Arms Race

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Arms Race
Arms Race
WarioWare: Touched!
The microgame Arms Race
WarioWare Gold
Appears in WarioWare: Touched!
WarioWare Gold
Type Dance Club Rub (Touched!)
Young Cricket & Master Mantis (Gold)
Commands Do 3/4/6 chin-ups! (Touched!)
Do 2/3/4 chin-ups! (Gold)
Info "Hey, weakling! Lift that body and do some chin-ups!" (Touched!)
"Help this man do his chin-ups by giving him a leg up. It's not cheating–it's teamwork!" (Gold)
Controls Stylus – Lift
Time limit 8 beats
Target score 10 (Touched!)
25 (Gold)

Arms Race is a microgame that appears in the Dance Club Rub stage in WarioWare: Touched! and returns in WarioWare Gold as one of Young Cricket & Master Mantis's microgames.

Gameplay[edit]

The objective of the game is to use the stylus to pull up the man to help him to do the said number of chin-ups. If this is done, the man smiles and the player wins.

WarioWare: Touched![edit]

  • 1st level difficulty: The man is a short wrestler wearing a gray singlet and must do three chin-ups.
  • 2nd level difficulty: The man is a medium-sized wrestler wearing a magenta singlet and must do four chin-ups.
  • 3rd level difficulty: The man is a tall wrestler wearing a red singlet and must do six chin-ups.

WarioWare Gold[edit]

  • 1st level difficulty: The sumo wrestler must do two chin-ups.
  • 2nd level difficulty: The wrestler must do three chin-ups.
  • 3rd level difficulty: The swimmer must do four chin-ups.

Naming[edit]

The name is a play on "arms race", a competition between states to have military supremacy.

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseけんすい
Kensui		Chin-Ups[?]
Chinese (Simplified)引体向上
Yǐntǐ xiàngshàng (Mandarin)
Yáhntái Heungseuhng (Cantonese)		Chin-Ups[?]
FrenchTractions terrestresPun on tractions ("pull-ups") and attraction terrestre ("Earth's pull")[?]
GermanKlimmzügePull-Ups[?]
ItalianAlla sbarraAt the bar[?]
Korean턱걸이
Teokgeori		Chin-Ups[?]
SpanishEn el gimnasioIn the gym[?]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

