History YMMV / WarioWare

** While the voice acting in ''Gold'' was largely well recieved by most, several fans are disappointed that Nintendo replaced the cast from previous games (bar Wario, who like always, is played by Creator/CharlesMartinet) in favor of professional voice actors. Some fans also despise the full voice acting period, preferring the VoiceGrunting from previous games.

** While the art style change for ''Gold'' was much received better than ''Game & Wario''[='=]s (as it looks more distinct from ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'''s style), some fans didn't take kindly to the drastic shift in style due to certain changes made to the characters from previous games (such as Orbulon being far shorter and stubbier or the character's eye colors getting changed around).

** While the art style change for ''Gold'' was received much better than ''Game & Wario''[='=]s (as it looks more distinct from ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'''s style), some fans don't take kindly to the drastic shift in style (as they look even less ''Mario''-esque than the ''Game & Wario'' designs were), nor the changes made to the characters from the previous games (such as Orbulon being far shorter and stubbier or the character's eye colors getting changed around).

** Likewise, many who liked the full voice acting from ''Gold'' were disappointed that ''Get It Together!'' goes back to the VoiceGrunting from previous games.
** Although ''Get It Together!'' was received very well by most, there are a number of fans who dislike the idea of playing as the characters in microgames, instead of completing them directly as was the case in previous games. Largely due to the fact that it limits the Microgame possiblities since they have to be designed to suit the playable characters, leading to less overall variety.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Do It Yourself'' (or ''D.I.Y.'' for short), as its name indicates, focuses on the idea of making your own comics, music and microgames. Fans who like the previous installments for their simple gameplay and pick-up-and-play appeal would be unlikely to be interested in the complex editor (which requires undergoing a lengthy AutoPilotTutorial before being able to use it) nor sated with the sparse and lackluster selection of pre-built microgames[[note]]For comparison, whereas previous ''[=WarioWare=]'' games included around 200 microgames plus unlockable minigames and toys, the base ''DIY'' has 95 microgames, none of which have difficulty levels.[[/note]]. People who were open to the editor focus, meanwhile, would be discouraged by the fact that any games you can produce can only last for a few seconds, and that being released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS meant the game lacked any ingame hub for players to upload their creations or download other's (due to the system-wide "Friend Codes" system). Additionally, any input is based solely on ''tapping'' with the stylus (no dragging or drawing, no microphone or button controls). While the game got great reviews and acquired a loyal cult following, [[AcclaimedFlop it was a sales flop]].

** The redesigns in ''Gold'' and ''Get it Together!'' are divisive amongst fans. Some fans are okay with them and even love them, with some of the designs being regarded as an improvement over their original designs (such as Penny's). Other fans though, despise them, disliking the often drastic changes made to the characters and finding the redesigns to be too "cutesy-looking" for a series like ''Wario''.

** Jimmy T's "Body Rock" song from ''DIY'' has become memetic in the Music/SiIvaGunner community.

** While ''Smooth Moves' '' motion controls work quite well for an early Wii game they still have aged in a few ways, namely the reliance on keeping the Wii Remote level with the Sensor Bar (which is difficult for people who are tall and/or can't place it above the TV), and the tendency to bug out with some movements.

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Snapped'' isn't remembered fondly by most fans, due to lacking the replay value of past titles (only four sets of five microgames each, and since high scores aren't kept there's no penalty for failing them) and the [=DSi=] camera gimmicks being fairly finicky.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' to ''[=WarioWare=] DIY''. Both involve making your own short games for others to play. ''DIY'', interestingly enough, is itself seen as the Spiritual Successor to ''VideoGame/MarioPaint''.

** "Body Rock" from ''[=WarioWare=]: [=DIY=]'' is very very similar to "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John, even down to having similar lyrics at one point. [[https://soundcloud.com/poyo-poyo-pwayo/physical-body-rock This hasn't gone unnoticed]].

** Orbulon's boss microgame in ''[=DIY=]'', named "Wily Tiles", consists of a simple FifteenPuzzle where you unscramble a numbered grid of nine tiles. It's far more involved than the other microgames in Orbulon's set, and those who aren't good at these types of puzzles ''will'' be tripped up by it at least once.

** The premise for ''Snapped!'' revolves around Wario opening a theme park, with the crew members hosting attractions, which is a great idea and one that is perfect for a series like [=WarioWare=], given the many opportunities the idea brings. Just too bad the premise is wasted on the most barebones game in the franchise, which doesn’t even use the idea to its full potential.

