Game & Wario

Game & Wario is a party game for the Wii U. This game is a spin-off from the WarioWare series. The game stars Wario and, like WarioWare, it takes place in Diamond City. The game can be played between one to five people. The title and logo are a reference to the Game & Watch series. The game was released in Japan on March 28, 2013 and June 23 in North America. The game is scheduled to be released on June 28 in Europe, and June 29 in Australia.

To raise awareness for the game, Nintendo opened a Crowdfarter website, which is a take on the Kickstarter site. Instead of people denoting actual money, they encouraged players to donate by tweeting and sharing the game. The more publicity Game & Wario received, the more coins it gained. When a certain amount of coins was achieved, a small digital present was unlocked. When 5 bajillion coins were gained, a digital badge was allowed to be downloaded. When 25 bajillion coins were gathered, a wallpaper for the game was released. With 50 bajillion coins, ringtones of Wario were released. And finally, when 100 bajillion coins were there for kickstarting, a trailer was released.

Story
Wario is watching television at his house. He changes channels, until noticing a reporting about a newly released console, featuring a controller with a screen (similarly to the Wii U GamePad). In order to make a lot of money, Wario decides to create games for that console and starts working on his computer. His friends in Diamond City also hear news about the console, and have shown interest in creating games for it as well.

Gameplay
The game makes full use of the Wii U GamePad controller, as it includes 16 minigames that require players to use the controller's touch screen. Players must play a variety of minigames to earn medals and bonus items.

Cluck-A-Pop
The game features a mode where players can use tokens they find in the minigames to get prize capsules out of a machine resembling a chicken called the Cluck-A-Pop (know as Chick-N-Win in Europe and Australia). Each token gives the player one chance to "pop" a prize out of the chicken machine. There are 240 collection of prizes, each are listed below :


 * Eraser debris: This prize requires the player blow into the microphone to blow used pieces of eraser onto a person's head as if it is hair.
 * Top Set: A top set is given to the player. Other prizes can be used as tops.
 * Adventure King Clock
 * Shadow-Puppet Projector
 * Balloon Fighter Break!

Reception
The game has received mixed reviews. IGN gave the game a 5.1 stating that the game only had three games worth playing. GameXplain gave the game's single player a 2 1/2 out of 5 stars and its multiplayer a 3 1/2 stars out of 5. Joystiq gave the game a 2/5. Meanwhile, Destructoid gave the game a fair score of 7/10 which is followed by Famitsu, that scored the game as 31/40.

References to Other Games

 * Super Mario Bros.: The third stage of the Sole Man-esque microgame in Gamer features a Super Mario Bros. background, with its Brick Blocks, "!? Blocks", bushes and clouds, while a boy in a Goomba costume must actually try to be stepped on by Mario's feet. A puzzle in Patchwork also features this game's Star.
 * Game & Watch: As aforementioned, the title and the logo are references to this series. Additionally, Game & Wario features minigames with simple titles (e.g. Arrow, Kung Fu) and so does the Game & Watch series. A microgame based on Ball appears in Gamer. All of the small icons used to represent the minigames are in black and white and feature simplistic designs that resemble characters or elements from the original Game & Watch games. Also, in the "Bird" minigame, the gamepad features Game & Watch like gameplay.
 * Mario Paint: A micro game in Gamer takes the style of Fly Swatter.
 * Super Mario Bros. 3: One of the puzzles in Patchwork depicts Mario's head and a Super Mushroom from this game.
 * WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!: Gold Digger and Sole Man are remade for the Gamer minigame. Another microgame makes full reference to Nighttime Allergies, with similar background, and the same woman with running nose. The game Pyoro is also remade as Bird.
 * WarioWare: Twisted!: Sal Out from Mona's stage in WarioWare: Twisted! makes a brief appearance in the opening cinematic of Game & Wario. In the Cluck-A-Pop game Mothership Catcher, Mona Pizza's theme song plays when moving the claw.
 * WarioWare: Touched!: The minigame Ashley features a remix of Ashley's original theme song. The boy and the girl from Hookin' Up make an appearance in a scene after clearing one of the Patchwork puzzle.
 * WarioWare: Smooth Moves: Two of the Legendary Cat Dancers appear calongside Jimmy in the introduction of the game. The song used in the minigame Ski is a remix of Jimmy T. 's theme song from this game.
 * WarioWare: D.I.Y.: The "Sumo Wrestler", who makes regular appearances in WarioWare: D.I.Y., returns in a minigame from Gamer.
 * Rhythm Heaven series: The Chorus Kids from the Rhythm Heaven series appear together with Sal Out in the opening cinematic of Game & Wario. The interviewer and wrestler from Rhythm Heaven Fever appear on the sidewalk in the intro to the Pirate minigame and have their own slide in the ending credits. In Gamer, the Wandering Samurai from the Rhythm Heaven series has his own rhythm-based microgame. A Monkey from Rhythm Heaven is hidden in the crowd during the report of the new console. The credits also show an Onion from "Rhythm Tengoku", and another one is seen on a pile of books in Ashley's intro cutscene.