WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! was WarioWare, Inc.'s first foray into video games.
History
Wario was picking his nose while watching TV when he catches the news of the newly-released Pyoro game on the Game Boy Advance reaching high sales. This sparks up an idea in him to also create a game. Going to the store to buy himself a laptop, Wario begins his own software company in Diamond City: WarioWare, Inc.[1] He also upgrades his own house in the progress.
Wario immediately becomes tired after the first few seconds of coding, so he calls his friends for help: Jimmy T., Mona, Dribble, Spitz, Kat, Ana, 9-Volt, Dr. Crygor, and Orbulon. With their help, Wario is able to create a lot of games, and a mountain of cash.[2]
Wario tests out his microgames by uploading them to his boombox and jumping inside. Some of the enemies from his Crazy Cars microgame escape the boombox, but Wario flattens them as he returns to normal.[3][4]
Joe opens up the restaurant at 7:53. Mona, also an employee there, drives there via scooter and has to arrive before 8. She gets caught up for a bit and has to drive beyond the speed limit as a result. A police chase ensues and Mona's pet monkey gets rid of them.[5] Luckily, Mona manages to reach work a minute before 8.[6]
Dr. Crygor is at his lab making really expressive dance moves. He drinks, causing him to want to go to the toilet extremely badly.[7] After finishing himself up, Crygor is extremely relieved, but then his toilet starts flooding his entire lab. Crygor luckily manages to escape and floats his way to the Gelateria.[8]
After Diamond Elementary is finished, 9-Volt skates his way back home to play some tunes and play retro Nintendo video games.[9] After finishing playing, 9-Volt hears the news about the Game Boy Advance SP being in stores and zooms away. After buying the GBA SP, 9-Volt relaxes at the Gelateria.[10]
With Jimmy T., he finished making his microgames before dancing at Club Sugar. After finishing dancing, he gets sent a variety of cell mail with different animals. He then rests at Gelateria.[11][12]
Dribble and Spitz, at the Diamond Taxi, were off riding their taxi as usual business. They catch a customer who wants to be at the pier. While driving there, the duo have their customer try out their microgames, promising a cut of the deal on the fare. After arriving at the pier, it turns out their customer was a merperson and swims away, not paying for the fare.[13][14][15]
An asteroid hits Orbulon's spaceship and he sends an SOS signal. The Alien Bunnies receive the signal and help Orbulon out of his ship via an elevator. The Alien Bunnies then drop the elevator he's in into his spaceship, causing a sudden landing towards Mario's Planet. With some collision coursing, Urbulon's ship manages to make its way to the Gelateria.[16][17]
At night, Ana tries to save the possessed Prince inside the Diamond City Castle from Boneheads. Ana ultimately fails, so she requires the aid of Kat before being tied up herself. Kat receives the ask for help and travels to the castle. She climbs her way up and defeats the evil Boneheads. Both then relax at the Gelateria[18][19]
Wario finished up his last batch of microgames before testing them out on his own again, but now via his laptop.[20][21] Wario himself then makes his way to the Gelateria.
3 weeks later, the Wario game proves a smash hit to consumers. Mona demands Wario pay for his employees, but Wario flees with the cash on hand and escapes in his rocket ship. He's almost successful in escaping but gets shot down by Crygor.[22]
Timeline
- Wario now lives in Diamond City, where he grew up, likely due to the destruction of his castle in Wario's Woods.
- This game features a Minigame called “Dr. Wario” in which Wario issues megavitamins to defeat viruses. This implies that this game takes place after Dr. Mario 64, where Wario is trying to obtain Megavitamins from Mario for profit.
- A Microgame based on Mario Clash appears, placing this game after Mario Clash.
- According to the Japanese website for this title, Wario secretly rebuilds his Castle and moves in after the events of this game.[23]
- According to Kat and Ana's Blog section of the official Japanese website, this title is set at some point after the events of Yoshi's Cookie and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, as they play games based on these events with 9-Volt.
