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* Wario's voice clips in this game were later reused for the ''WarioWare'' games, notably ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' including the sound effects and music. |
* Wario's voice clips in this game were later reused for the ''WarioWare'' games, notably ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' including the sound effects and music. |
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* This is the final ''Wario Land'' game to be released on a handheld system. |
* This is the final ''Wario Land'' game to be released on a handheld system. |
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| − | * This is the first ''Wario Land'' game where Wario's in-game sprite colors are depicted in yellow and purple rather than black and white from the last two games and in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. |
+ | * This is the first ''Wario Land'' game where Wario's in-game sprite colors are depicted in yellow and purple like in the official artwork rather than black and white from the last two games and in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. |
| − | *Wario's in-game sprite shows that he is wearing gold buttons (similar to Mario, Luigi, and [[Waluigi|Waluigi's]]) and purple shoes. However, in the artwork, his buttons are white and his shoes are green. |
+ | * Wario's in-game sprite shows that he is wearing gold buttons (similar to Mario, Luigi, and [[Waluigi|Waluigi's]]) and purple shoes. However, in the artwork, his buttons are white and his shoes are green. |
| + | * The Golden Pyramid would later make a small cameo as a picture hanging on the wall in ''[[WarioWare Twisted!]]''. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Wario Land 4 (JP) is a game for the Game Boy Advance. The game featured Wario and many different levels that the player can explore with helpful power-ups such as turning into a bat. The world is placed inside a giant pyramid. It was one of the first Nintendo games released on the GBA along with games like Super Mario Advance, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Advance Wars, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. The game features 2D Graphics with linear transformations (similar to Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island).
Gameplay
The game plays very similar to the other Wario Land games. It is a 2d game Wario Land game for the Game Boy Advance. Wario has many different types of attacks that he can use. There are 18 levels in this game. The main objective in each level is to find all the treasure in each level. Wario now has hearts, if he loses all his hearts he dies. There are coins that Wario can collect though out the game.
Transformations
- Fat Wario
- Puffy Wario
- Vampire Bat Wario
- Flat Wario
- Bouncy Wario
- Zombie Wario
- Snowman Wario
- Bubble Wario
- Flaming Wario
- Frozen Wario
Levels
Entry Passage
- Hall of Hieroglyphs
- Boss: Spoiled Rotten
A shot of Wario in the Palm Tree Paradise stage.
Emerald Passage
- Palm Tree Paradise
- Wildflower Fields
- Mystic Lake
- Monsoon Jungle
- Boss: Cractus
Ruby Passage
- The Curious Factory
- The Toxic Landfill
- 40 Below Fridge
- Pinball Zone
- Boss: Cuckoo Condor
Topaz Passage
- Toy Block Tower
- The Big Board
- Doodle Woods
- Domino Row
- Boss: Aerodent
Sapphire Passage
- Crescent Moon Village
- Arabian Night
- Fiery Cavern
- Hotel Horror
- Boss: Catbat
Golden Pyramid
- Golden Passage
- Boss: Golden Diva
Plot
Wario is reading his newspaper when he sees A article about a pyramid found deep in the jungles. The legend is that the Princess Skokora was cursed by the money crazed diva. Wario soon speeds off to the pyramid. Wario soon defeats the golden diva and exits with the money. Wario now has hearts in the game (unlike Wario Land 2 and 3).
Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 85.34% |
| Metacritic | 88 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 7.5/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Game Informer | 8.5/10 |
| GamePro | 4.5/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.7/10 |
| GameSpy | 88/100 |
| IGN | 9/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 4/5 |
| Nintendo World Report | 9/10 |
Legacy
Wario Land: Shake It! for the Wii contains a similar feature introduced in Wario Land 4; after Wario gets tot the end of the stage, he must quickly run back to the beginning of it, typically going a different route than before. It is a 2D game.
Trivia
- Wario's voice clips in this game were later reused for the WarioWare games, notably WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! including the sound effects and music.
- This is the final Wario Land game to be released on a handheld system.
- This is the first Wario Land game where Wario's in-game sprite colors are depicted in yellow and purple like in the official artwork rather than black and white from the last two games and in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.
- Wario's in-game sprite shows that he is wearing gold buttons (similar to Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi's) and purple shoes. However, in the artwork, his buttons are white and his shoes are green.
- The Golden Pyramid would later make a small cameo as a picture hanging on the wall in WarioWare Twisted!.
External links
| Wario series | |
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| Wario Land series | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 • Virtual Boy Wario Land • II • 3 • 4 • Wario World • Master of Disguise • Shake It! |
| WarioWare games | Mega Microgame$! (Mega Party Game$!) • Twisted! • Touched! • Smooth Moves • Snapped! • D.I.Y • Game & Wario • Gold • Get It Together! • Move It! |
| Spin-offs | Mario & Wario • Wario's Woods (Bakushō Version) • Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! |
| Related games | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins • Dr. Mario 64 • Mario Kart • Mario Party • Super Smash Bros. |