[Edit]
Jimmy T's microgames
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Log Chop • Fruit Shoot • Heads Up • Boing! • Spare Me • Batter Up • Baseline Bash • Butterfly Stroke • Hammer Toss • Balancing Act • Putt for Dough • Ski Jump • Mountain Mountin' • Guy Scraper • Lift & Shout • Pro Curling • High Hoops • Hurry Hurdles • Gifted Goalie! • Jumpin' Rope • Ring My Bell • Set 'n Spike • City Surfer • Snowboard Slalom • Punch Out
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WarioWare: Touched! Impressionism • Shakedown • Pet Petter • Arms Race • Chalk Full • Oh, Snap! • Scratch and Match • Wishful Thinking • Power Chord • Dish It • Early Release • Ick Magnet • Drama Clean • Touchdown • Public Transportation • Burning Rubber • Sweet Sorrow • Washed Up • Erosion • Worked to a Lather • Rainbow Juice
WarioWare: Snapped! Bye Bye • North Wind • Nose • Peek A Boo • Shoulder Tap
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Micro Golf • Off-Fence • Volley Girl • Goal in One • Spare Me! • Swing Batter • Sync & Swim! • Pumped Poser • Alpine Lines • Pass, Shoot! • Get Some Air • Dartistry • On Your Mark • Glove Hurts • Kickin' It • Hurdling On • Served! • Smoooooooth! • Reflecting
WarioWare Gold 100 Meter Dash • And the Winner is... • Ballroom Basics • Big Drip • Body Block • City Surfer • Close Call • Diddly Squat • Extreme Patty-Cake • Getcha Groove On • Goal in One • Hand Me Down • Heads Up • High Hoops • Hurry Hurdles • Judo Pro • Jumpin' Rope • Lift & Shout • Off-Fence • Rugby • Punch-Out
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WarioWare: Move It! Ballroom Dancing • Bed or Breakfast • Blowing Kisses • Chow Down • Cutout Cutups • Don't Get Spotted • Easy Breezy • Escape Artist • Falconer • Finishing Blow • Memory Match • Oscilloscope • Reel It In • Selfie Slick • Service with a Smile • Sink the Shot • Sound Decision • Spirit Sense • When Our Eyes Meet • You Dropped This? • Griddlebot
[Edit]
Young Cricket & Master Mantis' microgames
WarioWare: Smooth Moves Broom Shtick • That's How I Roll • Plane and Simple • Logged In • Anchor Man • Castanet, First Chair • Meet the Eggheads • Pink Eye • Geared for Landing • This Bites! • Suit of Armoire • All Wound Up • The Outcast • Helping Hand • Sweeps Week • Spring Cleaning • Volley, Y'all! • Clean Your Plate! • Smile and Nod • Junk and My Trunk • Block Party
WarioWare Gold Arms Race • Count 'Em Up • Engine Trouble • Erosion • Finish Line • Flag Waver • Heat Wave • I'm Gonna Hurl • Local News • Long Division • Oh, Snap! • Pass Aggressive • Pass Fail • Pit Stop • Pumped Poser • Rump Roast • Skate Race • Stroke of Genius • Sweeps Week • Twin Swimmers • Pro Bowling
WarioWare: Move It! Buttograph • Catching Hands • Dinner Is Served • Having a Ball • Hop for Home • Lather Round • More or Less • Open Wide • Power Struggle • Press the Advantage • Scroll with It • Shear Madness • Shock Jockey • Stamp Rally • Suit Up • Sumo Says • Tap Routine • The Big Moment • Thigh Fishing • Water Hazards • Cut of the Profit
[Edit]
Microgames from WarioWare: Touched!
Wario
Touch Training 		Party Popper • Pet Peeved • Waste with Haste • Big Bang • Taping a Leak • Sleepy Head • Up for Grabs • Tune Out • Freak Mutation • Bug Eyed • Lose Your Marble • Wrap Sheet • Swamp Things • Number Cruncher • Perfect Match • Housewares • Profiler • Into the Sunset • Character Development • Accountant Assault • Rump Roast • Boss: You Break It, You Buy It
Mona
Cute Cuts 		Steel Chef • Clog It • Snivel Disobedience • Zoooooooo • Blowin' Up • Running of the Bull's-eye • Sinking Feeling • Star Struck • Face-Lift • Cage Match • Straight Faces • No Love for You • Quite Puzzled • Pass Aggressive • Tuft It Out • Sweeping Victory • Fresh Squeezed • Got the Chops • It Slices, It Dices • Middle Management • Boss: Pro Bowling
Jimmy T.
Dance Club Rub 		Impressionism • Shakedown • Pet Petter • Arms Race • Chalk Full • Oh, Snap! • Scratch and Match • Wishful Thinking • Power Chord • Dish It • Early Release • Ick Magnet • Drama Clean • Touchdown • Public Transportation • Burning Rubber • Sweet Sorrow • Washed Up • Erosion • Worked to a Lather • Boss: Rainbow Juice
