Warioware DIY Review

By Chris Hudak

As ye sow, so shall ye reap.



Leave it to Nintendo to make my job a little more interesting—and ‘interesting‘ (ahem)—and twice in the same week at that. First they roll out their newest piece of hardware, about which there are a number of good things to say in a review—except that nobody, including Nintendo, seems to…

  • Create your own <b>WarioWare</b> microgames
  • ...with some harsh restrictions
  • Highlights challenges of game design
  • Share microgames with other players
  • Tons of replay/recreate value
  • 'Software suite' or 'game'?
  • Thorough tutorial
  • ...and you're going to <i>need</i> it.
  • Weak stylus and camera/mic integration
  • Renders a 'review score' next to meaningless

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Chris Hudak
Chris Hudak

Chris Hudak is a writer, former San Francisco Zoo penguin recorder, frequent-flyer junkie, self-proclaimed lucid dream expert, poolshark-in-minnow’s-clothing, “student” of all things Japanese, borderline alcoholic (see “writer”), video-gamer-with-a-life, and moonlighting, kinda-sorta actor in his copious spare time.  He writes weird fiction, and contributes articles to Playboy, Wired, The Toronto Star, and whoever else has money.  Chris is the protagonist of the Harlan Ellison short story “Keyboard”—no, really—and someday wants a house in Walt Disney World.

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