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Solid platforming, HORRIBLE mini games.
posted by drunkyb (FORT WORTH, TX) Mar 17, 2007
Member since Mar 2006
11 out of 15 gamers (73%) found this review helpful
If you can count on Nintendo to always do one thing right, since the dawn of time they have done platforming to perfection. This continues with WARIO MASTER OF DISGUISE, an excellent way to combine classic platforming with nice touch-screen controls. More or less, this is a sort of PRINCESS PEACH 2. You use the stylus and arrows for all the controls (or the buttons if you are a lefty, like me) and it works really well. Drawing disguises on Wario, and learning which disguise works best for each situation is fun as well. Where this game suffers is the way actual disguises are found, with doofy minigames. If this was any character BUT Wario I would be even more disappointed with how dumb these games are, with how much they take away from the solid platforming - but thanks to WARIOWARE, it is a little understandable WHY theyre in here. But they still are bland and boring. The graphics are a tiny bit better than typical gba platformers, but who cares about great visuals when the platforming itself is as solid as this is. This is not WARIOLAND, this is also not anything near as fun as NEW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS, YOSHIS ISLAND DS, or SUPER PRINCESS PEACH. However, this is a very fun platforming game with dumb minigames and TERRIBLE "cut scenes". And you get to be WAH WAH WAHHHHRIO which is always fun. C +.
One word: YUK.
posted by UnityK (AKRON, OH) May 7, 2007
Member since Oct 2003
2 out of 4 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
OK... I tried to like this game. I've read all sorts of great things about it, but I just couldn't get into it.
I liked the premise. I like the characters. I liked the storyline.
I hated trying to control Wario. The DS screen is too small. The stylus navigation on the screen is lousy. The music is irritating.
Wario, disguised or not, was not for me.
I liked the premise. I like the characters. I liked the storyline.
I hated trying to control Wario. The DS screen is too small. The stylus navigation on the screen is lousy. The music is irritating.
Wario, disguised or not, was not for me.
If only they would have dropped the stylus...
posted by LemmyKoopa (MADISON, WI) Jan 11, 2011
Member since Jan 2011
Master of Disguise has a great foundation to it, with clever level design, an original moveset for a platformer, and a solid soundtrack. It's certainly a game I wanted to like.
Unfortunately, the controls make this game very difficult to play, because both the buttons and stylus are used. You really need both hands to play the game, even though either the D-Pad or the letter buttons are theoretically enough, because to jump and steer with just one hand, as is often required, is very difficult. So you need two hands for that, but you also need to keep your stylus at the ready, because you must use it to switch costumers, launch most attacks, and even do simple things such as open doors. So I had to keep switching how I'm holding the stylus to accomodate. It kind of works most of the time, but it never gets past being annoying and it can get you in trouble in tense situations. Additionally, this game doesn't always register very well what you have drawn so you may have to try drawing what you want again and again. The controls work, but barely, and it keeps the game from being as fun as it could be.
The level design is nonlinear and there is an aspect of exploration, which I generally would like, but unfortunately with the controls being as they are, I wasn't very interested in trekking around longer than need be. That's a problem because sometimes you're going to miss something and then have to make your way all the way back to a certain room.
If you're looking for a nonlinear platformer that could occupy you for 15 hours to beat (longer if you're going for all the treasures and bonus content) and you can put up with the control issues or have a third hand, then this could be a good choice for you, if not then skip it. Without the control issues this would have easily scored an 8, maybe higher if I got invested in the extra content. If ever they rereleased this and you could change costumes with the R or L buttons, I would definitely pick this up.
Unfortunately, the controls make this game very difficult to play, because both the buttons and stylus are used. You really need both hands to play the game, even though either the D-Pad or the letter buttons are theoretically enough, because to jump and steer with just one hand, as is often required, is very difficult. So you need two hands for that, but you also need to keep your stylus at the ready, because you must use it to switch costumers, launch most attacks, and even do simple things such as open doors. So I had to keep switching how I'm holding the stylus to accomodate. It kind of works most of the time, but it never gets past being annoying and it can get you in trouble in tense situations. Additionally, this game doesn't always register very well what you have drawn so you may have to try drawing what you want again and again. The controls work, but barely, and it keeps the game from being as fun as it could be.
The level design is nonlinear and there is an aspect of exploration, which I generally would like, but unfortunately with the controls being as they are, I wasn't very interested in trekking around longer than need be. That's a problem because sometimes you're going to miss something and then have to make your way all the way back to a certain room.
If you're looking for a nonlinear platformer that could occupy you for 15 hours to beat (longer if you're going for all the treasures and bonus content) and you can put up with the control issues or have a third hand, then this could be a good choice for you, if not then skip it. Without the control issues this would have easily scored an 8, maybe higher if I got invested in the extra content. If ever they rereleased this and you could change costumes with the R or L buttons, I would definitely pick this up.
Yay. Another horrible Wario game.
posted by BULLY123 (PRATTVILLE, AL) May 30, 2009
Member since Jul 2008
Wario games stink. Don't waste your time! This one is the worst I've ever seen! You just wear your little masks and fight with your little fists! HORRIBLE! I've played this game once! I'll never play it again! I just talked and had sit through LONG words. Wario is the worst! That's why in Super Mario 64 he rarely appears!
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