Wario Land 4

aka: Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara, Wǎlìōu Xúnbǎo Jì
Moby ID: 5588
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In this fourth episode of the adventures of Mario's nemesis, the greedy Wario reads in a newspaper about a secret treasure lost in a pyramid. That's enough for Wario: he jumps in his car, enters the pyramid, and then you take control of him. Wario is a classic platform game with a twist: some enemies don't actually hurt you but change you into various forms, like Floating Wario, Zombie Wario, or Bat Wario.

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  • ワリオランドアドバンス—ヨーキのお宝— - Japanese spelling
  • 瓦力欧寻宝记 - Simplified Chinese spelling

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Average score: 87% (based on 28 ratings)

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Average score: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 36 ratings with 1 reviews)

great platform game. A bit short though

The Good
Graphics are very cool. Nothing especially spectacular, but they're done with style. The sound is quite amazing for a GBA game : there even is digitized speech. The tunes are good enough to be remembered. Gameplay is quite faultless : super level design, amazing. And I thought you couldn't do anything new with 2D platform games. How wrong was I ! And you got to fight great bosses !

The Bad
While the level design was great, it is a minor annoyance that the aim of a level is not to reach the exit but to collect 4 pieces of jewel, find the key, hit the portal switch and get back to the portal in a time limit. Miss a jewel or the key and you have to replay the level or you can't beat the game. Usually, it isn't very difficult to collect everything in the first run, but a couple of levels will frustrate you : "Where the h is that d jewel piece ?" will you scream.

Also, even with the occasional frustration the game can be finished in less that 10 hours, which is too short for me. Of course, you can play the game on hard mode or unlock a couple of secrets, but this isn't enough to keep the replay factor high

The Bottom Line
Warioland 4 is a very good 2D platform game, technically impressive. Level design is amazing. It's just too bad you can complete it in less than 10 hours.

Game Boy Advance · by Xa4 (300) · 2002

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The Japanese title can be translated to English as Wario Land Advance: The Treasure of the Golden Diva and the Chinese title as Wario Treasure Finding.

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Game added by Xa4.

Nintendo 3DS added by ResidentHazard. Wii U added by Michael Cassidy.

Additional contributors: Exodia85, Alaka, Opipeuter, monkeyislandgirl.

Game added January 11, 2002. Last modified January 14, 2024.