Pirates



Pirates is a minigame hosted by Captain Wario in Game & Wario. It is a single player game that is played with the horizontally.

Story
Wario decides to go outside of his house on his motorcycle. He eventually sees a pirate costume and decides to become a pirate himself.

Gameplay
Pirate is rhythm game. The game consists of Wario giving commands to pirates on his ship and other ships to attack the player. These commands vary between him saying "Center", "Over", "Left" or "Right". The player must move the in these directions as if they are using a shield to block the attacks.

After the song is over, a dance sequence begins. The player must mimic the moves shown on screen to build up power to charge up an energy ball. Once enough energy has been built up, the player must press the ZL and ZR buttons simultaneously with the rhythm to shoot the energy ball at the pirates.

This game is what became of the Wii U demo, Shield Pose.

Description
"Ahoy! Captain Wario's the name. Block arrows-move yer booty! My rhythm-based action battle game will get ye shakin' yer timbers!"