WarioWare dated, too

By Tom Bramwell Published 14 December, 2006

Not long to wait.

Fortunately for anybody smarting from the wait for Excite Truck (16th Feb), Wario Ware: Smooth Moves has now been dated too. It'll be with us on 12th January.

One of the more impressive Wii titles shown off at E3 and Nintendo's showcase event in London in September, Smooth Moves adapts the "micro-game" set-up of the Game Boy Advance and DS titles to take advantage of the Wii-mote.

As well as twisting the remote to steer a car, you'll pump it to blow up a balloon, hold it on its end to balance an umbrella on your finger, and do all of these things in a quick-fire sequence culminating in a quirky "boss" fight.

Plus of course there are multiplayer modes, with support for up to 12 players on just one controller, apparently.

Look out for a review as soon as possible.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (26) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Jesus: Action Figure #1 5 years ago

    NICE!

  • DaveyJ666 #2 5 years ago

    As with Excitetruck, I wouldn't mind this game, but I'll happily wait 6 months and pick it up on ebay, on the cheap.

  • Toothball #3 5 years ago

    Do you think they'll ever let us play Twisted? I know I can import, but I try to pick up PAL games where possible these days.

  • Genji #4 5 years ago

    Yes, it is a bit dated.

    *BDUM TSHH*

  • Zomoniac #5 5 years ago

    HUZZAH!

  • DaM #6 5 years ago

    Swear I picked up the Excitetruck box in Tescos....some other dross then!

  • DaveyJ666 #7 5 years ago

    Not too sure, never played any of the Wario Ware games, IO'd say you'd be better getting a copy from the States or Japan. But you never know, it may be woth checking out on play.com or amazon

  • JonFE #8 5 years ago

    Toothball, as you may have noticed it is not possible to pick up PAL WW:Twisted, so you'd better import that.

    I know I did and haven't regret it ;{)

  • #9 5 years ago

    This is out on MY BIRTHDAY WOOHOOOOOO

    EDIT: Actually, it's not, it's Excite Truck that is on the 16th :)
    Edited by 1 at 14/12/06 @ 13:06

  • krudster #10 5 years ago

    Twisted is a game everyone should own. If you've never imported a game in your life, now's the time.

  • JonFE #11 5 years ago

    ^^^ Couldn't agree more ^^^

  • Toothball #12 5 years ago

    Yeah, I've imported plenty of things from all over the world, back when I was young an impatient. I pretty much knew it was my only option for Twisted, but I held out for some reason. My flatmate did that ages ago, but I wanted to play my own copy without knowing all the games in advance.

    I wonder how well it'll fit into a Micro.

  • The_Foo_Fighter #13 5 years ago

    Now THIS is well worth the wait!

  • pjmaybe #14 5 years ago

    Ace, definitely one of the most impressive titles at the Euro event.

    Hey, you never know, there might even be some feckin' consoles to play it on by then too...

    Peej

  • Machiavel #15 5 years ago

    Twisted is brilliant - rivals the original for fun and glee. Will I ever finish unlocking the plethora of capsules?

  • spongebob #16 5 years ago

    Are these games somehow different when they're launched 3-4 months later here in the Europe? Is there some extra content?

  • jonsaan #17 5 years ago

    Toothball. I don't think Twisted will ever come out here as it breaks some law or regulation we have. It's something to do with the technology that it uses. Could it be a mercury switch?
    Edited by 3 at 14/12/06 @ 15:31

  • Muddtallica #18 5 years ago

    OK spongebob, we heard you on the Excite Truck comments page. :p To be fair, this one at least hasn't hit the US either, so we're being slightly less screwed on this one.

    I'll buy this one as soon as I possibly can... WarioWare is my god. The games will be great, but I look forward to the stories just as much, actually! How will Wario be hurting himself this time? What's with the cheerleader outfit, Mona? Where will Jimmy be getting down today? And will Ashley still have that ludicrously kickass theme song? It's like a really deranged cartoon. :D

  • Toothball #19 5 years ago

    @jonsaan: Are you sure the laws stopping Twisted's Euro launch aren't against having fun? I can see this one in the rulebooks:

    European Directive 1739.2 Clause B:
    The act of "Having Fun" may only be experienced at precisely defined angles. Any activity that can not be achieved at a fixed angle is prohibited.

  • JonFE #20 5 years ago

    "Are these consoles somehow different when they're launched 3-4 months later here in the Europe? Is there some extra content?"

    Fixed.



    /sorry... couldn't help myself...

  • urban #21 5 years ago

    NICE warioware will make the wii!

  • ManicDrunkMonk #22 5 years ago

    Where's the metroid date??? I want that to come with the Wii I buy!

  • smelly #23 5 years ago

    >Do you think they'll ever let us play Twisted

    Apparently twisted uses mercury to do it's tilting mechanic.. and there's legal problems in the uk which stopped its sale.

  • smelly #24 5 years ago

    "Are these games somehow different when they're launched 3-4 months later here in the Europe? Is there some extra content? "


    Normally about 6 to 8 extra languages.. And modification to run in higher res pal format, and the high res 60hz option..

    That and after all that they need to get resubmitted to the european console makers for approval.. And BBFC, etc etc.

  • Aria #25 5 years ago

    @Mapster

    The Wii launch was on my birthday, so there :p

  • chupachups #26 5 years ago

    "It's something to do with the technology that it uses. Could it be a mercury switch?"

    It does sound that way, mercury is a big nono nowadays.

    There are alternatives to a mercury tilt switch, but they cost a bit more and it might make the cartridge uneconomical to manufacture, considering they'd only been sold in europe.

  • TripSkyway #27 5 years ago

    The multiplayer is oddly locked until you have cleared a fair bit of the singe player.