Wario Land 4: Difference between revisions

|developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D 1]]

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|languages={{languages|en_us=y|jp=y|zh_simp=y}}

|genre=2D [[Genre#Platform|Platformer]]

|modes=Single-player

|platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]]<br>[[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] Ambassadors, [[Wii U]])

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[[File:WL4-WarioFalling.png|frame|[[Wario]] falling down a precipice within the pyramid.]]

After exploring the [[Golden Passage]], Wario comes face to face with the Golden Diva. The black cat then jumps in front of Wario and attacks the Golden Diva in vain. The Cat gets swallowed by the Diva, who proceeds to fight Wario and gradually uncovers her many kabuki masks.

===Controls===

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!width="70"|Controls

===Wario's moves===

Wario has several different moves which are all required to make progress in the game.

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===Wario's reactions===

All of Wario's reactions in ''Wario Land 4'' return from the last two games. Wario has a total of ten different reactions in the game, all having a different purpose to assist Wario in progressing through the level. This can include turning into a bat to reach a high place or catching fire to break [[Bonfire Block|certain blocks]].

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|align="center"|[[File:WL4-Flower Single Sprite.png]]

|Only being seen in [[Wildflower Fields]], flowers are pollinated by [[Beezley]]s to produce coins. The value of the coins depend on how ripe the flower's fruit is.

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==Passages and levels==

Each of the four main passages have four levels, with a [[#Bosses|boss]] at the end of the passage. The [[Entry Passage]] and the [[Golden Pyramid]] have only one level before the boss.

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===Sound Room===

In every level, except for the Entry Passage and the Golden Pyramid, there is a hidden [[CD]] that can be collected and played in the [[Sound Room]], each containing a different soundtrack. There is a total of sixteen CDs to collect. A [[Karaoke (Medamayaki)|Karaoke]] can also be unlocked, which is a full song with Japanese vocals. It can be unlocked by getting a gold crown (10,000 points or more) in each of the eighteen levels. The Karaoke may also be temporarily unlocked by pressing Start, Select, Up, L, and R together at the same time, while in the Sound Room.

[[File:Soundroom.png|frame|right|The completed [[Sound Room]].]]

===Mini-Game Shop===

Prior to the boss room of each passage, there is a [[Mini-Game Shop]] where Wario can play one of three [[Minigame|Mini-Game]]s. If Wario receives a certain amount of points in each of the Mini-Games, he can earn [[medal (Wario Land 4)|medal]]s which can be spent at the [[#Item Shop|Item Shop]] for items to assist him in defeating the boss of that passage. Three different colored [[Game Bot]]s run the shop, each hosting a different game. Each Mini-Game costs 5,000 points to play (discounted to 2,000 points until Wario completes the [[Entry Passage]]).

===Item Shop===

[[File:WL4 Item Shop Logo.png|frame]]

The [[Item Shop (Wario Land 4)|Item Shop]] is a place where Wario can spend his [[medal (Wario Land 4)|medal]]s, in exchange for items which assist him in defeating a [[#Bosses|boss]] by dealing damage before the start of the battle. The [[shop owner]] is a form of the [[Kuro Neko|black cat]].

==Enemies and other characters==

While some enemies can be found in more than one passage, many are only unique to a certain passage and their characteristics usually go by the passage theme. Many enemies drop an assigned value of [[Coin (Wario Land 4)|coin]]s as well as a [[little heart]] when defeated. If both Wario's Heart Meter and Heart Gauge are full, then little hearts will be replaced by Silver Coins worth 100 points. The quantity and type of enemies depend on the [[#Game mode|game mode]], as harder difficulties will generally have more enemies, and easier enemies will be replaced by more difficult ones. Most enemies can be defeated using some of [[#Wario's moves|Wario's moves]], such as a regular "Attack" or "Smash Attack".

