WarioWare: Touched!

WarioWare: Touched!
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Developers	Nintendo SPD Group No.1; Intelligent Systems
Publisher	Nintendo
Platforms	Nintendo DS, Virtual Console (Wii U), Nintendo 3DS
Release dates	Nintendo DS:; December 2, 2004; December 2, 2004; February 14, 2005; February 24, 2005; March 11, 2005; July 23, 2005[?]; June 14, 2007; Virtual Console (Wii U):; April 2, 2015; April 2, 2015; April 9, 2015; April 15, 2015; Nintendo 3DS (digital download):; March 17, 2016[?]; March 31, 2016[?]; March 31, 2016[?]; March 31, 2016[?];
Languages	English; Japanese; Chinese (Simplified); French (Europe); German; Italian; Korean; Spanish (Europe);
Genre	Action
ESRB:	- Everyone[?]
CERO:	- All ages[?]
PEGI:	- Three years and older[?]
USK:	- All ages[?]
GRAC:	- All ages[?]
ACB:	- General[?]
Mode	Single player
Format	Wii U: Digital download Nintendo DS: Game Card Nintendo 3DS: Digital download
Input	Wii U: Wii U GamePad Nintendo DS: Stylus Microphone Nintendo 3DS: Gamepad Microphone
Serial codes	NTR-AZWJ-JPN; NTR-AZWE-USA; NTR-AZWP-EUR; NTR-AZWE-AUS; NTR-AZWC-CHN; NTR-AZWK-KOR;

WarioWare: Touched! is a Nintendo DS game and the fourth game in the WarioWare series. The game contains microgames that are based on touching the touch screen with the stylus. Like in previous games, the microgames are played in stages that are each hosted by a certain character; each character has a theme in their microgames based on how the player controls them, as in the game's predecessor, WarioWare: Twisted! New major characters Ashley, Red, and Mike are introduced in this game. In addition, the game includes several "mix characters" - characters whose games are taken from normal characters. Besides the microgames, the game also includes special souvenirs, similar to its predecessor, won by achieving certain tasks (like scoring a certain amount of points in a specific game). Like WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, and WarioWare: Twisted!, the music and sound effects are taken from Wario Land 4.

The game was released on December 2, 2004 in Japan. In North America and Australia, it was released before WarioWare: Twisted! (which was never released in Europe), making it the third game in the WarioWare series to be released in these regions. The game was re-released as a Wii U Virtual Console title in North America, Japan, Europe, and Australia in April 2015. My Nintendo members were able to redeem the game as a Nintendo 3DS-exclusive DSiWare download for 1,000 Platinum Points from March to July 2016.^[11]

The Nintendo 3DS release requires 235 blocks (30.0 MB) of memory to be installed.

Story[edit]

The Sewer Guru asks Wario what system he dropped.

Wario is walking down a street after having proudly stolen a Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP, but then he suddenly trips and drops both systems down a manhole. The Sewer Guru then flies up from the hole holding not only the two handheld systems, but also a Nintendo DS, and he asks Wario which one he dropped. Wario replies, "Gimme all of 'em!" and lunges at the Sewer Guru, knocking both of them down the manhole. After a brief scuffle, Wario emerges with the Nintendo DS. Wario immediately notices that the handheld has two screens, but finds it more peculiar that there are no buttons. Not knowing how to play it, Wario loses a Whack-a-Mole minigame and shakes it angrily, thinking that the device does not work. However, the stylus flies out into his hand, and Wario suddenly realizes that he must use it to tap the bottom screen. He wins the minigame and then realizes he could make double the profit out of a device with double the screens, and so he uses it to make microgames controlled via the touchscreen.

Gameplay[edit]

One of the microgames, Party Popper, in action.

WarioWare: Touched! plays very similarly to most games in the WarioWare series: players play a randomized grouping of very small, short minigames (called "microgames") within a small time limit and a very brief set of instructions. Periodically, the game speeds up the microgame, thus shortening the time and making it more challenging and pressuring to complete the microgames within the time limit. Players start with four tries every time they start a stage. If they lose a microgame, they lose a try; when players lose all four of their tries, the game ends and players must start over from the beginning. Players earn points for every microgame that comes (winning or losing the microgame does not factor into points gained); at the fifteenth point, players play a boss microgame, which is considerably longer and more challenging than a typical microgame.

One major change made to WarioWare: Touched! compared to previous games is the duration of the microgames. In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare: Twisted!, every microgame (with the exception of some of Wario-Man's games in Twisted!) in most character stages last 8 beats, with Orbulon's microgames lasting 16 beats and Fronk's games in WarioWare: Twisted! lasting 4 beats. WarioWare: Touched! does away with the concept of stages having a standardized length, as every stage can have microgames in both standard and double beats.

