Take a Stab at It

Take a Stab at It

Appears in	WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Type	Wario
Command(s)	Stab 1! (Level 1) Stab 2! (Level 2) Stab 3! (Level 3)
Info	"I, Wario, am gonna teach you the art of fencing! The secret is moving the tip of the foil So that you can catch things that fly at you!...What? What do you mean it is not fencing?"
Form(s)	"The Remote Control"
Music track	Fencing

Take a Stab at It is a Microgame found in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. It is in the Wario stage. The name is an allusion to the idiom "Take a stab at it", meaning to try something.

GameplayEdit

The player is holding a stick with the nose and mustache resembling Wario's and must stab objects that are thrown at them, such as melons and cherries. In the third level, sometimes a chair is thrown.

1st level difficulty: The player must stab 1 object.
2nd level difficulty: The player must stab 2 objects.
3rd level difficulty: The player must stab 3 objects.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	くしざしフェンシング Kushizashi Fenshingu	Skewer Fencing
Korean	꼬치 펜싱 Kkochi Penssing	Skewer Fencing

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