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49/100
Players3 ratings
60/100
Critics1 review

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2008 · Nintendo Software Planning & Development · Action · Arcade

WarioWare: Snapped!

Nintendo exclusive

A downloadable WarioWare game for the DSi which lets the player use the camera to play a variety of absurd microgames.

Released
24 December 2008
Platforms
Nintendo DS
Genres
ActionArcade
Developers
Nintendo Software Planning & DevelopmentIntelligent Systems
Publishers
Nintendo
Series
WarioWare
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Age ratings
PEGI 3ESRB E
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), English, Japanese
Entry
#5 in WarioWare
Directors
Taku Sugioka
Composers
Yasuhisa Baba

About

WarioWare: Snapped! is an action video game developed by Nintendo SPD and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DSi's DSiWare service. It is the sixth installment of the WarioWare series. It was released on December 24, 2008 in Japan and April 2009 internationally.

It features minigames that utilizes the Nintendo DSi Camera featured in previous entries in the WarioWare series, and does not feature any boss stages. , and Kat & Ana.

Keywords

  • photography
  • minigames
  • high score
  • countdown timer
  • minigame collection
  • gesture-based controls
  • micro games
  • dsi camera support
  • dsiware

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

WarioWare: Snapped! is set in a theme park. There are four sets of minigames – one featuring Wario, one featuring Mona, one featuring Jimmy T., and one featuring Kat & Ana, with a total of 20 minigames. Two sets were added by an update. It uses the Nintendo DSi's built-in digital camera to make a silhouette of the player to use as a character in the microgames with the Nintendo DSi placed on a flat surface.

The player must put their head and hand to match head and hand outlines on the screen to make sure that the player is at an ideal distance from the DSi. Once the player keeps their pose for three seconds, the game begins. Before each minigame, the player must match their head and sometimes hand or hands with the silhouettes shown on the screen. Once the player gets into the pose, it proceeds to the minigame, and the player must move per what the minigame requires – for example, one minigame requires the player to dry a dog's fur by shaking their head back and forth. Kat & Ana's stages require two players.

Development

WarioWare: Snapped! was originally announced as Utsusu Made in Wario for the Japanese version of the DSiWare service in October 2008 upon the announcement of the Nintendo DSi. It was eventually released in Japan on December 24. The game was later released in North America on April 5, 2009 for the same platform.

It was developed by Intelligent Systems under Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. Its designers included Naoko Mori, Goro Abe, and Taku Sugioka. The developers intended on making Snapped! a game that could be played and enjoyed by people who don't play games.

Reception

The game received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who panned the inaccuracy of the camera control scheme and the lack of content. It has a score of 53 on review aggregator Metacritic, the lowest of any WarioWare or Wario game. It is the second lowest rated game part of the greater Mario franchise after Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast, which is the worst rated.

In IGN's Japanese DSiWare impressions, they commented that they found the camera not up to the task of making this game entertaining. They disliked that the player's head and hands are shown as silhouettes, and how difficult it was to get the right lighting. They also commented that even when the game works, that it's not fun. They criticized the minigames for giving the player a lot of time, saying that it loses the intensity of its predecessor as a result, which was praised for allowing the player to play them in short bursts.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo DS24 December 2008Japan · Australia 2 April 2009 · Europe 3 April 2009 · North America 5 April 2009 · China 11 March 2010

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