History VideoGame / WarioWare

* BlackBeadEyes: Most background characters sport those. Master Mantis is the sole exception.

** ''Move It!'' is a wholesale sequel to ''Smooth Moves'', as indicated by their Japanese titles (''Dancing Made in Wario'' and ''Super Dancing Made in Wario''). Both games focus on creating poses using the respective controllers for their systems. The English titles are similar, but less closely related than in Japanese; ''Move It!'''s first stage also reprises the first stage of ''Smooth Moves'', with Wario holding stone versions of the controllers use and running toward the camera while being chased by something (a boulder trap in ''Smooth Moves'' and tribe members in ''Move It'') with the microgame transition [[EatTheCamera zooming in and out of Wario's mouth.]]

** As a side effect to the above, the characters who host the microgames in ''Mega Microgame$'' have microgames revolving around a loose aesthetic theme, like Jimmy T. with sports or Dribble & Spitz with science fiction. A lot of the later installments starting with ''Twisted'' would instead focus more of each host having a specific gameplay gimmick, with only the Volts still following the old fashion method of focusing on a Nintendo theme but with miscellaneous gameplay. Interestingly, ''Gold'' and ''Get It Together'' would later compromise with the two concepts. Ths former seperating the gameplay styles into different hosts but unifying them under a specific theme, while the latter has dedicated themes but also introduces a new playable character to mix up the gameplay during the first run-through.

** Averted in the ''Sheriff'' microgame in 9-Volt's level in the first ''[=WarioWare=]''. [[InstantWinCondition Even if you get hit after shooting one or two enemies (depending on the difficulty), it won't count as a loss against you.]]

** Averted again in "Mushroom Doom" from ''Get It Together!''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1WTrwYqJfU&t=10m37s if you hit the spiked balls and the enemy gets hit afterwards, it still counts as a win.]]

** ''Move It!'' zigzags this. While some scenarios DO have antagonists (Leo/Cractus, [[spoiler: Cicada]], etc.), there is no overarching threat and most characters are just trying to enjoy themselves in their vacation. [[spoiler:''Then'' in the last scenario, Wario is suddenly fused with a volcano against his will and now everyone's in danger.]]

* ''[=WarioWare=]: D.I.Y.'' [[note]]''Made in Ore'' (''Made in Me'') in Japanese[[/note]] (DS, 2009): Due to never getting paid, the others have quit working for Wario to instead work at rival game company Diamond Software, forcing Wario to hire the player themselves as a developer. This entry allows you to create your own microgames, with 90 pre-made microgames being available from the start.

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** The ''[=WarioWare=]'' games have direct ties to ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' and its various rhythm games. Initially, the connection was just limited to cameos (such as the Alien Bunnies appearing in Remix 7 of ''Rhythm Tengoku'' in place of the marchers from Marching Orders), but it got more concrete later on. ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'' features a doll of Ashley on Saltwater's desk at the café (which later gets referenced in ''Gold'' by a phone call from said café), one of Mr. Sparkles' cards in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' implies that he works out at the same gym as the wrestler from Ringside, and Mona owns a doll of ''Megamix'' protagonist Tibby in ''Get It Together!''.

** Mike's whole concept was born from the potential of using the Nintendo DS's microphone to complete microgames. For a console that does not display this specific feature, Mike has no real purpose.

** If you lose all your lives in ''Move It!'', the game will grant a Second Chance Stance. If you hold the Second Chance Stance for three seconds, you get to continue with four new lives.

* AerithAndBob: Most of the characters actually have standard names (Mona, Ashley, Jimmy, Kat, Ana, Mike), and some oddities like Dribble, Spitz and Orbulon can be explained by them being FunnyAnimals or {{Amusing Alien}}s who follow a different naming culture. But then you come to the people named after voltages and, suddenly, naming rules mean nothing anymore.

* AerithAndBob: Most of the characters actually have standard names (Mona, Ashley, Jimmy, Kat, Ana, Mike), and some oddities like Dribble, Spitz and Orbulon can be explained by them being FunnyAnimals or AmusingAliens who follow a different naming culture. But then you come to the people named after voltages and, suddenly, naming rules mean nothing anymore.

* AerithAndBob: Most of the characters actually have standard names (Mona, Ashley, Jimmy, Kat, Ana, Mike), and some oddities like Dribble and Spitz can be explained by them being FunnyAnimals who follow a different naming culture. But then you come to the people named after voltages and, suddenly, naming rules mean nothing anymore.

''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' was made by the same team that made this series, and it shows. The fourth installment of the franchise, ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'', features a ''WarioWare''-themed unlockable challenge, and they cross-reference each other frequently.

''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' was made by the same team that made this series, and it shows. The fourth installment of the franchise, ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'', features a ''Warioware''-themed unlockable challenge, and they cross-reference each other frequently.

** [[{{Irony}} Oddly enough]], the microgames in both ''Smooth Moves'' and its sequel, ''Move It''. Neither game involve Wario and his friends making Microgames as part of the plot. ''Move It'' has them particularly disconnected due to the game's nature as a VacationEpisode.

* TheArtifact: All the games involve a RandomEventsPlot to some degree, in which the POV snaps all over the place to follow the antics of whichever cast member is the face of the minigame type you're going to play. This made some amount of sense in the earlier titles, as the closest those games had to an overarching plot was Wario asking them to help him make games, if it even comes to that. Later titles like ''Gold'' and ''Get It Together!'', on the other hand, have an overarching plot while still retaining the glimpses into the characters' day-to-day lives, which doesn't quite make so much sense; the story will jump from a video game TournamentArc to suddenly follow Mona's clothes shopping, for example.

** Well, as much as a series like ''[=WarioWare=]'' can have an "arc". The ExcusePlot of ''D.I.Y.'' establishes that, due to his refusal to pay salaries, half of Wario's employees left him to work for a competitor named Diamond Software, which also drives a rift between 9-Volt (who left) and 18-Volt (who stayed). ''Game & Wario'' completely ignores this, as everyone is back to working with Wario, and 9-Volt and 18-Volt are friends again.

* ''[=WarioWare=]: Snapped!'' [[note]]''Utsusu Made in Wario'' (''Projection Made in Wario'') in Japanese[[/note]] (UsefulNotes/{{DSiWare}}, 2008): Wario opens up his own amusement park, using some of his friends as employees. Utilizes the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS Nintendo DSi]] camera to take pictures and features 20 microgames.

* BeachEpisode: Based on promotional material, ''Move It!'' has this as its main aesthetic.

* BrickJoke: After Dr. Crygor's stage in ''Gold'', he remarks that another brave soul will find the fungi he left behind in the forest out of terror. After completing Orbulon's stage, Orbulon mentions he and the pigs he gathered found and ate some left behind mushrooms in the same forest, seemingly being ignorant of how scary the forest was.

* BrickJoke: After Dr. Crygor's stage in ''Gold'', he remarks that someone else will find his fungi in the forest. After completing Orbulon's stage, Orbulon mentions he and the pigs he gathered ate some fungi they found in the forest.