* AccidentalAesop:
** Pay your employees for their efforts, because if you don't, they will quickly and understandably turn on you and you will ultimately lose any gains you have made, seeing as Wario [[HoistByHisOwnPetard always ends up losing whatever profits he made from the games due to his greed and refusal to share the load with anyone]], when he [[CutLexLuthorACheck could've had a lot more success if he had simply played fair]]. It's just too bad he won't get the memo anytime soon, given his selfish and greedy nature.
** In Mona's story in ''Get It Together!'', don't trust animals to maintain a tidy house and to keep it clean. Animals are not human and they will wreck the house if you leave them alone to their own devices for too long, if only because they don't know better.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: While he has done full voice acting outside of the Mario series before (such as portraying Orvus in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime''), as Wario, Charles Martinet is usually limited to grunts and other short voice lines. But in ''Gold'', he gets to do full voice acting for Wario, and many players consider his LaughablyEvil, LargeHam performance to be one of the best parts of the game.

*** Kat & Ana both being 6, the most kindergarteners can have.

* TierInducedScrappy: ''Get It Together!'' brings its own share of this, which tends to influence what characters get chosen or completely discarded off when team building.
** Good luck finding anyone who likes to play as Kat/Ana and doesn't think their constant bouncing isn't anything more than a liability for many microgames. Their unidirectional projectiles are not even that useful either, especially when Dribble and Spitz also display a similar ability, but are far more reliable in most situations.
** 9-Volt automatically skateboards back and forth quickly, with the only control you receive being to make him temporarily stop in place and launch his yo-yo upwards. This yo-yo has a very narrow hitbox, which combined with his constant movement makes it difficult to aim it effectively. Ultimately, 9-Volt tends to be seen as an inferior version of Mike, who can not only fly, but has an upwards projectile that can be rapidly fired and doesn't halt him.
** Dr. Crygor is not thought of as particularly useful, since his "air swimming" is generally viewed as highly situational and somewhat outclassed by Wario, who's much easier to control and has a more straightforward attack. Many also prefer Jimmy who works similarly, but can move in quicker dashes.
** Lulu is viewed as an even worse version of Crygor. Not only is her hovering relatively slower and even harder to maneuver around, her GroundPound is also quite situational. It's unlikely that you'll ever find a situation where Lulu can do anything that some other character can't do better. Her case actually stings more because she's one of the last characters unlocked, meaning many players won't really practice much with her since, by then, they are probably already used to a favorite or set of favorites.
** Once the novelty of playing as none other than [[spoiler:Pyoro]] wears off, he's also considered underwhelming. He's another character who cannot jump, relying on 9-Volt and 18-Volt's rings to get any form of vertical movement. While 18-Volt makes up for his lack of movement options with a very useful ranged attack, [[spoiler:Pyoro's tongue attack]] shoots at a weird and unreliable angle, requiring your position to be pin-point if you want to get your target. Its ability to bounce off of walls is also more annoying than useful, and often will get you punished if you miss your target and hit something that shouldn't be broken, or worse, a spike.
** Penny moves by blasting water in the direction you press and she propels herself in the opposite direction of that water, once you get used to this that part is fine as is the water having their own hit-boxes and they can complete objectives for ones that are trivial or require water. What’s not fine however is that sometimes the water hits something it shouldn’t hit and this can cause you to fail when hitting a wrong thing causes instant failure.
** Ashley is on the other side of the coin. She can go anywhere and shoot in any direction she's facing, two traits that other characters tend to be limited in at least one aspect, making her a GameBreaker that may very well outclass most of the cast in essence.
** Orbulon is quite possibly the most broken character in the game, primarily due to his tractor beam. It has a relatively large hitbox, applies a constant upward force, and can easily suck in collectable objects. He can make any microgames involving carrying or protecting something of a joke. His one weakness is not being able to do much to anything above him.
*** Orbulon is particularly overpowered in the High Five variety pack mode, which consists of a volleyball-like minigame. The ball has a time countdown and must be sent to the opponent's side until it reaches zero. Orbulon, however, does not play by these rules. He can keep the ball static in midair through his tractor beam without activating the countdown, making it pretty much the ultimate defensive tactic for this mode. This makes it pretty frustrating to face the alien with any other characters, let alone those that can't fly. [[AntiFrustrationFeatures It’s a good thing the game itself will change everyone’s characters if the match goes on long enough.]]
** In general, characters that can fly without gimmicks or restrictions are generally seen as less cumbersome and easier to achieve higher scores with. Apart from the aforementioned Ashley and Orbulon, this also includes Wario, Dribble, Spitz, Mike and Red.
** 5-Volt is infamously unbalanced for several microgames and can trounce the vast majority of challenges literally in her sleep by just teleporting past anything in her way. Obstacles? [[https://youtu.be/3X_GfZ_h-zU What the hell is an obstacle?]] That said, this is kept in check by 5-Volt struggling with microgames that involve rotating, pushing, or any sort of precision.

