WarioWare: Move It! arrived on Nintendo Switch on July 21, 2023, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo.
The title marks a clear return to motion-focused microgames for the series after 2021’s WarioWare: Get It Together!, drawing direct lineage from the Wii-era WarioWare: Smooth Moves and its motion-driven design.
Move It! ships on the Switch eShop and in physical formats and positions itself as a party-focused, short-burst microgame collection that leans heavily on Joy-Con motion inputs.
Story and presentation
Move It! frames its single-player Story Mode around Wario’s latest scheme: a garlic-burger contest that awards him a vacation to Caresaway Island and a set of mysterious Form Stones shaped like Joy-Con.
The Story Mode functions primarily as an extended tutorial, introducing new formations and poses for players to adopt before each microgame.
Each stage begins with a 2D animated scene and voice acting for the cast, and the narrative scenes are brief, character-led vignettes that explain why each microgame appears.
Gameplay mechanics and microgames
Players are prompted into poses by name before each microgame, then must complete a loosely explained task within a short timer.
The core structure—fast microgames, a diminishing stock system, and boss microgames to close rounds—mirrors classic WarioWare pacing.
Reviewers and playtests note that Joy-Con motion controls respond reliably: the game’s use of HD Rumble and even the Joy-Con IR sensor feels intentional, and failures more often reflect player error than input inconsistency.
The package includes more than 200 microgames spanning solo, co-op, and competitive formats.
Post-game and multiplayer
After the main Story Mode players unlock higher-intensity challenges such as Megagame Muscles, a score-focused stage, and All Mixed Up, which shuffles microgames into longer runs without second chances.
Move It! also adds several two-player exclusive stages and a Party Mode built for 2–4 players.
Party Mode offers diverse rulesets—Galactic Conquest provides a boardlike competition where points determine progress, while other modes test cooperation, timing, and quick reactions.
These multiplayer options are the centerpiece for group play, and the microgame variety sustains replayability.
Verdict
WarioWare: Move It! is designed for short, energetic sessions and excels at extracting comedy and creativity from simple motion inputs.
The Story Mode is compact and instructive, while the post-game and Party Mode deliver the replay value expected of a WarioWare release.
For players seeking a motion-centric party experience on Nintendo Switch, Move It! is a strong entry—funny, fast, and technically polished.
This review score: 8/10.
Disclosure: A review copy of WarioWare: Move It! was provided by Nintendo UK.
The title marks a clear return to motion-focused microgames for the series after 2021’s WarioWare: Get It Together!, drawing direct lineage from the Wii-era WarioWare: Smooth Moves and its motion-driven design.
Move It! ships on the Switch eShop and in physical formats and positions itself as a party-focused, short-burst microgame collection that leans heavily on Joy-Con motion inputs.
Story and presentation
Move It! frames its single-player Story Mode around Wario’s latest scheme: a garlic-burger contest that awards him a vacation to Caresaway Island and a set of mysterious Form Stones shaped like Joy-Con.
The Story Mode functions primarily as an extended tutorial, introducing new formations and poses for players to adopt before each microgame.
Each stage begins with a 2D animated scene and voice acting for the cast, and the narrative scenes are brief, character-led vignettes that explain why each microgame appears.
Gameplay mechanics and microgames
Players are prompted into poses by name before each microgame, then must complete a loosely explained task within a short timer.
The core structure—fast microgames, a diminishing stock system, and boss microgames to close rounds—mirrors classic WarioWare pacing.
Reviewers and playtests note that Joy-Con motion controls respond reliably: the game’s use of HD Rumble and even the Joy-Con IR sensor feels intentional, and failures more often reflect player error than input inconsistency.
The package includes more than 200 microgames spanning solo, co-op, and competitive formats.
Post-game and multiplayer
After the main Story Mode players unlock higher-intensity challenges such as Megagame Muscles, a score-focused stage, and All Mixed Up, which shuffles microgames into longer runs without second chances.
Move It! also adds several two-player exclusive stages and a Party Mode built for 2–4 players.
Party Mode offers diverse rulesets—Galactic Conquest provides a boardlike competition where points determine progress, while other modes test cooperation, timing, and quick reactions.
These multiplayer options are the centerpiece for group play, and the microgame variety sustains replayability.
Verdict
WarioWare: Move It! is designed for short, energetic sessions and excels at extracting comedy and creativity from simple motion inputs.
The Story Mode is compact and instructive, while the post-game and Party Mode deliver the replay value expected of a WarioWare release.
For players seeking a motion-centric party experience on Nintendo Switch, Move It! is a strong entry—funny, fast, and technically polished.
This review score: 8/10.
Disclosure: A review copy of WarioWare: Move It! was provided by Nintendo UK.
