WarioWare: Twisted!

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WarioWare: Twisted!

North American box art

Developer(s) Intelligent Systems[a]

Publisher(s) Nintendo

Director(s) Goro Abe

Producer(s) Yoshio Sakamoto

Ryoichi Kitanishi

Artist(s) Ko Takeuchi

Composer(s) Kenichi Nishimaki

Masanobu Matsunaga
Yasuhisa Baba

Series WarioWare

Platform(s) Game Boy Advance

 JP: October 14, 2004

Release
 AU: May 19, 2005
 NA: May 23, 2005
 Genre(s) Action, puzzle, rhythm

Mode(s) Single-player

WarioWare: Twisted![b] is a puzzle video game for Game Boy Advance by Nintendo. It is
the third installment in the WarioWare series. It was released on October 14, 2004 in
Japan; on May 19, 2005 in Australia; and on May 23, 2005 in North America.
Wario and his friend Dr. Crygor invent a Game Boy Advance that only reacts when tilted
around. The game follows the WarioWareformula with a variety of games that last for only a
few seconds. The cartridge utilizes a gyro sensor and players must spin and twist in order
to play the games.
Twisted! was critically acclaimed and has won numerous awards. Reviewers found the gyro
sensor to be innovative and adding to the gameplay aspect.
It is one of only two Game Boy Advance games to include force feedback, the other
being Drill Dozer.

Contents

 1Gameplay
o 1.1Gyro sensor
 2Plot
 3Development
 4European release
 5Reception
 6See also
 7Notes
 8References
 9External links

Gameplay[edit]
See also: Gameplay of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!
Twisted follows a similar format to its predecessor, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!, in
which players must play through a series of "microgames"; short minigames that require
the player to understand and clear its objective within a few seconds. Twisted! features
unique gameplay thanks to its built-in gyro sensor, which detects the rotation of the
handheld system. As such, many of the microgames require the player to physically rotate
the system in order to clear. For example, players may have to empty a bin's contents,
steer a plane, or guide something through a maze. Microgames become more complex as
the game progresses, with later microgames sometimes requiring the player to fully rotate
their system.
This game changes the scoring from the other WarioWare titles. Previously, the score was
the number of games that were played, but Twisted only counts the number of games that
the player won. The game features items called "souvenirs", which are unlocked after boss
stages in story mode. Records, musical instruments, figurines, games, and many quirky
items are possible to unlock.
Gyro sensor[edit]
The Twisted cartridge has a built-in gyro sensor and rumble feature (for feedback during
rotation). Most of the microgames are played by rotating the entire handheld device. The
gyro sensor uses a piezoelectric gyroscope developed by NEC[1] to detect angular
movement.
Because the game automatically calibrates the gyro sensor when the game is turned on
(and after every "micro-game"), it works with both top-loading slots (like the Game Boy
Advance) and bottom-loading slots (like all other models after the original GBA: Game Boy
Advance SP, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Micro, and Nintendo DS Lite). The manual states
that Twisted! is not compatible with the Game Boy Player;[2] although the game loads as
normal, players would have to carry and tilt the connected GameCube console and use its
controller for button presses, thus it is simply not practical.

Plot[edit]
One day, while Wario was playing with his Game Boy Advance, Wario becomes frustrated
with a particularly hard game on it and throws the system at a wall, causing it to bounce
back and hit him on the head. After his temporary rage, he notices his GBA is broken. He
requests Dr. Crygor's help in mending it. Crygor, however, places it in his new invention,
the Gravitator, which spits out dozens of buttonless objects similar in form factor to a Game
Boy Advance. It demonstrates that in order to play, the device must be physically
moved. Mona and 9-Volt arrive and toy with these new units, enjoying themselves. Wario,
taking note of their reaction, decides to take advantage of these motion-sensing abilities as
a selling point, and recruits his friends to design microgames based on this concept.
The rest of the game features stories of all the characters in the game, each one going to
Club Sugar once their stage is complete. Wario chases a mouse that breaks his watch.
Mona tries to deliver pizza while avoiding a rival restaurant. Jimmy T. and his parents play
on their phones at Club Sugar. Kat and Ana encounter a troll after getting lost on a field
trip. Dribble and Spitz fix their taxi and add an additional feature that allows it to travel
through space. Dr. Crygor attempts to upgrade the Gravitator. Orbulon tries to figure out
the password to initiate warp drive in order to escape a black hole. 9-Volt becomes friends
with a new student named 18-Volt at his school.
Finally, after an accident in the Gravitator, Wario turns into a superhero personal named
Wario-Man. He takes Crygor's invention and turns it into a giant robot in space. Wario's
friends use Orbulon's ship to get to Wario-Man, but they blast the robot not knowing Wario
was inside. After falling into the ocean, Wario shouts that everyone is fired.

Development[edit]
Nintendo programmer Kazuyoshi Osawa took the lead of developing the game engine with
several members of the original WarioWare staff.[3][4] Intelligent Systems provided half of the
workforce including several programmers.

European release[edit]
This game was originally set to be released in Europe on June 24, 2005.[5] It was later
pushed back to February 24, 2006,[6] then to December 8, 2006.[7] Nintendo Europe
changed its release date to "TBD" on the company's website.[citation needed] In the January 2008
issue of the Official Nintendo Magazine, in the "Ask Nintendo" section a Nintendo Europe
representative stated that the WarioWare: Twisted! delay was because Twisted! was still
undergoing the compulsory LGA testing and approval for Europe.[citation needed] Contrary to a
popular rumor that the lack of a European release is due to the game's gyroscope
using mercury,[8] it uses a piezoelectric gyroscope that does not contain mercury.[9] PAL
region copies of the 2008 Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl list the title in the included
database of Nintendo games as "Not Released".[citation needed]

Reception[edit]
 Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator Score

GameRankings 87.79%[10]

Metacritic 88/100

Review scores

Publication Score

GamesRadar+

IGN 9.5/10

WarioWare: Twisted! currently, has an aggregate 87.79% rating

on GameRankings.[10] Craig Harris from IGN channel named Twisted! the No. 1 GBA game
of all time, and gave it a rating of 9.5/10.