating up that fat guy. It may not have 32bit
> graphics as Nintendo keep on predicting, but a handheld with graphics worthy of
> a SNES is good enough for me. The best level for seeing the real ingénues
> of the backgrounds is Monsoon Jungle, it shows off the background in every
> possible way the designers could. Splashing into the water looks brilliant and
> shivering reflection of the background really gives it just that little bit
> extra that your looking for.
The brilliant thing about this game is a small
> function that changes the gameplay quite a lot, the easy/hard function, it may
> not seem like much but it is. If you are an inexperienced gamer you would go for
> the easy mode, if you are an expert gamer you choose the hard. If you’ve ever
> played games like Banjo Kazooie and Mario 64 you’ll know what I mean, you don’t
> have to write down how to do those tricky moves, because there aren’t any.
> Another thing about the gameplay is that there no gliches at all, no memory
> loss, nothing to ruin your gaming experience. This is the only Wario title which
> is half RPG and half Platformer, the start of a new era for Wario.
It’s not
> like the other Wario Land games. Like most Wario games it’s about things to do
> with wealth but it’s a RPG AND a Platformer, you don’t get many of them that
> really work, a lot of the time you feel as though it’s the same old thing. The
> last good RPG/Platformer I’ve ever played was Actraiser for the SNES, very
> unnoticed like the Wario Land series, but one hell of a game. The characters and
> bosses are brilliantly thought up, these bosses will remind you of, nothing, the
> ideas are fresh blood to the gaming world. A giant cat that creates tsunamis and
> fires them at you, to a giant teddy bear, which you have to throw spiked enemies
> at him to pop him. Crazy, that’s all I can say.
When you find a jewel piece he
> shouts “Hey!” When you hit the Frog Switch near the end of the level Wario tells
> you to “Come on!!!” It’s pure brilliance on a console. When you die on a level,
> Wario screams as he loses all his coins. The sound effects are amazing and scene
> setting. The music isn’t brilliant, just average, some levels have catchy tunes
> but most are just boring. One of the only faults in the game.
This game will
> last you ages. Even if you find the levels easy, you won’t find all the jewels
> and CD’s as easy completing the level is. It’s amazing how much you can get out
> of a game with just one extra option. An easy/hard option seems nothing, but in
> actual fact it can make all the difference when it comes to lastability.
There
> isn’t much to fault on Wario Land 4 except the fairly annoying music. A classic
> and a half.
If you’re looking for more Wario Land games, the future is
> looking quite bleak, there are no Wario games planned to be released on the
> GameCube and GBA yet, but Wario will star in Mario Kart: GameCube so at least
> we’ll see Wario in glorious Next Gen 3D graphics.
GameCube
MARIO KART:
> GAMECUBE
There hasn’t been any in-game shots yet but there was a video clip of
> what it could be like (With no backgrounds, just characters).
Hopefully this
> will come out on release as it’s been rumoured, but all we can do is hope.
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> This is the third in my series of ‘a look down _____ lane’. Today I’m going to
> review each of Wario’s games (Hopefully!). Please tell me if I miss any out.
>
Mario has had soooo many classics on Nintendo it’s hard NOT to know who he
> is. But someone quite unnoticed is Wario. Mario’s, well hardly fascist, but
> close to it, brother has been in quite a few quest’s of his own. The brilliant
> thing about Wario games is, you can destroy enemies, collect pick ups and much
> more without being the good guy. Wario game storylines normally consist of Wario
> somehow finding out where he can get his grubby little mitts onto some dosh. All
> though Wario games are great, the future is looking bleak for our rather fat
> friend. No news of anymore Wario’s games has been released from Nintendo’s Head
> Quarters. This means we may never see Wario on the GameCube, well at least not
> in his own game as Mario Kart GameCube is rumoured to come out on British launch
> release which will hopefully feature Wario. There is a slim chance that Wario
> Land 5 may come out but again no news yet. Lets hope the GameCube features
> Nintendo 64 classics like Mario Party, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf which all
> included Wario, I just can’t wait to see his purple nose and spiky tash in
> glorious 128bit graphics.
As I said Wario has a couple of quest’s of his own,
> so why not take a look at Wario’s classics for consoles like the great Nintendo
> Gameboy Advance and Nintendo 64 to the poor disaster consoles such as the
> Nintendo Virtual Boy and as early as the Super NES.
Virtual Boy
WARIO
> LAND.
Many publisher didn’t make games for the first ever 3D portable games
> console, the Virtual Boy, which really is a shame because many games were top
> class stuff which could survive even the gaming world to this very day. Wario
> Land was one of these games that really gave the Virtual Boy a chance to fit in
> along with the other consoles. Wario Land is the only game I’ve ever played for
> the Virtual Boy, and I was impressed. It’s not just ‘Another Gameboy’ it COULD
> have revolutionised the way we play games to this very day. Lets hope the
> Virtual Boy 2 appears in the near future with hits like Wario Land. We deserve a
> 3D portable console after having to play games like Clayfighter 63 ¾.
>
Wario Land really had graphics that would blow you away! Wario could jump
> between the foreground and background, which was never seen on a portable games
> console. The one thing I would have to falt about the graphics on this game is
> after a while the screen may get blurred, this is almost the only annoying part
> of this game.
As I said before the blurred screen was ALMOST the only annoying
> thing about this game, the opening music is SO annoying! The kind of music you
> don’t ever want to hear, but you do. The rest of music was really good though
> and when you jumped from foreground to background the music gets really quiet
> but then when you jump to the foreground the music gets louder again, very
> memorable part of the game that is.
The BIG falt about this game is the
> lastability, it is a really fun game that you can’t really get bored of, but
> completing it is just too easy. I only had a go for half an hour and I completed
> it. If the game was re-made with a bit more of a challenge you couldn’t beat
> this game, fun, but too short describes this game perfectly. But even though it
> game doesn’t last long the fun of it can make play over and over again without
> getting bored, definitely one of the most fun games I’ve ever played in the
> whole of my gaming history.
May not be long, may blur and may have annoying
> music, but this is the most fun and brilliant game I’ve played, for only
> £20, this is a classic and a half.
SUPER Nintendo Entertainment
> System
WARIO’S WOOD
A brilliant SNES game and what an ‘Unnoticed’ classic it
> was. You probably figured out that you play as Mario’s big nosed brother, Wario.
> This was Wario’s only adventure on the good old SNES, this was his big break,
> but was outdone by his brother with Mario All Stars, this is what I mean by an
> unnoticed classic. The story of Wario being outdone by his brother, was reality
> on the SNES.
Wario’s Wood had average graphics but just a bit better than Mario
> All Stars, they were crisp clear, my favourite part about the graphics were the
> characters, also the backgrounds were quite good, for a SNES game anyway (Which
> is quite good)
Like a lot of Wario games, the music for this really sets the
> atmosphere on the game, the kind of music you’ll find yourself whistling it
> around the house and then noticing that you are. Catchy little tunes make this a
> music classic “la la la” ooops, sorry, I told you.
This game isn’t easy I can
> tell you that! Tricky puzzles make this classic a hard-ish game but not too hard
> so beginners don’t find impossible.
If you’ve still got a SNES, get this game
> from E-Bay for a tenner, you can’t go wrong.
Gameboy Mono/Pocket
MARIO
> LAND 2: 6 GOLDEN COINS
This was the first ever game Wario appeared in, it was a
> classic debut even if Wario was the bad guy and the final boss of this huge
> game. The plan was, Mario had go through a set of six different worlds and at
> the end of each world he confronted the Boss of that world and got a golden coin
> if he succeeded in this. After he’d beaten all the bosses there was one final
> level, in Mario’s castle which Wario had stolen, ohh, I love those good old
> castle final level settings like some of the first adventures of Mario on the
> NES. But just because castles are classic in gaming it doesn’t mean they are
> easy, completing the last level on hard is rock hard.