** In the minds of some ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' and ''Franchise/SuperMario'' fans, Wario never founded a video game studio, he never lived in a house in a city, he never had a group of "friends" to do his bidding, and he most certainly never [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wore a biker outfit]]. It doesn't help that outside of some minor {{continuity nod}}s, the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series is unusually very isolated from the rest of the ''Mario'' universe, with little-to-no crossover between it and the ''Mario'' and ''Wario Land'' series',[[note]]not counting the Nintendo microgames.[[/note]] making it surprisingly easy to ignore ''Ware'' altogether or dismiss it as a non-canon {{alternate continuity}} as some have done.

* DeathOfTheAuthor: Many fans tend to ignore Ashley's listed age ([[OlderThanTheyLook 15]]) from the western ''Touched!'' website in favor of portraying her as a young child instead. Much of this stems from the fact that she doesn't look like a teenager and is only really depicted as one in the English localization, with the original Japanese games portraying her as being closer to a child instead (that said, Japanese sources have not [[VagueAge specified her age]]).

* FoeYayShipping: It's a very rare ship, but fan art of Mona x Vanessa does exist, despite the latter's hatred and envy towards the former (though, it's implied that they made up by the end, as the two are later shown to be performing together).

** In the minds of some ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' and ''Franchise/SuperMario'' fans, Wario never founded a video game studio, he never lived in a house in a city, he never had a group of "friends" to do his bidding, and he most certainly never [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wore a biker outfit]]. It doesn't help that outside of some minor {{continuity nod}}s, the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series is unusually very isolated from the rest of the ''Mario'' universe, with little-to-no crossover between it and the ''Mario'' and ''Wario Land'' series'[[note]]not counting the Nintendo microgames[[/note]], making it surprisingly easy to ignore ''Ware'' altogether or dismiss it as a non-canon {{alternate continuity}} as some have done.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Most fans would rather ignore ''Snapped!'', since it is more of a glorified tech demo for the [=DSi=]'s camera than a proper entry in the series. It helps that the game is never acknowledged by the series again, not even by ''Gold'', which otherwise features references from all across the franchise's history.
* FoeYayShipping: It's a very rare ship, but art of Mona x Vanessa does exist.

* SelfFanservice: The main female characters often find themselves on the RuleThirtyFour chopping block, with [[BadassBiker Mona]] being a fan-favorite among R34 artists, and [[StacysMom 5-Volt]] surpassing her R34 popularity following her redesign in ''Gold''. Even [[BespectacledCutie Penny Crygor]] and [[ElegantGothicLolita Ashley]] have some fans who make them older and more attractive than they are in canon.

** ''Twisted'' had 9-Volt's boss stage where you played through a level from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' using the tilt controls. This returns as 18-Volt's boss stage in ''Gold''.

** Pay your employees for their efforts, because if you don't, they will quickly and understandably turn on you and you will ultimately lose whether gains you have made, seeing as Wario [[HoistByHisOwnPetard always ends up losing whatever profits he made from the games due to his greed and refusal to share the load with anyone]], when he [[CutLexLuthorACheck could've had a lot more success if he had simply played fair]]. It's just too bad he won't get the memo anytime soon, given his selfish and greedy nature.

** Pay your employees for their efforts, because if you don't, they will quickly turn on you and you will ultimately lose whether gains you have made, seeing as Wario [[HoistByHisOwnPetard always ends up losing whatever profits he made from the games due to his greed and refusal to share the load with anyone]], when he [[CutLexLuthorACheck could've had a lot more success if he had simply played fair]]. It's just too bad he won't get the memo anytime soon, given his selfish and greedy nature.

** Pay your employees for their efforts, because if you don't, they will quickly turn on you and you will ultimately lose whether gains you have made, seeing as Wario [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard always ends up losing whatever profits he made from the games due to his greed and refusal to share the load with anyone]], when he [[CutLexLuthorACheck could've had a lot more success if he had simply played fair]]. It's just too bad he won't get the memo anytime soon, given his selfish and greedy nature.

