WarioWare D.I.Y. facts for kids

Quick facts for kids WarioWare D.I.Y.
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Developer(s)	Nintendo SPD Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Goro Abe Taku Sugioka
Producer(s)	Yoshio Sakamoto Toshio Sengoku
Designer(s)	Masahiko Nagaya
Programmer(s)	Taku Sugioka
Artist(s)	Ko Takeuchi Masahiko Nagaya Asako Kagita
Writer(s)	Kyoko Watanabe
Composer(s)	Kenichi Nishimaki Takeru Kanazaki
Series	Wario
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release date(s)	April 29, 2009 NA
Genre(s)	Action, rhythm, game creation system
Mode(s)	Single-player

WarioWare D.I.Y. is a fun video game for the Nintendo DS. It's also known as WarioWare: Do It Yourself in some parts of the world. This game lets you create your own tiny games, called microgames!

It was made by Nintendo SPD and Intelligent Systems, and Nintendo published it. This game is the seventh in the popular WarioWare series. It was the last WarioWare game made for the Nintendo DS. The game first came out in Japan in April 2009. It then came to North America, Europe, and Australia in 2010. A special WiiWare game called WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase was also released.

How to Play and Create Games

WarioWare D.I.Y. lets you design your very own microgames. You can create the pictures, sounds, and even the music for them! You also get to design a "cartridge" for your games.

The game has five main areas to explore:

• D.I.Y. Studio: This is where you design your microgames.
• WarioWare Inc.: Here, you can learn how to make games with helpful tutorials.
• D.I.Y Shop: You can put your finished microgames onto special "cartridges" here.
• Options Garage: Change game settings and your name.
• Distribution Center: Send your games to a Wii console or get games from the "NinSoft store."

Since the game works with the Wii, you mostly use tapping controls. When you make music, you can hum into the DS microphone. The DS then turns your humming into musical notes! You can also pick different instruments, like funny pig noises. This is similar to how music was made in the classic game Mario Paint.

Before May 2014, you could share your creations with other D.I.Y. players online. You could also upload your games for contests. Nintendo even offered extra microgames you could download. These included "Big Name Games" made by famous game developers or TV stars!

You could also play your microgames on a Wii using the WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase game. This let you see your creations on a bigger screen!

Besides the games you make, WarioWare D.I.Y. has 167 pre-made microgames. These games feature popular characters like Mona, Jimmy T., Ashley, and Wario-Man. Each character has games with different themes, just like in the first WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! game.

Game Story

The story of WarioWare D.I.Y. begins with Dr. Crygor having a strange dream. In his dream, he's playing a game console. Suddenly, the characters from the game jump out of the screen!

When he wakes up, Dr. Crygor gets a brilliant idea. He invents the Super MakerMatic 21. This amazing machine can create Nintendo DS games, comic books, and music! You can play the games on DS cartridges or even upload them to a Wii.

While the machines are being built, Wario shows up with a broken TV. He sees the Super MakerMatic 21 and thinks it's a new TV. Dr. Crygor explains what it really is and how it can make games, comics, and music easily. Wario is super excited! He realizes this invention can make him rich.

Wario decides to restart his company, WarioWare, Inc. He also starts a new company called Wario-Man Software. But many of his old employees have left to join a rival company called Diamond Software. This leaves Dr. Crygor, Penny, and a few others with Wario. So, they hire you, the player, to help them make new games, books, and music!

How the Game Was Made

Work on WarioWare D.I.Y. started way back in September 2003. The game's director, Goro Abe, thought it was so much fun to create microgames. He decided players should be able to do it too!

Abe had played other games where you could make your own role-playing or shooting games. He found it fun but often stopped before finishing. He realized that the short, quick nature of WarioWare microgames would be perfect for this kind of creation game. Even people with short attention spans could enjoy making them!

Development took a long time. The Nintendo DS came out, which had a touch screen. Abe felt this was a much better way to create microgames. However, making microgames was tricky, and Abe had other projects. So, the game's development was put on hold for a while.

The project started up again during the making of the Wii game WarioWare: Smooth Moves. The developers learned about WiiConnect24. This feature lets players share data with each other. Abe decided that players could make microgames on the DS and then send them to the Wii to play.

Another designer, Masahito Hatakeyama, joined the team. He also loved games where players could create their own content. He was also inspired by Mario Paint. Taku Sugioka from Intelligent Systems also joined the team. He had worked on WarioWare: Snapped! and was excited about Abe's new idea.

The drawing and music tools in WarioWare D.I.Y. were inspired by Mario Paint. But the team found it hard to design how players would set the goals for their microgames. They wanted to make it easy and fun for everyone.

After Smooth Moves was finished, D.I.Y. took two more years to complete. One of those years was spent figuring out how to make the game easy to use. They decided to split the microgame design into three parts:

• Object phase: Design the characters and items.
• Background phase: Create the scenery.
• Sound phase: Add music and sound effects.

They made the first version of the editor simple. They only added more features if they were really needed. To test it, the team tried to remake games from WarioWare: Touched!. They could recreate almost all of them! Abe told the team not to make games too complex, since microgames only last a few seconds.

The game uses a special type of memory card called NAND flash. This helps the game save and load microgames faster. It also lets players store more games. This feature was added even though it was a tight schedule.

Abe knew some people might not want to make their own games. So, he added a feature that lets players edit the games that Nintendo included. This way, they could still make them their own. The game also lets players share games with friends.

In 2017, a website called DoujinSoft launched. It's an archive of games, music, and comics that users created. Many games from before the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection closed are saved there. You can play all the content on the website. You can even send content to a special Wii console that has Showcase installed.

WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase

WarioWare D.I.Y. also connects with a WiiWare game called WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. This game lets you play your creations on a big TV screen! You can also upload your games for contests.

Showcase includes 72 pre-made games, music, and comics. You can also play, listen to, or read the things you've made yourself. You can even fill out surveys about games your friends have made. You can download new content and upload your games for others to enjoy.

WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase also has a special versus mode you can unlock. In this mode, you can play against friends. It shuffles all the games together, both the ones you made and the pre-made ones!

See also

In Spanish: WarioWare: D.I.Y. para niños