A good plataforms Game but lacks a little of Wario's Style.

User Rating: 8 | Wario Land Shake WII
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http://mariodan.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/revision-wario-land-shake-it/

This is a translation trough Google Translate (too lazy to do it my self)


The Good

• Excellent graphics.
• Good Music.
• Maps have a good size to explore and a good number of objectives to fulfill.

The bad

• It doesn't feel like a Wario Game.
• It can be very easy and short for some players short.

Like any platform game the goal is simply to avoid the obstacles throughout each level, defeat the bosses at the end of each world and open the way to reach the final boss. If you've played Wario Land 4 this game will make you very familiar, unlike any other platform game where you enter a level must be found a prisioner and then return with it to full speed at the start of the stage before time limit. In addition at each level could be found three treasures or valuables which will not only just to finish the stage quickly if no one has to solve another riddle, full of pockets with coin and explore alternate routes that may arise in levels. To finish each level has a number of challenges to overcome, how to pass the level without damage, collect a certain amount of money, not to eliminate any enemy, and so on.

The game takes a little censor motion to implement actions within the game, we shake control to give a blow against the ground to stun enemies and moving objects. When Wario has something in his hands, like a sack or an enemy, we can shake it to get coins or garlic we recharge energy. I personally this does not generate any kind of innovation in the game and can be tiring after a while. But control over the character is excellent.

The game is entirely 2D and uses anime-style graphics very well prepared, with a good amount of animation frames for what makes the game very visually appealing. But I have to complain about some things, first appearance of the enemies are very soft unlike other games where Wario looks strange, flawed, grotesque, bizarre or evil.

The music of the game is good and varied, each level has a different theme but again does not look like a game of Wario, is more focused on the level than Wario. If you've played Wario Land 4 or Wario Ware Series, you will notice that the melodies are full of strange sounds and special effects, which can be unpleasant for some (not I), don't fit pretty well with the stage, but in the end it just adjust the personality of the egocentric Wario.

The main game can be completed in about 5 hours, collecting all the treasures and meet the secondary missions you can double or triple the time depending on the skill of the player. Maybe not this the height of a game like Mario Galaxy, but it is certainly a good platform game for the Nintendo Wii.