Yet another review this week by me (6th review in total, 4th this week, 1st this day). If you haven't already guessed, I'm trying to get 750 Contribution Points. If you get 750 CP by the end of the month, you become Site Staff, but seeing as I'm only 12 (according to COPPA, you need to be 13 to have power over the site), I'm rather trying to get 750 CP to become Vizzed Elite. Anyways, this time my review is about Mario & Wario, a great game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. I hope you enjoy reading my review and play the game for yourself!Graphics
For a Super Nintendo, this game has great graphics. Everything is less pixelated than most SNES games, so pretty much everything looks really smooth (again, at least for its era). The animation is pretty good as well. I give the graphics an 8.Sound
The sound is the worst part, in my opinion. I mean, don't get me wrong, it sounds a little above average for the SNES, but the tunes aren't really catchy. A few of the music pieces annoy me, as well. The sound effects are nice, though. I give the sound a 6.
Gameplay/Addictiveness
First, I should tell you that only this version works if you don't have a USB controller. The reason for this is because on the original SNES, you need the mouse controller (which is why there are also 2 ROMs on Vizzed for Mario Paint).
This is the part of the game that makes it unique. I have never seen any other game on any other gaming console like this. You play as some angel (or fairy, I really don't have a clue) that has a magic wand that can do... magic things. You have to help a Mario series character that has a bucket on their head to get to the finish. Your angel or fairy or whatever apparently can't touch the character, so you can't take the bucket off of their head yourself, so you have to guide them to Luigi. You have to turn them around with your wand, but mostly, you have to activate certain blocks and guide your character to springs and stuff. So, I guess you could say that this game is a mix between puzzle, platforming, and a blindfold game. You have 3 difficulties, which are speeds of the character you have to help: Slow (Princess "Peach" Toadstool), Medium (Mario), and Fast (Yoshi). This game sounds kind of weird and a tiny bit boring, but in my opinion, it's actually pretty fun. There are a total of 8 worlds to play through in any order.Quick fun fact: Although the game is written completely in English, it has not yet been released in anywhere except Japan.Seeing as how fun it is to play the game, this game is bound to be pretty addictive, right? Wrong. I mean, it's not really that non-addictive. You'll come back to play it again maybe 2 or 3 times, but it gets old after a few levels. You have to do the same thing over and over again. The challenge increases each level, and eventually springs and those fireball things are added, but there's never any different gameplay style. I give the gameplay/addictiveness a 7.
Story
You've probably been wondering why this game is called Mario and Wario. Mario really doesn't have much to do with the game except the fact that he's the medium speed level (normal difficulty). The character you help has a bucket on her/his/its head because one day Wario felt like being a d*ckhead and putting buckets on everybody's head. The odd thing is that Peach and Mario aren't smart enough to take the bucket off of their head themselves. Every time you complete a world, you get a chance to earn coins and points by attacking Wario with your wand while he flies across the screen a couple times in an airplane (how he got the airplane, I have no idea). The story is very different for a Mario game, which is nice, but there could be more to the storyline. I give the story a 6.Depth
This game is fairly long, in my opinion (how many times have I said in my opinion today?). There are 8 original worlds, each with their own unique setting (where it takes place). After you beat each of them, you unlock Wario's Garden, which is obviously a garden outside of Wario's castle. After you beat Wario's Garden, you unlock Wario's Castle, the final world. And, again, there is another unlockable world. Once you beat Wario's Castle, you unlock Extra World. In Extra World, your character doesn't have anything on its head. But guess what? You still have to guide the character, as if they are blind. Supposedly, Extra World is extremely difficult to beat. though I doubt anyone would have the patience to go that far into the game. I give the depth an 8.Difficulty
The game is pretty easy at first, but it gradually gets a little harder each world. The first world is, of course, ridiculously easy. The second world is fairly easy as well, but then, as I have already stated a whole 2 sentences ago, it gradually gets harder each world. In World 8 you're frustrated, in World 9 you're screwed, in World 10 you're definitely screwed, and in Extra World (World 11) your screwed to the point that your screw is rusted. I give the difficulty a 7.
Overall
Alright, I'm tired of writing this review so I'll make this quick and straight to the point. Overall, Mario & Wario is a very unique game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that few have played. The graphics are great, the sound sucks (lololol), and the game itself is pretty fun to play. The story is fair, the game is fairly long, and it can get really difficult. Overall, I give this game a 7.5.
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keep up the good work. I think this deserves featured
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