The graphics on this game
> were a massive improvement to the first Mario Land, there were better background
> scenes, better looking characters, and the bosses just topped it off
> beautifully. On Mario Land 2, Wario seemed to be 10 times bigger than on games
> like Wario Land, poor Mario looked like a mouse compared to him. This was
> probably to make Wario look more fierce, but he ended up still looking like a
> plumber wearing purple and yellow clothes, but only huge.
Mario Land 2 had more
> of that original Mario music, quite catchy that sets the atmosphere of the final
> showdown with the one and only Wario perfectly.
This game could last you ages!
> It’s so playable that you won’t ever get bored of it. If you haven’t got any new
> games recently you can just turn this on and play to your hearts galore. If you
> completed it on easy, you can make it a real challenge and change the settings
> to hard to give you a bit more to kill and do.
This is a top class game that
> shouldn’t be missed, I’ll be very surprised if some of you havn’t got it, it’s a
> real classic game and also Wario’s debut to gaming.
MARIO LAND 3: WARIO
> LAND
The sequel to Wario’s debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, you actually
> get to play as Wario. Wario wants his own castle so it’s your job to help him
> get this.
This game has awesome graphics! From big fat Wario, to the bosses
> and those annoying enemies of yours, these graphics are a huge improvement to
> the original Wario debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden coins. There is so much detail
> for a gameboy, basically, really good graphics in short.
The music is so
> repetitive, you’ll get so bored with it you’ll probably turn the sound off, or
> maybe not, because the sound effects are classic. Every different Wario has
> brilliant effects for the road, I don’t think anybody will be disappointed with
> the effects of this, sets the atmosphere very well, but isn’t that what sound
> effects are for? Yes.
Wario Land may be an easy game but the treasure is quite
> hard to find and the secret world Sherbert Land is quite a challenge. But this
> doesn’t really matter because it’s SO fun and addictive to play.
This is quite
> a good game but if you don’t like short games, don’t get this, otherwise, get
> it!
WARIO LAND 2
Wario Land 2 is the second in the series of the Wario Land
> games for the Gameboy. It may not be as good as the first Wario game, but it’s
> still a classic Gameboy Wario Land game that isn’t to be missed if you have a
> Gameboy.
The graphics aren’t an improvement from the last Wario Land game,
> Mario Land 3: Wario Land. But don’t get me wrong about this game, the graphics
> are still amazingly blending, smooth animation and tremendous background
> graphics.
The sound has improved quite a bit since the other GameBoy Wario Land
> games, the music interacts with the surroundings very well. The sound effects
> are crisp and really show that GameBoy games don’t all sound dodgy. Another
> brilliant thing is how you can be listening to the usual old Wario theme and
> then suddenly it changes when Wario changes his form, quite a sigh of relief
> after some Wario Games.
This game is really challenging if you can find out
> how. You can easily just get through levels without doing anything else, but
> that’s not what games are about, you need to explore, find new routes, treasures
> and more. Brilliant game, not too easy, but not rock hard.
This game is very
> fun, you can play anytime and enjoy it. Not only that seeing some of the Wario’s
> (Like Crazy Wario) is so funny when you first see it.
This isn’t a bad game,
> but you might find it a bit too repetitive and a lot like the first Wario
> Land.
WARIO LAND 3
The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo
> Gameboy and sadly, nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the
> characters and baddies look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the
> characters, a lot more than the others anyway. The foreground (Platforms,
> objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s just the same as the other Wario Land games,
> but the backgrounds are very good, again, like the characters there is a lot of
> details in the backgrounds, some of the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very
> different game, it’s just a copy of Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite
> annoying if you buy this looking for something different.
The music can be
> annoying at times, but it really depends on what level you are on, some of the
> music is quite and you’ll be humming it all day, some are so annoying you’ll be
> ripping your hair out. One thing that Wario games are good at, is sound effects.
> Like all Wario games they are brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your
> first Wario game, if not you’ll find it just like the other Wario
> Lands.
WARIO BLAST
Bomberman games have always been fun, exciting and
> adrenalin rushing. This time Wario has a chance of trying to beat those pesky
> Bombermen with his bomb-related game, Wario Blast. Bomberman also featured in
> this game, but there aren’t many games about bombs and blowing up your friends
> that doesn’t include Bomberman.
The graphics are quite good, like all Gameboy
> games it is quite hard to play because of reflections, scratches and other
> little things. Luckily we won’t have that anymore as a Gameboy Advance is
> rumoured to be being made in Japan with built in back light. It doesn’t sound
> like much but that one little improvement, I’ve been waiting ages for it.
The
> great thing about this game is how playable it is, I still play it to this very
> day, yet another long lasting Wario hit comes out. You can play it over, and
> over, and over again until you fall asleep. But aren’t all bomberman games? Yes.
> They have that special little thing about them, the ‘Just one more go’ feeling
> that keeps you coming back for more what ever time of the day it is.
If you
> still like your good old Gameboy and you like games with good graphics and
> gameplay, getting this would be a bad idea. Get it second hand from net if you
> still like your good old Gameboy. You can get it for about £3 in some
> places, it deserves to be bought.
Nintendo 64
MARIO KART 64
Mario Kart 64
> is the second coming of the classic Mario racer. This is the best N64 racer by
> far, it may not have the realism of racers like Gran Turismo, but Mario games
> aren’t really meant to be realistic, more cartooned and comic. The battle modes
> are brilliant and the Cups will keep you coming back for more, even when you’ve
> completed all the cups on all CC you’ll still go back and try to complete them
> on mirror mode, which is won when you have completed all cups on all CC.
The
> graphics are brilliant, from the glittering stars on Rainbow Road to the
> expressions when the characters get hit, it’s just brilliant. The brilliant
> graphics on all the Bowser’s Castle’s are probably one of the most memorable
> things on the N64, it’s brilliant.
The music was so catchy, humming it around
> the house was compulsory on Mario Kart 64. But the sound effects have so much
> expression, each characters has an individual catchphrase both when hit and when
> you pass someone.
Mario Kart 64 is such a classic, I doubt that anyone hates
> this games. It’s brilliant. I play it to this day and I will keep playing it
> after this day, brilliant game, if you haven’t played you haven’t played the
> best of the N64 yet.
MARIO PARTY
Mario Party was probably a board game
> debut on the N64, and what a debut it was, the one player wasn’t great but the
> multiplayer was pure gold and diamond mixed together in a pot.
The graphics
> aren’t great and really could have been better, a bit fuzzy, which may put you
> off the game.
But the Gamplay and fun of the games really makes up for it, you
> can play it over and over and you won’t get bored of it, it’s one of those
> unique things that you don’t get in all games, but you should if it is to be
> named a classic.
The music is quite good and hummy, sound effects are quite
> good as well but not “WOW!”.
This is a brilliant game if you’re into
> multiplayer gaming, not as boring as you think it would, not brilliant but
> good.
MARIO GOLF
Mario Golf was a remake of the Gameboy Mono/Pocket and a
> great golfing game, there was so many characters for a golfing game. All the
> stars were in there.
The graphics were brilliant, all the characters looked too
> worthy of an N64, you can’t fault these graphics, the backgrounds, foregrounds,
> characters, objects, all brilliant.
The thing about Golfing games are people
> think they aren’t very good because they don’t like golf, I hate golf but I love
> this, almost everyone can get into this game, what a classic.
This game has the
> usual, casual, golfing music and some quite good sound effects to go with
> that.
You could do worse that buying this game, the best golfing game I’ve ever
> played, you’ll especially like this if you like golf and even if don’t you’ll
> still like it.
MARIO TENNIS
Mario Tennis was the debut of yet another name
> was Waluigi, What an original name. This is quit an unusual game but still
> really good (Can’t think of a descriptive word). This game was quite a
> challenge, it had brilliant gameplay and winning different courts was oh, so
> fun.
