Wario Land 4

[wintry vessel]

Discussion for Wario Land 4!

[fierce rampart]

Now it can rest after this month. Stop nominating it

[little jackal]

We still have many others

[fierce rampart]

Yeah but at least we have another month after that safe. People don't usually go for another game in the same series right afterwards

[torpid bluff]

It'll be yoshi or donkey Kong next month

super princess peach

[simple kestrel]

Shantae will be the new Wario Land 4

[fierce rampart]

Maybe but it took from 2020 til now for it to be nominated again

[simple kestrel]

But now all the Shantae fans (me) have seen victory within grasp.

[little jackal]

Yeah it was close in October also

[plucky osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/amuro-ray-gundam-gif-11477025

[main moss]

Few levels in and this is very meh so far

[warped mountain]

Fullmetal died for this. I hope you guys are happy

[little jackal]

This game is great.

Hitting home runs was fun

Really like that they kept mini games in it

Smiles are free!!!

[little jackal]

Emerald passage done.

[final scarab]

Starting up myself. Seems pretty cool for a Pizza Tower clone.

[drowsy depot]

Finally I'll see what this is all about.

[primal cape]

I don’t remember if we need to always find all pieces for each level, or if it’s optional

[kind oar]

Have you ever played wario land on the virtual boy though

It's technically playable on a 3ds now

[warped mountain]

VB Wario is legit. I owned a VB back in the day. It was fun. Also had tennis for it. So yeah, I played more Wario

[dry anvil]

I've done emerald and saphire so far. Such a fun game! Each stage has its own theme song.

I'm going for gold medals and all gems

[warped mountain]

Emerald and Sapphire? Look, Pokemon lost. Deal with it

[dry anvil]

hahaha

apparently the saphire passage is the hardest, so maybe leave that for last

I didn't know that beforehand though xD But at least I know it's not going to get much more difficult

I'm about 6 hours in so far.

[slender bear]

Best baseball videogame ever made 🧄

[dry anvil]

is the baseball mini-game supposed to be played in tate mode? It kind of seems like it since the text is rotated

[slender bear]

just rotate your neck

[torpid bluff]

imagine trying to play a gba sp tate mode

[little jackal]

Made through stage one of sapphire.

Gaint ghost stealing keys

[dry anvil]

I didn't even notice it stole my key while playing and I was confused why the door was closed

[little jackal]

Yeah it was midly annoying. Got to the end with 10 seconds left. I think he stole my key 15 times. Lol

[charred slate]

This may be my favorite GBA game. I love everything about it, and I think it's the best WL game. So glad it won.

[little jackal]

It looks so good also. I still don't understand the hate for it.

[charred slate]

Yeah pixel art is incredible.

It's surprisingly deep too, if you want the golden crown in every level.

For instance: some enemies have different forms, and give more or less coins depending on their form. And you can make them switch forms with a ground pound.

If you want to know more, check a "score run" on youtube.

[little jackal]

I have noticed that.

[charred slate]

Between this and Warioware, Wario was so strong on the GBA. That was his golden age IMO.

[old parcel]

Considering whether to play this one on my RGB30 or my RP3+. I suppose my Steam Deck or on my PC is also an option, but yanno.

spirit of the server and all that (and I finally actually picked up some actual retro handhelds)

[little jackal]

I spent a half hour last night just hitting homeruns. I love the mini games also.

[dry anvil]

I'm playing it on the RG556. I tried it a bit on the RGB30, but it just looks so much better on the 556

[main moss]

Finished 3/4 sections. Hoping to maybe finish today

[primal cape]

I would play it on the

Funkey S

[little jackal]

Shoulder button are needed. I guess you could remap the shoulder to the face buttons if you wanted.

[polar hedge]

Emerald done

Ruby next

You know what... I thought it's gonna be bad, but I dig it

Now I don't feel so bad that Shantae lost to this

[final scarab]

There is a certain charm to Wario Land games and their carefully crafted trolling that is just designed to waste the player's time as much as possible.

[torpid bluff]

i remember wario land 4 being a little better about that cuz it has a health bar at least? but yeah wario land 2 and 3 are just like, u get punished for failure by wasting your time

[native harness]

I'm only starting the game now. The intro is fucking amazing

[fierce rampart]

I played the baseball game a lot on a v90

[native harness]

What am I supposed to do in this room?

[little jackal]

Drain the water first. Then throw the guy. After that rush to the bottom to him the time block to the left. It for a big diamond and not needed.

[native harness]

How do I drain the water?

Yeah I know that it will only give me a diamond but not knowing what the hell I am supposed to do here is messing with me a lot lol

[little jackal]

You have to hit one of the blocks on the left before throwing the guy I think.

[native harness]

Didn't get it.

Nevermind I finished the level already. Guess that I will never know lol

[little jackal]

YouTube is a thing

[native harness]

I know what I said

[lapis shuttle]

Playing this on a new 3DS XL is just

[cunning violet]

I'm going to torture myself for no good reason and play though this on the RG Nano. GBA is especially egregious on it!

[stoic rose]

Why, why would you do that!?

[little jackal]

I mean if you enjoy that

[cunning violet]

Mostly because it's always in my pocket. I don't see myself just sitting down and playing Wario, so bring able to bring it out whenever actually makes me more likely to finish it

[stoic rose]

I have a Nano, and it's fun and my daughter loves it, but MAN is it so tiny.

[lilac crystal]

Oh not that awful minigame from super Mario bros 3

[little jackal]

Is the sapphire passage the harder levels

Stugged that boss

[little jackal]

Ruby was super easy. Lol 😂

[polar hedge]

Ruby's easy huh? I'll take your word for it

[final scarab]

I had surprisingly hard time with the Emerald's boss. I could not consistently dodge ||the attack where they hit you with their leaves.||

[drowsy depot]

There's so much timed stuff in this game.

[dire sinew]

Do you mean there's "no" timed stuff in this game?

[drowsy depot]

Forgot a word. ^^;

[native harness]

Wario levels are funnier than Mario ones.

[lilac crystal]

Yeah it looks like there is the same gimmick as wario land shake it : after you complete a level you have a timer to go backwards

Not a fan of this timer thing

Liked much more the formula of wario land 1

[torpid bluff]

wario land 1 is just "what if mario but slower"

[lilac crystal]

Lol totally disagree.

So many things are different : tackles enemies instead of jumping on them. Power ups are totally different. The treasure hunt is very unique . The money takes much more importance as it is not just about getting a 1up. Boss fights are very different also.

[slender bear]

not disagreeing, just found that one funny

[lilac crystal]

I think it’s a game changer .

Only similarity with Mario that I can think of is that it’s both platformers. And some enemies in wario land look like gumbas

[drowsy depot]

It meets my humour and once you get the flow it feels good. You can jump on AND tackle enemies. Plain awesome.

[dry anvil]

Finished. Was awesome, I'll definitely try the other games out. Eventually.

