WarioWare: Touched!
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo R&D1 Intelligent Systems |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Release date |  December 2, 2004  February 14, 2005  February 24, 2005  March 11, 2005  July 23, 2005  June 14, 2007 |
| Genre | Action |
| Rating(s) | ESRB:  Everyone
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| Mode(s) | Single player |
WarioWare: Touched!, known as Sawaru Made in Wario (さわるメイド イン ワリオ Sawaru Meido in Wario, lit. "Touching Made in Wario") in Japan. The beta name of the game was WarioWare, Inc. DS. This game is a Nintendo DS game, and the fourth game in the WarioWare series. The game itself is made up of many microgames - tiny mini-games with a simple idea. Touched! microgames are based on touching the touch screen with the stylus. There are several characters in the game, and each one has his or her own style of microgames. In addition, the game includes many "mix characters" - characters whose games are taken from normal characters. Besides the microgames, the game also includes special "toys" won by achieveing certain tasks (like scoring a certain amount of points in a specific game. The player can play with these toys using the touch screen, but they do not affect general gameplay.
WarioWare: Touched! is considered the rarest game in the entire series, due to popular sale, however it did realese in almost every region on the world, unlike, for example, WarioWare: Twisted!. Despite the fact that Touched! is one of the least sold WarioWare games, it was one of the better sold launch titles for the Nintendo DS. The game has been regarded as one of the games which best utilizes the features of the Nintendo DS.
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Characters and stages
- Main article: List of microgames in WarioWare: Touched!
All characters in WarioWare got their own microgames. Here is a list of the characters and stages.
| Character | Stage | Control style | Microgame theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wario | Touch Training | Touching or poking objects | (None) |
| Mona | Cute Cuts | Slicing | (None) |
| Jimmy T. | Dance Club Rub | Rubbing | (None) |
| Jamie T. | Jamie's Mix | (No particular control) | Wario's, Mona's and Jimmy's microgames |
| Kat and Ana | Ninja Scribble | Drawing | (None) |
| Ashley | Total Drag | Dragging objects | (None) |
| Dr. Crygor | Slightly Unscrewed | Rotating or turning objects | (None) |
| James T. | James's Remix | (No particular control) | Kat and Ana's, Ashley's and Crygor's microgames |
| Mike | Mic Rocking | Blowing in the microphone | (None) |
| 9-Volt and 18-Volt | Retro Action | (No particular control) | Classic Nintendo games |
| Wario-Man | Super Zero | (No particular control) | Microgames based on Wario |
| Pink Bear | Monster Megamix | (No particular control) | All Microgames without boss games and higher getting speed |
| White Bear | Harcore Mix | (No particular control) | All Microgames without boss games and one life |
| Yellow Bear | Gnarly Mix | (No particular control) | All Microgames without boss games with incredible speed |
Souvenirs
Souvenirs can be unlocked by completing taskes like getting 30 points on a stage or playing all microgames. Souvenirs can both be stored in Games and in the Toy Room. If stored in Games, souvenirs can be found quickly, but amount of souvenirs the player can store here is limited. If the player wants all the souvenirs at one place, the souvenirs can be stored in the Toy Room. Here is a list of souvenirs.
Toy Room 1
| Picture | Souvenir | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Snow Man | I'm bored… and freezing! Roll a snowball and make a snowman so I can kick it over! |
| Wario Spinner | Blow on the contraption to see the gnarliness that is Wario! |
| Whistle a Tune | Blow into the microphone to whistle |
| Calculator | WHAT?! This cheap calculator only adds and subtracts! The salesman told me it could vacuum and bake beans! |
| Juggle Boy | Slap Juggle Boy's hand to keep him juggling! Juggle, boy, juggle! |
| Piano | Don't try to play this mini piano in a concert, because you'll get laughed at. They'll throw things, too... sticky things. |
| Orbit Ball | Draw lines to bounce this freakishly happy little ball into orbit. He'll ricochet off stars and UFO's, so watch out! |
| Air Toss 2000 | Blow into the microphone to levitate the ball. Warning: you are guaranteed to look stupid. |
| Metronome | This stupid thing won't stop ticking! I threw it against a wall, hurled into an industrial grinder, and even sat on it... and still won't shut up! |
| Wario Paint | Pick a color from the palette on the top and start painting! |
| Pong Ping | If you want to settle a rivalry once and for all, you've gotta do it with the ultimate game of skill... Pong Ping! Use both the L and R Buttons to settle your spat on the court. The first player to score 10 points wins! |
| Kitchen Timer | Use the kitchen timer to improve your awful cooking. Oh, and hurry up and bake me a pie! |
| Pet Brine Buddies | Zoom in on those salty little freaks with the magnifying glass! What does this stupid light bulb do?! |
| Wind Chime | You could cut this air with a plastic spork! Blow into the microphone to cool it down! |
| Reel-to-Reel | Spin the reels to play, fast-forward or rewind the film. |
| Bubble Blaster | Bubbles have only two purposes in life: confusing animals and irritating adults. Choose one and run with it! |
| Mona Pizza | Just for forking over your money, you get to watch this hot new video! It hasn't even shown up on the Internet yet. |
Toy Room 2
| Picture | Souvenir | Description |
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| Clacker | You don't know old-school gaming until you've tried this thing! |
| They Hunger | Don't touch the screen! They're hungry! No...it's too late! They're all over me! Get'em off! Aggghhhh! |
| Spirometer | This tube measures your hot-air capacity. People say you 're full of it! |
| Play By Ear | Hey, Nerdy McGeeker son! You might be a little less of a dweeb if you joined a band! But you gotta learn how to play an instrument, first! |
| Air Dude | Blow into the microphone to keep Air Dude gliding! I tried to fly once, and my face has never been the same. |
| Party Tooter | This is a party tooter. Use it to toot at parties. |
| Turntable | Pick a record and press play! |
| yo-yo | Hold your Nintendo DS upside down to play with the yo-yo! |
| Big Hurl | Spin fast and hurl the hammer! Just don't spin him too long, or... |
| Grandma Simulator | Grandma has some advice for you! Blow into the microphone to cool off her tea, and she might share a pearl of wisdom with you. She'll say different things depending on how you blow into the microphone. |
| Pet Parrot | This stupid parrot imitates everything...you...say. Hey, stop that! SHADDUP! |
| Light Show | Scribble...Ooooooh. Scribble scribble...Ooooooh. Scribble scribble scribble...Ahhhhhh! |
| Snore Rope | Blow carefully to keep the miniature senior citizen floating up and over the swinging rope. |
| Game Credits | This is a list of all the people who made WarioWare: Touched! |
| Pet Chameleon | Chameleons blend into their surroundings. If you threw one into a giant mound of butter, it would look like a chameleon-shaped stick of butter! Try pulling down the wallpaper to see this buttery ability in action! |
| Pyoro T | Grab Pyoro's tail , stretch it back, and let go to skewer insects! Don't let'em land on your flowers! |
| Custard | Smack that pudding! Jigglejigglejigglejiggle... |
Image Gallery
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Trivia
- European versions of the game are at some points not localized. Despite the game cover in Europe is yellow, the game's title screen and the menu icon are still orange (while in Japanese editions of the game, the title screen and icon are yellow). Also, in the explanation of the microgame Gold Digger, the series' first game is referred to as WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, while the European title of it is WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania. The game also uses American spelling and grammar in all English versions of the game.
- In Japanese editions of the game, the music that plays when a boss game is announced is the same as the Speed Up music, while other editions of the game have original music.
- This WarioWare game has at total of 190 microgames. This microgames amount is the smallest in the whole series (not counting WarioWare: Snapped!).
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