Busted! (WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!)

Busted!
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare Gold
Appears in	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! WarioWare Gold
League	Mash League
Type	Intro Games (Wario, Mega Microgame$!) Intro Games (Wario, Gold)
Command(s)	Spotlight!
Info	"Guess what: I'm sneaky! Don't let me outta your sights!" (Mega Microgame$!) "Now I'm a spy! Follow me with the searchlight, or I could disappear forever! You wouldn't want that, would you?" (Gold)
Controls	/ – Move the light / – Move light (Gold)
Time limit	8 beats
Target score	20 (Mega Microgame$!) 15 (Gold)
Music track	Repellion I Spy
Music sample

Busted! is one of Wario's introduction microgames in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (where it is known as I Spy), and returns as one of Wario's Mash League microgames in WarioWare Gold.

Gameplay

Wario must be in the spotlight when time runs out. The player should stay on him, but if he goes into the dark, it is not over unless time is up, so the player should stay after him. When the player wins, Wario waves two white flags and shouts his surrender at the player. However, if Wario stays out of the light, it stops illuminating and the player loses the microgame.

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!

When the player wins, Wario says, "Give up!"

• Level 1: The spotlight is fairly large.
• Level 2: The spotlight is smaller.
• Level 3: The spotlight is even smaller.

WarioWare Gold

In later levels, in addition to the spotlight getting smaller, Wario does something to throw off the player.

• Level 1: The spotlight is fairly large, and Wario does not make any tricky movements.
• Level 2: The spotlight is smaller, and Wario moves quicker.
• Level 3: The spotlight is even smaller, and Wario makes a conscious effort to elude the player, taking many twists and turns.

Gallery

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  Level 2

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  Level 3

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  Microgame complete

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  Microgame complete in the Spanish version. Wario says "I give up!"

Descriptions

• Japanese:「にげまわる スパイの オレさまを サーチライトで てらして おいつめてみろ!」(Romanization: "Nigemawaru supai no ore-sama o sāchiraito de tera shite oitsumete miro!"; translation: "Try to catch the escaping spy, the great me, with a searchlight!")
• Chinese:「猜猜看: 我可是很狡鬼祟的! 别让我逃出你的视线!」(Romanization: "Cāicāikàn: Wǒ kěshì hěn jiǎo guǐsuì de! Bié ràng wǒ táochū nǐ de shìxiàn"; translation: "Guess what: I'm very sneaky! Don't let me escape your sight!")
• French: "Garde-moi bien en vue ! Attention, je suis sournois !" ("Keep a close eye on me! Beware, I am sneaky!")
• German: "Ich verrat' dir was: Ich bin hinterhältig! Lass mich besser nicht aus den Augen!" ("I'll let you in on a secret: I'm sneaky! Better keep an eye on me!")
• Italian: "Non lo sapevi? Sono cattivo! Tienimi d'occhio!" ("Don't you know it? I'm a captive! Keep an eye on me!")
• Spanish: "Adivina: ¡soy un escurridizo! ¡No me pierdas de vista!" ("Guess what: I'm a sneaky one! Don't lose out of sight!")

Naming

"Busted!", the microgame's current name, is not only a term that is said when someone catches someone else doing something wrong, but also shared with the microgame of the same name from WarioWare: Twisted! Its original name, "I Spy", comes from the children's guessing game of that name, which also lent its name to a series of children's picture books. It may have had its name changed to prevent confusion with the new microgame Eye Spy.

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!		SPY

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	スパイ Supai	Spy
Chinese	特工 Tègōng	Agent
French	Espion	Spy
German	Spot an!	Spot on!
Italian	Spione	Spy
Spanish	Síguele	Follow him	Mega Microgame$!
	Síguelo	Follow it	Gold	[?]

Notes

• This microgame shares its music with Repellion, Picture Perfect, and one unused microgame.
• This is one of three non-boss Intro Games microgames that does not appear in Dribble & Spitz's, Kat & Ana's, or Wario's second stage. The others are Diamond Dig and Wario Wear.