[main moss]

Just finished up. I didn’t get the hype. Thought it was just kind of okay

[dry anvil]

I liked how varied it was. Each stage felt unique, had its own theme and song

[main moss]

It was varied, but I don’t know, just felt almost a little boring to me. I liked 3 a lot more I think

[native harness]

The songs in the game are absolute bangers

[polar hedge]

Pinball zone is dope!

Ruby's done

Topaz next. Anything I should know?

[vital wharf]

I had played all the wario lands except this one and shake it already. Enjoyed them all, but this one isn't doing it for me. The timer is lame. If it was just a platformer that would be one thing, but they fill the levels with puzzles and mandatory collectables and then rush you through them. Realizing I missed a piece last night was enough to make me groan and turn it off. These levels aren't good enough for me to want to replay them.

Music has been awesome though. Couldn't believe palm tree paradise bgm had a voice track. GBA sound hardware might have been lacking, but some folks figured out how to get the most out of it.

[little jackal]

The timers are so long. Plus there is always short cuts. But to each their own.

[drowsy depot]

Even the 50 minute timer in Monster Hunter stressed me out for ages, while a hunt takes about ten two twenty minutes. The simple fact that it's there.

[rigid bear]

excited for this one

[little jackal]

How do you do with the timers in Mario games?

[vital wharf]

I'm nearly done, and truthfully the timer was only an issue in one level where I couldn't find the last piece, but now every time it gets triggered and I haven't collected everything I groan and get nervous that I'll need to replay the level.

[drowsy depot]

They are what keeps me from playing Mario games. And the physics.
I prefer Kirby. And I avoid timed mini games.

[fierce rampart]

You play it for baseball let’s be honest

[lilac crystal]

In that case don’t play shake it . It’s the exact same concept .

[lilac crystal]

Some fights are longer , especially if you solo : I remember capturing that poison rathian with only 7 seconds left . Most stressful video game experience ever but also most memorable !

[lilac crystal]

On Shake it the timer is really hard to beat sometimes

[drowsy depot]

Skill issue. °L°
Jk, Raths are assholes.

Wario Land reminds me of Starfy, for some reason. My brain draws weird connections sometimes.

[fierce rampart]

I can see that. Had similar thoughts

Wario is more fun for me at least

[little jackal]

We need another Monster hunter event here.

The first psp game was just too bad. I think rapid put a lot of work into it. With not a lot of participation.

[drowsy depot]

P3rd, please. Runs on low end devices and is way better than 2nd gen.
Swaxe ftw.

[lilac crystal]

Well I actually had the same exact thought . So far I prefer Starfy though

[little jackal]

The colorfulness and art is similar

[fierce rampart]

And the protag is yellow in both

[dire sinew]

Wow, 3 people have already completed this game. 😲

[vocal blaze]

It's not that long, especially if you've played it before.

[dry anvil]

I’m in holiday until end of next week so I can game all day like a kid

[dire sinew]

Awesome 🙂

[lilac crystal]

You completed ocarina of time faster than that

[dire sinew]

Yeah but I started on it a couple of days before we were supposed to.

So it ended up taking me like 4-5 days iirc.

[cedar onyx]

I'm enjoying Wario Land 4 a lot more than I thought I would, but holy heck no one told me that some of the enemy designs in this game are utterly terrifying. This is really the stuff of nightmares and I'm kinda glad I never played Wario Land 4 as a kid, since I'm pretty sure it would have traumatized me XD

[dire sinew]

lol

Yeah, it looks like a cool game.

[vocal blaze]

Wow, The Toxic Landfill's level theme feels like you could port it to Pizza Tower will few changes and it'd fit right in lol.

[cedar onyx]

Whew! Finished ¼ of the pyramid tonight (I did the emerald passage first) and I'm gonna call it a night with that. I'm not sure if there's a particular order it's best to do the passages in since I'm not using a guide, but the emerald passage boss was a toughie and took me a good 6 or 7 tries to beat!

[fierce rampart]

Emerald was probably the easiest so far level wise

I’m 3/4 right now

Pinball level was kinda disappointing. Was expecting sonic stuff but needed up just throwing balls everywhere

[cedar onyx]

Oh boy, I'm in for a real challenge then cause I died a bunch of times just trying to get through emerald XD

[vocal blaze]

I did the Emerald and half of Ruby tonight, gonna hit the hay soon.

iirc, going counter clockwise starting with Emerald is the most normal difficulty curve.

Been a long time since I've played WL4 though, so I might be wrong.

[cedar onyx]

As far as passage difficulty goes, StrategyWiki says ||Emerald is the easiest, Topaz is the second easiest, Sapphire is harder, and Ruby is the hardest||

https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Wario_Land_4/Walkthrough

I also just learned that each boss is weak to one particular item from the shop and will be dealt critical damage by it, so if a particular boss is giving you trouble it may be worth a peek at the guide to find out which item they're weak to ^_^

[fierce rampart]

But…. I would have to get mini game medals for that

[cedar onyx]

Well, the game doesn't give you anything else to do with your money as far as I can tell so you might as well XD

[fossil coral]

[restive wind]

But then I have less money....

[stuck saddle]

Is there any way to re-fight bosses after you've beaten them without having to re-start story mode?

[dry anvil]

they respawn after you finish the game. But after you beat them after the you beat the game, they don't respawn (probably until you beat the finall boss again? though I'm not sure)

[polar hedge]

Domino level is fun but a bit annoying

Gotta go fast like Sonic

[polar hedge]

One more... Sapphire

[little jackal]

I did sapphire first. others have been kind of easy so far.

[fierce rampart]

Steady progress

[charred slate]

New run: done. Still a masterpiece.

[dire sinew]

Congrats 🎉🥳

As for me, I just started. I didn't really feel like playing anything in particular so I figured that I might as well give Wario Land 4 a try.

[cedar onyx]

I got a couple more levels in Wario Land 4 done tonight, though I ended up getting distracted and spending 3 hours playing Tomb Raider II lol I'll keep chipping away at Wario Land 4 a little every day though and I'm sure I'll finish it by the end of the month ^_^

[dire sinew]

Apparently it's a fairly short game too.

[dire sinew]

What level are you on in Tomb Raider 2?

[vocal blaze]

I'm about 3/4th of the way through Wario Land 4. Just need to beat the last Topaz level and boss, and then lastly the Sapphire route.

[slender bear]

I might get distracted and just play homerun

back in the day my record was about 200, now i just do 15 and get tricked by the pausing balls

[lilac crystal]

Why did the price go up to 2000???

[little jackal]

Home run mini game is so good

[fierce rampart]

Game was just the right length

Great gba game with bite sized levels as handheld games should be

One of my main complaints would be just lack of indication on which enemies cause transformation

[native harness]

That might be due to the input delay that this handhelds have

[slender bear]

It assumes familiarity with series on that. Many transformations return from 2 and 3

[dire sinew]

That's what it started at. I went into the mini-game shop or whatever as soon as it became available.

