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WarioWare: Smooth Moves - Enter Young Cricket (1)

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Overhazard asked:


The fourth set of Microgames to come your way in WarioWare: Smooth Moves come from a pair of new characters, Young Cricket and Master Mantis. Young Cricket is a martial artist in training, a nice guy but sometimes impulsive. Master Mantis is the small old mentor, who really doesn’t do much of anything.

Young Cricket and Master Mantis are passing through Diamond City as they trek about, and they haven’t eaten for quite a while. What fortune they have, then, that there’s a bao stand–with Mona changing jobs once again. Young Cricket rushes to the front, hoping to cut through the line quickly enough before the baos sell out.

Oh yeah, and I should probably explain what a bao is. It’s a bun made of rice bread, which comes from China and is served all over oriental Asia and in every oriental district of any large city. Inside a bao is a type of filling–sometimes sweet (like yellow bean baos), sometimes savory (like beef baos). They all look the same from the outside, so chefs will usually mark the baos with a colored dot near the top. BBQ pork baos, for instance, will normally have a red dot. Or they categorize the baos by filling as soon as they finish making them.

That cylindrical looking thing the baos seem to be coming out of is a bamboo steamer. They’re placed over boiling water and can be stacked (as you see here). Since rice paste is sticky, people line the bottom of the steamer containers with wax paper when they’re cooking baos. (By the way, those aren’t tiny plates. Those are probably circular pieces of wax paper.)

So, now that what you’re seeing makes sense, I’ll explain this segment of the game now. Young Cricket’s Microgames introduce three more stances: The Waiter means you lay the Wii Remote on the palm of your hand with the buttons up. The Tug-of-War has the Wii Remote held with both hands pointed at the sensor bar. The Elephant is where the Wii Remote is held up to your nose. It’s a really strange one, but they came up with a surprisingly large amount of Microgames with it.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves - Enter Young Cricket (2)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Overhazard asked:


There’s a YouTube glitch going on right now where videos pop in and out of existence. If it says, “Sorry, this video is no longer available,” then be patient. It’ll come back in a matter of time. How long, exactly, is something I can never be sure about. So bear with me here. It’s happening to EVERYBODY.

So, here’s a recap of what’s happened with Young Cricket and Master Mantis thus far: The two of them have wandered into Diamond City, and not having eaten for a while, come across a stand selling baos. (For an explanation on what a bao is, you can read the description for “Enter Young Cricket (1).”) Young Cricket can’t stand the hunger, and he rapidly cuts in line, hoping to get some before they’re all out. Young Cricket realizes he should wait in line, and afterward (not shown in this video), the two of them enjoy it in Diamond City and choose to stay.

Three new stances appear for this stage: The Waiter, the Tug-of-War, and the Elephant. Sure, you can use the Remote Control stance on all of them, but what fun is that? I always do it in the stance they ask of you.

Next up will be Jimmy T., another WarioWare character with perfect attendance. His story is “Feline Fever,” and his stage is a recap of every Microgame from the previous four stages.

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