Time
This time table adapts the diaries that the WarioWare employees held before and after the game's release.
- 9-Volt's story happens before Day 15 since he would have to purchase a Game Boy Advance SP before gifting one to his mother
- Everyone else's story clearly happens before Day 22
Days | Time | Event | Notes |
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Day 1 | Day | Wario eats a bad banana | |
Day 2 | Day | Wario starts his diary. Yellow can be seen in his poop 9-Volt purchases and plays Metroid Prime Mona heads to Kat & Ana’s house to learn self-defense ninjutsu Orbulon watches a Japanese Language Course Jimmy planned on posting his collection of e-mails on his page, but he's too busy helping Kat & Ana with their homepages Crygor’s experiment ends with it exploding in his face Dribble travels to the shorelines of Diamond City |
Formatted as "February 28, Friday" |
Day 3 | Day | Mona reaches Gelataria in time while evading the police. She sees Fronk and is confused by its presence Dribble & Spits return Wario home from an all-you-can-eat buffet, farting the entire time. 9-Volt continues playing Metroid Prime, praising the graphics and sound direction Kat & Ana train ninjutsu |
Formatted as "March 1, Saturday" Mona's story plays here |
Night | Jimmy asks the owner of Club Sugar where he gets his unusual clothes, revealing them to come from auctions. Jimmy wonders if he should try auctions too since his clothes get worn out pretty fast from his dancing | ||
Day 4 | Day | A game tournament at 9-Volt’s house. Wario, Orbulon, Mona, Jimmy, Spitz, Dr. Crygor, Kat, Ana, and 9-Volt compete in Dr. Mario, Yoshi’s Cookie, and Tetris. Mona brings nose-shaped cookies as practice, but it didn’t work. She discovers Fronk being 9-Volt’s pet Crygor thinks about researching Fronk Orbulon plays badly and lies that it’s his first time Ana cries after losing, but stops after eating one of Mona’s cookies 9-Volt wins the tournament Dribble works on Sunday, so he doesn't attend |
Formatted as "March 2, Sunday" |
Day 5 | Day | Wario poops a nose-shaped turd 5 meters away from his house 9-Volt is at school Oversleeping a little for school, Mona speeds off as a patrol car chases her While working, Dribble & Spitz spot Mona being chased by police Orbulon feels guilty for lying yesterday and apologizes to 9-Volt Crygor recommends cooking gummy candy and eating it |
Formatted as "March 3, Monday" |
Night | Jimmy takes a day off from work. The owner of Club Sugar asks Jimmy to clean up the club. While cleaning, Kat & Ana came to see Bochi, the owner’s cat, and Jimmy gives the two his ringtone collection, making the two happy | ||
Day 6 | Day | Wario sees his turd from yesterday and wonders who took it 9-Volt plays Metroid Fusion Mona talks to Orbulon for the very first time. She talks about her school, which interests the alien Crygor rides on his jetpack to buy some materials for his research, but his fuel runs out and he falls Dribble drives a hurt Crygor back close to his lab Jimmy and Kat & Ana keep sending ringtones to eachother. About 50 messages like that happened |
Formatted as "March 4, Tuesday" |
Day 7 | Day | Orbulon crashes his malfunctioning spaceship into Wario’s house 9-Volt & Fronk play against Kat & Ana in a match of Mario Kart Advance’s Battle Mode. 9-Volt loses After getting Mona’s address from Kat, Jimmy sends her an e-mail with a ringtone Mona receives Jimmy’s ringtone, so she sends him a thank-you e-mail Spitz spends the day wondering about the origin of the universe Crygor spends the day fixing his life-extension suit and jetpack |
Formatted as "March 5, Wednesday" |
Day 8 | Day | Dribble drives Kat & Ana to kindergarten because Ana overslept. The two argue Wario wonders who destroyed his house. He quickly eats all the food in his fridge before it goes bad Crygor researches mixing coffee and black tea together 9-Volt and Mona trade Pokémons together Jimmy plays basketball for the first time in a long time and scores 52 points by himself. He gets muscle pain Orbulon spots Jimmy playing alone |
Formatted as "March 6, Thursday" |