[cedar onyx]

Am I the only person who turns the system on it's side when playing Home Run Derby or are other folks doing that too? XD

[stuck saddle]

Definitely did this - hilariously large on the Odin

(I’m still bad at it)

[little jackal]

Pyramid open

[stuck saddle]

Just finished - game was pretty good

[dire sinew]

Congrats! 🎉🥳

[lilac crystal]

Weird I was sure it was 500

[little jackal]

More paper, more paper, more paper

[polar hedge]

Love it so far. Sapphire isn't that hard

[little jackal]

Love this game. Was very fun. Glad it finally won. That GBA sprite work is so good. Also || where is all you can eat steak?||

[stuck saddle]

The art is this game was phenomenal

and I really enjoyed the soundtrack - like, a surprising amount for a GBA game

don't hear vocals every day in these games

[cedar onyx]

Whelp, it took me one hour and 7 minutes but I finally collected all the jewel pieces in Domino Row. I need a cigarette, and I am never going to play that level again XD

[dry anvil]

Now get the gold crown.

[final scarab]

Topaz has been an uphill climb after the breeze of Ruby. Hopefully Sapphire isn't too sadistic.

[polar hedge]

Done! See ya in the next game. Reaver next!

[prime hemlock]

I'm digging this so far. The levels feel like a good balance between puzzles and action. The soundtrack is also good and weird

The mini games are a fun way to break up the pacing too.

[final scarab]

Oh I can play the minigames to make the bosses easier.

Seems reasonable

[native harness]

I suck at those minigames. The best I can get In the homerun is 8

[stuck saddle]

This is an excellent score compared to my 5

[little jackal]

I got to like 16 home runs. The jumping game was easier.

[lilac crystal]

Both are similar for me . The worst by far is the third one . Nice that I have the choice not to play it though

[restive wind]

Oh boy this last boss

[prime hemlock]

I like that all his clothes blast off when he does a long distance ground pound

[little jackal]

It was my favorite one

[slender bear]

This is as good as ever

[native harness]

Emerald level almost done. The boss is giving me a hard time

[lilac crystal]

I’m surprised with how much everyone loves this game . It’s good but nothing really special for me

(So far)

[restive wind]

i'm trying to think of similar titles and I'm coming up pretty blank, what does it remaind you of?

[torpid bluff]

it's a blatant pizza tower clone

[lilac crystal]

Wario land shake it lol

I don’t mean that it’s not original or anything just that playing it doesn’t feel special

[restive wind]

i have zero idea what you mean

[little jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/friends-joey-tribbiani-matt-le-blanc-im-so-confused-confused-gif-4572653

[lilac crystal]

I’ll rephrase : feels boring even though there are clever ideas

Not having fun

If that’s more clear

[slender bear]

He said it wasn't special, you asked him what it reminded him of, implying that he'd have played similar games before that made WL4 less special for the similarity. Then he said the sentiment wasn't based on other games

You asked the question, so I'm confused by your confusion

Also confused by this (misguided) notion than WL4 isn't a banger

[vocal blaze]

WL4 is the third best Wario Land game.

[restive wind]

That's much clearer, thank you

[little jackal]

The sprite work and music alone, make it great. Most levels can be beat in less than 10 mins. Never out staying their welcomes. Mini games are bangers. Tight controls. Never felt like I died for bad game design. Game is short enough to be beat in a week. I just don't understand what's not to like?

[vocal blaze]

I think my only real complaint with WL4, and obviously it isn't an objective fault, is that I dislike when 2-3 gem shards are after you activate the timer. Makes me feel like I'm missing something when I find the frog statue and my pause menu is basically empty lol.

[little jackal]

Mixes up the game enough to keep from the stale loop of most platforming games.

[slender bear]

Bold claim

I'd hear 3 above, maybe, though 4 is my favorite

But what other one would you say is better

It goes 4 > VB > 3 > 1 > 2 for me

[vocal blaze]

Wario Land 1 and VB Wario Land

[slender bear]

Haven't tried shake it

[vocal blaze]

3 and 2 are genuinely my least favorite lol. But then I also haven't replayed them in forever.

I'm just not as into straight puzzle focus those two are.

[torpid bluff]

havent played vb or shake it yet and ill see how i feel about 4 when i replay it but i think 4 > 2 > 3 >1

[little jackal]

4,2,3,1 would be my ranks also

[lilac crystal]

First mini games are far from banger . They are ok lol. But I think what makes it boring to me is the level design . It’s true that it doesn’t make you die unexpectedly but that also means that everything is so predictable . It’s always just find which blocks are breakable , break them, repeat .

[lilac crystal]

Yeah wario land 1 is a banger . That’s the main reason I am disappointed with 4 I think

[dire sinew]

I'm not really feeling Wario Land 4 either.

[prisma bridge]

it's not super fun, but I think I like it more than the other that was in GOTM, where you needed to play the same stage multiple times

[prime hemlock]

I'm glad I didn't play the others. I had Wario Land 1 as a kid and played the heck out of it. It's fun to see the final iteration on the GBA

(this is the last one, right?)

I'm still not a platformer fan but the music, art, and quick levels keep this fun in small bursts for me

[torpid bluff]

nah Shake It on wii was the last one

[prime hemlock]

There's not a map is there? There are a few stages where it would be nice to have a map

[slender bear]

What are your favorite transformations ?

Mine's the balloon. The sprite with Wario grabbing his cheeks is amazing

[fierce rampart]

Fire. That blob at the end

https://tenor.com/view/wario-nintendo-gba-falling-wario-land-gif-17142559

[little jackal]

I liked the bat one.

[native harness]

The goop zombie in the Cractus is the best for me so far

[rigid bear]

Im enjoying this more than I thought considering I hated Pizza tower and have intense nostalgia bias for Wario Land 1 over warioland 2 and 3

[fierce rampart]

Yeah pizza tower didn’t click for me at all

[rigid bear]

I like everything BEFORE the escape portions of levels

But this feels better designed on the escapes.

So its not as aggravating and you have more time to enjoy the level still usually

[main moss]

I was so excited to try pizza tower, but it was a really quick refund

[torpid bluff]

https://tenor.com/view/peppino-pizza-tower-pizza-tower-dev-pizza-tower-game-pizza-gif-27476123

(i havent actually played pizza tower)

[dire sinew]

I think I'm just bad at the Wario Land games, either way I really hate Windflower Fields. Seriously irritating level mechanics.

[novel epoch]

Just started. Is…is this game amazing? I never played it in the initial run or knew much about it, but the art and level design are really really fun.

[viscid folio]

I've liked the game well enough so far. I'm bad about missing something and having to run the levels twice

It's no Kirby's Dreamland 2

[vocal blaze]

My biggest complaint of the game is when I get to the frog statue and have only one or two gem shards.

Really makes me think I'm missing something.

Most of the time, no I wasn't, they were just shoved into the escape sequence.

I only had to replay I think three stages overall.

Of course one of them was the domino level.

[simple kestrel]

Do you need all the gem shards to progress? Or is it just a 100% thing?

[vocal blaze]

You need all the gems of a given area to face the boss of said area.