Kat & Ana
Ninja Scribble 		Finger Painting • Long Division • Domestic Issue • Feeling Saucy • One-Liner • Finish Line • Hair Supply • Bright Idea • What's Your Sign? • Divide and Conquer • Write On, Dude • Hookin' Up • Corrections Officer • Midnight Weirdo • The Proud, the Fuse • Ring Master • Shoo! • In the Loop • Hi, Wire! • Ramp It Up • Boss: Galaxy Bounce
Ashley & Red
Total Drag 		Separation Anxiety • Farm Fresh • Basket Case • Greedy Hands • I'm #1! • Rock Fever • On Strike • Drop in a Bucket • Sugar Rush • Pipe Dream • Birdcicle • Sneeze, Please! • Fatapult • Catch of the Day • Cheap Thrill • Fill 'Er Up • Don't Blow It • Chance of Showers • Oh, the Irony • Very Attractive • Boss: Global Warning
Dr. Crygor
Slightly Unscrewed 		Free Range • Heads Will Roll • Space Buffet • Big as a Whale • Watered Down • Goin' Loopy • Engine Trouble • Catch a Tune • Unwind • Stroke of Genius • Drop the Ball • Track and Field • Straight to Video • Fried Goodness • Good Times • I'm Gonna Hurl • Flower to Tower • Gym Locker • Spin a Yarn • Luna-see • Boss: Living Room Rally
Mike
Mic Rocking 		Spindy Day • Sweet Nothings • Pop Art • Call of Nature • Cup Runneth Over • Winter Fresh • Light Sleeper • Admiral Blowhard • Cool It • Rising Inflation • Crowd Control • Deep Breath • Abdominal Blowman • Clearing the Air • Lung Capacity • In Your Face • Silent but Deadly • Hit the Gust • Over Easy • On the Fly • Boss: Seedy Area
9-Volt & 18-Volt
Retro Action 		Super Mario Bros. (1) • The Legend of Zelda • Duck Hunt • Metroid • Famicom Tantei Club 2 (Japanese only) • Game & Watch Toss Up • Pushing Buttons • Mario Paint • Game On • 8-Bit Hero • Game & Watch Flagman • Gold Digger • Super Mario Bros. (2) • Button Masher • Game & Watch Oil Panic • Clawing for More • Donkey Kong 3 • Balloon Fight • Hogan's Alley • Game & Watch Lion • Famicom • Boss: Gunslinger
Wario-Man
Super Zero 		Bubble Head • You Scratch Mine • Hot Flash • Launch Line • Scrambled Egg • Short Fuse • Spario • Where's Wario • Air Male • Wanna Slice? • Nitpicking • Fan Fair • Daily Grind • Feel the Beat • Domino Theory • Upper Cut • Dead Simon Says • Buried Treasure • It'll Grow Back • The Crate Escape • Boss: Being Nosy
Other Tread Carefully
[Edit]
Microgames from WarioWare Gold
Mash League Wario
Intro Games 		Busted! • Crazy Cars • Eye Spy • No Solicitors • Super Wario Bros. • Wario Whirled • Boss: Loot Scoot
Jimmy T
Sports 		100 Meter Dash • And the Winner is... • Ballroom Basics • Big Drip • Body Block • City Surfer • Close Call • Diddly Squat • Extreme Patty-Cake • Getcha Groove On • Goal in One • Hand Me Down • Heads Up • High Hoops • Hurry Hurdles • Judo Pro • Jumpin' Rope • Lift & Shout • Off-Fence • Rugby • Boss: Punch-Out
Mona
That's Life 		The Brush Off • Butterfingers • Catterwall • Cavity Calamity • Chicken Pinch • Dry Eye • Eating Out • Electric Groove Fish • Fit for a Frame • Fries With That? • Gold Digger • I Came, I Saw • Kitty Cover • Mole • Nighttime Allergies • Noodle Cup • Paddle Parade • Parking Lot Problems • Right of Way • Sloppy Salon • Stalled Out • Tip the Scale • What's the Toadal? • Worm Squirm • Boss: Nail Call
Dribble & Spitz
Fantasy 		Arrow Space • Classic Clash • Code Buster • Cover Up • Crack Down • Dungeon Dilemma • Find My Behind • The Frog Flap • Gravitational Pull • Ground Control • Hover for Cover • Labyrinth • Long Lost Love • Manic Mechanic • Mars Jars • Munch a Bunch • Picture Perfect • RAAAARRRRGGGHH • Rocky Reunion • Stop! Go! • Strength in Numbers • Word Up • Boss: Nose Dive
5-Volt
Nintendo Classics 		Balloon Fight • Donkey Kong Country • Fire Emblem Awakening • Game & Watch: Manhole • Ice Climber • Joker Face • Kid Icarus • Lefty RX • The Legend of Zelda • Mario Bros. • Mario Clash • Ocarina of Time • Pinball • Pushmo • Rhythm Tweezers • Super Mario Kart • Super Mario Land • Yoshi's Island • Boss: One Hit Wonder