Day 9 | Day | Wario is shocked to find his fridge emptied out. He decides to invite his friends for a barbeque so he can eat his friends’ food Kat & Ana apologize to eachother for the argument yesterday. Ana cries The coffee and tea mixture of yesterday warded Crygor from drinking coffee or tea for today. Crygor believes this method can stop his alcoholism and smoking habits Jimmy’s muscle pain is getting worse, but he needs to show his moves at Club Sugar so he’s asking how to get rid of those sores 9-Volt takes a break from DJing and gaming Mona works full-time at Gelataria today so she can work part-time to attend Wario’s barbeque, making her very tired Spitz gets a ride on Orbulon’s spaceship and sees outer space for the first time. Spitz cries a little. Orbulon learns some Japanese from him |
Formatted as "March 7, Friday" |
Day 10 | Day | Wario is surprised that his friends are coming for a barbeque 9-Volt brings mushrooms that look like Super Mushrooms, Jimmy brings whitebait for dancing and eating, Mona brings gelato, Orbulon brings something that vaporizes in heat, Kat & Ana bring grass dumplings, and Crygor brings a special drink that makes you smart Wario eats all the raw food and drinks Crygor’s smart-enhancing juice. He goes to bed after not feeling good Spitz works on Saturday, so he doesn't attend the barbecue |
Formatted as "March 8, Saturday" |
Night | Jimmy dances on a field, which makes Orbulon feel better Ana plays with Crygor’s jetpack and becomes so excited she falls asleep 9-Volt sleeps in a tent while listening to Drifting Away | ||
Day 11 | Day | Wario’s acting strangely nice Ana catches a cold after sleeping in the freezing air Jimmy also catches a cold due to dancing in the freezing air Mona gets a cold Orbulon gets a crisis because he didn’t get a cold, but he once heard a saying that idiots never catch a cold Wario likely poops out parts of the new brain matter Crygor’s smart-enhancing drink gave him at the end of the day Spitz reminisces about camping in March when he graduated from high school |
Formatted as "March 9, Sunday" |
Day 12 | Day | Very rainy day Kat goes to daycare alone because Ana’s sick Wario spends the day inside picking his nose while watching TV. He sees a commercial for WarioWare Mona is sent home early for being too sick to work Crygor arrives in his lab soaking wet with research supplies after flying around in his water-proof jetpack Orbulon tries capturing cows, but the rain soaks his spaceship, leading him to worry that it may rust 9-Volt spends the day quietly replaying Wave Race: Blue Storm Jimmy and Mona cheer eachother up via e-mails due to both being too sick for work |
Formatted as "March 10, Monday" Dribble & Spitz' story may play here due to the weather |
Day 13 | Day | A cave is discovered on the outskirts of Diamond City. Wario decides to head there, but he first takes a poop before forgetting all about heading there After reading an article about a “GameCube version of F-Zero”, 9-Volt plays F-Zero X Dribble & Spitz head to Gelataria to grab something cold to eat Jimmy is full of energy again but sends Mona and Ana some ringtones since they’re still sick Crygor reveals how he became a scientist |
Formatted as "March 11, Tuesday" |
Day 14 | Day | Wario airs out his futon, causing the police to arrive at his house due to a disturbing smell report, likely believing Wario is housing a corpse. They give Wario a katsudon dish while interrogating him, but Wario sees it as a nice gift Mona wonders if Wario’s okay due to the reported smell The beautiful day causes Crygor to fall asleep while flying in his jetpack. He crashes into a building Dribble drives a hurt Crygor close to his lab again |
Formatted as "March 12, Wednesday" |
Night | Jimmy dances in Club Sugar while 9-Volt plays the DJ, arranging club versions of Nintendo background music. Jimmy and 9-Volt exchange addresses after and 9-Volt receives some ringtones | ||
