WarioWare D.I.Y.

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  • Summary: The WarioWare: D.I.Y. game lets players create the same kind of microgames that are the hallmark of the WarioWare series. Players design every aspect of their creations, including graphics, animation, music and rules. Do It Yourself! Take on the role of game designer and create your ownThe WarioWare: D.I.Y. game lets players create the same kind of microgames that are the hallmark of the WarioWare series. Players design every aspect of their creations, including graphics, animation, music and rules. Do It Yourself! Take on the role of game designer and create your own microgames by crafting everything from artwork, animations, music and action instructions. WarioWare: D.I.Y. comes with more than 90 pre-made games to play, but players who have access to a broadband Internet connection can wirelessly download a virtually endless supply of user-generated games, or upload their own creations to share with the world. When creating games, players can utilize a library of pre-made graphics and sound samples, borrow elements from other microgames on their system, or start from scratch. [Nintendo]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 53
  3. Negative: 0 out of 53
  1. GameShark
    100
    Every DS gamer should give it a whirl, regardless of their design ambition, even if just to get a sense of what wacky creativity lies in the minds of their fellow gamers.
  2. games(TM)
    90
    Every step of the way, you'll feel the classic Nintendo touch. [Issue#96, p.98]
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  3. Digital Chumps
    88
    Using the simple, lighthearted game approach from WarioWare titles and pairing that with an actual use for the design tools in Mario Paint, Nintendo has brought us a great new tool for creating our own Microgames.
  4. 1UP
    83
    Creativity often thrives under the most severe limitations, and those who relish the opportunity to entertain others (or even just themselves) in videogame form will love WarioWare D.I.Y. It provides a detailed yet streamlined mechanism for creativity, meaning the challenge is in coming up with creative ideas rather than wrestling with the interface.
  5. Edge Magazine
    80
    For those of us with purer nail-hitting, dog-poking and badger-stomping in mind, the pleasure will have to remain in the doing.
  6. Universo Nintendo
    80
    If you don't like the philosophy of "play, create and share", maybe you won't like D.I.Y.. But, still, the package of 90 microgames can be interesting.
  7. The A.V. Club
    50
    There are good ideas here, and around 100 pre-made micro-games to play, but WarioWare: D.I.Y. ultimately reveals itself as an obscure, cluttered experience.

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. ThatGuyWhoIsNub
    Dec 2, 2019
    10
    This game is perfection in all the definition of the word.
    So why? You can play and create your own micro-games, music and also comics! When    This game is perfection in all the definition of the word.
    So why? You can play and create your own micro-games, music and also comics! When I was a kid, it seemed to was like a infinite game, with infinite posibilities, and I wasn't wrong at all... You really can do everything who do you want, I maded Mario style games, fish games, etc. There aren't so much limits, such like Minecraft.
    Anyways, the game have prepacked games to play if you don't want to do it yourself, and all are so cool! Also the music is really good, search the OST in YouTube if you want.
    There are so very different modes and a lot of content, really, you will be not bored in any second. So in conclusion, a masterpiece of the DS and my second favorite game of the DS (my first one is NSMB)    … Expand
  2. solidice
    Sep 20, 2016
    10
    This game is amazing
    first of all its easy to use
    second of all the tutoriels for how to make a microgame is great for teaching how the game    This game is amazing
    first of all its easy to use
    second of all the tutoriels for how to make a microgame is great for teaching how the game works
    and third you can make music
    sadly the online features don't work but that's not that big of a deal    … Expand
  4. Spectre_A
    Mar 22, 2018
    10
    Great game if you like design however, even if you are not good at design it is still a good game i highly recommend it if you want to get inGreat game if you like design however, even if you are not good at design it is still a good game i highly recommend it if you want to get in game design. the mechanics are great, and if you are not good at music composing you can have the composer make it for you and if you are not good at game or music design you can do comic design or if you are not good at any of the three than you can finish off the partly made games or play the pre made games.… Expand
  5. Mattia9336
    Jul 17, 2020
    9
    This game was definitely ahead of its time. Nowadays we have Mario Maker on Switch and Dreams on PS4, but 10 years ago that was the closestThis game was definitely ahead of its time. Nowadays we have Mario Maker on Switch and Dreams on PS4, but 10 years ago that was the closest you could get to making games/levels… Expand
  6. RyanA
    Dec 20, 2012
    9
    This game would be considered, in my opinion, almost perfect. The main idea in this game is to create your own minigames, there are evenThis game would be considered, in my opinion, almost perfect. The main idea in this game is to create your own minigames, there are even rewards for your efforts. There are also quite a few pre-installed minigames in it as well. The only parts to this game that I don't like are: 1-Orbulon's number sliding puzzle 2-slightly limited for certain aspects when creating minigames (mainly how much actions you can make). Overall 8.7/10… Expand
  7. AnthonyStf
    May 22, 2023
    9
    How is this not a must play? This an amazing game, and the best warioware game. It's a very good game.
  8. wegie125
    Dec 10, 2017
    6
    Not the greatest game but you can get a couple good hours out of it if you have a good imagination. It was fun when my brother and I first gotNot the greatest game but you can get a couple good hours out of it if you have a good imagination. It was fun when my brother and I first got it and we would play the game for quite some time. It's fairly simplistic and none of the preset minigames are really anything good. It's fun to make games and even more fun to see how they sell and try to compete against someone which in my case was my brother. Occasionally I do go back to play this game, not to make games, just to look at my previous creations and have a nostalgic trip back to how bad I was at making games and drawing.… Expand

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