Twist League Wario
Intro Games 		Cut to the Chase • Focus Pocus • Force Feeding • High Treeson • Pumping Iron • Universal Marionette • Boss: Road Wario
Ashley & Red
Fantasy 		A-maze-ing • Bacon Patrol • Crescent Roll • Doggy Door • Foiled Again! • Make Way for Martian • Manual Labor • A Moment of Reflection • Monster Chase • Net Profits • Pipe Puzzle • Power Outage • Road Work • Safecracker • Shave the World • Space Passage • Stab in the Dark • Stumblebot • Tearful Reunion • Walk This Way • Boss: Crossing Guard
Dr. Crygor
Sports 		Armed and Dangerous • Barrel Roll • Curls and Weigh • Dodge Ball • Fancy Footwork • Feel the Burn • Heavy Lifting • Iron Stomach • Micro Golf • Ride the Wave • Self-Defense • Shoot the Fruit • Slam Dunk • Snowboard Slalom • Sync or Sink • Top Off • Wheel of Whack • Wiggle Room • Boss: Basic Training
18-Volt
Nintendo Classics 		Animal Crossing: Wild World • Chiritorie • Donkey Kong Jr. • Dr. Mario • Laser Pointer • Metroid • Metroid-Samus • NES Open Tournament Golf • Pikmin 2 • Racing 112 • R.O.B. Block Set • Star Fox • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario Sunshine • Super Mario World • Wario Land 3 • Wii Menu • The Wind Waker • Boss: Super Mario Bros.
Penny
That's Life 		Balancing Act • Cheeky Monkey • Clean Sweep • Code Dependency • County Fair • Cutting It Close • Fashion Plate • Fine Tune • Fragile! • Get to the Point • Half Empty • Home Haircut • Kit-tease • Peak-a-boo-boo • Picky Eater • Round It Out • Sew Easy • Strike a Chord • Tooth Haste • Tooth Trouble • What Goes In... • Wrecking All • Boss: Toilet Training
Touch League Wario
Intro Games 		Into the Sunset • Loose Change • One-Liner • Scratch and Match • Steel Chef • Thanks a Latte • Boss: Balloon Brigade
Kat & Ana
That's Life 		Bug Eyed • Burning Sensation • Cheap Thrill • Clog It • Coin Count • Crowded Desktop • Going Up • Good Times • Impressionism • Off-line • Oh, the Irony • On the Mark • Oral Hijinks • Page Panic • Right in the Eye • Salad Daze • Secret Ingredient • Sleepy Head • Sticking Point • Tune Out • Up for Grabs • Very Attractive • Write On, Dude • XYZ! • Boss: Top Notch
9-Volt
Nintendo Classics 		amiibo Tap • Donkey Kong • Duck Hunt • Excitebike • Hanafuda • Head Count • Joy-Con Slide • Love Tester • Mario Paint - Flyswatter • Mii Channel • Nintendogs • Phantom Hourglass • Sounds of Super Mario Bros. • Stylus Hunt • Super Mario Maker • Ten Billion Barrel • Tomodachi Life • Wrecking Crew • Boss: Clawing for More
Young Cricket & Master Mantis
Sports 		Arms Race • Count 'Em Up • Engine Trouble • Erosion • Finish Line • Flag Waver • Heat Wave • I'm Gonna Hurl • Local News • Long Division • Oh, Snap! • Pass Aggressive • Pass Fail • Pit Stop • Pumped Poser • Rump Roast • Skate Race • Stroke of Genius • Sweeps Week • Twin Swimmers • Boss: Pro Bowling
Orbulon
Fantasy 		Big Bang • Birdcicle • Breaking Up • Character Development • Crypto Zoo • Family Reunion • Fruit Fans • Goin' Loopy • Hookin' Up • Love Struck • On the Edge • Over the Hump • Pet Peeved • Plant Food • The Proud, the Fuse • Separation Anxiety • Sinking Feeling • Snack Sucker • Sneeze, Please! • Spirit Spot • Stripy Sea • Sure, You Can • Boss: Sneaky Snatcher
Ultra League Fronk's microgames
Dancing Team and Potluck Gang 		Answering Machine • The Claw • Feed on Fronk • Fronk Fishing • Sliding Doors • Tread Carefully • Vicious Veggies
Mike's microgames
Dancing Team and Potluck Gang 		Grape Aim • Hit the Gust • Lung Capacity • Make a Wish • Thar He Blows
Wario Deluxe
Anything Goes 		Bedside Manners • Bite Marks • Bug Birdie • Burying the Hatchet • The Crate Escape • Cyclone Kick • Down & Outie • Eating Contest • Eject Reject • Finger Flex • Flip Out! • Happy Birthday • Inch, Worm! • Mug Shot • On Strike • Praise or Haze II • Roll Model • Scrambled Egg • Short Fuse • Tiptoe Titan • Wario's Adventure • The Wave • Wet Your Whistle • Where's Wario • Boss: Wario Dance Company
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