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Wit is not something you often find in videogames. In fact, forget the early LucasArts point 'n'
click adventures for a moment and you'll struggle to think of a single game that actually made you laugh out loud. Wario Ware
is the wittiest and most amusing game Edge has played in a long, long time.
Pitched somewhere between Bishi Bashi Special
and Blipverts, Wario Ware offers some 200-plus 'micro' games to test your split-second reactions. Each game lasts about five
seconds, is grouped with around 15 other games and is capped-off with a short boss encounter. Defying one-word labels, The
Gaming Network's favourite games include the one where you have to make a dog happy by touching its paws and the one
where you have to prevent a bogie escaping from a girl's nose.
However, Wario Ware is not just about juvenile humour,
it displays a refreshing intertextuality that manages to both poke fun at and celebrate videogames. You'll find clever facsimiles
of Virtua Boy, NES, Game Boy and mobile phone games. You'll also find that Wario Ware confidently sticks two fingers up at
an industry that seems to have lost its sense of humour.
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