A unique feature of WarioWare: Touched! compared to other WarioWare games is the touch screen and microphone feature of the Nintendo DS. WarioWare: Touched! does not make use of any of the face buttons (except to pause and a few souvenirs); as such, all inputs by the player are received via touch on the touchscreen or blowing into the microphone.

Characters and stages[edit]

The following characters in WarioWare: Touched! get microgames. Below is a list of the characters and stages. The first set of microgames the player must complete is always Wario's set. As the player completes more stages, more characters appear in the Games menu. Finally, each stage automatically ends after the player completes the boss stage, but subsequent playthroughs of a stage are continuous, with microgames becoming more difficult after completing a boss stage until the player has no more tries. Players can get more tries by completing a boss stage, but the maximum number of tries is always four.

Each character hosts a set of microgames and comes with an individual story dedicated to them. At the end of each story, the respective character meets with the other ones at the Hawt House.

Characters from microgame sets do not introduce any new microgames or any specific touch control, but they mix up microgames from previous employees as described.

Main stages[edit]

Host/Microgame Set	Story	Greeting
Touch Training	Wario, in his house, is eating chocolate bars until he gets cavities from eating too many sweets. Wario, under immense pain, jumps to his bike and visits Dr. Payne's Dental Clinic. Dr. Payne then drills the cavities (the player taps them with the touch controls), which makes Wario's teeth healthy again. The doctor then warns Wario to avoid sweets. During his trip back to his house, Wario smells some sweets emanating from The Sweet Spot. He stops and demands Bridget the Baker for ten pies. Before Wario eats the pies, he remembers what the doctor told him; he deliberately ignores the advice and eats the pies anyway. He then jumps in pain from the returning cavities, in a similar fashion to the cavities from the beginning of the arc, and lands back into Dr. Payne's Dental Clinic, where Dr. Payne has expected him to return.	"Wario here! No offense, but you stink! My Touch Training* stage is guaranteed to make you 138 percent less pathetic!*"
Cute Cuts	Mona's story first starts at the Diamond Broadcasting System at Downtown Diamond City. During the Ear Candy music broadcast, Ken the VJ lists the Top 5 songs. Vanessa, the previous #1 spot, is shocked to hear that she has been usurped by Mona, who is a new face to the list. While Vanessa is infuriated, Ken announces that Mona will be playing at the Hawt House tonight. Vanessa then sets out to sabotage Mona. Meanwhile, at Mona Pizza, Mona and her crew, Art and Decko are practicing. Here, the player can play the strings to help Mona. After the practice is done, Mona sets off on her scooter, while Art and Decko follow her on their van. Vanessa, alongside the The Dinosaurs, catch Mona and her crew and hamper them with their mechs. Two of The Dinosaurs, in a hawk-like mech, kidnaps Art. Pizza Joe and Mona's animal friends, such as 4.1 and 4.2, come to help in their air vehicles but are all knocked away by the hawk-like mech. Decko then ejects and latches himself onto the hawk-like mech, which releases Art and causes the mech to crash. Mona and her crew finally arrive at the Hawt House. During the performance, an infuriated and jealous Vanessa is seen in the back of the crowd. Mona suddenly realizes she has pizzas to deliver and leaves the concert, giving Vanessa an idea. As Garbage Boy approaches the microphone, Vanessa, disguised as Mona, kicks Garbage Boy away and claims that she is Mona. However, the crowd is not tricked and they boo and throw various objects at her.	"Heya! It's me, Mona! You'll have fun jamming with my Cute Cuts!"
Dance Club Rub	At Club Sugar, it is Jimmy's Showtime, as Jimmy dances by himself, with the crowd cheering at him. He then first invites Papa T. and Mama T. to dance with him, and then Jamie T. and James T. While the entire family is dancing, Scratchy the 'Fro Bug comes and lands on Jimmy's wig, causing Jimmy to have an uncomfortable itch. After the player rubs Scratchy off his wig, the family continues dancing. After the dance is done, the family is seen walking home. Meanwhile, Scratchy the 'Fro Bug comes back and lands again on Jimmy's wig, in which Jimmy screams in discomfort again.	"Yo! My Dance Club Rub* microgames will get you swayin' and gyratin'!*"
Ninja Scribble	The story takes place at Kat & Ana's House, where Ana is hungry and wants a snack. She realizes that her bananas are gone. The top screen of the DS indicates that a monkey stole them and is on top of the roof of the house; as the monkey starts eating the banana, Ana desperately searches her house to find the missing banana. After the monkey eats the banana, Shadow notices the banana peel that the monkey has dropped and alerts Ana. Ana and Shadow notice the footsteps from the banana peel leading to a window; Ana thinks a crook stole the banana. Before she and Shadow search for the thief, she leaves a note for Kat (the player draws on this note). While Ana is trying to catch the thief, Kat catches up with Shuriken, saying that she read the note and that they must hurry. When Kat & Ana find the monkey eating the banana, they are initially outraged, but immediately endeared. They decide that the monkey is too adorable to punish, and they tame him while naming him Numchuck.	"Hi! I'm Kat! My sister, Ana, has been helping me make some sweet Ninja Scribble* microgames!*"
