August 16, 2005
Warioware Twisted
Tonight we picked up the newest release from Nintendo for the GameBoy Advance system. It is called Warioware Twisted and it is awesome.
As with all the other Warioware games, this employs a host of ridiculous mini-games, with a wide variety of animation styles. The catch here is that they installed what they call a "gyro-sensor" into the game cartridge itself. While you use the buttons (only a little) you primarily play the game by twisting and turning the Game-Boy this way and that to make things happen.
The earlier release this summer in this franchise was the game, Warioware Touched for the Nintendo DS. This was a cool game where all of the controls are based on using the stylus and touch pad, but no where near as interesting as twisting and turning the Game-Boy to get things moving.
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I originally wrote this post back in June when the game first came out. The game still rocks, but we finished it in like 4-5 hours. Even Tara got in on the fun and plays the game from time to time. It would be great if in the next version, there was more to do and more characters to unlock, so that you could play it for a longer period of time.
We also nabbed Yoshi Topsy Turvy from Gamefly, and this one is pretty good as well. Again, it has the gyro-sensor but this time they were able to slim down the cartridge so that it is almost the same size as a normal GBA game. I really like the fact that Nintendo came up with a new idea for adding layers to the gameplay without having to create a new system for me to purchase. Now they can create a whole new type of gaming for all of their current franchises.