The graphics are as good as Mario Golf, brilliant, when you blast the ball
> it looks ace. All the courts and characters look great.
This is a very playable
> game, you can choose from loads of characters (Obviously including Wario) and
> courts, which makes this a very playable, long lasting game.
Again good music
> and sound like on Mario Golf.
If you still have an N64, this wouldn’t be a bad
> game for your Christmas list, unless you’re getting a PS2 >:(
MARIO PARTY
> 2
The second coming of the board game hit. This one is MUCH better than Mario
> Party, the multiplayer, though it’s hard to believe, is better than the first.
> The one player is also quite fun, it’s basically like the first but better.
The
> graphics are quite an improvement, with better expressions and backgrounds Mario
> Party 2 is a definite graphic improvement from the last one.
Again very
> playable with funny little sound effects and music.
If you liked the first
> Mario Party, you’ll love this, you don’t see many sequels that are better but
> this a perfect example of a better sequel.
MARIO PARTY 3
The final N64 game
> and it’s better than both Mario Party and Mario Party 2.
It’s just like the
> other two games but everything is better. Gameplay, graphics, fun, multiplayer
> and more, sadly the final N64 classic.
Gameboy Colour
WARIO LAND 3
Wario
> Land 3 for the GBC is just the same but in colour, so there’s not much to
> say.
“The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo Gameboy and sadly,
> nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the characters and baddies
> look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the characters, a lot more than the
> others anyway. The foreground (Platforms, objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s
> just the same as the other Wario Land games, but the backgrounds are very good,
> again, like the characters there is a lot of details in the backgrounds, some of
> the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very different game, it’s just a copy of
> Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite annoying if you buy this looking for
> something different.
The music can be annoying at times, but it really depends
> on what level you are on, some of the music is quite and you’ll be humming it
> all day, some are so annoying you’ll be ripping your hair out. One thing that
> Wario games are good at, is sound effects. Like all Wario games they are
> brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your first Wario game, if not you’ll
> find it just like the other Wario Lands.”
Gameboy Advance
MARIO KART
> ADVANCE: SUPER CIRCUIT
This is the third Mario Kart and like all the others is
> a classic, cartooned, racer.
If you’re looking for good graphics on your GBA,
> this is probably some of the best you’ll find. The characters and tracks are
> brilliant. Some of the backgrounds you see will blow you away.
A very fast,
> playable game with the usual power-ups that you find in all Mario Karts will sum
> up the game in a sentence, the multiplayer is brilliant, also you only need one
> cart and not four to have a multiplayer game on it, brilliant game.
The music
> and sound effects are brilliant like all Mario Kart games, this game really
> shows that the GBA is good, with 40+ tracks this won’t get boring. You’ll play
> it over and over and you won’t get bored.
This game is an essential part of GBA
> gaming, which you need if have one, trust me buy this game.
WARIO LAND
> 4
When I heard of this, I couldn’t wait. Most Wario games have been put down
> for being too easy because when you play as Wario you can’t die in his previous
> Wario Land games. After I saw the screenshots I knew we were in for a
> treat.
Beautiful, crisp graphics made me want it. The idea of the game is to
> beat all the bosses of each passage in order to get hold of some treasure. Each
> boss you beat you get a different treasure, which is transported to the Golden
> Pyramid, where the final showdown takes place. Also the quicker you complete the
> boss in the more treasure you get, as there are three treasure chest’s and a
> treasure for defeating each boss. You can’t get to the boss unless you have all
> four jewels, four jewel pieces are collected on each level, some can only be
> reached when Wario is using a certain power, some can’t be reached until you
> have set off the frog switch.
The graphics on Wario Land 4 are amazing DKC
> graphics. The characters have better expressions than on the early Wario Lands
> and move around much more naturally. When we get to the backgrounds of the
> levels we really see some good old Kong shining through. From a Jungle scene to
> an old dump, there is so much detail in there. It sets the scene and the
> atmosphere for the level so very well. You could imagine the Donkster himself
> jumping into the foreground and beating up that fat guy. It may not have 32bit
> graphics as Nintendo keep on predicting, but a handheld with graphics worthy of
> a SNES is good enough for me. The best level for seeing the real ingénues
> of the backgrounds is Monsoon Jungle, it shows off the background in every
> possible way the designers could. Splashing into the water looks brilliant and
> shivering reflection of the background really gives it just that little bit
> extra that your looking for.
The brilliant thing about this game is a small
> function that changes the gameplay quite a lot, the easy/hard function, it may
> not seem like much but it is. If you are an inexperienced gamer you would go for
> the easy mode, if you are an expert gamer you choose the hard. If you’ve ever
> played games like Banjo Kazooie and Mario 64 you’ll know what I mean, you don’t
> have to write down how to do those tricky moves, because there aren’t any.
> Another thing about the gameplay is that there no gliches at all, no memory
> loss, nothing to ruin your gaming experience. This is the only Wario title which
> is half RPG and half Platformer, the start of a new era for Wario.
It’s not
> like the other Wario Land games. Like most Wario games it’s about things to do
> with wealth but it’s a RPG AND a Platformer, you don’t get many of them that
> really work, a lot of the time you feel as though it’s the same old thing. The
> last good RPG/Platformer I’ve ever played was Actraiser for the SNES, very
> unnoticed like the Wario Land series, but one hell of a game. The characters and
> bosses are brilliantly thought up, these bosses will remind you of, nothing, the
> ideas are fresh blood to the gaming world. A giant cat that creates tsunamis and
> fires them at you, to a giant teddy bear, which you have to throw spiked enemies
> at him to pop him. Crazy, that’s all I can say.
When you find a jewel piece he
> shouts “Hey!” When you hit the Frog Switch near the end of the level Wario tells
> you to “Come on!!!” It’s pure brilliance on a console. When you die on a level,
> Wario screams as he loses all his coins. The sound effects are amazing and scene
> setting. The music isn’t brilliant, just average, some levels have catchy tunes
> but most are just boring. One of the only faults in the game.
This game will
> last you ages. Even if you find the levels easy, you won’t find all the jewels
> and CD’s as easy completing the level is. It’s amazing how much you can get out
> of a game with just one extra option. An easy/hard option seems nothing, but in
> actual fact it can make all the difference when it comes to lastability.
There
> isn’t much to fault on Wario Land 4 except the fairly annoying music. A classic
> and a half.
If you’re looking for more Wario Land games, the future is
> looking quite bleak, there are no Wario games planned to be released on the
> GameCube and GBA yet, but Wario will star in Mario Kart: GameCube so at least
> we’ll see Wario in glorious Next Gen 3D graphics.
GameCube
MARIO KART:
> GAMECUBE
There hasn’t been any in-game shots yet but there was a video clip of
> what it could be like (With no backgrounds, just characters).
Hopefully this
> will come out on release as it’s been rumoured, but all we can do is hope.
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Thanks for reading RiCkOsS
if u reallly did type all this out its a lot of hard work and effort that deservers a prize.
RiCkOsS wrote:
> This is the third in my series of ‘a look down _____ lane’. Today I’m going to
> review each of Wario’s games (Hopefully!). Please tell me if I miss any out.
>
Mario has had soooo many classics on Nintendo it’s hard NOT to know who he
> is. But someone quite unnoticed is Wario. Mario’s, well hardly fascist, but
> close to it, brother has been in quite a few quest’s of his own. The brilliant
> thing about Wario games is, you can destroy enemies, collect pick ups and much
> more without being the good guy. Wario game storylines normally consist of Wario
> somehow finding out where he can get his grubby little mitts onto some dosh. All
> though Wario games are great, the future is looking bleak for our rather fat
> friend. No news of anymore Wario’s games has been released from Nintendo’s Head
> Quarters. This means we may never see Wario on the GameCube, well at least not
> in his own game as Mario Kart GameCube is rumoured to come out on British launch
> release which will hopefully feature Wario. There is a slim chance that Wario
> Land 5 may come out but again no news yet. Lets hope the GameCube features
> Nintendo 64 classics like Mario Party, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf which all
> included Wario, I just can’t wait to see his purple nose and spiky tash in
> glorious 128bit graphics.
