Word Up
| Word Up | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!  WarioWare Gold | |||
| Appears in | WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! 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$!) "Shoot the ? to make a word! Don't ya wish writing was always this easy?" (Gold) | ||
| Controls |  / / / – Move / / – Shoot
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| Time limit | 8 beats | ||
| Target score | 20 | ||
| Music track | Space Fighter | ||
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Word Up is one of Dribble & Spitz's microgames found in the Sci-Fi folder in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and returns as one of their microgames in the Fantasy set within the Mash League in WarioWare Gold. The name is derived from the 1986 song "Word Up!" by Cameo.
Gameplay[edit]
The player controls a ship at the bottom of the screen. It can move left and right, and when it moves off one side of the screen it reappears on the opposite side. At the top of the screen are five panels equidistant from each other. Each of them has either a letter/exclamation mark or a question mark, the latter panels blink. The player's ship can shoot lasers upward by using . When a laser hits a panel, it flips over and becomes a panel of the opposite state. To win, the player must have all panels display a letter/exclamation mark, causing them to spell a message. Once complete, the panels vanish and the letters/exclamation marks fly to the center of the screen while spacing themselves closer together. This makes them easier to read, as a visual flourish. Any remaining lasers vanish and the player loses the ability to shoot the second the task is complete.
In WarioWare Gold, the player can hold to rapid fire.
- Level 1: Only one panel starts as a question mark.
- Level 2: Two panels start as question marks.
- Level 3: Three panels start as question marks.
Possible messages[edit]
The possible messages that appears include:
- <player's name> (Mega Microgame$!, spaces become exclamation marks)
- BOSS! (Gold, appears if the next microgame is a boss stage)
- CINCH
- COOL!
- EASY!
- GIDDY
- GRAND
- GRAVY
- GREAT
- HAPPY
- LOUD!
- LUCKY
- MONEY
- NEATO
- PARTY
- PRIME
- PRIMO
- SCORE
- SILLY
- SLICK
- SNAP!
- SUAVE
- SUNNY
- SUPER
- SWEET
- TASTY
- YEAH!
- YESSS
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
|
|---|---|---|---|
| WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$! | 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 | Palabra secreta[?] | Secret word |
Notes[edit]
- This microgame shares its music with Space Fighter, Bubble Trouble, Mars Ball Destroy, and Hover for Cover.
- This is the only microgame in WarioWare Gold where the border doesn't extend to the sides of the screen.
- The WarioWare Gold version uses the Pop Happiness font known from Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy.
