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WarioWare: Touched!

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8.4 User Score:

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Based on 54 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Nintendo

Developer: Nintendo

Genre(s): Action, Platform, Party

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: February 14, 2005

Summary

(Also known as "Sawaru Made in Wario" in Japan) Wario makes his mad debut on the Nintendo DS with 180 all-new, factory-fresh microgames! What really makes this game rock is the DS's touch control. Touch the latest fruits from the bizarro developers of WarioWare Inc. Expect to make lots of spins and whirlpools to win Dr. Crygor's Slightly Unscrewed microgames. Kickin' kindergartners Kat and Anna return with a dojo's worth of Ninja Scribble microgames. Scooter girl Mona has made a career move from the gelateria to the pizza delivery business, but she's also found time to become a pop diva and, of course, develop a whole new set of extremely cuuute microgames. [Nintendo]

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What The Critics Said

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Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

Being too uncoordinated to dare attempt one of those arcade dancing machines, it's the first game we've played that has actually made us feel light-headed. It's also exactly what DS needed after the disappointing absence of a genuine must-have title among the US launch releases. Virtually perfect. [NGC]

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eToychest

The incentive of unlocking new characters, minigames, and even the occasional collectible and interactive toy further serves to make WarioWare Touched! one of the best games on the platform. However, players who are still uncomfortable using the stylus need not apply, as using your finger is far too inaccurate for a majority of the games, and many require the touch screen in one form or another.

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Nintendo Power

The brilliance of this game is tempered by its somewhat limited replay value. [Apr 2005, p.99]

Cheat Code Central

Another instant classic.

AceGamez

Even when you start to get bored of playing it in long bursts, the game makes an absolutely fantastic time killer or a great distraction for those long visits to the toilet.

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Yahoo! Games

It has quite literally everything you can think of to take advantage of the touchscreen.

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GameSpy

Combine the simple, addictive gameplay with great use of the DS's abilities (not to mention the great songs that play during Mike, the karaoke robot's intro and spooky goth chick, Ashley's stage), and you have the best reason so far to own one of Nintendo's new systems.

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GamePro

To date, Wario Ware Touched is the only DS game that fully utilizes the DS's unique functions and is a must have for all DS owners.

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Next Level Gaming

A must have for the Nintendo DS system. It is extremely addictive and once you play it you will not want to put it down.

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NTSC-uk

An utterly outstanding game. It is also one of the few games in existence where friends gleefully swipe said Nintendo DS hardware in order to play it, resulting in various skirmishes and the subsequent prising of gaming hardware from contorted, cold, dead hands. [JPN Import]

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GameCube Europe

The very best DS launch title, and is practically guaranteed to keep you entertained for months. A must-have.

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GameZone

While the game is extremely simplistic and little more than a collection of many minigames, the action is fast-paced and addicting and should provide hours of mindless entertainment.

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Nintendo Insider

With the DS's unique capabilities as the star attraction put into a single package with significant gameplay time and replayability, this is one game that should be in everybody's collection.

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Electronic Gaming Monthly

Totally addictive and innovative, and embarrassing to play in public, to boot! (Everything I like in a game.) [March 2005, p.133]

Armchair Empire

Touched! has enough thrills and weirdness to keep you playing.

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GameBiz

You'll use the DS to its fullest capacity, with games utilising the both screens, the stylus and the microphone. But as has become the norm with the series, it is way too short.

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Nintendojo

Barely missed becoming the first must-have title for the DS. It is however, the best game that honestly requires the touch screen to play and the first game that really shows that the touch screen is not a gimmick.

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NintendoWorldReport

While other games in the Wario Ware series have been packed full of micro-games and unlockables, SaWaRu falls slightly short of the lofty goals set by its predecessors. The overall number of games is smaller, and the fact that some of them are very similar serves to make the list appear even slimmer.

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IGN

Touched! may be an incredibly brief experience, but it's still one of the top titles in the Nintendo DS library. At the very least it gives a great insight into gameplay ideas that the touchscreen and dual-screen handheld's capable of.

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1UP

It's fun, inventive, cute, often hilarious, and occasionally heart-pounding -- nearly everything you expect a Wario title to be. It's just not especially challenging nor lengthy.

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Play.tm

Perhaps this easiness stems from the fact that despite the huge number of games featured it's hard to escape from the feeling that a tad more variety would be welcome.

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Pocket Games

If they would have included multiplayer mode, it would be perfect. [Spring 2005, p.85]

Gamers Europe

It sets out simply to make you laugh, and give you a fun time, and it achieves that aim completely. Our prescription is to go out and buy it now - it's another essential title for the DS.

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Gaming Target

does a fine job of taking advantage of the features only the Nintendo DS has and, mixed in with an addictive batch of games, this is probably the best DS game out there right now

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Game Informer

The game may be elementary in the extreme, but sometimes the simple pleasures remain the best. [Apr 2005, p.142]

Nintendophiles

Its simplistic, but addictive gameplay will have you playing long after everything is unlocked. Despite a missed opportunity for multiplayer, Wario Ware Touched! beautifully shows off the potential of the Nintendo DS.

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N-Insanity

While you may find some of the game’s extras a bit gimmicky (as I did), they still offer a great deal of creativity.

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VGPub

A great idea that underachieved.

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G4 TV

It lacks the replay value of the first game, but it's the perfect tech demo for your new handheld and its off-beat humor is as strong as ever.