As I said Wario has a couple of quest’s of his own,
> so why not take a look at Wario’s classics for consoles like the great Nintendo
> Gameboy Advance and Nintendo 64 to the poor disaster consoles such as the
> Nintendo Virtual Boy and as early as the Super NES.
Virtual Boy
WARIO
> LAND.
Many publisher didn’t make games for the first ever 3D portable games
> console, the Virtual Boy, which really is a shame because many games were top
> class stuff which could survive even the gaming world to this very day. Wario
> Land was one of these games that really gave the Virtual Boy a chance to fit in
> along with the other consoles. Wario Land is the only game I’ve ever played for
> the Virtual Boy, and I was impressed. It’s not just ‘Another Gameboy’ it COULD
> have revolutionised the way we play games to this very day. Lets hope the
> Virtual Boy 2 appears in the near future with hits like Wario Land. We deserve a
> 3D portable console after having to play games like Clayfighter 63 ¾.
>
Wario Land really had graphics that would blow you away! Wario could jump
> between the foreground and background, which was never seen on a portable games
> console. The one thing I would have to falt about the graphics on this game is
> after a while the screen may get blurred, this is almost the only annoying part
> of this game.
As I said before the blurred screen was ALMOST the only annoying
> thing about this game, the opening music is SO annoying! The kind of music you
> don’t ever want to hear, but you do. The rest of music was really good though
> and when you jumped from foreground to background the music gets really quiet
> but then when you jump to the foreground the music gets louder again, very
> memorable part of the game that is.
The BIG falt about this game is the
> lastability, it is a really fun game that you can’t really get bored of, but
> completing it is just too easy. I only had a go for half an hour and I completed
> it. If the game was re-made with a bit more of a challenge you couldn’t beat
> this game, fun, but too short describes this game perfectly. But even though it
> game doesn’t last long the fun of it can make play over and over again without
> getting bored, definitely one of the most fun games I’ve ever played in the
> whole of my gaming history.
May not be long, may blur and may have annoying
> music, but this is the most fun and brilliant game I’ve played, for only
> £20, this is a classic and a half.
SUPER Nintendo Entertainment
> System
WARIO’S WOOD
A brilliant SNES game and what an ‘Unnoticed’ classic it
> was. You probably figured out that you play as Mario’s big nosed brother, Wario.
> This was Wario’s only adventure on the good old SNES, this was his big break,
> but was outdone by his brother with Mario All Stars, this is what I mean by an
> unnoticed classic. The story of Wario being outdone by his brother, was reality
> on the SNES.
Wario’s Wood had average graphics but just a bit better than Mario
> All Stars, they were crisp clear, my favourite part about the graphics were the
> characters, also the backgrounds were quite good, for a SNES game anyway (Which
> is quite good)
Like a lot of Wario games, the music for this really sets the
> atmosphere on the game, the kind of music you’ll find yourself whistling it
> around the house and then noticing that you are. Catchy little tunes make this a
> music classic “la la la” ooops, sorry, I told you.
This game isn’t easy I can
> tell you that! Tricky puzzles make this classic a hard-ish game but not too hard
> so beginners don’t find impossible.
If you’ve still got a SNES, get this game
> from E-Bay for a tenner, you can’t go wrong.
Gameboy Mono/Pocket
MARIO
> LAND 2: 6 GOLDEN COINS
This was the first ever game Wario appeared in, it was a
> classic debut even if Wario was the bad guy and the final boss of this huge
> game. The plan was, Mario had go through a set of six different worlds and at
> the end of each world he confronted the Boss of that world and got a golden coin
> if he succeeded in this. After he’d beaten all the bosses there was one final
> level, in Mario’s castle which Wario had stolen, ohh, I love those good old
> castle final level settings like some of the first adventures of Mario on the
> NES. But just because castles are classic in gaming it doesn’t mean they are
> easy, completing the last level on hard is rock hard.
The graphics on this game
> were a massive improvement to the first Mario Land, there were better background
> scenes, better looking characters, and the bosses just topped it off
> beautifully. On Mario Land 2, Wario seemed to be 10 times bigger than on games
> like Wario Land, poor Mario looked like a mouse compared to him. This was
> probably to make Wario look more fierce, but he ended up still looking like a
> plumber wearing purple and yellow clothes, but only huge.
Mario Land 2 had more
> of that original Mario music, quite catchy that sets the atmosphere of the final
> showdown with the one and only Wario perfectly.
This game could last you ages!
> It’s so playable that you won’t ever get bored of it. If you haven’t got any new
> games recently you can just turn this on and play to your hearts galore. If you
> completed it on easy, you can make it a real challenge and change the settings
> to hard to give you a bit more to kill and do.
This is a top class game that
> shouldn’t be missed, I’ll be very surprised if some of you havn’t got it, it’s a
> real classic game and also Wario’s debut to gaming.
MARIO LAND 3: WARIO
> LAND
The sequel to Wario’s debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, you actually
> get to play as Wario. Wario wants his own castle so it’s your job to help him
> get this.
This game has awesome graphics! From big fat Wario, to the bosses
> and those annoying enemies of yours, these graphics are a huge improvement to
> the original Wario debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden coins. There is so much detail
> for a gameboy, basically, really good graphics in short.
The music is so
> repetitive, you’ll get so bored with it you’ll probably turn the sound off, or
> maybe not, because the sound effects are classic. Every different Wario has
> brilliant effects for the road, I don’t think anybody will be disappointed with
> the effects of this, sets the atmosphere very well, but isn’t that what sound
> effects are for? Yes.
Wario Land may be an easy game but the treasure is quite
> hard to find and the secret world Sherbert Land is quite a challenge. But this
> doesn’t really matter because it’s SO fun and addictive to play.
This is quite
> a good game but if you don’t like short games, don’t get this, otherwise, get
> it!
WARIO LAND 2
Wario Land 2 is the second in the series of the Wario Land
> games for the Gameboy. It may not be as good as the first Wario game, but it’s
> still a classic Gameboy Wario Land game that isn’t to be missed if you have a
> Gameboy.
The graphics aren’t an improvement from the last Wario Land game,
> Mario Land 3: Wario Land. But don’t get me wrong about this game, the graphics
> are still amazingly blending, smooth animation and tremendous background
> graphics.
The sound has improved quite a bit since the other GameBoy Wario Land
> games, the music interacts with the surroundings very well. The sound effects
> are crisp and really show that GameBoy games don’t all sound dodgy. Another
> brilliant thing is how you can be listening to the usual old Wario theme and
> then suddenly it changes when Wario changes his form, quite a sigh of relief
> after some Wario Games.
This game is really challenging if you can find out
> how. You can easily just get through levels without doing anything else, but
> that’s not what games are about, you need to explore, find new routes, treasures
> and more. Brilliant game, not too easy, but not rock hard.
This game is very
> fun, you can play anytime and enjoy it. Not only that seeing some of the Wario’s
> (Like Crazy Wario) is so funny when you first see it.
This isn’t a bad game,
> but you might find it a bit too repetitive and a lot like the first Wario
> Land.
WARIO LAND 3
The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo
> Gameboy and sadly, nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the
> characters and baddies look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the
> characters, a lot more than the others anyway. The foreground (Platforms,
> objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s just the same as the other Wario Land games,
> but the backgrounds are very good, again, like the characters there is a lot of
> details in the backgrounds, some of the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very
> different game, it’s just a copy of Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite
> annoying if you buy this looking for something different.
