Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii)

February 4, 2008 | By Doug In Wii |

Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii)
The WarioWare team took an idea so wacky, it could only be made with the latest technology … the Wii Remote. Wario and his pals learn fun, wacky moves after discovering a strange book and a mystical device called the Form Baton.
Players must clear fast-paced sets of microgames, changing the way they hold the Wii Remote each time. As they do, they?ll unlock more microgames and souvenirs.

Features:

WarioWare is back with a whole new set of moves. When Wario? stumbles upon a strange device called a Form Baton, he and his friends use it to learn new moves that are as fun as they are wacky. With hundreds of microgames, this game is just as wild as you?d expect from the name WarioWare, but the game play has been revolutionized. Under Wario?s tutelage, and with the help of the Wii Remote, players will swing, spin and squat their way to victory.
With about 200 lightning-quick microgames and controls that range from scribbling to flailing, WarioWare: Smooth Moves takes interactive gaming to a whole new level. All players need is a Wii Remote and their best moves to be the champ.
With games that are as much fun to play as they are to WATCH people play, WarioWare: Smooth Moves brings the party to its feet. It?s hilarious for players and audiences alike.

Customer Review: very strange game
When I first got this game I was not sure quite what to expect from it. The first time I played it I thought that it was a very strange game. It took awhile to get the hang of it, but not too long, maybe a couple of hours, and now I think it is actually quite a good game.

It is more fun to play when you are with friends because you can watch each other make a fool out of yourself.

I would recommend it for the humour factor but as a one player game it is not that much fun, it has to be played with others around to get the full benefit.

Customer Review: devolution not evolution
I had high hopes for this game as I thought the previous titles in the series were all excellent.

At first the Wii version of Wario Ware is the sort of wacky fun you’d expect from its predecessors, the sort of thing that anybody can enjoy after a few seconds with the game. But overall this is nowhere near as good as the Gamecube, GBA or DS versions.

For one thing the previous’ quick fire’ game play has had to slow right down to fit the Wii. Wario Ware is all about being presented with a stream of crazy mini games, working out how to play and then completing them within a few seconds. The Wii version requires the player to hold the controller in a variety of positions so before each mini game the player is instructed which position to use. This slows the pace of play down a lot.

Another down side is that the multi player mode (the best thing in the Gamecube version) has to be unlocked by completing the game in single player. This is a really frustrating and stupid idea that doesn’t fit in with the way the Wii has been marketed as a games console for everybody. I bought it for a youth club setting where I look for games that bring people together, so no multi player out of the box was a big disappointment.

I don’t know if die hard Wario Ware fans exist; if they do they are the only people I could recommend Smooth Moves to. It’s entertaining for a while to waggle the Wii controller around in different ways, but it’s not as fun to play, as fast or as funny as any of the other Wario Ware games. It doesn’t come close to the best one in the series: Wario Ware Twisted on the GBA (which you still have to import to play in the UK). There is fun to be had with this, but like a lot of Wii games it doesn’t come close to Wii Sports.

I hope Nintendo can dream up something better for the next edition as it would be a shame to end such a great series like this.

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