WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
System Game Boy Advance
Developer Nintendo
Genre Minigames
Series Super Mario Series

Wario has decided he can make money in the videogame industry. He quickly bores of making the games himself, so he enlists his friends to come up with "microgames".

Progress through each character's set, playing microgames that last only a few seconds each. Quick reactions are needed, and the games get faster the more you play. There are over 200 microgames in total to be played in either the main game or the Grid, where you can aim for the high score in individual microgames.

There are several full games and challenges that can be unlocked as well.

Release Information

Region Name Release
Japan メイド イン ワリオ Made in Wario 21 Mar 2003
Europe WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania 23 May 2003
US WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames 26 May 2003

Re-releases

System Japan U.S. Europe
Wii U Virtual Console 03 Apr 2014 10 Apr 2014 10 Apr 2014

Cameos

9-Volt's Microgames

9-Volt is a schoolkid who collects Nintendo games. All of his microgames are based on Nintendo games, Nintendo hardware, and even classic Nintendo toys!


Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

Based on Super Mario Bros. (NES 1985). Stomp on all of the Goombas.


Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong

Based on Donkey Kong (Arcade 1981). Press A to make Mario jump over the barrels that Donkey Kong throws.


Dr. Mario

Dr. Mario

Based on Dr. Mario (NES 1990). Clear the viruses by making a line of 4 of the same color with the falling Megavitamin.


Mario Paint - Fly Swatter

Fly Swatter

Based on the Fly Swatter minigame in Mario Paint (SNES 1992). Hit the flies when they pass underneath the fly swatter.


Mario Clash

Mario Clash

Based on Mario Clash (VB 1995). Press the A Button at the right time to throw the shell and hit the enemy.


The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda

Based on The Legend of Zelda (NES 1986). Guide Link to the cave, avoiding the enemies.


Metroid

Metroid

Based on Metroid (NES 1987). Keep tapping A to launch missiles and destroy the Mother Brain.


F-Zero

F-Zero

Based on F-Zero (SNES 1990). Dodge the other racers and avoid the edges of the track.


Balloon Fight

Balloon Fight

Based on the Balloon Trip mode of Balloon Fight (NES 1985). Help the Balloon Fighter avoid the sparks without falling in the water.


Ice Climber

Ice Climber

Based on Ice Climber (NES 1984). Help Popo jump up and grab the Condor.


Urban Champion

Urban Champion

Based on Urban Champion (NES 1984). Hit your opponent into the open manhole.


Wild Gunman

Wild Gunman

Based on Wild Gunman (NES 1984). Shoot the gunman before he shoots you.


Duck Hunt

Duck Hunt

Based on Duck Hunt (NES 1984). Shoot the ducks as they pass over the target. The gun is based on the Japanese version of the Zapper, the "Famicom Light Gun".


Hogan's Alley

Hogan's Alley

Based on Hogan's Alley (NES 1984). Quickly select and shoot the gang member, but don't shoot the civilians.


LazerBlazer

LazerBlazer

Based on the LazerBlazer game in Super Scope 6 (SNES 1992). Shoot the missiles out of the air before they leave the left side of the screen.


Family BASIC

Family BASIC

Based on the Famicom keyboard that came packaged with Family BASIC (NES 1984). Move the cursor and press A to type the correct letter or number on the keyboard.


Stack-Up

Stack-Up

Based on Stack-Up (NES 1985) and the R.O.B. NES accessory. Press A at the right time so R.O.B.'s moving arms grip the blocks.


Game Boy

Game Boy

Based on the original model Game Boy (1989). Press A at the right time to drop the moving cartridge into the Game Boy's cartridge slot.


Helmet

Helmet

Based on the Game & Watch game Helmet (1981). Dodge the tools raining down from above and enter the door.


Racing 112

Racing 112

Based on the Color TV-Game Racing 112 system (1978). Move left and right to dodge the other cars.


Sheriff

Sheriff

Based on Sheriff (Arcade 1979). Shoot the displayed number of bandits within the time limit.


Ultra Hand

Ultra Hand

Based on the classic Nintendo toy, Ultra Hand (1966). Press A at the right time to grab the correct ball.


Laser Outlaw

Laser Outlaw

Based on the classic Nintendo toy, Light Gun Custom Gunman (1968). Shoot the target on the outlaw's chest as the gun's light beam passes over it.


Chiritorie

Chiritorie

Based on the classic Nintendo toy, Chiritorie (1979), a remote-controlled vacuum cleaner. Hold down A to make the rotating Chiritorie move in the direction it is facing and clean up the wads of paper.