The music can be
> annoying at times, but it really depends on what level you are on, some of the
> music is quite and you’ll be humming it all day, some are so annoying you’ll be
> ripping your hair out. One thing that Wario games are good at, is sound effects.
> Like all Wario games they are brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your
> first Wario game, if not you’ll find it just like the other Wario
> Lands.
WARIO BLAST
Bomberman games have always been fun, exciting and
> adrenalin rushing. This time Wario has a chance of trying to beat those pesky
> Bombermen with his bomb-related game, Wario Blast. Bomberman also featured in
> this game, but there aren’t many games about bombs and blowing up your friends
> that doesn’t include Bomberman.
The graphics are quite good, like all Gameboy
> games it is quite hard to play because of reflections, scratches and other
> little things. Luckily we won’t have that anymore as a Gameboy Advance is
> rumoured to be being made in Japan with built in back light. It doesn’t sound
> like much but that one little improvement, I’ve been waiting ages for it.
The
> great thing about this game is how playable it is, I still play it to this very
> day, yet another long lasting Wario hit comes out. You can play it over, and
> over, and over again until you fall asleep. But aren’t all bomberman games? Yes.
> They have that special little thing about them, the ‘Just one more go’ feeling
> that keeps you coming back for more what ever time of the day it is.
If you
> still like your good old Gameboy and you like games with good graphics and
> gameplay, getting this would be a bad idea. Get it second hand from net if you
> still like your good old Gameboy. You can get it for about £3 in some
> places, it deserves to be bought.
Nintendo 64
MARIO KART 64
Mario Kart 64
> is the second coming of the classic Mario racer. This is the best N64 racer by
> far, it may not have the realism of racers like Gran Turismo, but Mario games
> aren’t really meant to be realistic, more cartooned and comic. The battle modes
> are brilliant and the Cups will keep you coming back for more, even when you’ve
> completed all the cups on all CC you’ll still go back and try to complete them
> on mirror mode, which is won when you have completed all cups on all CC.
The
> graphics are brilliant, from the glittering stars on Rainbow Road to the
> expressions when the characters get hit, it’s just brilliant. The brilliant
> graphics on all the Bowser’s Castle’s are probably one of the most memorable
> things on the N64, it’s brilliant.
The music was so catchy, humming it around
> the house was compulsory on Mario Kart 64. But the sound effects have so much
> expression, each characters has an individual catchphrase both when hit and when
> you pass someone.
Mario Kart 64 is such a classic, I doubt that anyone hates
> this games. It’s brilliant. I play it to this day and I will keep playing it
> after this day, brilliant game, if you haven’t played you haven’t played the
> best of the N64 yet.
MARIO PARTY
Mario Party was probably a board game
> debut on the N64, and what a debut it was, the one player wasn’t great but the
> multiplayer was pure gold and diamond mixed together in a pot.
The graphics
> aren’t great and really could have been better, a bit fuzzy, which may put you
> off the game.
But the Gamplay and fun of the games really makes up for it, you
> can play it over and over and you won’t get bored of it, it’s one of those
> unique things that you don’t get in all games, but you should if it is to be
> named a classic.
The music is quite good and hummy, sound effects are quite
> good as well but not “WOW!”.
This is a brilliant game if you’re into
> multiplayer gaming, not as boring as you think it would, not brilliant but
> good.
MARIO GOLF
Mario Golf was a remake of the Gameboy Mono/Pocket and a
> great golfing game, there was so many characters for a golfing game. All the
> stars were in there.
The graphics were brilliant, all the characters looked too
> worthy of an N64, you can’t fault these graphics, the backgrounds, foregrounds,
> characters, objects, all brilliant.
The thing about Golfing games are people
> think they aren’t very good because they don’t like golf, I hate golf but I love
> this, almost everyone can get into this game, what a classic.
This game has the
> usual, casual, golfing music and some quite good sound effects to go with
> that.
You could do worse that buying this game, the best golfing game I’ve ever
> played, you’ll especially like this if you like golf and even if don’t you’ll
> still like it.
MARIO TENNIS
Mario Tennis was the debut of yet another name
> was Waluigi, What an original name. This is quit an unusual game but still
> really good (Can’t think of a descriptive word). This game was quite a
> challenge, it had brilliant gameplay and winning different courts was oh, so
> fun.
The graphics are as good as Mario Golf, brilliant, when you blast the ball
> it looks ace. All the courts and characters look great.
This is a very playable
> game, you can choose from loads of characters (Obviously including Wario) and
> courts, which makes this a very playable, long lasting game.
Again good music
> and sound like on Mario Golf.
If you still have an N64, this wouldn’t be a bad
> game for your Christmas list, unless you’re getting a PS2 >:(
MARIO PARTY
> 2
The second coming of the board game hit. This one is MUCH better than Mario
> Party, the multiplayer, though it’s hard to believe, is better than the first.
> The one player is also quite fun, it’s basically like the first but better.
The
> graphics are quite an improvement, with better expressions and backgrounds Mario
> Party 2 is a definite graphic improvement from the last one.
Again very
> playable with funny little sound effects and music.
If you liked the first
> Mario Party, you’ll love this, you don’t see many sequels that are better but
> this a perfect example of a better sequel.
MARIO PARTY 3
The final N64 game
> and it’s better than both Mario Party and Mario Party 2.
It’s just like the
> other two games but everything is better. Gameplay, graphics, fun, multiplayer
> and more, sadly the final N64 classic.
Gameboy Colour
WARIO LAND 3
Wario
> Land 3 for the GBC is just the same but in colour, so there’s not much to
> say.
“The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo Gameboy and sadly,
> nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the characters and baddies
> look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the characters, a lot more than the
> others anyway. The foreground (Platforms, objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s
> just the same as the other Wario Land games, but the backgrounds are very good,
> again, like the characters there is a lot of details in the backgrounds, some of
> the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very different game, it’s just a copy of
> Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite annoying if you buy this looking for
> something different.
The music can be annoying at times, but it really depends
> on what level you are on, some of the music is quite and you’ll be humming it
> all day, some are so annoying you’ll be ripping your hair out. One thing that
> Wario games are good at, is sound effects. Like all Wario games they are
> brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your first Wario game, if not you’ll
> find it just like the other Wario Lands.”
Gameboy Advance
MARIO KART
> ADVANCE: SUPER CIRCUIT
This is the third Mario Kart and like all the others is
> a classic, cartooned, racer.
If you’re looking for good graphics on your GBA,
> this is probably some of the best you’ll find. The characters and tracks are
> brilliant. Some of the backgrounds you see will blow you away.
A very fast,
> playable game with the usual power-ups that you find in all Mario Karts will sum
> up the game in a sentence, the multiplayer is brilliant, also you only need one
> cart and not four to have a multiplayer game on it, brilliant game.
The music
> and sound effects are brilliant like all Mario Kart games, this game really
> shows that the GBA is good, with 40+ tracks this won’t get boring. You’ll play
> it over and over and you won’t get bored.
This game is an essential part of GBA
> gaming, which you need if have one, trust me buy this game.
WARIO LAND
> 4
When I heard of this, I couldn’t wait. Most Wario games have been put down
> for being too easy because when you play as Wario you can’t die in his previous
> Wario Land games. After I saw the screenshots I knew we were in for a
> treat.
Beautiful, crisp graphics made me want it. The idea of the game is to
> beat all the bosses of each passage in order to get hold of some treasure. Each
> boss you beat you get a different treasure, which is transported to the Golden
> Pyramid, where the final showdown takes place. Also the quicker you complete the
> boss in the more treasure you get, as there are three treasure chest’s and a
> treasure for defeating each boss. You can’t get to the boss unless you have all
> four jewels, four jewel pieces are collected on each level, some can only be
> reached when Wario is using a certain power, some can’t be reached until you
> have set off the frog switch.