[little jackal]

Only thing you don't need is the CD

[final scarab]

If you buy something from the shop and die to the boss, do you lose that item and have to buy it again?

[vocal blaze]

iirc yes?

But the game saves every time you exit a level, so you can just restart the game and end up right before the boss

[final scarab]

Right on, thanks 👍

Heading up to the final boss, hopefully I'll make it tonight.

[final scarab]

Final boss took couple tries.

Really solid game.

[old parcel]

Stupid question time: what system y'all playin' this on

[simple kestrel]

a gba sp 😛

[lilac crystal]

Miyoo mini

[final scarab]

Started on Micro but it's just not too ideal for platformers so I eventually switched to RP3+.

[dire sinew]

Analogue Pocket + dock. 🙂

[west saddle]

gonna get started on this soon

so disappointed I can't get the rumble patch working on retroarch on my RP4P

[slender bear]

which emu are you using ? mgba ?

[viscid folio]

35xxh

[west saddle]

retroarch with mgba core yeah

or at least I think so, now I'm unsure LOL

[slender bear]

Krabby posted about a romhack that i'm going to play straight after : #875000589849866240 message

It seems it wasn't talked about here so reposting

[west saddle]

launcher is def. retroarch mgba

I use Daijisho

[slender bear]

you might need to turn on rumble in retroarch

[old parcel]

I'm considering doing it on my RP3+ because of aspect ratio stuff. The RGB30 screen is better than 3.5" screens in general, but the RP3+ does seem like it'd be better for the 3:2 aspect ratio

[slender bear]

have to check it

i usually use Pizza Boy for GBA and the rumble works for sure

[old parcel]

I might also do Soul Reaver on it because it seems like the RGB30 is not ideal for Dreamcast

[slender bear]

but i don't have that rumble romhack on me. Will try over the weekend

which starts tonight in France

[old parcel]

And from all I'm hearing, the DC version is a massive upgrade

[west saddle]

I will gladly check this out, I appreciat eit

I miss my Apotris rumble too 😭

[native harness]

I miss a good rumble

My 505 went crazy for the past months or so. If I turn on rumble and run a game that utilizes it, it starts rumbling and only stops when I try to shutdown the handheld

[lilac crystal]

Are you always supposed to have the key before activating the timeout ?

[native harness]

Nope

[lilac crystal]

Thanks !

[dire sinew]

^_^

[vocal blaze]

I played it on my Retroid Pocket 2s.

[west saddle]

Pizza Boy Pro isn't giving me rumble either, unless I have to get the one that has the patch fix for Jungle Rumble

or I guess I could throw it on my MM+ instead, even though I don't want to because I have a Pawgrip and it covers the SD card slot

[torpid bluff]

im gonna play this on my pocketgo s30

[little jackal]

The A30 before the A30

[prime hemlock]

Miyoo mini but it's cramping my hands a bit. It's also the main excuse I used to order a 28xx

[placid moth]

Can someone explain to me the purpose of the mini games. Do I need to play them?

[prime hemlock]

You get coins that you can then buy items that you use to weaken the boss

[placid moth]

Thanks. Glad I can skip them.

[dire sinew]

Why? Two of the mini-games are surprisingly fun. c:

[placid moth]

You and I must have very different ideas of fun

“Occasionally hit a” isn’t fun to me

[fierce rampart]

This guy doesn’t Pokémon

Occasionally hit a is the basis of jrpgs

[lilac crystal]

If the piece that I missed is the upper right one , does it mean that I missed the first one of the level ?

[placid moth]

I definitely do not Pokémon

[placid moth]

But you also hit other buttons, no?

[little jackal]

Most games are just occasionally hit A

[placid moth]

Mario is hold b hit a

Sonic is hit a, b, or c

Master system and turbografx 16 didn’t even have a buttons

Sony, no a

[lilac crystal]

I tested it in two levels and yeah the jewel pieces appear in the level in clockwise order starting from upper right .

Pinball level was nice (even though it doesn’t have anything to do with pinball)

[dire sinew]

Idk, each time I've tried this game it's never clicked with me.

Does this game auto save?

(GBA EverDrive Mini doesn't have save states.)

[final scarab]

Yes, it saves every time you return from the level to the corridor.

[dire sinew]

Alrighty

[dire sinew]

This corridor?

[final scarab]

Yeup, that's the one

[native harness]

That stupid level took me ages to complete

[dire sinew]

Then I guess it's a good thing that I decided to take a break and play something else for a bit before I get some sleep.

[daring spire]

I don’t love this one either (some combination of the vibe and exploration plus puzzles, and not knowing which enemies hurt and which I need to let hit me), but i think im gonna power through to keep the streak alive. I got to monsoon jungle last night and gave up on finding the fourth gem piece after three runs through the level. I looked it up afterward and facepalmed.

[crude terrace]

Haha I'm in the same boat as you. One more month to get a 12 month streak and I'm not really enjoying any of the games

[daring spire]

My streak is just over 2 years and I think this is the first time there hasn't been either a game I wanted to finish or a game that was short enough that it didn't bother me that I didn't want to finish.

[novel epoch]

Some straight up nonsense in the baseball mini game

[simple kestrel]

first 6 homeruns: this is easy, why are people complaining
next 3 pitches: oh

[vocal blaze]

Yeah it only gets more brutal from there. I think my life time record, back when I was a kid that'd play all the time, was 21 homeruns?

[crude terrace]

Yakuza style

[rotund citrus]

Yakuza has not been a GotX game. Nominate it if you want to see it win!

[crude terrace]

I do want to see it win

[rotund citrus]

yakuza 0 has not been a GotX game. Nominate it if you want to see it win!

[crude terrace]

Noo I can't play that scarz

[west saddle]

oh right, retro

but its the best one 😭

[torpid bluff]

the psp spinoff is translated now we should play that

[crude terrace]

I'm in

Didn't know there was one on the psp

[torpid bluff]

its a spinoff codeveloped by the company that made the def jam games and a bunch of n64 wrestling games, plays more like those from what ive seen

but in the yakuza universe

[vocal blaze]

Aren't there two Yakuza spin-off games on PSP?

[torpid bluff]

yeah the second one is a direct sequel tho, they're both very similar

[crude terrace]

Actually from what I remember of n64 wrestling games that sounds like the perfect developer

[torpid bluff]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syn_Sophia yeah its this dev. went from wrestling games to fashion games lmao

[crude terrace]

20 home runs

And yeah what were those pitches

[vocal blaze]

It's nuts

[crude terrace]

I like games where you get to play mini games between levels

Kid Dracula is good for that

Time to unicycle

[prime hemlock]

I'm really digging how the level-specific mechanics keep this feeling fresh. The ||pinball|| level is cool

[fair geode]

longplay vs me: what am I doing wrong??? (skip the part when I don't throw him in on first try, just how it worked out for the recording, had number of tries where i did it exactly as on longplay and nothing)

[warped mountain]

Is Tetris menu?

[vocal blaze]

You slid/bounced him off that block, so instead of being "thrown" which'll activate the blocks, he's just "falling" and gently lands on the bottom.

