party game, YES! single play, NO! well not long anyway.......................
check
retro microgames?
check
guy in panda suit?!
ummmm yeah check indeed. wario ware has indeed succeeded on the wii and as much as it is tech demo on how to use the wii it is also a full fledge package of wierdness condensed with insanity. gameplay using the wii-mote in various ways the player mainpulates some object in a microgame in a particular way so as to reach a desired goal. in simplified forms.... you may need to tilt the wii-mote to roll a marble out of a maze or drive through a section of road in a driving test. there are 19 different ways to hold the wii-mote (or in one instance the wii mote and nunchuk.) the genius and flaw in the different ays of holding it is that some like the mohawk which is supposed to be held on top of your head , can be easily faked simply be holding it in your hand instead allowing cheating and all in all less than honorable tactics occur making some games much easier than planned but thats the nature of the beast. sound and presentation
it looks like a wario game, sounds like a wario game.... then i guess it is a wario game. i feel the whole japanese theme to the game is.......a little out of place. all in all well done. replay value.
this is the ouch factor. once you beat the game its over. sure you can unlock a few new things such as the multi player menu (yes you have to unlock it!) and a few new things including the diner stance which uses the nunchuk but for the most part the only thing left to do is multiplayer and unlocking more microgames. this is the reason people will trade it in quickly as the single player can be completed in about 3-6 hours if dilligent. all in all a lil short on replay.
overall
everything in the game comes together in a very good package. a few detection problems in a few games and the replay value will utlimately blunt the overall fun factor in the game. now that ninty knows how this one turned out maybe we'll see a more polished version in the future.