Total Drag	At a mansion, Ashley & Red are brewing a potion. After Ashley tastes it, she demands more ingredients, in which the player drags the ingredients into the pot. A skull appears from the pot, shocking the two, realizing they ruined the potion. As Ashley & Red exit the mansion, Red tries to reassure Ashley that they can retry and the next attempt will be a success. Meanwhile, on the top screen of the Nintendo DS, the Oinker gets struck by lightning, forcing Orbulon to abandon ship. Orbulon, frantic, starts running. He accidentally bumps into Ashley, angering her and turning her hair white. Orbulon, frightened at her, apologizes and retreats. After Red asks Ashley what is wrong, Ashley proclaims that Orbulon is the missing ingredient. Red then promises Ashley that he will catch Orbulon. Red fails, however, and apologizes. Ashley accepts it and tells him that he can be the ingredient instead, much to Red's shock.	"I'm Ashley, and I hope you find my microgames a Total Drag. Good luck trying not to embarrass yourself!"
Slightly Unscrewed	At Dr. Crygor's Lab, Dr. Crygor finishes a new invention, the Tri-phonic Undulating Nanobot Automaton or TUNA for short. He tests it by throwing an apple core into the machine, where it recreates a full apple. Dr. Crygor then jumps into the machine, where the player spins the wheel to make the machine work; after the procedure is completed, Dr. Crygor changes from his preceding appearance to the one used in WarioWare: Touched!, and he proclaims to be upgraded. He then blasts out of his lab and into space, and he exclaims that the galaxy is his giant oyster.	"Ahem! Dr. Crygor here. My research has yielded a dizzying array of Slightly Unscrewed* microgames!*"
Mic Rocking	Back at Dr. Crygor's lab, Dr. Crygor builds a karaoke robot to suit his cleaning needs. He names him Mike and then tests Mike by turning him on. Dr. Crygor then goes out, while Mike cleans the lab. Mike eventually finds dust on the windowsill, in which the player blows the dust away with the mic on the Nintendo DS. Mike suddenly gets the urge to host a party and then flies out of the lab to host an intergalactic karaoke competition at an Alien Bunny planet. After beating his competition, Dr. Crygor arrives in Dribble's taxi and tells Mike that they need to go home. They then sing a duet, but Mike soon criticizes how awfully Dr. Crygor sings. Dr. Crygor defends himself by saying that he wrote Mike's software, and Mike responds by leaving Dr. Crygor.	"Attention party people: I am Mike, a robot programmed to please crowds with high-impact Mic Rocking* microgames!*"
Retro Action	The story starts at Toy Express, where 9-Volt and his best friend, 18-Volt, bought the recently released game, 36-Volt Man, and head to 9-Volt's House to play the game. After the player sets up the Nintendo GameCube by touching and dragging the CD into the disc drive, 9-Volt and 18-Volt play the game all day long and beat it. To celebrate their success, 9-Volt spins his turntable as 18-Volt dances, as they showcase their Nintendo game systems. 9-Volt and 18-Volt eventually fall asleep, but since they fell asleep late in the night, they oversleep past 9 o'clock and thus are late for school.	"Sup! I'm 9-Volt! My hot collection of classic Retro Action* microgames are all about old-school Nintendo flavor!*"
Super Zero	Wario is feeling sick and ponders what will make him feel better. He then thinks that garlic is the answer to his sickness, so he trudges to his refrigerator only to find out that the only garlic he has is Nasty Garlic. He eats it regardless, where the Wario Viruses eat the weakened Awful Viruses from the Nasty Garlic (where the player involved first taps the Awful Viruses and then drags the Wario Viruses over the weakened Awful Viruses to eat them), and he turns into Wario-Man as a result. Wario-Man bursts out of his house and proclaims that he is super-powered. Wario-Man then sees a train and wants to crush it; however, when Wario-Man gets in front of it, it knocks Wario-Man away. As Rocky the Reporter notes the success of WarioWare: Touched!, Wario-Man falls into a sewer and turns back into normal Wario. Wario jumps out and does not realize that he has landed on the Sewer Guru; irritated, the Sewer Guru hits Wario with his stick, turning him into Flat Wario.	"Yeck. I'm not supposed to catch a cold! Ugh...is my Super Zero* microgame mix next? I can't remember. ACHOOO! Bah, I'm taking a nap."* (First description) "I am Wario-Man! You never know what kind of touch control you will have to use in my Super Zero* microgame mix!*" (Second description)