[fair geode]

So it didn't triggered, cause it touched the block?

how do I uninstall this

I'm done

[vocal blaze]

This part yeah

[fair geode]

https://tenor.com/view/pray-oh-god-patience-stressed-annoyed-gif-5382468

[vocal blaze]

You can do a high throw in the air by just holding up then throwing while jumping.

[native harness]

I didn't get it either. I ended up giving up on that

[crude terrace]

Soooo what do I need to collect to get the credits?

The triangles?

Do I just need to get through the levels?

[dry anvil]

you need all the gems to unlock the boss door and you need the key to go to the next level. I think the only optional thing are the CDs

[crude terrace]

Alright

I think I'm betting on this one being the most completable

Not these gems though

[dry anvil]

no, not those. The 4 gem pieces which form a big thing

[crude terrace]

Yup, ok

[lilac crystal]

Took me 10 attempts to beat teddy bear but I had a blast every time . Best segment of the game so far

[west saddle]

Illusion of Gaia is done so now it is time for me to https://youtu.be/5-uwsd2qGVY

[crude terrace]

Is waluigi in project m or not

Ok I guess he's in a mod... Of the mod

[primal cape]

Ok

How the f*** do I beat the mouse with the teddy bear man

I keep deflating and he keeps inflating it

[fierce rampart]

Aim for the head with a dash jump after you deflate

[primal cape]

Yeah but sometimes when I tried to dash to rotate the bear , his legs turn colorful and he doesn’t rotate

[lilac crystal]

It has to be really quick

Just when he goes down

[primal cape]

Oh ok as soon as he’s deflating

[fierce rampart]

Yeah it’s ||pins, hit the flashing, hit the mouse||

[old parcel]

This game looks fine on my RGB30, despite the chunky bezels (adding a bezel overlay helps). Looks fine on the RP3+. Looks delightful on the Steam Deck.

Steam Deck aspect ratio is damn near perfect for it (runs at 15:10 out of 16:10).

I slapped the LCD3X filter over it but I'm not sure I like it. It looks quite pretty even without a shader

[old parcel]

What are the things you buy from the shops about?

[cedar onyx]

They do damage to the bosses, but each boss is weak to a particular item that if used will reduce their health to just 2 bars remaining before the boss fight even starts ^_^

[old parcel]

Oh. Are they single-use?

[cedar onyx]

Yep!

[old parcel]

I see. So I don't need to concern myself with them unless I'm having boss troubles?

[cedar onyx]

As soon as you buy an item the shopkeeper takes you into the boss room and uses the item on the boss, then the fight starts.

[old parcel]

Oh, OK then

Also, does the game only have these four little passages in it?

[cedar onyx]

Indeed. I found a couple of the boss fights really difficult and needed to use an item on them to beat them, but some of the other bosses I made it through just fine without items.

[old parcel]

got it, thanks

[cedar onyx]

||There's one final passage that unlocks after you complete the 4 available to you from the start.||

[old parcel]

OK

[crude terrace]

I like these minigames . I wish the whole game was just these minigames. What if there was a game like that

[vocal blaze]

A shame that will never exist. Now be quiet and let me enjoy Wario Land 8 on my Game Man XXXL

[crude terrace]

I weep

[torpid bluff]

a wario game that's just minigames? no way, it can't be done

[west saddle]

this game makes me wonder if I should get around to playing Wario World

as well as seeing how it plays on the RP4P

[torpid bluff]

wario world is not very much like the wario land games at all tbh but it is a good game

its much more an action game tho

i think its a great emulator game tho. biggest knock against it was its pretty short and not very replayable for a full-priced console game but in the context of today that means its a breezy playthrough that doesnt outstay its welcome lol

[slender bear]

I should get to it. Shake it too

And maaaaybe master of disguise

[torpid bluff]

u dont need to play master of disguise lol

[warm linden]

Just finished Wario Land 4. Honestly was pretty fun. I like how they made enemies and hazards 'transform' you to access new areas and secrets. Was a good game.

[vocal blaze]

Then you'd probably like Wario Land 2 and 3, they take the gimmick much further than Wario Land 4 does imo. Granted I think Wario Land 4 is better for that.

But I'm more in the platformer/action camp for Wario Land than the puzzle camp. Hence why WL 1, VB, and 4 are my favorites.

That reminds me, I should probably go buy Wario Land Shake It.

[fair geode]

I don't like the minigames at all

But they aren't compulsory, so we're good

And I think if you don't skip gold on purpose in levels, you still get enough to at least get couple easy coins from mini games, to weaken a boss a little, through the cheaper items, so I think it's pretty great system, you can save for when boss is giving you a hard time etc

[warm linden]

I kept using rewind to get enough coins for a 10 coin item in the hopping mini game twice.

[warm linden]

I have been wanting to check those out. Whats your opinion on the DS Game Master Of Disguise?

[vocal blaze]

I have not played it, and I've heard nothing but bad things about it from friends and family lol.

[lilac crystal]

I really don’t recommend that one .

timed escape gimmick goes wrong lol

And the shake controller gimmick is awful .

To find the treasure you have to shake it everywhere mindlessly

[torpid bluff]

its not awful its just incredibly mid. just boring to play

[vocal blaze]

tbf, I'd be playing on my Odin 2, I'll bind shake to a button like I did DKC returns.

[warm linden]

Just add turbo to it so you can just hold it.

[warm linden]

Ahh this is basically what I have heard also

[viscid folio]

It's Wariover

[lilac crystal]

Still won’t have much fun . You’ll have to just press that button randomly in hope to make a treasure appear

[old parcel]

complete and total aside but tfw you can sell a Game Boy but if you named it the Game Girl sales would go in the toilet

[old parcel]

also the music in this game is Something Else

they really leaned into the theme of Wario games being weird

[vocal blaze]

Palmtree Panic is still a classic

[stoic rose]

The Junk Yard or whatever level had some fun music.

[vocal blaze]

I think the big thing that keeps Palmtree Panic iconic to WL4 to me is that it's likely one of the first 'real' levels someone would play.

[rigid bear]

I’m enjoying my time with it. I like the level designs and the Wario Transformations are not as “constantly happening” like in 3.

But I might be Biased becauses its the only gaming Im getting done when my newborn falls asleep in my arms and can play this without moving too much

[stoic rose]

I 100% WL3, and this one is better imo. Enjoying the ride.

Newborn gaming is kinda fun. Also kinda non-productive, but still fun!

[rigid bear]

Haha. I know that feeling.

[simple kestrel]

40 below fridge is so confusing lol

[fierce rampart]

Yeah I didn’t realize you could climb and it took me a while backtracking until then

[crude terrace]

Haunted hotel rocks

There's a MAP

[crude terrace]

Ooh I get to say it - enjoy it, they grow up so fast

[plucky osprey]

Think I'm going to run this on the 35XXH

Inb4 XXSP shows up tomorrow and ruins that plan

[lilac crystal]

Yeah it’s sometimes hard to distinguish usable things from the background in this game .

