NeoKobe
Really wanted to like this game, but it's a bit too slow and jankey. The level design is also filled with too many "gotcha!" moments which just made it frustrating. I gave up when Wario's fat ass wouldn't float off of the minecart, and I had lost three of my treasures by that point.
It's a neat look at the turning point between VB Wario Land and Super Mario Land II, though it lacks polish, which ironically is what drew me in initially.
But the level design and lack of QOL from the later games made this hard to play. Maybe I'll come back to it, but gonna move on to Wario Land II for now.
It's a neat look at the turning point between VB Wario Land and Super Mario Land II, though it lacks polish, which ironically is what drew me in initially.
But the level design and lack of QOL from the later games made this hard to play. Maybe I'll come back to it, but gonna move on to Wario Land II for now.
1990
Great game, especially considering how early in the Gameboy's life it came out. It's not an easy game, but it never felt unforgiving.
My favorite part was the atmosphere, I really like how oppressive yet friendly everything is. The way the melancholic overworld music plays as you wander around the wastelands of hell, running into Lucifer who says you're a bitch, then beating him he thinks you're cool.
My favorite part was the atmosphere, I really like how oppressive yet friendly everything is. The way the melancholic overworld music plays as you wander around the wastelands of hell, running into Lucifer who says you're a bitch, then beating him he thinks you're cool.
2010
I was on the final level but I got really drunk that night and the game's bright colors caused me to puke all over my DSi.
Played this on the train to London, I've always loved the original and was super happy to see this childhood dream come to life.
This game has always been kinda weird, the stage themes are random and the sprites look funny, but that's part of the reason I've always liked it. It definitely feels like a Mario game done by the Wario team, which is a great thing in my book.
As for the color hack, they did a good job of realizing the world, but I would be lying if I said it was a perfect touch up. Sometimes coloring an originally mono-chromatic work removes some of the charm, often the case with manga, and sometimes that happens here. That's not really the hackers fault, more just the nature of this sorta thing.
Regardless I think you should play it if you've played the original, and be warned, that final level is still damn tough.
This game has always been kinda weird, the stage themes are random and the sprites look funny, but that's part of the reason I've always liked it. It definitely feels like a Mario game done by the Wario team, which is a great thing in my book.
As for the color hack, they did a good job of realizing the world, but I would be lying if I said it was a perfect touch up. Sometimes coloring an originally mono-chromatic work removes some of the charm, often the case with manga, and sometimes that happens here. That's not really the hackers fault, more just the nature of this sorta thing.
Regardless I think you should play it if you've played the original, and be warned, that final level is still damn tough.
It's been so long since I've played something so fresh and charming while still being very familiar. For years I wrote this game off as a beta Link's Awakening, but it's so much more than that. I loved the story, the characters are all fun, and the platforming was actually really fun. It's a short game, but it was as long as it needed to be.
Really though, was in it for my bro Richard, love you man.
Really though, was in it for my bro Richard, love you man.
2003
wario looks so god damn edible in this game, like a little jelly baby
2001
thanks wario
what the hell was that about