The graphics on Wario Land 4 are amazing DKC
> graphics. The characters have better expressions than on the early Wario Lands
> and move around much more naturally. When we get to the backgrounds of the
> levels we really see some good old Kong shining through. From a Jungle scene to
> an old dump, there is so much detail in there. It sets the scene and the
> atmosphere for the level so very well. You could imagine the Donkster himself
> jumping into the foreground and beating up that fat guy. It may not have 32bit
> graphics as Nintendo keep on predicting, but a handheld with graphics worthy of
> a SNES is good enough for me. The best level for seeing the real ingénues
> of the backgrounds is Monsoon Jungle, it shows off the background in every
> possible way the designers could. Splashing into the water looks brilliant and
> shivering reflection of the background really gives it just that little bit
> extra that your looking for.
The brilliant thing about this game is a small
> function that changes the gameplay quite a lot, the easy/hard function, it may
> not seem like much but it is. If you are an inexperienced gamer you would go for
> the easy mode, if you are an expert gamer you choose the hard. If you’ve ever
> played games like Banjo Kazooie and Mario 64 you’ll know what I mean, you don’t
> have to write down how to do those tricky moves, because there aren’t any.
> Another thing about the gameplay is that there no gliches at all, no memory
> loss, nothing to ruin your gaming experience. This is the only Wario title which
> is half RPG and half Platformer, the start of a new era for Wario.
It’s not
> like the other Wario Land games. Like most Wario games it’s about things to do
> with wealth but it’s a RPG AND a Platformer, you don’t get many of them that
> really work, a lot of the time you feel as though it’s the same old thing. The
> last good RPG/Platformer I’ve ever played was Actraiser for the SNES, very
> unnoticed like the Wario Land series, but one hell of a game. The characters and
> bosses are brilliantly thought up, these bosses will remind you of, nothing, the
> ideas are fresh blood to the gaming world. A giant cat that creates tsunamis and
> fires them at you, to a giant teddy bear, which you have to throw spiked enemies
> at him to pop him. Crazy, that’s all I can say.
When you find a jewel piece he
> shouts “Hey!” When you hit the Frog Switch near the end of the level Wario tells
> you to “Come on!!!” It’s pure brilliance on a console. When you die on a level,
> Wario screams as he loses all his coins. The sound effects are amazing and scene
> setting. The music isn’t brilliant, just average, some levels have catchy tunes
> but most are just boring. One of the only faults in the game.
This game will
> last you ages. Even if you find the levels easy, you won’t find all the jewels
> and CD’s as easy completing the level is. It’s amazing how much you can get out
> of a game with just one extra option. An easy/hard option seems nothing, but in
> actual fact it can make all the difference when it comes to lastability.
There
> isn’t much to fault on Wario Land 4 except the fairly annoying music. A classic
> and a half.
If you’re looking for more Wario Land games, the future is
> looking quite bleak, there are no Wario games planned to be released on the
> GameCube and GBA yet, but Wario will star in Mario Kart: GameCube so at least
> we’ll see Wario in glorious Next Gen 3D graphics.
GameCube
MARIO KART:
> GAMECUBE
There hasn’t been any in-game shots yet but there was a video clip of
> what it could be like (With no backgrounds, just characters).
Hopefully this
> will come out on release as it’s been rumoured, but all we can do is hope.
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> ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Thanks for reading RiCkOsS
good reviews
> This is the third in my series of ‘a look down _____ lane’. Today I’m going to
> review each of Wario’s games (Hopefully!). Please tell me if I miss any out.
>
Mario has had soooo many classics on Nintendo it’s hard NOT to know who he
> is. But someone quite unnoticed is Wario. Mario’s, well hardly fascist, but
> close to it, brother has been in quite a few quest’s of his own. The brilliant
> thing about Wario games is, you can destroy enemies, collect pick ups and much
> more without being the good guy. Wario game storylines normally consist of Wario
> somehow finding out where he can get his grubby little mitts onto some dosh. All
> though Wario games are great, the future is looking bleak for our rather fat
> friend. No news of anymore Wario’s games has been released from Nintendo’s Head
> Quarters. This means we may never see Wario on the GameCube, well at least not
> in his own game as Mario Kart GameCube is rumoured to come out on British launch
> release which will hopefully feature Wario. There is a slim chance that Wario
> Land 5 may come out but again no news yet. Lets hope the GameCube features
> Nintendo 64 classics like Mario Party, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf which all
> included Wario, I just can’t wait to see his purple nose and spiky tash in
> glorious 128bit graphics.
As I said Wario has a couple of quest’s of his own,
> so why not take a look at Wario’s classics for consoles like the great Nintendo
> Gameboy Advance and Nintendo 64 to the poor disaster consoles such as the
> Nintendo Virtual Boy and as early as the Super NES.
Virtual Boy
WARIO
> LAND.
Many publisher didn’t make games for the first ever 3D portable games
> console, the Virtual Boy, which really is a shame because many games were top
> class stuff which could survive even the gaming world to this very day. Wario
> Land was one of these games that really gave the Virtual Boy a chance to fit in
> along with the other consoles. Wario Land is the only game I’ve ever played for
> the Virtual Boy, and I was impressed. It’s not just ‘Another Gameboy’ it COULD
> have revolutionised the way we play games to this very day. Lets hope the
> Virtual Boy 2 appears in the near future with hits like Wario Land. We deserve a
> 3D portable console after having to play games like Clayfighter 63 ¾.
>
Wario Land really had graphics that would blow you away! Wario could jump
> between the foreground and background, which was never seen on a portable games
> console. The one thing I would have to falt about the graphics on this game is
> after a while the screen may get blurred, this is almost the only annoying part
> of this game.
As I said before the blurred screen was ALMOST the only annoying
> thing about this game, the opening music is SO annoying! The kind of music you
> don’t ever want to hear, but you do. The rest of music was really good though
> and when you jumped from foreground to background the music gets really quiet
> but then when you jump to the foreground the music gets louder again, very
> memorable part of the game that is.
The BIG falt about this game is the
> lastability, it is a really fun game that you can’t really get bored of, but
> completing it is just too easy. I only had a go for half an hour and I completed
> it. If the game was re-made with a bit more of a challenge you couldn’t beat
> this game, fun, but too short describes this game perfectly. But even though it
> game doesn’t last long the fun of it can make play over and over again without
> getting bored, definitely one of the most fun games I’ve ever played in the
> whole of my gaming history.
May not be long, may blur and may have annoying
> music, but this is the most fun and brilliant game I’ve played, for only
> £20, this is a classic and a half.
SUPER Nintendo Entertainment
> System
WARIO’S WOOD
A brilliant SNES game and what an ‘Unnoticed’ classic it
> was. You probably figured out that you play as Mario’s big nosed brother, Wario.
> This was Wario’s only adventure on the good old SNES, this was his big break,
> but was outdone by his brother with Mario All Stars, this is what I mean by an
> unnoticed classic. The story of Wario being outdone by his brother, was reality
> on the SNES.
Wario’s Wood had average graphics but just a bit better than Mario
> All Stars, they were crisp clear, my favourite part about the graphics were the
> characters, also the backgrounds were quite good, for a SNES game anyway (Which
> is quite good)
Like a lot of Wario games, the music for this really sets the
> atmosphere on the game, the kind of music you’ll find yourself whistling it
> around the house and then noticing that you are. Catchy little tunes make this a
> music classic “la la la” ooops, sorry, I told you.
This game isn’t easy I can
> tell you that! Tricky puzzles make this classic a hard-ish game but not too hard
> so beginners don’t find impossible.
If you’ve still got a SNES, get this game
> from E-Bay for a tenner, you can’t go wrong.