Day 15 | Day | 5-Volt’s birthday 9-Volt gifts her mother a Game Boy Advance SP Ana’s cold is gone and heads back to daycare. She and Kat have ninja training together Mona is working at Gelataria Wario heads to Gelataria to eat all the sweets there. The police apprehend Wario because he didn’t pay for the food Orbulon slept for 36 hours, causing him to miss last night’s Japanese Language Course Spitz writes about safe driving |
Formatted as "March 13, Thursday" |
Night | Jimmy reveals he's wearing an afro and full-body tights | ||
Day 16 | Day | Mona accidentally kicks a toad (the frog) 9-Volt purchases and plays the newly released Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords for the Game Boy Advance. 9-Volt, Fronk, Kat, and Ana play the Four Swords mode of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords After returning from 9-Volt’s house, Kat & Ana play some more of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords Orbulon approaches Dr. Crygor to fix the rust on his spaceship. This allows Crygor to study the spaceship while the two talk about civilizations on other planets. Afterward, Crygor applies waterproofing on the ship and lets Orbulon go Spitz reprimands Dribble’s language when a car cuts in beside their taxi Wario spends the day at an all-you-can-eat restaurant |
Formatted as "March 14, Friday" |
Night | Jimmy wears a red afro for tonight since juice fell on his blue one | Jimmy's Remix No. 2 | |
Day 17 | Day | 9-Volt pre-orders WarioWare. Wario spends the entire day on the toilet Crygor gets a cramp for dancing flamenco Orbulon heads to the shore and reminisces about his home Kat & Ana go picnicking ontop of a mountain Mona’s father asks his daughter if she knows a guy with a nice nose for a sculpture he wants to make. Mona recommends Wario |
Formatted as "March 15, Saturday" |
Night | Jimmy tries a yellow afro for tonight | Jimmy's Remix No. 1 | |
Day 18 | Day | 9-Volt heads to a fire drill at Diamond City Park with his firefighter father. 9-Volt gets to experience extinguishing fire Mona’s father approaches Wario and poses for a couple of model pictures. Wario receives a turd-shaped stone as payment which he dislikes at first, but likes enough to add to his collection of treasures Kat heads to Crygor to say that her sword’s broken. Crygor fixes it by replacing the batteries Orbulon shyly hangs out with Kat & Ana and then leaves without saying Jimmy gets his blue afro back from the cleaners, but it may have shrunk due to it being tighter around his head |
Formatted as "March 16, Sunday" |
Day 19 | Day | 9-Volt heads to Dr. Crygor since his skateboard was malfunctioning. Crygor fixes the air intake and removes the fire extinguisher powder in it and 9-Volt leaves with the fixed skateboard Mona’s mother is back home from traveling around as a supermodel. The two walk around Diamond City to catch up Jimmy spots Mona walking with her mother and assumes that’s her sister Wario gets a ride on Orbulon’s spaceship and wonders about the treasures on other planets. Suddenly wanting to go to the toilet, he violently causes the spaceship to crash at the nearest toilet |
Formatted as "March 17, Monday" |
Night | Spitz sees a shooting star, but takes too long to think of a wish | ||
Day 20 | Day | 9-Volt takes his pet Fronk out for a walk Wario’s venture yesterday inspires him to ask Crygor later to build a spaceship. He writes a note to do it in his toilet cubby Dribble attends a relative’s wedding Orbulon approaches Dr. Crygor to fix his spaceship. Orbulon feels embarrassed after seeing Crygor frustrated at having to fix everyone’s stuff Mona’s mother leaves again, but Mona gets a worm scarf from her as a goodbye souvenir Jimmy e-mails Mona asking if her sister’s single, but Mona replies she’s an only child |
Formatted as "March 18, Tuesday" |
Day 21 | Day | 9-Volt sees Orbulon idly wandering and decides to cheer him up by playing with a Ray Gun Custom Gunman Set together Wario is disgusted by the graffiti in his toilet cubby, but he likes the idea and heads to Crygor to have him build a spaceship while inviting his employees as a company trip Mona is taught ninjutsu by Kat & Ana |
Formatted as "March 19, Wednesday" |
