WarioWare: Move It!

WarioWare: Move It! (超おどる メイド イン ワリオ) is a party video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the eleventh installment in the WarioWare series, the second WarioWare game to be released on the Nintendo Switch, after Get It Together (2021), and the first direct sequel in the WarioWare series, being a follow-up to the 2006 Wii game, WarioWare: Smooth Moves. It was released on November 3, 2023.

Like its predecessor, WarioWare: Move It! uses motion-based "microgames" which must be accomplished by adopting beforehand one of the poses the game indicates.

Gameplay
Like previous entries in the WarioWare series, the game tasks players with tackling waves of fast-paced minigames known as "microgames". Similar to the 2006 Wii game, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, which used the system's Wii Remote controller for motion-controlled microgames, the game focuses on using the motion controls of the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con controllers. Each microgame centers around one of several "forms" depicting how the player should initially hold the Joy-Con, after which players move the controllers accordingly to complete each microgame. In addition to motion controls, some microgames also utilize the infrared camera on the right Joy-Con. Move It! includes over 200 microgames. The game features local co-op play, where two players must sync their motions with one another to complete microgames, and additional modes for up to four players.

Plot
A TV commercial advertises a chance to visit a vacation resort called "Caresaway Island" by purchasing a garlic burger. A hungry Wario passes by the local burger joint and orders fifty garlic burgers, which results in him winning a trip to Caresaway Island with twenty friends, much to his dismay. Upon hearing about this, Wario's friends ask to come along, and he reluctantly agrees. Upon arriving at the island, the residents give the gang stone Joy-Cons called Form Stones, which can be used with their hands to help them out in situations.

The gang then go on their own adventures in the island; Wario attempts to run away from residents of a temple (Stone-Cold Welcome), Mona goes underwater to search for mermaids (Mermaid Meet and Greet), Dr. Crygor, Penny, and Mike time travel to the Stone Age and pose for a cave man's drawing (A Curious Case of Cave Art), Ashley tries to get Red back to normal size after he eats some blueberries that make him tiny (Caveat Imptor), Orbulon gets amnesia and is mistaken for a god by the temple residents (Sweet Dreams, Sweeter Fruit), Kat and Ana try to take back the Caresaway Island map from a group of Cractuses (The Grand Parfait Adventure), Young Cricket battles an army of penguins (Battle on Flashfreeze Cape), Jimmy T. ends up surfing on a shark (Surfin' Surprise), Dribble and Spitz participate in a watercraft race (Making Waves), and 9-Volt tries to save 5-Volt, 18-Volt, and 13-Amp from a spooky store (Quest in the Dark).

In the final level, Lava at First Sight, Wario later returns to the temple he had visited earlier and tries to steal the gold items in it but ends up being overtaken by lava, corrupted, and merged with the island's giant volcano and he begins to cause havoc on the island. Using the Form Stones, Wario's friends defeat him, and he turns back to normal. However, he ends up landing back in the temple and is also mistaken for a god by the people in the temple who had attacked him earlier. Wario then declares the events as the worst vacation ever; however, during the credits, it is revealed that he managed to escape the temple.

Development and release
WarioWare: Move It! was announced during a Nintendo Direct presentation on June 21, 2023. The game was released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on November 3, 2023. On August 21, 2023, Nintendo announced Charles Martinet's retirement from voicing Wario and other characters, and confirmed his absence from Move It!. On November 1, 2023, it was confirmed that Kevin Afghani, who voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, would take over the role of Wario. Tose assisted on development.

Reception
WarioWare: Move It! received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. On OpenCritic, the game received a "Fair" rating, with 57% of critics recommending it. Nintendo Life gave the game 8/10 stars, praising the game's creativity and multiplayer but criticizing the single player options.