** Or rather "Unexpected Microgame". Nobody expected "Eject Reject", "Finger Flex", or "Count 'Em Up" from the ''D.I.Y.'' games to be featured in ''Gold'', due to all 3 being DLC exclusives that are no longer available to download.
** Given 5-Volt was originally just a minor character who acted as TheGhost early on, before disappearing outright, her sudden comeback and prominence in ''Game & Wario'' definitely took some by surprise. Her becoming promoted to a main character starting with ''Gold'' was also not expected by fans.

** While Pyoro is generally a given in most titles, many fans were thrown off by [[spoiler:him being the TrueFinalBoss, on top of being the last of the unlockable playable characters in ''Get It Together'']].

** Wario's biker outfit. Some find it to be a cool outfit that fits Wario and a great way to further [[DivergentCharacterEvolution distinguish Wario from Mario]], while others hate it for how garish it looks and argue that further distinguishing Wario from Mario in the first place is missing the whole point behind Wario's conception, since he is supposed to be Mario's EvilCounterpart. The fact that the ''Mario'' and ''Wario Land'' titles don't acknowledge the existence of the biker outfit most of the time (''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' being the only time it's appeared in the ''Mario'' games), while ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' would make it his default outfit, while relegating his classic uniform to a secondary alt, has not helped much.
** Ashley’s age tends to be a touchy topic whenever it gets brought up due to how vague it is. While she isn’t the only character to be vague in terms of age, Ashley is a more contentious case since on top of her child-like design, the West explicitly refers to her as a [[OlderThanTheyLook 15 year old teenager]] and gives her a deeper voice to match, while in Japanese, it is implied that she is more akin to a child, while never giving her a age. Some fans accept that she is a teenager since it's the closest to an official stance on her age and argue that Ashley isn't exactly special in this regard since there are other characters who don't match their ages[[note]]Dr. Crygor is stated to be over 100 in ''Gold'' and is explicitly Penny's grandfather despite looking more like a middle aged man and 18-Volt is stated [[YoungerThanTheyLook an eight grader despite looking like an adult]][[/note]]. Others though, refuse to accept Ashley as being anything other than a child due to her design and since Japan seems to imply her as such (even though again, they've never confirmed her age) and regards anything that considers her to be a teenager as nothing but non-canon, localization related nonsense by Nintendo's Western divisions.

** One ''Gold'' redesign that has proven to be especially contentious however, is Orbulon's, who goes from being a tall and lanky alien in previous games to being far shorter and stubbier. Some like the new Orbulon, finding him to be adorable looking. Others though, lament the loss of the original design and dislike the new design for how "cutesy" it is and for being such a sudden and drastic shift away from his original design.

** Suggesting that Ashley is an evil WickedWitch is an easy way to rile up the fandom, as it's made clear in the games (especially in ''Gold'') that Ashley is a not an [[DarkIsNotEvil evil or bad person in spite of her dark interests and aloof attitude]].

** While none of the characters have officially listed ages[[note]]Ashley is described to be a 15-year-old in English, but has VagueAge in Japanese[[/note]] besides Orbulon[[note]]whose age changes from game to game to reflect the entry's year of release[[/note]], Fronk[[note]]who claims to be 1 year old in ''Gold''[[/note]], and Dr. Crygor[[note]]who is confirmed in ''Gold'' to be over 100 years old thanks to mechanically engineering himself[[/note]], certain estimates based on circumstantial evidence are popular with fans:

*** Not many people actually believe Ashley is 15, since she has some mannerisms that indicate a younger age (like carrying around a stuffed animal). 13 is a popular guess due to the [[ThirteenIsUnlucky connotations associated with the number]]. 8 is also popular due to the common myth of her being 8 in Japanese.

*** Young Cricket tends to be put in the same range as Mona (17-18), based on both of them having similar heights (as shown [[https://www.mariowiki.com/images/0/03/Young_Cricket_Master_Mantis_epilogue_WarioWare_Smooth_Moves.png here]]). That said, [[YoungerThanTheyLook he might be even younger than that]], considering he shows up alongside the other children/preteen characters in Ashley's ''Gold'' character trailer.

* SelfFanservice: The main female characters often find themselves on the RuleThirtyFour chopping block, with [[BadassBiker Mona Pizza]] being a fan-favorite among R34 artists, and [[StacysMom 5-Volt]] surpassing her R34 popularity following her redesign in ''Gold''. Even [[BespectacledCutie Penny Crygor]] and [[ElegantGothicLolita Ashley]] have some fans who make them older and more attractive than they are in canon.

* {{Squick}}: The reveal in ''Gold's'' final stage that Wario's crown is actually [[spoiler:a ''chamberpot'']].

* {{Squick}}: The reveal in ''Gold's'' final stage that Wario's crown is actually a ''chamberpot''.