Night | Jimmy happens to take Spitz’ cab from Club Sugar and the two talk about eachother’s beards. Jimmy is surprised Spitz is older than Dribble | ||
Day 22 | Day | Wario is shocked Crygor has built a spaceship and that his friends are coming with him, but he’s glad he’s going to space. Wario halts his diary It’s spring break, so 9-Volt takes Fronk with him Orbulon wonders if the spaceship may take him to his home planet |
Formatted as "March 20, Thursday" |
Day 48 | Day | The space-faring explorers return from space after experiencing time dilation Jimmy wonders why he’s getting so many emails now Mona finds out that they’ve gone through time dilation, comparing it to what the character Urashima Tarō went through. She’s also frustrated that her spring vacation’s over Wario flees with all the earnings of the released WarioWare, but is hit by a Crygor in jetpack Orbulon’s a bit sad at not seeing his home planet, but he sees he’s recorded three weeks worth of videos of the Japanese Course, which cheers him up a bit |
Formatted as "April 15, Tuesday" |
Day 49 | Day | At school, Mona’s friends ask what she did while in space, but nothing actually happened so she makes up a story about how she was attacked by the monster Hanamogera Dribble brags to his boss about traveling 3 weeks into the future, but his boss sees it as a weak excuse of taking 3 weeks off notice, almost getting him fired 9-Volt immediately plays WarioWare. He likes his genre of games, but also likes Mona’s games. 9-Volt wonders why Fronk is in Mona’s games Wario spends the day playing WarioWare on the toilet |
Formatted as "April 16, Wednesday" |
Night | Jimmy spots a new dancer in Club Sugar, which challenges him | ||
Day 50 | Day | Mona arrives at Gelataria to see more customers lined up than usual due to the shop being featured on a morning TV show 9-Volt sees Fronk making a cake for a friend of his. 9-Volt wonders who his friend is Spitz heads to Crygor to complain about the time dilation, but the conversation turns neutral between the two Wario reads all the e-mails he’s been getting from the people who played WarioWare. He decides to print them out and send them to Orbulon tomorrow Orbulon spends the day watching 3 weeks' worth of Japanese lecture videos |
Formatted as "April 17, Thursday" |
Night | Jimmy befriends the new dancer, Mr. Yohitomi, and he gets an e-mail with his picture on it, causing Jimmy to want a cell phone with a camera | ||
Day 51 | Day | Wario doesn’t know why he’s at Orbulon Wario leaves, but Orbulon sees he left behind a collection of e-mail reviews about WarioWare Jimmy heads to town to buy a cell phone with a camera, but the one he has is too recent so he can’t replace it 9-Volt invites Kat & Ana over to play their stage in WarioWare. Kat notices 9-Volt’s pet Fronk appears in a microgame she’s made, but she’s never heard of this microgame, making 9-Volt wonder if Fronk made it instead Dribble picks up a father and son who’re playing WarioWare together |
Formatted as "April 18, Friday" |
Day 52 | Day | It’s the first day of Spring Mona’s actually caught by the police for speeding. It seems her scooter was out of bananas, so her pets wouldn’t come out. Mona unfortunately arrives late for work 9-Volt questions Fronk about him appearing in Kat and Mona’s games, but Fronk denies everything Jimmy sees Orbulon reading the reviews of WarioWare, Orbulon feeling that the positive reviews makes him one step closer to conquering Earth, and looks forward to reading them tomorrow after being given them Crygor asks the kids around Diamond City for their opinions about WarioWare Wario gets quickly escorted to the nearest public restroom by Spitz, but Wario is accidentally flushed down the toilet. Spitz is confused as to where Wario has gone |
Formatted as "April 19, Saturday" |
Day 53 | Day | Orbulon awakes from a dream where he plays jump rope with a friend from his planet Wario wakes up with no idea where he is. He crawls in the dark before finding himself back in his own toilet Jimmy reads the reviews and becomes shocked when people don’t like his games, turning sad because his mom said it was fun. Jimmy heads to Gelataria and gives the emails to Mona Mona leaves Gelataria early to read the reviews Dribble heads to Crygor to fix the taxi cab he’s been roughhousing 9-Volt is trying to get the last three microgames in WarioWare |
