Review BadBoyBule 3/5 · Nov 22, 2024
Throwback to the Wii days
Wario Ware: Move It! is very much a like a Wii game, warts and all.
Unlike its predecessor that tried to shake things up in a few ways, Wario Ware: Move It! treads more familiar ground. Gone are the platformer shenanigans, online modes and unlockables. Here you get the usual minigame madness but with motion controls (and the elusive Joycon …
Wario Ware: Move It! is very much a like a Wii game, warts and all.
Unlike its predecessor that tried to shake things up in a few ways, Wario Ware: Move It! treads more familiar ground. Gone are the platformer shenanigans, online modes and unlockables. Here you get the usual minigame madness but with motion controls (and the elusive Joycon IR camera usage). And in a true Wii fashion, the controls are as fun as they are finicky and imprecise. As a finishing touch to reach proper Wii era levels of handholding, after every 10-15 minigames or so you take a short break and are reminded to be mindful of your surroundings.
I played the game for 3 hours and managed to clear the single player content in that time. It was a pretty fun and I might play it some more later on. As a single player experience, though, there is little to see and the gameplay isn't as addicting or immediate as in some of the older entries to hook me into playing more.
As a party game, I'd imagine you'd have lots of laughs. For a while.
P.S. In my last review, I said I would focus more on the visuals and music since I feel I usually breeze through them in my reviews. That shall wait for a later review. While Wario Ware games are audiovisual treats, I don't know what else to say than Wario Ware: Move It! is more of the same as the earlier entries. And that's a good thing in this case.
