WarioWare: Touched!

WarioWare: Touched!
WarioWare Touched! box cover (box is yellow in some areas) WarioWare Touched! box cover (box is yellow in some areas)
Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	December 2, 2004 February 14, 2005 February 24, 2005 March 11, 2005 July 23, 2005
Genre(s)	Action, Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

WarioWare: Touched!, known in Japan as Sawaru Made In Wario (さわる メイドインワリオ, Sawaru Meido in Wario) is a video game for the Nintendo DS. It has been regarded by game journalists as one of the games which best utilizes the features of the Nintendo DS, alongside others such as Kirby: Canvas Curse and Metroid Prime: Hunters.

The gameplay is similar to that of WarioWare, Inc., but microgames are only played using the stylus and touch screen, as well as the DS microphone. Examples of such gameplay include scratching Wario's back, cutting a rope so a cage falls on a duck and catching fish in a net. After successfully completing a number of microgames, smaller, mostly non-competitive "toys" are unlocked. These allow the gamer to use the touch-screen to achieve tasks such as playing with a yo-yo (in which one must hold the DS upside down), or building a snowman.

The game is similar across regions with the only slight variation being the game cover which is yellow for Europe [1].

Characters

• Wario — Touch Training: Basic microgames that involve tapping.
• Mona — Cute Cuts: Microgames that involve pulling on things and slicing things. Short lines are drawn with the stylus.
• Jimmy T. — Dance Club Rub: Microgames that involve rubbing. (Short, quick, repeated movements with the stylus)
• Jamie T. — Jamie's Mix: Combines the previous three sets of microgames. Unlike the others, Jamie T. and her brother James T.'s stages start at the medium difficulty instead of easy.
• Kat & Ana — Ninja Scribble: Microgames that involve scribbling and drawing.
• Ashley & Red — Total Drag: Microgames that involve dragging on-screen objects.
• Dr. Crygor — Slightly Unscrewed: Microgames that involve spinning. (Circular motions with the stylus)
• James T. — James' Mix: Combines the previous three sets of microgames. Unlike the others, James T. and his sister Jamie T.'s stages start at the medium difficulty instead of easy.
• Mike — Mic Rockin': Microgames that involve blowing into the DS's microphone.
• 9-Volt & 18-Volt — Retro Action: Microgames involving classic Nintendo games.
• Wario-Man — Super Zero: Microgames that involve any kind of touch-screen action, including those that weren't previously featured (such as keeping the stylus held in place).All of Wario-Man's microgames involve Wario.
• Minor Wario Ware Characters

• Dribble, Spitz, and Orbulon do not have a microgame set in this game. However, they all make appearances.

Secret "Mona Pizza" toy

When playing WarioWare: Touched! with a copy of WarioWare: Twisted! in slot 2 of a Nintendo DS (the GBA slot), the player immediately receives a special toy titled "Mona Pizza." The toy has the same icon as the "Mona Pizza" souvenir in WarioWare: Twisted!, but adds video to go with the Mona Pizza theme song. By pressing the "A" button, the song's lyrics are muted.

The toy's description is, "Just for forking over your money, you get to watch this hot new video! It hasn't even shown up on the Internet yet!"

Awards

• IGN: Editors' Choice Award

See also

• WarioWare, Inc.
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$
• WarioWare: Twisted!

External links

• Wario Ware Touched! official site
• WarioWare Touched! at MobyGames
• [2] Wario Ware Touched! Soundtrack