Wario dashes through a thin wall to find a secret room full of coins.
Unlike in most video games of the time, the game's challenge comes mostly through impeding player progress by implementing physical obstacles, puzzle-solving or paths blocked by coin or treasure locks, or forcing Wario back to previously-visited areas. By finding hidden exits in some stages, the player can change the direction of the game's plot and uncover different endings, as well as find more treasure. In addition to the Really Final Chapter, five other endings can be unlocked by collecting all the treasures. An enemy-themed Simon Says minigame based on the Game & Watch game Flagman can be unlocked by collecting all the picture tiles. Wario does not have any life points and cannot die; some enemy attacks simply knock him backward and cause him to drop some coins. He can take advantage of certain enemy attacks however to undergo transformations which allow him to reach areas that he cannot normally get to. For example, exposure to fire makes Wario run around and later become entirely engulfed by flames, which allows him to defeat enemies on contact.[4] In contrast to its predecessor, the game does not have a time limit, which allows the player to explore the areas in unlimited time, a feature which is incorporated in subsequent installments.
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The game features the return of Wario's nemesis, Captain Syrup. Early one morning, she and a few of her soldiers, the Pirate Gooms, sneak into Wario's castle and cause havoc. They steal his precious treasure, set off his giant alarm clock, and leave the tap running, flooding much of his castle. After Wario wakes up and figures out what's going on, he gives chase across the surrounding lands.[5]
Wario Land II received critical acclaim. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it their "Game of the Month" award, with their four reviewers praising its vast size, numerous secrets, and varied gameplay. Dan Hsu especially enjoyed how the player character cannot die, only suffer a variety of comic misfortunes which can sometimes allow him to access secret areas, and remarked that "Wario Land II reminds me of so many old-school platformers, yet it's like nothing I've seen before."[8]
The Game Boy Color version held an aggregate score of 88.04% at GameRankings based on 14 reviews.[6]IGN insisted that "It's the perfect game to accompany you on a long road trip because of its lastability and replayability."[9]Allgame considered it a disappointment that it offered no improvements over the original Game Boy version apart from the addition of color, but said the game still held up at the time of its Game Boy Color release due to the well-thought-out puzzle elements and consistently outstanding platforming.[7]
Nintendo Life, reviewing the Virtual Console re-release, argued that "Big fans of the first game might lament Wario Land II's sudden significant change in gameplay, but if you give it a try, you'll find that it's actually quite good."[10] In 2019, PC Magazine included Wario Land II on their "The 10 Best Game Boy Games".[11]
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^Known in Japan as Wario Land 2: The Stolen Treasure (Japanese: ワリオランド2 盗まれた財宝, Hepburn: Wario Rando Tsū: Nusumareta Zaihō)
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Wario Land II a is a 1998 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the original Game Boy 1 It was later re released and optimised for the Game Boy Color In the game Wario has to recover his treasure from Captain Syrup The Game Boy Color version was released for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in 2012 2 3 Wario Land IINorth American Game Boy Color box artDeveloper s Nintendo R amp D1Publisher s NintendoDirector s Takehiko HosokawaProducer s Takehiro IzushiDesigner s Masani UedaProgrammer s Masaru YamanakaKatsuya YamanoNobuhiro OzakiArtist s Hiroji KiyotakeComposer s Kozue IshikawaSeriesWarioPlatform s Game BoyGame Boy ColorReleaseGame Boy Original NA March 9 1998EU March 26 1998AU May 15 1998Game Boy ColorJP October 21 1998NA February 10 1999EU February 25 1999AU December 31 1999Genre s PlatformMode s Single player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Reception 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Wario dashes through a thin wall to find a secret room full of coins Unlike in most video games of the time the game s challenge comes mostly through impeding player progress by implementing physical obstacles puzzle solving or paths blocked by coin or treasure locks or forcing Wario back to previously visited areas By finding hidden exits in some stages the player can change the direction of the game s plot and uncover different endings as well as find more treasure In addition to the Really Final Chapter five other endings can be unlocked by collecting all the treasures An enemy themed Simon Says minigame based on the Game amp Watch game Flagman can be unlocked by collecting all the picture tiles Wario does not have any life points and cannot die some enemy attacks simply knock him backward and cause him to drop some coins He can take advantage of certain enemy attacks however to undergo transformations which allow him to reach areas that he cannot normally get to For example exposure to fire makes Wario run around and later become entirely engulfed by flames which allows him to defeat enemies on contact 4 In contrast to its predecessor the game does not have a time limit which allows the player to explore the areas in unlimited time a feature which is incorporated in subsequent installments Plot editThe game features the return of Wario s nemesis Captain Syrup Early one morning she and a few of her soldiers the Pirate Gooms sneak into Wario s castle and cause havoc They steal his precious treasure set off his giant alarm clock and leave the tap running flooding much of his castle After Wario wakes up and figures out what s going on he gives chase across the surrounding lands 5 Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings88 GBC 6 Review scoresPublicationScoreAllGame nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp GBC 7 Electronic Gaming Monthly8 5 10 GB 8 IGN9 10 GBC 9 Nintendo Life nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3DS 10 Wario Land II received critical acclaim Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it their Game of the Month award with their four reviewers praising its vast size numerous secrets and varied gameplay Dan Hsu especially enjoyed how the player character cannot die only suffer a variety of comic misfortunes which can sometimes allow him to access secret areas and remarked that Wario Land II reminds me of so many old school platformers yet it s like nothing I ve seen before 8 The Game Boy Color version held an aggregate score of 88 04 at GameRankings based on 14 reviews 6 IGN insisted that It s the perfect game to accompany you on a long road trip because of its lastability and replayability 9 Allgame considered it a disappointment that it offered no improvements over the original Game Boy version apart from the addition of color but said the game still held up at the time of its Game Boy Color release due to the well thought out puzzle elements and consistently outstanding platforming 7 Nintendo Life reviewing the Virtual Console re release argued that Big fans of the first game might lament Wario Land II s sudden significant change in gameplay but if you give it a try you ll find that it s actually quite good 10 In 2019 PC Magazine included Wario Land II on their The 10 Best Game Boy Games 11 Notes edit Known in Japan as Wario Land 2 The Stolen Treasure Japanese ワリオランド2 盗まれた財宝 Hepburn Wario Rando Tsu Nusumareta Zaihō References edit Wario Land II for GBC Wario Land II Game Boy Color Wario Land Nintendo Virtual Console eShop Wario Land II nintendo co uk Nintendo of Europe Retrieved July 27 2020 Nintendo Games Wario Land II Nintendo com au www nintendo com au Archived from the original on 18 January 2013 Retrieved 15 January 2022 How to Play Wario Land II Electronic manual Virtual Console ed Nintendo p 11 sec Hot Wario Wario Land II Giant Bomb Retrieved June 4 2013 a b Wario Land II GameRankings CBS Interactive Archived from the original on November 5 2015 Retrieved November 22 2015 a b Williamson Colin Wario Land II AllGame Archived from the original on November 14 2014 Retrieved December 24 2021 a b Review Crew Wario Land II Electronic Gaming Monthly No 106 Ziff Davis May 1998 p 103 a b Matias Alec February 15 2000 Wario Land 2 IGN Retrieved November 17 2015 a b van Duyn Marcel July 20 2012 Wario Land II Review Nintendo Life Retrieved November 17 2015 Edwards Benji October 17 2022 The 10 Best Game Boy Games PCMAG Retrieved 2022 01 24 External links editOfficial website in Japanese Wario Land 2 at MobyGamesPortals nbsp 1990s nbsp Video games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wario Land II amp oldid 1207000894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
