Taxi (minigame)

Taxi is Dribble and Spitz's minigame in the Wii U game, Game & Wario. It is a single-player game.

Story
Dribble and Spitz are driving their taxi through Route 56, starting to fall asleep. Not long after, they encounter a hitchhiker waiting on the side of the road. A UFO suddenly appears overhead and abducts the person. Spitz then grabs a laser gun, opens the top of their taxi, and attempts to shoot at the UFO. He then tells Dribble to follow it and he cooperates, following the UFO over a hill leading to a farm.

Gameplay
Taxi is played by moving around in Dribble and Spitz's taxi and firing with Spitz's laser bazooka. The is used for a first-person view of the game, including aiming with the gun, while the television screen is a bird's-eye view of the entire farm.

The game requires the player to accumulate a target amount of money (2500), with the extra "Taxi King" objective (6000) offering a higher challenge. To earn money, the primary objective of the game is to shoot down UFOs to release abducted animals, then give them a ride back to the barn at the center of the map. There are three UFO types: red (one hit point), blue (two hit points) and yellow (three hit points). Each kind of animal gives the player a different amount of money as he or she takes them to the barn. Only three clients can fit in the taxi at a time.

After 150 seconds, the mothership arrives at the farm, threatening to invade the shelter and initiating an attack. The player is given five hit points and three minutes to take down the mothership by firing at its weak spots, all while dodging its own laser beam attacks. As the mothership is destroyed, ten stars rain down to the ground, which the player must try to collect before the remaining time is over.

Additionally, five treasure chests are hidden inside structures around the map, such as bells and trees. The player must shoot at these spots or lure the mothership to attack them to reveal the chests.

A Fronk occasionally flies overhead with a balloon; it can be picked up as well.

Rewards

 * Catch bonus (pick up client before it hits the ground): +100 each
 * Give client a ride to the barn:
 * Chickens: +200 each
 * Pigs: +300 each
 * Treasure chests: +200 each
 * Stars: +50 each
 * Seconds remaining on timer: +10 each
 * Repairs (lost health point): -100 each

Controls

 * /: Steer
 * Forward
 * Reverse
 * Pull bazooka out
 * (with bazooka out): Shoot bazooka
 * / (with bazooka out): Control bazooka

Description
"Swerve, steer... and shoot UFOs?! Eh, just another day of life for us cabbies Dribble and Spitz!"