*An asterisk (*) next to the enemy name signifies that they transform Wario in some way, and don't cause Wario to lose health.

|align="center"|[[Beezley]]*

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|[[File:WL4-Emerald Passage Symbol Artwork.png|28px|link=Emerald Passage]]

|align="center"|[[Minicula]]*

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|align="center"|[[File:Iwao WL4.png]]

|align="center"|[[File:WL4 Sprite - Silver Coin.png|link=Coin (Wario Land 4)]]<br>100 points

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The game received generally positive reviews. The <i>"portable masterpiece"</i> received praise and excellent review scores on [[List of Wario Land 4 media|its soundtrack]], collectibles throughout the game and its general thrill of satisfaction. One gaming website commented about even on its ten year anniversary, it <i>"still remains the best portable ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game to date"</i>.<ref>[http://www.1up.com/features/wario-land-4-remains-best-portable-mario Why ''Wario Land 4'' remains the best portable ''Super Mario'' game]</ref> {{wp|IGN}} gave ''Wario Land 4'' a nine out of ten, or "Outstanding", citing its well thought out level design and replayability, and how the game <i>"puts a lot more emphasis on action"</i> compared to [[Wario Land (series)|its predecessors]].<ref>[http://au.gameboy.ign.com/articles/165/165422p1.html IGN ''Wario Land 4'' review]</ref> Praise was also given to how much attention the developers paid to the sounds and music. It was not given a full ten because the game does not necessarily push the performance power of the [[Game Boy Advance]] in regards to animation design. The website quoted that <i>"it's a little disappointing to see that Wario isn't much of a step beyond his [[Game Boy Color|GBC]] adventure in terms of art and animation...other than the sprite effects, it could have been done on the 8-bit handheld"</i>.

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|align="left"|"''Wario rocks -- there's a lot of variety in the game design and is more challenging than the usual side-scrolling fare due to its focus on making players figure out how to get to certain locations in the level. It's slightly similar to Klonoa in that respect, but Wario Land 4 puts a lot more emphasis on action. The slight control glitch at ladders is a bit of a drag, and the mini-games are more silly than they are fun to play. Wario Land 4 is also the first Nintendo GBA product without any link support...but I'm willing to look the other way on this fact since the single player adventure is so good.''"

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The music of ''Wario Land 4'' takes up a significant portion of the storage capacity. The music spans a wide variety of genres including {{wp|blues}}, {{wp|Soul music|soul}}, {{wp|Folk music|folk}}, {{wp|Country music|country}}, {{wp|funk}}, {{wp|jazz}}, {{wp|drum and bass}}, {{wp|Heavy metal music|heavy metal}}, {{wp|experimental music}}, {{wp|ambient music}}, {{wp|noise music}}, and ''{{wp|musique concrète}}''; as such, the soundtrack as a whole can be considered eclectic and uncategorizable.<ref name="sound design"/> The general instrumentation for the game's music comes from the {{wp|Roland SC-8850|Roland Sound Canvas SC-8850}}, part of {{wp|Roland Sound Canvas|a line of sound modules}} that, as a whole, was used in countless soundtracks associated with ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' and its partner franchises, other Nintendo franchises, and video games in general throughout the mid- and late 1990s and early and mid-2000s. The game also uses a number of stock vocal samples, taken from CDs such as Spectrasonics' ''Vocal Planet'', volume 3; Midi Mark Productions' ''Vocal Bytes'', and Zero-G's ''Vocal XTC'' (the latter two of which lend some of their samples to the title screen theme, "Work It!")<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JJBlHHDc65fhZmKUGLrDTLCm6rfUU83-kbuD8Y0zU0o/edit?pli=1#gid=717751203</ref> The vocals for the song "Medamayaki," heard in Palm Tree Paradise, were created by inserting audio samples of individual syllables into the backing music track.<ref name="sound design"/>

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*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/awaj/index.html Japanese website]

*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000005787 Japanese Virtual Console page]

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