[lilac crystal]

I didn’t notice there is a map but it doesn’t seem useful . That level might be the most straightforward of the whole game imo. One of the easiest also .

Fun level notheless

[crude terrace]

Yeah I'm currently being browbeaten by the lava caverns which coincidentally have no map

Well, I'm enjoying the game more than I thought I would

Wario was right

[warm linden]

That I think was the hardest level for me. Also one of the esrliest ones i did.

[crude terrace]

Everything kills you in that level

[slender bear]

Done with my run, a banger always and forever. You can really see why @last eagle called it better than Chrono Trigger

[last eagle]

the only good wario game is wario blast featuring bomberman, and it's not good because of wario

[slender bear]

funny, i'd say the only good bomberman man is wario blast

[lilac crystal]

Oh you know about that one ? Yeah that’s a gem

What ending did you all get ? I got the all you can eat steaks (wish this existed in real life )

[last eagle]

It’s a gameboy staple

[placid moth]

Clearly you’ve only played one Bomberman game

[crude terrace]

Didn't Saturn Bomberman support like 30 players or something crazy

I bet that one was good

I like how wario just says "oh boy" when he falls in a PIT OF LAVA

what a chad

[lilac crystal]

And why does he say hell yeah when he gets hit ?

[simple kestrel]

Wario’s got some kinks

[crude terrace]

Man I always forget wario can roll off of inclines

I need to get it tattooed on my hand

[old parcel]

This game is just so un-Mario that it's weird to imagine Nintendo making it

But I do see some Yoshi's Island influence in the art style, just with a slightly more Ren & Stimpy edge to it

[crude terrace]

Yeah a lot of creativity in this game

Zombie wario is gross as heck

I like how they warp the music when you transform too

And there's one background in one of the levels that reminds me of that scene in Akira where the giant teddy bear comes to life, although I'm sure that wasn't a direct inspiration

Oh wario roulette makes me feel a variety of emotions

[old parcel]

I never played the Wario games growing up, so this is a big change of pace from the Mariopilled platformers I'm used to

[slender bear]

And that was one too many

[tacit river]

Playing it and enjoy it so far wario. Is this where we chat about the gotm?

Or is it under the ofher channel

[slender bear]

It's here

[slender bear]

Okay I know I'm supposed to move on to Soul Reaver but I tried the Parallel World romhack real quick and the beginning is very promising. Really nice twists staying in the spirit of the original level design, spicier bosses

If you liked WL4 it's an easy recommendation

[slender bear]

Haven't managed to get it working either

[crude terrace]

Oh my God I hate the toxic landfill

Bad gimmick

[prime hemlock]

I appreciate they don't make you recollect everything if you miss a jewel piece

[crude terrace]

Yeah it's pretty nice

Overall this seems like the perfect game to play and enjoy casually over the course of, say, a month

[crude terrace]

Wow 40 degree fridge IS confusing

||it's a loop|| right?

[prime hemlock]

It is yeah. That's one of the ones I've had to go through twice

[crude terrace]

Took me way too long to figure that out 😔

[kind oar]

I am having a lot of fun with the game but some of these bossfights are... bad

I am at the third boss and they managed to yet again make the head the weak spot, despite an additional gimmick

[torpid bluff]

I swear nobody at all of Nintendo knows how to make good bosses lol

[lilac crystal]

The third boss being the teddy bear ? That was my favourite

[slender bear]

Numbering the bosses doesn't really work when you can play in any order

[prime hemlock]

I enjoyed the ||condor|| boss. It also had the head as a weak point but I felt like its form change really switched up the fight

[placid moth]

I’m so confused about the big board

Oh, ||goal|| is ||all the way at the end||

[crude terrace]

Big board was a lot of fun

[warped mountain]

Started this up. Seems like a very quick romp. Pretty sure I had this when I was a kid, but I don't remember beating it. I like the formula they introduced with this game. I remember Shake It on the Wii follows it as well, and that game also has a similar premium feeling to it like this one. Wario feels like Nintendo's love child. Like Miyamoto just gave him to devs and said, "Go wild"

[fair geode]

The amount of creativity in this game is insane. So many cool ideas. I still prefer WL3, that metroidvania elements push it an extra mile for me, but this is also great game

[prime hemlock]

Just finished this. Really neat game

I was not keen on trying three when it was nominated but maybe I'll go back

[crude terrace]

Wario land 3 is a metroidvania? What have I been missing

[fair geode]

It's not really, it still has levels, but you unlock abilities and then you have to revisit levels and unlock previously unavailable parts.

[crude terrace]

Too bad, I was hoping for a legit Wetroidvania

Well regardless this game has got me reconsidering the whole series

[fair geode]

Playing this makes me wish Nintendo released another wario land game on switch instead of dumb wario ware

[slender bear]

Wario Ware fucking rocks

[plucky osprey]

I am not feeling this one

[vocal blaze]

rip

[warped mountain]

I finished emerald world. That plant boss was annoying. Especially when he got low health and kept knocking me off the ladder

[slender bear]

Yeah I can imagine how a skill issue like that could be annoying

Just barely

[stoic rose]

The Condor was the worst because ||I couldn't initially keep up with all the chicks in the second half of the battle.||

[lilac crystal]

It was the same for me but I ended up enjoying it . Wish the same happens to you

[stoic rose]

Zu's just upset were not playing FE Path of Radiance. Which,

[simple kestrel]

personally, this is the only gotm that has kept my attention

[stoic rose]

It's been my favorite so far, and I can't see Kain usurping it

[vocal blaze]

WL4 has easily been my favorite of the three. Granted, I knew that going in lol. Illusion of Gaia actually surprised me with how annoyed I was with it a decent amount of the time.

And I just started Soul Reaver. Already swapped to the Dreamcast version, and didn't even get past the tutorial

[stoic rose]

Yeah, I also expected to like Illusion more. Like, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't even as good as Terranigma and certainly wasn't better than WL4.

[vocal blaze]

Makes me almost scared to replay Terranigma lol I loved that game, but I also thought I'd like Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia. I couldn't even finish Soul Blazer

[primal cape]

I couldn’t get into illusion of Gaia sadly

And couldn’t even pass the tutorial of soul reaver

I’ll finish warioland 4 today and probably do the games of the week, and continue onto rogue galaxy

[plucky osprey]

no, this just doesn't spark joy

[plucky osprey]

switched to 35xx and now I like it

good job brain

[old parcel]

all right fuck the toy boss this is incredibly tedious

[crude terrace]

I don't like any of the bosses

Combat isn't really a strength of this game

They should just surrender with a funny obsequious animation

[crude terrace]

Woo got the last sapphire piece in fiery cavern

Whoa can catbat even hurt you

[fair geode]

Ok, I no longer think WL3 > WL4. I love them equally.

[lilac crystal]

No I think that one is mostly a time race

[crude terrace]

Ah. That's what the plant boss ended up being too. Gotta admit that one was a nailbiter

[simple kestrel]

In domino row, if you miss a switch is there anyway to recover or is it just reset the level?

