Word Up

Word Up
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare Gold
Appears in	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! WarioWare Gold
Type	Sci-Fi (Mega Microgame$!) 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	// – Shoot / – Move
Points to clear	20

Word Up is one of Dribble & Spitz's microgame in the Sci-Fi folder in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. It reappears in WarioWare Gold, once again as one of their games.

Gameplay

There is a ship the player controls at the bottom of the screen and several panels with letters on them at the top. Some of these panels are blinking and have a question mark on them. The player must move the ship under these and fire, flipping them over and completing the message. Moving the ship left or right offscreen makes the ship reappear on the opposite side.

• 1st level difficulty: There is one box to shoot.
• 2nd level difficulty: There are two boxes to shoot.
• 3rd level difficulty: There are three boxes to shoot.

Possible messages 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

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
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
Italian	Parole, parole	Words, words
Spanish (NOA)	Palabra secreta	Secret word