It's a bizarre decision to make your platforming character literally immortal, but I am absolutely down with how well this change fits exploration and collection. This new approach makes it so much less frustrating to experiment with your surroundings when taking hits just means losing some coins instead of restarting a stage. The exploration itself feels so good as well, with Wario making the most of smashing walls and throwing enemies through bricks. I do wish that the collected treasure is used for a wider variety of mini-games, but both of them are pretty intense whenever they pop up. I couldn't think of a much better game to represent this superhuman schmuck and it's possibly the best Game Boy Color game I've played.

Reviewed on Feb 17, 2021


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