All you need to know about WarioWare: Do It Yourself is that it's yet another collection of madcap micro-games, most of them lasting less than 10 seconds, presented in a frantic marathon format - but this time, the main appeal is to make your own challenges. Developer Intelligent Systems has included 90 of its own examples featuring the usual rogue's gallery - including Mona the student, disco throwback Jimmy T, and the garlic-chomping Wario himself - and if you like, you can simply take one of these existing works and tinker around with them. However, the real draw lies with giving birth to your own digital monstrosities, starting entirely from scratch.
NowGamer: A handful of games for the price of one, you say? Bargain.
If you’ve walked into a game shop more than once in the last few weeks, the likelihood is you’ll have felt a little déjà vu on your later visits. Outside of Starcraft II for all you PC types, it’s been a barren few weeks in the land of retail. But cast your eye over the various download services out there and you’ll find a world of undiscovered fun waiting for you and while it might not quite have the clout of PSN or Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare is no exception. Here’s our rundown of what you can get for the price of a normal retail release… and this little lot will last you far, far longer than most of those ever could...
I'm really annoyed Cave Story still hasn't been released. Perhaps they're patching that sound issue.
Vooks writes: "The WarioWare games have never stuck to one idea for any long period of time. While the microgame nature of it remains the same, the input for each game has been different. We’ve had buttons, a touchscreen, motion controls (on both the Wii and the Game Boy) and even camera input. But this time around, Nintendo hasn’t given us a new way to play these microgames - they’ve given you the tools to create them yourself. Everything from the art to the music and more can all be made by you. WarioWare D.I.Y. is, without a doubt, Mario Paint on acid. "
WarioWare D.I.Y., like other games in the “creation” genre, is conflicting. It’s hard to evaluate titles like this purely as games, because they’re so much more than that. But at the same time, why do we choose this particular hobby? To play games. At what point did playing games actually include the creation of those games?