[old parcel]

I didn't find a way to reset switches

[stoic rose]

I assume leaving the room and re-entering would reset it, but I honestly used save states for that part.

[slender bear]

Also missing the switches doesn't lock you out of anything

You're never locked out of completing the level

Every cadrant piece is always possible to get to from anywhere else in the level, before and after you press the frog switch

[rich reef]

Frig it, let's give this a good go. Onto topaz bit but it's a slog as I'm not a fan of puzzle games. Good for the cheevos though

[warped mountain]

Sapphire boss was much easier than emerald. Level design pretty legit too. Most records are like stupid hidden or something. Only found like 2/8 I think

Sometimes I see a mini block and am not sure how to destroy it

[rich reef]

The 🌵 took me ages

[tacit river]

How do ppl have the rh icon on their screenshot completion

[stoic rose]

#gotx-announcements message

Also @crude terrace

[crude terrace]

Oh neat, thank you for the tag

[warped mountain]

Topaz records were so much easier to find than emerald or sapphire

Just Ruby left to go! This game goes by fast

[old parcel]

Final boss.

rubs her temples.

||the fucking hammer||

[rich reef]

Hated that final boss. Just finished it an hour or so ago. Wasn't fussed on this but something new for the winter I guess

[old parcel]

You got any idea what to do ||with that hammer||?

[rich reef]

Don't know how you do spoilers but you throw it up and let it hit you. Turn into springy and bounce up into face of the boss

[old parcel]

Wow I feel stupid. But to do spoilers, you use the vertical bar on your backslash key (shift+backslash)

[rich reef]

Don't have shift on phone

[old parcel]

Then it'll be a vertical bar character somewhere in your special keys.

I'd spoiler what you did as quickly as you can. You're going to use two vertical bars on each end of the text you're trying to spoiler.

[rich reef]

||ah this boyo||

[old parcel]

Correct.

[rich reef]

Go finish the game now

[placid moth]

I did the first pyramid level and totally forgot to get the key

[old parcel]

So I've noticed there seem to be two different versions people are playing?

As differentiated by the screenshots people are posting for completion

||In some of them, the lady has short hair. In some of them, she has long hair.||

[vocal blaze]

Different ||endings||

[old parcel]

Oh shit.

[vocal blaze]

It's a ||Wario Land staple||.

[old parcel]

||oh hey the game considers the more mature woman to be the better outcome. I approve||

||Wario could stand to be more accepting of the woman who's actually in his league tho||

[stoic rose]

Actually ||the teenie Queenie is best ending, followed by mature, followed by a female Wario, followed by a little brat child||

His face ||when it's female him is great||

[warped mountain]

Short hair seems to be true ending. Long hair is you didn't get all the treasures

[lilac crystal]

Wasn’t there also a difference in the last screen ? I got a 10 $ bill with all you can eat steak . I was guessing the most treasures you get the better the payoff would be

[stoic rose]

As you beat the bosses of each level, if you do it quick enough the three "treasures" in the background move to the pyramid. If you don't get at least 11 or 12 treasures, you don't get the young princess. The less treasures you get, the "uglier" the princess gets.

[lilac crystal]

I’ll have to load my save to know which ending I got

[placid moth]

According to https://www.vgmuseum.com/end/gba/a/wl4.htm you need all 12 for the best one

[stoic rose]

I'm pretty sure I had 11 and got teenie Queenie, so

[lilac crystal]

Who is she ?

[stoic rose]

||The cat||

[lilac crystal]

So the worst ?

[stoic rose]

No that's best

[lilac crystal]

What lol

[stoic rose]

I DON'T MAKE THE RULES

[placid moth]

The one with the short hair is the best

[lilac crystal]

The ending system was so much better in wario land 1

[stoic rose]

Oh there's a fifth one!?

[lilac crystal]

It would make sense . I’m pretty sure I didn’t get all the treasures

[stoic rose]

I know I only got 11, but they said "young" princess is best so I just assumed. Now I'm the ass

[placid moth]

No. Just four. Short hair is all 12. Long hair is 4-11. Wario is 2-3. And the baby is 0-1

[stoic rose]

Check again? There's an older version with long hair that isn't female Wario.

[lilac crystal]

Did anyone here get the baby ?

[stoic rose]

You'd have to be real bad

[lilac crystal]

It’s about time we solve this out

I mean the ending stuff

[stoic rose]

Oh so the older one is best ending. TIL

I thought the older one had long hair as well. Egg on my face.

[lilac crystal]

Is there a wario girl in the completion thread ?

[stoic rose]

I've only seen the top two so far

Seems like you'd have to be awful to get the last two

[placid moth]

Maybe everyone who posted a screenshot after the kiss had a bad one

[old parcel]

Really? ||Short-hair princess looks more mature than long-hair princess to me||

||Also I got short-hair princess at 12 treasures||

[old parcel]

exactly, and this is pretty awesome

Notice how the one on top just has more visual character in general compared to the second one down

Like she exudes a little bit more attitude

and otherwise has better-defined features

[native harness]

Tbh I didn't even checked mine. I took the picture and closed the game right away.

[old parcel]

Sorry, I'm just kind of fascinated with this kind of thing

excuse my autism

[warped mountain]

Great game. 5/5. I think they had as much fun making it as I did playing it

[old parcel]

The creativity on display is impressive, yeah. Someone really cut loose here

[whole narwhal]

Very much enjoyed this game. Great art. Great gameplay. Great audio. 3/3 from me

[exotic siren]

Loved this one. Beautiful graphics, nice music, fun gameplay with levels more focused on puzzles than platforming. Also this was my first Wario Land and it was very interesting to see how much the WarioWare games seem to share the same vibe

[slender bear]

First two warioware games were Nintendo RD1, same as WL4. Sharing many team members (and a sound fount). Intelligent Systems then kept the vibe in the Wario Ware games but the next Wario games didn't really stick with it

Wario World is Treasure and not the same aesthetic at all

Shake it is good feel and yet another aesthetic

[west saddle]

The level design in this game is SO GOOD and then the bosses all suck so fucking hard

[little jackal]

I can't find one thing I don't like about this game. 10/10 the whole game.

[west saddle]

the bosses are just awful awful awful

especially this teddy bear one

[little jackal]

I had fun with the bosses. If you figure out what bouns to use they get almost half their health gone.

[west saddle]

The teddy bear is borderline unbeatable without having to force yourself to do the minigames. All the other bosses I've done are fine without them. That shouldn't be mandatory for me to do, it should be something to give you the option of making the harder parts easier. Its textbook Nintendo game design. They do it all the time with Mario games

[simple kestrel]

I was able to beat all the bosses with no items, mostly because I hate all the minigames lol

[west saddle]

I JUST got the teddy bear one, but the way the boss floats up if you bump it within the small space you have to hit the rat is awful

It took me a full minute to get the last three hits to kill the stupid thing off, and I got it because I happened to get lucky with damaging it previously

[simple kestrel]

the timing on teddy bear was very tight. the bosses took me anywhere from 2 to 10 attempts I think.

