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First footage of Wario Land: Shake It! makes me a happy shark
Hamza CTZ Aziz07.04.08 - 2:18 AM 43 comments

 
I had mixed feelings when Wario Land: Shake It! was first announced for the Wii. The last DS Wario adventure title was such garbage that I feared Nintendo would continue to ruin one of my favorite characters of all time. Thanks to GoNintendo, though, my fears have been put to rest. 
 
The official Japanese Web site for Wario Land: Shake It! just opened up and contains a bunch of stuff that I can’t read or understand. Not that it matters, as there are two videos on the site that pretty much explain it all. RawMeatCowboy from GoNintendo graciously put the videos up on YouTube, one of the gameplay and one of the prologue to the story of Shake It! 
 
Watching the gameplay trailer above just makes me think of the original Game Boy games, which were all awesome. Wario uses his powerful muscles and brute strength to take on his enemies. But when that’s not enough, he’ll be hopping into ships, submarines, and more to get as much treasure as possible. It also looks like there will be some Yoshi's Island mechanics, as Wario will pick up enemies, aim them, and then throw them. Hopefully the “Shake It” portions of the game don’t get too repetitive or annoying. 
 
The anime-style prologue video explaining what Wario has gotten himself into is after the jump.
 
Some evil fiend (who sort of looks like Booster from Super Mario RPG) has brought darkness to the world and captured what most likely is that world's Princess along with her disciples. One brave disciple looks for a hero to save their kingdom but ends up with Wario instead. The little bird ... thingy ... tries to get Wario to help, but of course, Wario doesn’t give a fuck and picks his nose. That is, until money is brought into the equation.
 
I am so happy now. Shake It! looks like it will be really good and make up for the last few fail Wario games (not counting the WarioWare games, of course; those have all been awesome). Now that you’ve seen this in action, what do you think of it? 


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Grim's Avatar
Grim at 07/04/2008 02:13

If it's anything like Wario Land 4, it'll be awesome.
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---AMARU--- at 07/04/2008 02:15

ok this looks great real oldshool i am now psyched for this
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madninja at 07/04/2008 02:19

See when I see this I go, there is no effort but when I saw Megaman 9 I went, this is amazing. Even though I liked the Wario Land games, this is just meh.
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Necros at 07/04/2008 02:22

My god, this looks great! I really want to see more 2D games will high-res, fluidly animated sprites. Also, I like that one charge-up block that made him run like Sonic.
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RAB at 07/04/2008 02:26

wario is so much more fucking BADASS than mario
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Projectexodus at 07/04/2008 02:26

I guess there's something good coming to the Wii after all.
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Vongore at 07/04/2008 02:30

I'll definitely buy it, but i'm starting to think that it will be way too short. Like Wario Land 4
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AngelsDontBurn at 07/04/2008 02:30

HOLY SHIT IT LOOKS AWESOME!

God I love Wario.
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crunks at 07/04/2008 02:33

Is this a WiiWare game?
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Evan_Poland at 07/04/2008 02:36

Ahhh this video is no longer available?
This has been happening for lots of youtube vids for me lately. Is it becase i am in australia?
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Zerozaki Ishiki at 07/04/2008 02:50

Curious, but I'm hesitant about the vehicle focus. The one blot on Yoshi's Island's perfection is the vehicle stuff, most of which had really terrible controls. If they can keep it all as tight as the main controls, fine, but it still seems like a lazy way to add variety.
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Black Mage Slim at 07/04/2008 02:59

I'm excited for this game. I think more games should go back to the side-scrolling action. Super Mario Bros. for the DS proved that the genre can be revived. And also turned into a 3D while keeping the 2D awesomeness.
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bVork at 07/04/2008 03:11

HOMG IT'S CAPTAIN SYRUP IN THAT INTRO.
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darkair at 07/04/2008 03:15

watch 2nd video located by same user on youtube. Wario is picking his boogers in the animated. it looks good, I'm so glad they didn't put it on nintendo ds on a tiny screens. I also want new super mario bros on nintendo instead DS. I want 2d games on wii.
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eternalplayer2345 at 07/04/2008 03:29

Megaman 9 then this?! I love this return of retro-esque games.
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braulio09 at 07/04/2008 03:49

Looks spiffy. Sadly, it looks like they'll be using stupid as fuck controls to get the coins. "Fap with your Wiimote to get the coins out of the bag 'cause, y'know, you can't just OPEN the bag:"

