WarioWare: Move It! (NSP, XCI) ROM

WarioWare: Move It! is a party video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the eleventh installment in the WarioWare series, the second WarioWare game to be released on the Nintendo Switch, after Get It Together (2021), and the first direct sequel in the WarioWare series, being a follow-up to the 2006 Wii game, WarioWare: Smooth Moves. It was released on November 3, 2023. Discover your ideal form in the latest addition to the WarioWare series, featuring a plethora of motion-based microgames!

GAMEPLAY

Like previous entries in the WarioWare series, the game tasks players with tackling waves of fast-paced minigames known as “microgames”. Similar to the 2006 Wii game, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, which used the system’s Wii Remote controller for motion-controlled microgames, the game focuses on using the motion controls of the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers.

Each microgame centers around one of several “forms” depicting how the player should initially hold the Joy-Con, after which players move the controllers accordingly to complete each microgame. In addition to motion controls, some microgames also utilize the infrared camera on the right Joy-Con. Move It! includes over 200 microgames. The game features local co-op play, where two players must sync their motions with one another to complete microgames, and additional modes for up to four players.

PLOT

A TV commercial advertises a chance to visit a vacation resort called “Caresaway Island” by purchasing a garlic burger. A hungry Wario passes by the local burger joint and orders fifty garlic burgers, which results in him winning a trip to Caresaway Island with twenty friends, much to his dismay. Upon hearing about this, Wario’s friends ask to come along, and he reluctantly agrees. Upon arriving at the island, the residents give the gang stone Joy-Cons called Form Stones, which can be used with their hands to help them out in situations.

The gang then goes on their adventures on the island; Wario attempts to run away from residents of a temple (Stone-Cold Welcome), Mona goes underwater to search for mermaids (Mermaid Meet and Greet), Dr. Crygor, Penny, and Mike time travel to the Stone Age and pose for a cave man’s drawing (A Curious Case of Cave Art), Ashley tries to get Red back to normal size after he eats some blueberries that make him tiny (Caveat Emptor), Orbulon gets amnesia and is mistaken for a god by the temple residents (Sweet Dreams, Sweeter Fruit).

Kat and Ana try to take back the Caresaway Island map from a group of Cactuses (The Grand Parfait Adventure), Young Cricket battles an army of penguins (Battle on Flashfreeze Cape), Jimmy T. ends up surfing on a shark (Surfin’ Surprise), Dribble and Spitz participate in a watercraft race (Making Waves), and 9-Volt tries to save 5-Volt, 18-Volt, and 13-Amp from a spooky store (Quest in the Dark).

In the final level, Lava at First Sight, Wario later returns to the temple he had visited earlier and tries to steal the gold items in it but ends up being overtaken by lava, corrupted, and merged with the island’s giant volcano and he begins to cause havoc on the island. Using the Form Stones, Wario’s friends defeat him, and he turns back to normal. However, he ends up landing back in the temple and is also mistaken for a god by the people in the temple who had attacked him earlier. Wario then declares the events as the worst vacation ever.

GAME MODE

• Microgame mania – Embrace the excitement by wielding a set of Joy-Con controllers, and engage in a wild array of over 200 rapid-fire microgames, each lasting only a few uproarious seconds. From bamboo chopping to jailbreaks, and even a graceful curtsey, master absurd moves aplenty.
• Story Mode – Help Wario in conquering a rapid succession of microgames to escape the clutches of the Woods Watchers! You can tackle Adventure Mode solo with a pair of Joy-Con controllers, or invite a second player* for some delightful couch co-op action using another set of Joy-Con controllers.
• Party Mode – Gather your friends – up to 4 players* can join the merriment in Party Mode with just one Joy-Con controller each, indulging in a selection of local minigames featuring Wario’s zany rulebook, akin to a Wario-style board game!