Microgame sets[edit]

Host/Microgame Set	Description	Greeting
Jamie's Mix	Represented by Jimmy's sister, Jamie, this microgame set is unlocked after the player completes Wario's, Mona's, and Jimmy's stages. As the description states, it mixes Wario's, Mona's, and Jimmy's microgames. The microgames are in level two, but they start at normal speed. The boss microgames for the first three sets are You Break It, You Buy It, Pro Bowling and Rainbow Juice. Afterwards, the boss microgame will always be random.	"I'm Jimmy's disco-fabulous sis, Jamie! My mix features the hottest microgames from Wario, Mona, and Jimmy!"
James's Mix	Represented by Jimmy's brother, James, this microgame set is unlocked after the player completes Kat & Ana's, Ashley's, and Dr. Crygor's stages. As the description states, it mixes Kat & Ana's, Ashley's, and Dr. Crygor's microgames. The microgames are in level two, but they start at normal speed. The boss microgames for the first three sets are Galaxy Bounce, Global Warning and Living Room Rally. Afterwards, the boss microgame will always be random.	"I'm James, Jimmy's chick-magnet brother, and my sizzlin' mix is loaded with microgames by Kat & Ana, Ashley, and Dr. Crygor!"
	Represented by a pink bear, this microgame set is unlocked after beating Mike's, 9-Volt's, and Wario-Man's microgames. Monster Megamix mixes all minigames from all employees sans the boss microgames. The microgame speed increases over time without any indication and continues until all four lives are lost or maximum speed is reached. The game is over only when the player has no more lives. Scoring twenty-five points unlocks the Hardcore Mix set.	"You never know what you'll play next in this grueling microgame medley!"
	Represented by a white bear, Hardcore Mix uses the same set of rules from Monster Megamix, except that players have only one try. Microgames also start at the level two difficulty; unlike Monster Megamix, however, microgames do not speed up over time. The game is over only when the player has lost a microgame. Scoring fifteen points unlocks the Gnarly Mix set.	"In this Hardcore Mix, you've got just one chance to prove your microgame mastery!"
	Represented by a yellow bear, Gnarly Mix uses the same set of rules from Monster Megamix, except minigames start very fast and gets faster until it reaches maximum speed or if the player loses. The game is over only when the player has no more lives. Scoring twenty points unlocks a souvenir.	"This brutal blend of microgames starts off hard and keeps piling on the gnarliness!"

Supporting characters[edit]

Locations[edit]

Each of the character's stories takes place in various locations in Diamond City.

Objects[edit]

These are objects that appear in the main story and/or play a role of some sort.

Microgames[edit]

Main article: List of WarioWare: Touched! microgames

There are a total of 190 microgames in WarioWare: Touched! Each WarioWare employee has twenty normal microgames (Wario has twenty-one microgames) and a boss microgame. Microgames are categorized by how they are played; for example, Wario's microgames involve tapping or poking objects on the screen, Mona's microgames involve making cutting motions, Jimmy T.'s microgames involve rubbing the screen the right way, and so on. 9-Volt and Wario-Man are the only two employees that mix up differing microgame styles in their microgame mix.

Souvenirs[edit]

Souvenirs can be unlocked in random order by completing tasks like getting 30 points in a stage, beating the default high score in a souvenir, or playing all microgames. Souvenirs can both be stored in Games and the Toy Room, accompanied by descriptions that, from the comically boisterous and rude tones, suggest Wario wrote this. If stored in Games, souvenirs can be found quickly, but the amount of souvenirs the player can store here is limited. If the player wants all the souvenirs in one place, the souvenirs can be stored in the Toy Room. Below is a list of souvenirs.

In the European, Wii U Virtual Console, and 3DS versions, Mona Pizza cannot be unlocked, since players must have a copy of WarioWare: Twisted!, which w

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