[old parcel]

I feel the exact same way about the teddy bear boss. It is way too fucking tedious

[lilac crystal]

He was my favourite

[placid moth]

But then you have to play the mini games

[little jackal]

Ok and ?

[placid moth]

Sometimes I want to hit a button other than a?

[little jackal]

play it on your vita. no A button there.

[placid moth]

https://tenor.com/view/weebay-weebey-oh-snap-the-wire-amused-gif-5475201

darn, the cartridge doesn't fit in the slot

[little jackal]

Cartridge? what are those?

[tacit river]

Am i the only one didnt really use any of the items?

But save state help 🙂

[west saddle]

No, I didn't use any in the end

[placid moth]

@little jackal maybe I should have played SM64 instead https://www.gamesradar.com/games/platformer/for-the-first-time-in-28-years-super-mario-64-has-been-beaten-without-using-the-a-button-and-it-only-took-86-hours/

[little jackal]

There is a hack that give him a shotgun and way over the top. You could try that.

[kind oar]

I just lost all progress in topaz area

[tacit river]

How

[kind oar]

Retroid ran out of battery and didn't save state on exit

I think

[empty spruce]

This teddy bear was driving me nuts last night. I feel like I had to be perfect to beat it

[west saddle]

You must not hit the sub pixels that lift the teddy bear. You shant.

You must see them in your minds eye

[reef wigeon]

This pinball level sorta rocks

[lilac crystal]

Yeah even though it has nothing to do with pinball lol

[reef wigeon]

You roll around a little as a ball

Good enough for me

@little jackal I'm enjoying this

[little jackal]

I am glad you gave it another chance. I loaded up the bee level and it's maybe the worse level in the game.

[reef wigeon]

The pace on that is ridiculously slow compared to any level, and the design is way more maze-like

[little jackal]

There is a ghost house level that is similar later on that you might not like much.

[reef wigeon]

Otherwise levels are snappy, there's some actually fun platforming (which was severely lacking in past Wario Land games) basically all the mini puzzle rooms are fun for the 30 seconds to a minute they last

[little jackal]

As in maze like

[reef wigeon]

Hopefully it's at least faster paced

[little jackal]

It is

[reef wigeon]

The run back to the beginning mechanic is more gimmicky in this, Wario Land Shake-It fleshed it out more

Bosses so far haven't been much to say about either

Main complaints so far

[silent lotus]

I must be too old. Really struggling with some levels and where the collectibles thing are 😂

[reef wigeon]

This teddy bear boss is awful

Do you have to play the mini games?

[slender bear]

No. Just reduces the boss health

Warioland 4 was kind of a prototype for Breath of the Wild in that way

[reef wigeon]

I mean for the bear boss specifically

I ran out of time with 1/4 health left at least

[slender bear]

No, all bosses can be beaten within the time without items

[reef wigeon]

I figured it out (after using an item)

But I could've done it without

Still a very lame boss

[slender bear]

I did it but I'm not a great reference, I love this game and know it very well

I don't get what's difficult

Hit its feet, hit the head

[reef wigeon]

I didn't realize you can hit it multiple times per cycle

I ran out of time otherwise

[lilac crystal]

Yeah time really is the issue in this boss

[little jackal]

Reminded me of SMW last boss

[unborn warren]

I’m not a fan of them here. I haven’t played a ton yet, but not really caring for this myself.

[daring spire]

I'm still on the fence if I want to push through and finish this one. There are some cool puzzles, but Wario's whole vibe kinda bugs me, and I don't realy like the backtracking either (especially when I miss one gem piece and have to play the whole level over again)

[lilac crystal]

What levels do you have left ? I think those on the left side of the map (topaz and ruby I think) are much better .

[daring spire]

I think I'm on domino row of topaz, and then I have sapphire left before the pyramid

[lilac crystal]

Is sapphire the one on the bottom left ?

[daring spire]

not sure, I don't have my handheld with me. I just looked up a list of levels to see which ones I hadn't done yet

[lilac crystal]

I checked it out . Yeah it’s the bottom left one I would say it is by far the best level so if that’s all you got left I think you should try it .

[hollow parcel]

heya
https://youtu.be/5X4iibVbuwc?si=JfTXAc09p3xAU8Ka&t=377
Strugglign quite a bit with this jewel piece on the toxic landfill

the specific jewel piece is timestamped~

its the one at the top left

[grizzled grail]

I really like this game but it's really frustrating to get all the way to the end only to realize you're missing a gem

[abstract grove]

Been a long time since I tried this one. Played a few levels years and years ago and liked it well enough at the time

[unborn warren]

I would like it better if it were easier to kind of rush the level once you know what to do. I’ve only failed to get all the gems once so far, but I haven’t played since. The prospect of doing it again isn’t fun.

[reef wigeon]

Finished this up tonight, final boss was bad but so were all the bosses. It's a Nintendo platformer so wasn't expecting much there anyways. Overall a pretty good game, transformations are more power ups than the main gimmick and are integrated well into actual platforms stages. Level design on those is very good overall and levels tend to have a nice flow. Nintendo level quality on the graphics and music as well.

[grizzled grail]

100% this. its happened twice to me and i took a long break after

[grizzled grail]

I changed my mind. I don't like this game lol

[reef wigeon]

What broke you

[grizzled grail]

The stupid egg throwing

I will take a breather and try again

[reef wigeon]

All the bosses just are different levels of suck

[grizzled grail]

Past it thankfully. Let's see what's next

[daring spire]

Turning the sound off and listening to other music is helping me enjoy this one more

[daring spire]

Well, I got the completion and kept the streak alive at least. Wario is not my jam

[grizzled grail]

I'm really going to try today but don't know if I have it in me. Going to lose that streak

[daring spire]

There are worse things in life. One of which is spending several hours on a game you really don't like

[grizzled grail]

well all my morning meetings canceled so wario time lol

[unborn warren]

Forgot I played this when it won, for a little bit. Didn’t have a save file for some reason, but it’s familiar. I don’t like the rushing to the end of the levels. It’s okay other than I don’t like that.

[unborn warren]

Made it to cractus. Haven’t quite figured out how to beat him though.

I realized you don’t have to grab all four colored stones and the music disc to beat the stage. You just have to get the key. I’m enjoying it a bit more with that realization.

[unborn warren]

This cractus fight is awful. I have a strategy that’s safe, but I run out of time. Such a long boring fight.

[unborn warren]

Cractus is much easier once I realized I could jump straight to the short ladder. 😆

[unborn warren]

Halfway through sapphire passageway. Getting close to finishing.

[unborn warren]

On the final pinball stage of the final passageway. Hoping I finish this up tonight.

[old parcel]

Good luck! This was a fun and goofy game with a soundtrack that I will describe as interesting

Like not necessarily something I'd spend time listening to, but very experimental and unexpected for what is effectively a Mario spin-off

[unborn warren]

Oh, I finished it a few days back already. It was not my type of game. I beat it, but it wasn't really "fun" to me.

[old parcel]

Fair. It's Different