Despite an obvious dog whistle of a title and story, the game is honestly...fine? Like, don't get me wrong, it plays well and has a charming, if overly simplistic, art style, but did we really need Wario Land 5 with a sprinkling of Sonic the Hedgehog? This is not the next big world-changing combination since Harry Reese discovered the culinary genius that is chocolate mixed with peanut butter. Instead, we have a Wario game that emphasizes going as fast as possible and not taking your time and enjoying the inventive level themes and enemy designs. Why craft all these things if you just want us to run past them? I suppose that's the culture nowadays, people want everything over with as quickly as possible. Such is the era of TikTok and McDonald's...sigh