Gameboy Mono/Pocket
MARIO
> LAND 2: 6 GOLDEN COINS
This was the first ever game Wario appeared in, it was a
> classic debut even if Wario was the bad guy and the final boss of this huge
> game. The plan was, Mario had go through a set of six different worlds and at
> the end of each world he confronted the Boss of that world and got a golden coin
> if he succeeded in this. After he’d beaten all the bosses there was one final
> level, in Mario’s castle which Wario had stolen, ohh, I love those good old
> castle final level settings like some of the first adventures of Mario on the
> NES. But just because castles are classic in gaming it doesn’t mean they are
> easy, completing the last level on hard is rock hard.
The graphics on this game
> were a massive improvement to the first Mario Land, there were better background
> scenes, better looking characters, and the bosses just topped it off
> beautifully. On Mario Land 2, Wario seemed to be 10 times bigger than on games
> like Wario Land, poor Mario looked like a mouse compared to him. This was
> probably to make Wario look more fierce, but he ended up still looking like a
> plumber wearing purple and yellow clothes, but only huge.
Mario Land 2 had more
> of that original Mario music, quite catchy that sets the atmosphere of the final
> showdown with the one and only Wario perfectly.
This game could last you ages!
> It’s so playable that you won’t ever get bored of it. If you haven’t got any new
> games recently you can just turn this on and play to your hearts galore. If you
> completed it on easy, you can make it a real challenge and change the settings
> to hard to give you a bit more to kill and do.
This is a top class game that
> shouldn’t be missed, I’ll be very surprised if some of you havn’t got it, it’s a
> real classic game and also Wario’s debut to gaming.
MARIO LAND 3: WARIO
> LAND
The sequel to Wario’s debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, you actually
> get to play as Wario. Wario wants his own castle so it’s your job to help him
> get this.
This game has awesome graphics! From big fat Wario, to the bosses
> and those annoying enemies of yours, these graphics are a huge improvement to
> the original Wario debut, Mario Land 2: 6 Golden coins. There is so much detail
> for a gameboy, basically, really good graphics in short.
The music is so
> repetitive, you’ll get so bored with it you’ll probably turn the sound off, or
> maybe not, because the sound effects are classic. Every different Wario has
> brilliant effects for the road, I don’t think anybody will be disappointed with
> the effects of this, sets the atmosphere very well, but isn’t that what sound
> effects are for? Yes.
Wario Land may be an easy game but the treasure is quite
> hard to find and the secret world Sherbert Land is quite a challenge. But this
> doesn’t really matter because it’s SO fun and addictive to play.
This is quite
> a good game but if you don’t like short games, don’t get this, otherwise, get
> it!
WARIO LAND 2
Wario Land 2 is the second in the series of the Wario Land
> games for the Gameboy. It may not be as good as the first Wario game, but it’s
> still a classic Gameboy Wario Land game that isn’t to be missed if you have a
> Gameboy.
The graphics aren’t an improvement from the last Wario Land game,
> Mario Land 3: Wario Land. But don’t get me wrong about this game, the graphics
> are still amazingly blending, smooth animation and tremendous background
> graphics.
The sound has improved quite a bit since the other GameBoy Wario Land
> games, the music interacts with the surroundings very well. The sound effects
> are crisp and really show that GameBoy games don’t all sound dodgy. Another
> brilliant thing is how you can be listening to the usual old Wario theme and
> then suddenly it changes when Wario changes his form, quite a sigh of relief
> after some Wario Games.
This game is really challenging if you can find out
> how. You can easily just get through levels without doing anything else, but
> that’s not what games are about, you need to explore, find new routes, treasures
> and more. Brilliant game, not too easy, but not rock hard.
This game is very
> fun, you can play anytime and enjoy it. Not only that seeing some of the Wario’s
> (Like Crazy Wario) is so funny when you first see it.
This isn’t a bad game,
> but you might find it a bit too repetitive and a lot like the first Wario
> Land.
WARIO LAND 3
The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo
> Gameboy and sadly, nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the
> characters and baddies look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the
> characters, a lot more than the others anyway. The foreground (Platforms,
> objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s just the same as the other Wario Land games,
> but the backgrounds are very good, again, like the characters there is a lot of
> details in the backgrounds, some of the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very
> different game, it’s just a copy of Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite
> annoying if you buy this looking for something different.
The music can be
> annoying at times, but it really depends on what level you are on, some of the
> music is quite and you’ll be humming it all day, some are so annoying you’ll be
> ripping your hair out. One thing that Wario games are good at, is sound effects.
> Like all Wario games they are brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your
> first Wario game, if not you’ll find it just like the other Wario
> Lands.
WARIO BLAST
Bomberman games have always been fun, exciting and
> adrenalin rushing. This time Wario has a chance of trying to beat those pesky
> Bombermen with his bomb-related game, Wario Blast. Bomberman also featured in
> this game, but there aren’t many games about bombs and blowing up your friends
> that doesn’t include Bomberman.
The graphics are quite good, like all Gameboy
> games it is quite hard to play because of reflections, scratches and other
> little things. Luckily we won’t have that anymore as a Gameboy Advance is
> rumoured to be being made in Japan with built in back light. It doesn’t sound
> like much but that one little improvement, I’ve been waiting ages for it.
The
> great thing about this game is how playable it is, I still play it to this very
> day, yet another long lasting Wario hit comes out. You can play it over, and
> over, and over again until you fall asleep. But aren’t all bomberman games? Yes.
> They have that special little thing about them, the ‘Just one more go’ feeling
> that keeps you coming back for more what ever time of the day it is.
If you
> still like your good old Gameboy and you like games with good graphics and
> gameplay, getting this would be a bad idea. Get it second hand from net if you
> still like your good old Gameboy. You can get it for about £3 in some
> places, it deserves to be bought.
Nintendo 64
MARIO KART 64
Mario Kart 64
> is the second coming of the classic Mario racer. This is the best N64 racer by
> far, it may not have the realism of racers like Gran Turismo, but Mario games
> aren’t really meant to be realistic, more cartooned and comic. The battle modes
> are brilliant and the Cups will keep you coming back for more, even when you’ve
> completed all the cups on all CC you’ll still go back and try to complete them
> on mirror mode, which is won when you have completed all cups on all CC.
The
> graphics are brilliant, from the glittering stars on Rainbow Road to the
> expressions when the characters get hit, it’s just brilliant. The brilliant
> graphics on all the Bowser’s Castle’s are probably one of the most memorable
> things on the N64, it’s brilliant.
The music was so catchy, humming it around
> the house was compulsory on Mario Kart 64. But the sound effects have so much
> expression, each characters has an individual catchphrase both when hit and when
> you pass someone.
Mario Kart 64 is such a classic, I doubt that anyone hates
> this games. It’s brilliant. I play it to this day and I will keep playing it
> after this day, brilliant game, if you haven’t played you haven’t played the
> best of the N64 yet.
MARIO PARTY
Mario Party was probably a board game
> debut on the N64, and what a debut it was, the one player wasn’t great but the
> multiplayer was pure gold and diamond mixed together in a pot.
The graphics
> aren’t great and really could have been better, a bit fuzzy, which may put you
> off the game.
But the Gamplay and fun of the games really makes up for it, you
> can play it over and over and you won’t get bored of it, it’s one of those
> unique things that you don’t get in all games, but you should if it is to be
> named a classic.
The music is quite good and hummy, sound effects are quite
> good as well but not “WOW!”.
This is a brilliant game if you’re into
> multiplayer gaming, not as boring as you think it would, not brilliant but
> good.
MARIO GOLF
Mario Golf was a remake of the Gameboy Mono/Pocket and a
> great golfing game, there was so many characters for a golfing game. All the
> stars were in there.
The graphics were brilliant, all the characters looked too
> worthy of an N64, you can’t fault these graphics, the backgrounds, foregrounds,
> characters, objects, all brilliant.
The thing about Golfing games are people
> think they aren’t very good because they don’t like golf, I hate golf but I love
> this, almost everyone can get into this game, what a classic.