Formatted as "April 20, Sunday" |
Day 54 | Day | Mona stayed up all night reading the emails, grateful for all the love she’s gotten Kat & Ana invite 9-Volt over for jump roping. The jump rope speed intimidated 9-Volt but he managed 100 jumps Crygor receives the email reviews about WarioWare from Mona. Crygor responds to an email asking to be his assistant Wario hears that the lady next door to his house bought WarioWare and wants to play it with her family of four Orbulon purchases 256 Game Boy Advance SPs and copies of WarioWare to send as gifts for his friends at home Spitz dreams about his taxi cab being capable of flying into outer space |
Formatted as "April 21, Monday" |
Night | Jimmy gets a computer game from Yohitomi | ||
Day 55 | Day | 9-Volt laments not practicing skateboarding tricks and DJing due to school Wario’s fart tears through his bike’s seat and heads to Crygor’s lab to fix it. Crygor’s curious about researching such a powerful fart as a force for the bike, but Wario dismisses him as a pervert Dribble gets the e-mails about WarioWare from Crygor and reads them. Dribble answers a question about themselves Orbulon purchases a lot of Japanese books before preparing to leave Earth |
Formatted as "April 22, Tuesday" |
Night | Mona goes to Club Sugar and sees Jimmy and Yohitomi dancing. Mona likes Yohitomi’s dance a bit more due to its unusual nature | ||
Day 56 | Day | 9-Volt reads the reviews for WarioWare with Kat & Ana. 9-Volt’s overjoyed to hear people liked his genre the best Kat & Ana answer a question from one of the reviews behind their training Mona buys her very first game console: a Game Boy Advance SP Orbulon’s ship fails to start due to the amount of Japanese books he has on board. He gives 9/10th of his books to Wario since he’s not good at Japanese Wario receives a lot of books from Orbulon. He uses the paper as toilet paper Jimmy gets an identity crisis Spitz heads off to the shores and sees Jimmy sitting there alone Dr. Crygor writes about the dangers of smoking |
Formatted as "April 23, Wednesday" |
Day 57 | Day | A Nintendo employee approaches Wario for a zandankai (community meeting) Wario calls Crygor to attend the meeting, threatening to destroy his lab if he doesn’t come Orbulon delays his launch into space to attend the meeting A community meeting happens with the developers behind WarioWare During the meeting, 9-Volt wonders when Fronk made his microgames Jimmy’s throat starts hurting when he talked too much about his dancing Wario keeps eating all the food throughout the community meeting, so he can’t tell them about his genius |
Formatted as "April 24, Thursday" |
Day 58 | Day | The ruins of a golden city civilization are discovered Mona announces the end of her diary after spotting Wario speed off towards that civilization, deciding to follow him Crygor announces the end of his diary to focus on researching a time machine. He also closes down the lab so people don’t come to fix their stuff Dribble & Spitz announce the end of their diary to focus on saving enough money to remodel their cab to be spacefaring Orbulon announces the end of his diary to go to his home planet 9-Volt announces the end of his journal to focus on his personal work Kat & Ana announce the end of their diary to work at a remote place in the mountains Wario announces the end of his diary to reveal he’s moving to a beautiful castle he secretly built himself, and it’s a hassle to take the computer with him Jimmy announces the end of his Afro Diary to master the art of dance |
Formatted as "April 25, Friday" |
References
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! manual, page 4
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! manual, page 13
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ Project Longplay (July 3rd, 2021).
- ↑ "なぜなら新しい家に引っ越すからだ! 実はオレ様がこっそり作らせておいた、すんばらしいお城がさっき完成したのだ!"