You know who’s no one’s all-time favorite videogame character? That’s right, it’s Wario. This Bizarro purple-nosed man-thing has been around for over fifteen years, and over that time some people have grown to enjoy him, many have learned to tolerate him, but no one truly adores him.
Even still, Nintendo keeps giving this unsightly man the spotlight, while handsome blokes like Kid Icarus and Little Mac remain chained to a radiator somewhere at Nintendo HQ. This past week, Nintendo actually put Wario head to head against Capcom’s #1 guy for 2D platforming, as Wario Land: Shake It was released on the very same day as Mega Man 9. Whereas the new Mega Man game is very much a love letter to that character’s low-tech, hardcore origins, this new Wario Land title is sort of a hand-drawn, high-res, waggle-enhanced reinvention of the Wario platformer.
If you want to know if I liked the game, then hit that jump and read my words.
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