WarioWare: Get It Together! (Switch)

WarioWare: Get It Together! lebt von den schrägen, oft witzigen aber immer unvorhersehbaren Mikrospielen. Für eine gewisse Zeit wirkt das Spiel daher auch wie eine Sammelsurium verrückter Ideen, die ständig Überraschungen bereithält. Sobald diese Überraschungsmomente aber wegfallen, weil jedes der Spiele schon zwei oder drei Mal gespielt wurden, nutzt sich dieser Effekt sehr schnell ab.

For those new to the series, keep in mind that these games aren’t about the number of levels or length of time it takes to complete the story. There is fun in replaying each of the levels to get the highest score possible and unlock all of the microgames. For returning fans, well, you basically know what to expect. It’s just more of the WarioWare we love.

The WarioWare series has been fertile ground for Nintendo to experiment with concepts like touchscreen capabilities in Touched or accelerometer-based motion in Twisted, which makes Get It Together's platforming riffs a little more traditional than usual. But that also makes it less reliant on a gimmick, and that's a change for the better.

Help Wario and his companions escape their own game by completing over 200 wacky microgames.

WarioWare: Get It Together! gets back to basics. It throws out the controller gimmicks of old, but brings in the added layer of quirky character abilities that brilliantly manage to work with every single one of the moreish microgame mayhem that this series is so well known for. Oh, and it makes for a great party game too!

I’m grateful that another Wario game even exists, and WarioWare: Get It Together! is going to be a hit for a lot of people who are already dedicated to this special brand of weird. But for some, the homogenization of a few aspects might not last them more than a week, so make sure you bring people into the fold if you want to jump in at full asking price.