Word Up

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Word Up
Word Up
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
WordUp WarioWareGold.png
WarioWare Gold
Appears in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
WarioWare Gold
League Mash League
Type Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz, Mega Microgame$!)
Fantasy (Dribble & Spitz, Gold)
Command(s) Shoot "?"
Info "Shoot the question marks to reveal a word. To help you out, you can warp from side to side!" (Mega Microgame$!)
"Shoot the ? to make a word! Don't ya wish writing was always this easy?" (Gold)
Controls A Button/A Button/A Button – Shoot
+Control Pad left or right/+Control Pad left or right – Move
Time limit 8 beats
Points to clear 20
Music track Space Fighter

Word Up is one of Dribble & Spitz's microgames in both the Sci-Fi folder in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and the Fantasy level of the Mash League in WarioWare Gold.

Gameplay[edit]

There is a ship the player controls at the bottom of the screen and several panels with letters on them at the top. Some of these panels are blinking and have a question mark on them. The player must move the ship under these and fire, flipping them over and completing the message. Moving the ship left or right offscreen makes the ship reappear on the opposite side.

  • 1st level difficulty: There is one box to shoot.
  • 2nd level difficulty: There are two boxes to shoot.
  • 3rd level difficulty: There are three boxes to shoot.

Possible messages include:

  • <player's name> (Mega Microgame$!, spaces become exclamation marks)
  • BOSS! (Gold, appears if the next microgame is a boss stage)
  • CINCH
  • COOL!
  • EASY!
  • GIDDY
  • GRAND
  • GRAVY
  • GREAT
  • HAPPY
  • LOUD!
  • LUCKY
  • MONEY
  • NEATO
  • PARTY
  • PRIME
  • PRIMO
  • SCORE
  • SILLY
  • SLICK
  • SNAP!
  • SUAVE
  • SUNNY
  • SUPER
  • SWEET
  • TASTY
  • YEAH!
  • YESSS

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$! NAMESHOT

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パネルショット
Paneru Shotto
Panel Shot
Chinese 翻字牌
Fān zì pái
Turning plates
French Le mot qu'il faut The Needed Word
German Wortsuche Word Search
Italian Parole, parole Words, words
Spanish (NOA) Palabra secreta Secret word