Wario Land 4: Breaking Convention / HOTCYDER

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17 years on from its original release I take a look at Wario Land 4: A seminal platform game that found success by breaking the conventions of the Mario template.

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Game Overtime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kwd-osi6Xc&list=PL9VXfMOUt5uBFg0Nmn4Ih2-YFl06d80Py

Uncompressed WarioLand 4 Audio by Weario:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZvAD6jXkl8

Sprites credited to https://www.spriters-resource.com/

Prototype Metroid Fusion Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZyD9Z3jYfA

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Comments

@zwalada says:

How is it possible? I haven't played this game for 17 years and I didn't hear anything talking about it in 17 years. I started playing it agen 2 days ago and now this?

@superromangaming says:

This game is Pizza Tower’s grandpa!

@SeazonHDx says:

Surprised you didnt mention the puzzle rooms with the old guy, and the soundtrack is legendary. Wario land 4 is a masterpiece.

@ivanlee_youtube says:

My favorite game on GBA

@SwankemasterSupreme says:

2:12 I always thought they just flipped the m.

@bekfstman9841 says:

And finally…

In 2023, two Wariolikes. One completed and the other advancing in a steady pace. Are giving this game a new place in history

@wickedishiccy7621 says:

My first game console all my own, and my first owned video game. Many memories of riding in the back of the car trying to play with the street lights

@maxlimit9129 says:

Pizza Tower and Anton Blast have brought about a garlic flavored renaissance

@caldera11 says:

I prefer Wario Land 3

@balohna says:

I own this game but can barely remember it. I recall I really wanted something new that was something close to Mario. The newest Mario game at the time was 5 years old, and the newest 2D Mario game at the time was even older (especially if you don't count YI). I saw this had good reviews and figured it was the closest I was going to get. I'm pretty sure I just ripped through it in a week or so and then never thought about it much after that.

I probably need to revisit it now and appreciate it for what it is.

@anotherordinaryguy4992 says:

And now, everyone knows WL 4 because of pizza tower, and antonblast!

@RustyShacklefordIrishHipHop says:

Late to the channel, loving the content!

@spindalis79 says:

Am I detecting a bit of a Kansai dialect from the Japanese voice of Wario?

@TheFoolish727 says:

Me personally I prefer Wario Land Shake It so much more

@thegoose8663 says:

ITS PIZZA TIME

@electricturbodata9368 says:

Thanks for an amazing video about Wario Land 4! Really hoping Nintendo will do more Wario Land games in the future! Thirty years since the first Wario Land game in 2024.

@doctorprepologedyedeyadede3542 says:

One charming thing about shoulder bash: You could always duck and slide forward a lil bit, atleast with wl2 3 and 4. It's always been there for you :).

@animeking1357 says:

All I've learned from this video is that Samus and Wario should go on epic adventures together for sweet loot.

This game is actually the very first gba game I ever played. Because of that it's been pretty high up on the list of my favorite games. I've been replaying it for the first time since I was a kid in the last year or so. I thought,

"We're an adult now, let's play on hard mode." What a fool I was.

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