Ultra Machine

Boss: Ultra Machine

Based on the classic Nintendo toy, Ultra Machine (1968). Swing the bat to hit back the balls as they are fired from the Ultra Machine. Mario also appears at the start of the game.

Submitted by Fryguy64

Other Microgame Cameos

Polygon Studio Microgames

Polygon Studio Microgames

The whole concept behind WarioWare started on the Nintendo 64DD, in Mario Artist: Polygon Studio. After you design your polygon model you can use it in a number of minigames in Sound Bomber mode. The Sound Bomber games play almost identically to the microgames in WarioWare: brief games that get gradually harder.

At least six of the eight Sound Bomber games were redesigned for WarioWare – five in Wario's first set of microgames, and one in Jimmy T.'s set of microgames.


Punch-Out!!

Punch-Out!!

The boss of Jimmy T.'s set of sports microgames is a boxing game called Punch-Out!!, named after (and loosely based on) the Punch-Out!! Series.


Classic Clash

Classic Clash

Dribble and Spitz have three microgames called Classic Clash, featuring a Tokusatsu-style Mario and Bowser fighting each other.

  • In Classic Clash I, dodge Bowser's rocks and fireballs.
  • In Classic Clash II, Push Bowser until Mario tosses him over his shoulder.
  • In Classic Clash III, enter the correct button combination to fry Bowser with a huge energy ball.

Air Supplies

Air Supplies

In Mona's "Air Supplies" microgame, you have to dump a package onto a flatbed truck from a helicopter, both from different Game & Watch games. The helicopter appears in Parachute and the truck appears in Mario Bros.


I Came, I Saw

I Came, I Saw

In Mona's "I Came, I Saw" microgame, you have to move the Control Pad back and forth to saw through the log and free the character trapped inside. On the hardest difficulty the character trapped inside is one of the acrobats from Mario Paint.


Grow Wario Grow!

Grow Wario Grow!

One of Wario's second set of microgames, "Grow Wario Grow!", requires Wario to grab a Super Mushroom before it reaches Mario. Mario and the background graphics are from Super Mario Land, Wario's graphic is from Wario Land, and the Super Mushroom is from Super Mario Bros. (but in black & white).


Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors

One of Wario's second set of microgames, "Rock Paper Scissors", requires you to select the move that will beat your opponent. Your opponent is Mario.


Unexcitebike

Unexcitebike

One of Wario's second set of microgames, "Unexcitebike", is based on Excitebike (NES 1984). You have to guide Wario's huge bike to avoid the other Excitebikes.


Vermin

Vermin

One of Wario's second set of microgames, "Vermin", is based on the Game & Watch game Vermin, but with Wario's face in place of the gardener. You have to move left and right to hit the moles as their heads pop out of the ground.


Wario Bros.

Wario Bros.

One of Wario's second set of microgames, "Wario Bros." is based on Mario Bros. (Arcade 1983). Help Wario to grab the coin before Mario.

Submitted by Ulthwe, Fryguy64

Full Minigame Cameos

Dr. Wario

Dr. Wario

One of the full minigames you can unlock is Dr. Wario. This is the full single-player mode from the NES Dr. Mario, but with Wario in place of Mario. The designs of the viruses have also been changed.


Fly Swatter

Fly Swatter

One of the full minigames you can unlock is Fly Swatter. This was originally a minigame in Mario Paint known as "Gnat Attack", played with the SNES mouse.


VS. Chiritorie

VS. Chiritorie

One of the full minigames you can unlock is VS. Chiritorie, a score-based multiplayer version of 9-Volt's microgame. Chiritorie was a remote controlled vaccuum cleaner released by Nintendo in 1979.


Wario's Sheriff

Wario's Sheriff

One of the full minigames you can unlock is Wario's Sheriff. This is an altered version of Sheriff, one of Nintendo's early arcade games from 1979. A pixellated Wario replaces the original Sheriff character, and the game's title screen has changed to show Wario chasing away the Sheriff.

Submitted by Fryguy64

Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata

After clearing Wario's first set of microgames, play them again to start the endless mode. Each time you beat the boss you see a short animated "rest" scene with Wario on a sofa watching TV. Press the A button during the rest scene to turn the TV on and see what Wario is watching. After beating the Boss on the third difficulty level, the words "Thank you for playing" appear. Turn the TV on to see a smartly dressed businessman with glasses. The face is a caricature of Nintendo Co., Ltd. president, Satoru Iwata.

Submitted by Fryguy64

Staff Roll Shapes

Staff Roll

During the Staff Roll you can change the shape of the stars that fly past by holding certain buttons. If you hold Down on the Control Pad then the stars turn into small Triforces from The Legend of Zelda series. Press right on the + D-Pad and they turn into GameCube logos.

Submitted by Fryguy64

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