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Play Magazine

My only criticisms are that the NES-themed games aren't as creative as before, and the game is a bit easy. [Apr 2005, p.70]

Gamestyle

For a launch title, it's surprising that so much imagination has been tapped from every available feature of the Nintendo DS.

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PALGN

But my biggest problem with the game is really just the slight lack of craziness that I've come to expect from Wario Ware. I rarely laugh out loud at a game, but the original Wario Ware provided me with much humour with its general wackiness.

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WHAM! Gaming

Hardcore connoisseur gamers need to stay the hell away from this game. WarioWare Touched will appeal to the young’ens, Women, and casual gamers.

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Gamer.tv

Confused? You will be, but in the most pleasurable way possible. [JPN Import]

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Siliconera

A must for followers of the microgame craze.

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Edge Magazine

It may be formulaic, but that formula is still one of invention, surprise and excellence. [Jan 2005, p.87; JPN Import]

Da Gameboyz

Let's hope that next time around Nintendo adds some much needed wireless multiplayer to breathe extended life into this game.

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Console Gameworld

Touched shows that the new technology in the DS can add to the game’s novelty, but there needs to be some use of the standard technology as well.

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My Gamer

As much as this reviewer likes WarioWare: Touched!, it’s not worth the purchase price of a DS.

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The New York Times

Nintendo apparently does not fully realize the appeal of Touched! to impatient players, as each section of the game is framed by an incoherent and unnecessary cartoon.

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3DAvenue

It's a decent game but it’s by no means the AAA title the original game was.

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Deeko

The game is far too easy for its own good and can be beaten in less than an hour (though this is something of a moot point for those who want to beat every micro-game within the game).

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Detroit Free Press

The only real nit I have with WarioWare is that there is no wireless multiplayer gaming. But the dual screens make up for it.

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GameSpot

It's a good product, overall, but its overreliance on touching means that many of the microgames have you doing the same sort of activity again and again.

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games(TM)

With the unique interface proving both innovative and obstructive, a bit of the original’s spark has been lost in translation. [Feb 2005, p.88]

Eurogamer

Bugs aside - and indeed notwithstanding the bugs in our case - it's relentlessly entertaining and commands your attention as well as anything else on the handheld to date. We only wish it put up a bit more of a fight, and did more to take advantage of a system that once seemed purpose-built for it. [Import]

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Electric Playground

Perhaps the coolest part of WarioWare is that it has lots of nods to Nintendo history. There are minigames based on classic Nintendo games, like The Legend of Zelda (touch the fairies to rescue them) and Metroid (pull alien critters off of Samus), and many more.

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GamerFeed

While it's certainly fun to play and one of the few reasons (currently) to even bother with the Nintendo DS, it just doesn't feel all that special.

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Total Video Games

WarioWare Touched might not have quite the same ‘awe’ factor that it had when it first debuted on the GBA but it’s fun to play and will while away the hours away from home.

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RewiredMind

To call this game pointless would be trite, but it’s unrelentingly shallow and really nothing more than mental chewing gum. Nothing else tastes quite like it, though, and if you have any sense of fun about you, you’re bound to enjoy the goods.

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AltGaming

Quite how all the features demonstrated here can work as part of a worthwhile, consistent whole remains to be seen but for now, WarioWare has exactly what DS owners were probably looking for when they bought their machine: a fresh, fun and totally unique gaming experience.

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Pelaaja (Finland)

Makers of "Halo" say that in their action games they repeat the same perfect 30 seconds over and over again. Wario Ware Touched! does the same but it needs to repeat only a few perfect seconds at a time. [May 2005, p.84]

Game Revolution

Good for a weird shot of fun, or a fun shot of weird, or maybe both. It’s the kind of game that should have been available on your palm pilot five years ago (hell, it would still be a good palm pilot game).

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Sydney Morning Herald

For a system that prides itself on interactivity, WarioWare: Touched! is a notable complement. It's a shallow, inconsistent experience, though, and one I suspect will wear on you after a while.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 37 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Hamish B. gave it an8:
A great addition to the series. It is brilliant fun, instantly playable and hilarious. Unfortunately all the good work is almost undone by the appalling "blowing into the mic" set of minigames. It is a truly awful gimmick and one that hardly even works. One can only hope and pray that other DS games don't follow suit and use this terrible, embarrassing feature.

Caz C. gave it a9:
This is the madest game i have ever played. At first you will be like... "what... the hell.." but trust me once you get the hang of this game you will want more! Completing it is easy if you get used to the fast paced action in the game but difficult if your hand eye co-ordination is a bit slow! The mini games arn't exactly games per-say, thats if you look at them in the way one is just drawing a line through the eye of a needle and lasts about 2 seconds but the amount of mini games makes it shockingly random and exciting to play! Definately worth getting although not reccomended for people who like to play mulitplayer as there is no option for this.

Shelby K. gave it a10:
This is the most addicting DS game yet! The mini-games vary from very easy to extremely hard!!! I could spend my whole day just playing this game!

Kung Fu Furby gave it a6:
This game is good, but it lacks a wireless multiplayer mode. I frown upon this game because this doesn't have the wireless multiplayer mode! It's good for your mind, but once you master it, you get tired of it and abandon it. That's what I did. Sorry, folks, this is bad on replay value.

Ed D. gave it a10:
This game is my favorite game for the DS but it does end quick.

Corey S. gave it a9:
The most addicting game ever! A must-buy if you liked the other Wario Ware games.

Annabelle T. gave it an8:
It's really good but some are WAY to hard, but then some are way to easy too!

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