I definitely think this is the best WarioWare of all the ones I've played so far. It has the best of everything the series has to offer in my opinion, it brings back a lot of the best minigames, has the cool returning Tilt controls, the touch screen mini games aren't super hard and the minigames feel like they were more handpicked overall to represent the best parts of the series as a whole. The final level in the story mode was also the coolest "final boss" in a WarioWare game so far honestly, rather than just being a random one off bout with Wario like it usually is, it was really fun.

The full voice acting on display here also added so much more to an already charming series and cast of characters, and I really liked it! That said, it was clear that at this stage in time, Charles really was losing his touch with the Wario voice due to age (not his fault at all though, just a natural byproduct of his age), but he did his best and I salute him for that. That being said... as much as I'd like to say I'd want more full voice acting for future WarioWare games, I just can't get behind Kevin Afghani's take on Wario (which also isn't his fault either, he was just miscast in the wrong role by NIntendo). All I can hear when I hear his Wario is a bootleg Wario, not the real one. Gold was probably the last chance we'd get to hear Wario well voice acted in the modern day sadly.

As I played this on my New 3DS XL, I also got the privilege of using my Amiibo with the game, and so many of Wario's drawings of the amiibo made me die of laughter, so the game gets bonus points for that alone.

Overall, Gold feels like a love letter and celebration of the series as a whole, and honestly feels like THE definitive WarioWare game. If anyone wanted to just play a single game from the series to find out what it's all about, this game right is here the one to go to, no question. Very fun game.

Beating the main game only takes about 2-3 hours (if even that), but the true meat of this comes from the extra content and replayability.

The challenge modes fucking rock. Gamer is back from Game & Wario, and is still really fun. The “elevator” challenges are back, and having every minigame mixed together with different control methods adds a ton of challenge. Cruise controls and wario interrupts are both probably my favorites out of these. Cruise controls allows you to speed up or slow down the gameplay by tilting the 3ds, and allows the gameplay to really go as smooth as you want it to. Wario interrupts is basically like if the blooper item could be used on ur 3ds interrupting normal gameplay, but with various other tweaks, which adds a really nice amount of difficulty. I personally also really love kat and Ana’s mode “Splitscreen” which cuts down the time inbetween minigames and just goes back to back with minigames alternating from top to bottom. It really makes it a constant rush of gameplay and is really refreshing.

Also of course I have to acknowledge classic Pyoro being back which is such a nice timesink. The arcade minigames are such a nice cherry on top and the little gimmick games like the alarm clocks and he weird toilet paper credits game really make this game feel cohesively “Wario” and is something they really didn’t need to do but they did it anyway.

Best hits of WarioWare, what can I say?

There are games from across the series, utilizing button controls, touch controls, and gyro controls. However, I found it difficult to grasp how some games were controlled due to the variety of methods when your playing with a mixed pool of microgames.

But I do enjoy some microgames every now and then.