Wario Land 2
By Nintendo
Review by The Avardancer
Size: 8 Megabits (1 Megabyte)
Save: Battery, one slot
Released: 1998
Works with: Any version of Gameboy. Does NOT contain Gameboy Color pallettes.

Opening Snide Remarks: This is the sequel to the fantastic; but flawed, hit
title "Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land". Will they get it right? Oh, Hello!
What's this in the instruction manual?! Stop the car! Wario can not DIE in
this game! Oh no. What if it's too easy? By the way, this is an 8 megabit
cartridge; which means it is one of the bigger cartridges made for Gameboy.
In perspective to Megabytes; that means that this game is 1 Megabyte. 

Gameplay: You should go buy a Gameboy to play this game. The geniuses at
Nintendo decided that because Wario can't die; they'll just up the difficulty
to greater hieghts. If you could die; this game would be impossible to beat.
Thank goodness I can't die! The No-Die thing means that you can fall off
those cliffs without fear. You should explore the levels to find all the
really amazing stuff that has been hidden in this game. Some enemies even
cause Wario to mutate into new forms which you must use to get past various
obstacles. This game rocks! It's fun and original. I'll even go as far as
saying that this game is a must-have. It's THE single most innovative game I
have ever seen! Wario has broken new ground in platform gaming. This is a
game that you MUST own. A lot of great variety has been packed into this
title! And once you get 100% there is a FREE Game and Watch Game and a Time
Attack level thrown in as a bonus!

Graphics: The graphics are the best graphics that I have ever seen on
Gameboy. Only Legend of Zelda has graphics of this caliber. Wario Land 2 has
beautiful Super Gameboy enhancements like multiple borders and great colors.
Those eight megabits went into making this game have so much animation,
detail, and effects that you could swear that the Gameboy is a Next
Generation System.

Sound: Perfection has just been raised to a higher level. There's TONS of
sound effects in this game! Lots of the sound effects are original and made
for the game too.

Music: Remember how forgetable the music in Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
was? Not so here, the music is flawless. It even changes or warps slightly
depending on what form Wario is in or how close you are to the exit. Legend
of Zelda: Link's Awakening has met it's equal in this game's music. Stereo
sound, baby! The music follows you around in a way. For example, if you get
close to the exit, the music gets more up-beat, and if you get hit and change
imto one of Wario's many forms... the music changes accordingly. This is what
is refered to as a "virtual sound enviroment". That's pretty impressive.

Play Control: Flawless. No sliding; except on ice. The control is excellent.
There really isn't much left to say about the perfectly natural control in
this game.

Final Analysis: Do you love platform games, adventure games, action games,
and just plain perfect games? Then buy this game! Quality has been redefined!
Any other game in this genre is pale and stale compared to Wario Land 2!
There is more packed into that one megabyte than all 650 megabytes of a CD.
This game costs about as much as a Playstation game; but it's better than 98%
of those games. I've found my self coming back to this game a lot. It's just
a perfect game baby! If I had to choose between this and Link's Awakening;
I would choose............................................................
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......Link's Awakening. This is definately as good as Link's Awakening; but
It still isn't as perfect as The Legend of Zelda: "Link's Awakening".


Score
Gameplay: *****
Graphics: *****
Sound: *****
Music: *****
Play Control: *****
Total:25 out of 25

Final Score: 100%

Currently known codes: None.