Plus, they have a Saria-like girl in that prologue video (wearing green), so that's nice.
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Zulu at 07/04/2008 03:56

Fuck ya, 2d.
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Kapkomi at 07/04/2008 04:02

from watching the gameplay video it looks like there could be some neat implementation of tilt controls (rope swinging, mine cart, aiming the submarine's missiles and piloting the jet pack).

the intro video feels kind of awkward without voice acting, given the quality of it's animation. but then again if the other characters could speak then Wario would probably be expected to talk as well; which would only sound more awkward.
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garrfunkel at 07/04/2008 04:09

This looks really cool. Im glad nintendo have realised that good old 2d side scrolling platformers can still work. Now lets hope its as good as it looks
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Lime at 07/04/2008 04:22

HOLY SHIT

HOLY SHIT

CAPTAIN SYRUP

SHE HAD BETTER BE IN THE GAME MORE THAN JUST THAT CAMEO
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nebones at 07/04/2008 04:26

Gone old school, and i love it.
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Rusty Ghia at 07/04/2008 04:38

This shit had better be on a disk, and not WiiWare.
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Kapkomi at 07/04/2008 04:40

I think that intro video alone would surpass the size limit for a WiiWare title.
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Detry at 07/04/2008 05:05

Wario has a fat ass.
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exodus1925 at 07/04/2008 06:33

This looks fucking cool
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JayTapp at 07/04/2008 06:54

@braulio09:

My tought excactly, I love platformers but I smell useless repetitive waggle incoming.

And god if this music is playing non-stop in the game I might have to kill a puppy otherwise I'll implode. This is sadly awful.
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Jonathan Holmes at 07/04/2008 07:57

If the waggle is implemented well, this game may end up being another classic Nintendo platformer. If not, I'll still be buying it.

Jonathan Holmes = 2D graphics whore.
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Mink Car at 07/04/2008 09:09

This just shows why Wiiware is a good thing. Its limitations inspire developers to make decent 2D games, something we haven't seen done officially in a very long time.

Of course, if this isn't Wiiware, then it just proves that Nintendo loves us.

Either way, we win. Wario ahoy!
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Professor Pew at 07/04/2008 09:13

Looking good :)
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perri at 07/04/2008 09:20

It just looks amazing! Game play actually seems a lot more varied than I thought it would be. This looks like a cartoon (in game) The animation and sprites are gorgeous.

Is this One of Treasures games? Do we know who developed?
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Novakaine at 07/04/2008 10:05

Actually, this is going to be a retail release, not WiiWare. It's coming out in North America towards the end of September.

And yes, it looks so awesome....
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Alexradl at 07/04/2008 10:31

I'm glad they are finally going back to the awesomeness that was the Gameboy Wario games. We'll see if they can get it right though.
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SWE3tMadness at 07/04/2008 10:42

Squee! Seeing the return of Snowball Wario in that first video was all the reassuring I needed. This game is going to be awesome.

Totally digging the anime intro too. Even though I have no idea what they're all saying. xD
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naia-the-gamer at 07/04/2008 11:49

I've never played any of the Wario Land games for some strange reason, and this actually looks pretty fun. I may be playing my first Wario Land game.

I'm also a big sucker for pretty 2D graphics.
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MisterMingo at 07/04/2008 12:49

Wow, the sprite animation is fantastic.

Now if only Sega would release a Sonic game in this style. If only...
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Moofey at 07/04/2008 12:54

As someone who loved the Wario Land games of old I can sum what I think up in two words:

DO WANT
CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 07/04/2008 13:31

A solid game has appeared out of the sea of Wii games.
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Imako at 07/04/2008 15:26

I'm a fan of all the Warioland games, so I'm definitely gonna get this. The story looks pathetic, but as long as they don't force feed us with waggle I'll be happy.
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Rider Chop at 07/04/2008 16:17

this looks awesome.

whats with saria?
oh no, is navi going to urge me to LISTEN!! HEY! LISTEN!

does this mean I get to beat up tingle and steal his money/mail?
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tarzanell at 07/04/2008 16:42

Looks like shite. I'd rather insert pebbles into my anus.
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Dexter345 at 07/04/2008 19:15

This looks pretty cool.
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Oni at 07/05/2008 23:48

It looks great, but I'm not paying Nintendo $60 for a side-scrolling waggle-fest.

Let's see a price first, then we'll talk.

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