This game has the
> usual, casual, golfing music and some quite good sound effects to go with
> that.
You could do worse that buying this game, the best golfing game I’ve ever
> played, you’ll especially like this if you like golf and even if don’t you’ll
> still like it.
MARIO TENNIS
Mario Tennis was the debut of yet another name
> was Waluigi, What an original name. This is quit an unusual game but still
> really good (Can’t think of a descriptive word). This game was quite a
> challenge, it had brilliant gameplay and winning different courts was oh, so
> fun.
The graphics are as good as Mario Golf, brilliant, when you blast the ball
> it looks ace. All the courts and characters look great.
This is a very playable
> game, you can choose from loads of characters (Obviously including Wario) and
> courts, which makes this a very playable, long lasting game.
Again good music
> and sound like on Mario Golf.
If you still have an N64, this wouldn’t be a bad
> game for your Christmas list, unless you’re getting a PS2 >:(
MARIO PARTY
> 2
The second coming of the board game hit. This one is MUCH better than Mario
> Party, the multiplayer, though it’s hard to believe, is better than the first.
> The one player is also quite fun, it’s basically like the first but better.
The
> graphics are quite an improvement, with better expressions and backgrounds Mario
> Party 2 is a definite graphic improvement from the last one.
Again very
> playable with funny little sound effects and music.
If you liked the first
> Mario Party, you’ll love this, you don’t see many sequels that are better but
> this a perfect example of a better sequel.
MARIO PARTY 3
The final N64 game
> and it’s better than both Mario Party and Mario Party 2.
It’s just like the
> other two games but everything is better. Gameplay, graphics, fun, multiplayer
> and more, sadly the final N64 classic.
Gameboy Colour
WARIO LAND 3
Wario
> Land 3 for the GBC is just the same but in colour, so there’s not much to
> say.
“The final Wario Land in the series on the Nintendo Gameboy and sadly,
> nothing special.
Okay then the graphics are amazing, the characters and baddies
> look brilliant A loy of detail has gone into the characters, a lot more than the
> others anyway. The foreground (Platforms, objects ect) isn’t brilliant, it’s
> just the same as the other Wario Land games, but the backgrounds are very good,
> again, like the characters there is a lot of details in the backgrounds, some of
> the best on a Gameboy.
It isn’t a very different game, it’s just a copy of
> Wario Land 1 and 2, which can be quite annoying if you buy this looking for
> something different.
The music can be annoying at times, but it really depends
> on what level you are on, some of the music is quite and you’ll be humming it
> all day, some are so annoying you’ll be ripping your hair out. One thing that
> Wario games are good at, is sound effects. Like all Wario games they are
> brilliant.
This is a good game if it’s your first Wario game, if not you’ll
> find it just like the other Wario Lands.”
Gameboy Advance
MARIO KART
> ADVANCE: SUPER CIRCUIT
This is the third Mario Kart and like all the others is
> a classic, cartooned, racer.
If you’re looking for good graphics on your GBA,
> this is probably some of the best you’ll find. The characters and tracks are
> brilliant. Some of the backgrounds you see will blow you away.
A very fast,
> playable game with the usual power-ups that you find in all Mario Karts will sum
> up the game in a sentence, the multiplayer is brilliant, also you only need one
> cart and not four to have a multiplayer game on it, brilliant game.
The music
> and sound effects are brilliant like all Mario Kart games, this game really
> shows that the GBA is good, with 40+ tracks this won’t get boring. You’ll play
> it over and over and you won’t get bored.
This game is an essential part of GBA
> gaming, which you need if have one, trust me buy this game.
WARIO LAND
> 4
When I heard of this, I couldn’t wait. Most Wario games have been put down
> for being too easy because when you play as Wario you can’t die in his previous
> Wario Land games. After I saw the screenshots I knew we were in for a
> treat.
Beautiful, crisp graphics made me want it. The idea of the game is to
> beat all the bosses of each passage in order to get hold of some treasure. Each
> boss you beat you get a different treasure, which is transported to the Golden
> Pyramid, where the final showdown takes place. Also the quicker you complete the
> boss in the more treasure you get, as there are three treasure chest’s and a
> treasure for defeating each boss. You can’t get to the boss unless you have all
> four jewels, four jewel pieces are collected on each level, some can only be
> reached when Wario is using a certain power, some can’t be reached until you
> have set off the frog switch.
The graphics on Wario Land 4 are amazing DKC
> graphics. The characters have better expressions than on the early Wario Lands
> and move around much more naturally. When we get to the backgrounds of the
> levels we really see some good old Kong shining through. From a Jungle scene to
> an old dump, there is so much detail in there. It sets the scene and the
> atmosphere for the level so very well. You could imagine the Donkster himself
> jumping into the foreground and beating up that fat guy. It may not have 32bit
> graphics as Nintendo keep on predicting, but a handheld with graphics worthy of
> a SNES is good enough for me. The best level for seeing the real ingénues
> of the backgrounds is Monsoon Jungle, it shows off the background in every
> possible way the designers could. Splashing into the water looks brilliant and
> shivering reflection of the background really gives it just that little bit
> extra that your looking for.
The brilliant thing about this game is a small
> function that changes the gameplay quite a lot, the easy/hard function, it may
> not seem like much but it is. If you are an inexperienced gamer you would go for
> the easy mode, if you are an expert gamer you choose the hard. If you’ve ever
> played games like Banjo Kazooie and Mario 64 you’ll know what I mean, you don’t
> have to write down how to do those tricky moves, because there aren’t any.
> Another thing about the gameplay is that there no gliches at all, no memory
> loss, nothing to ruin your gaming experience. This is the only Wario title which
> is half RPG and half Platformer, the start of a new era for Wario.
It’s not
> like the other Wario Land games. Like most Wario games it’s about things to do
> with wealth but it’s a RPG AND a Platformer, you don’t get many of them that
> really work, a lot of the time you feel as though it’s the same old thing. The
> last good RPG/Platformer I’ve ever played was Actraiser for the SNES, very
> unnoticed like the Wario Land series, but one hell of a game. The characters and
> bosses are brilliantly thought up, these bosses will remind you of, nothing, the
> ideas are fresh blood to the gaming world. A giant cat that creates tsunamis and
> fires them at you, to a giant teddy bear, which you have to throw spiked enemies
> at him to pop him. Crazy, that’s all I can say.
When you find a jewel piece he
> shouts “Hey!” When you hit the Frog Switch near the end of the level Wario tells
> you to “Come on!!!” It’s pure brilliance on a console. When you die on a level,
> Wario screams as he loses all his coins. The sound effects are amazing and scene
> setting. The music isn’t brilliant, just average, some levels have catchy tunes
> but most are just boring. One of the only faults in the game.
This game will
> last you ages. Even if you find the levels easy, you won’t find all the jewels
> and CD’s as easy completing the level is. It’s amazing how much you can get out
> of a game with just one extra option. An easy/hard option seems nothing, but in
> actual fact it can make all the difference when it comes to lastability.
There
> isn’t much to fault on Wario Land 4 except the fairly annoying music. A classic
> and a half.
If you’re looking for more Wario Land games, the future is
> looking quite bleak, there are no Wario games planned to be released on the
> GameCube and GBA yet, but Wario will star in Mario Kart: GameCube so at least
> we’ll see Wario in glorious Next Gen 3D graphics.
GameCube
MARIO KART:
> GAMECUBE
There hasn’t been any in-game shots yet but there was a video clip of
> what it could be like (With no backgrounds, just characters).
Hopefully this
> will come out on release as it’s been rumoured, but all we can do is hope.
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Great post here. A bit long for my liking but well done all the same.
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Nice *little* topic you got there.......
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> Pop!
Nice *little* topic you got there.......
Why thank you, it is a nice *little* topic isn't it :-)
So, what does everyone think?
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