WarioWare: Smooth Moves

WarioWare: Smooth Moves
North American box art
DevelopersNintendo SPD
Intelligent Systems
PublisherNintendo
DirectorsGoro Abe
Taku Sugioka
ProducersYoshio Sakamoto
Ryoichi Kitanishi
DesignerYoshio Sakamoto
ProgrammerTaku Sugioka
ArtistKo Takeuchi
ComposersNaoko Mitome
Masanobu Matsunaga
Yasuhisa Baba
Kenichi Nishimaki
SeriesWario
PlatformWii
Release
  • JP: December 2, 2006
  • EU: January 12, 2007
  • NA: January 15, 2007
  • AU: January 25, 2007
GenresParty, rhythm
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

WarioWare: Smooth Moves is a party video game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It was released in Japan in December 2006, and in Europe, North America, and Australia in January 2007. It is the fifth game in the WarioWare series of games, and the only game in the series to be physically released for the Wii (excluding WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase, another WarioWare game available on WiiWare). Additionally, this was the first spin-off Mario game to be released for the console.

Like its predecessors, WarioWare: Smooth Moves is built around a collection of microgames that last about five seconds each, and which require that the player hold the Wii Remote in specific positions. The game offers the microgames to the player in rapid succession, by first instructing the player to hold the Wii Remote in a specific manner, and then showing them the microgame. The microgames are divided into several stages, each of which loosely connects the microgames with the help of a story.

Smooth Moves received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success; it was the United States' 4th best-selling game in its debut month of January 2007. In Japan, it sold 63,954 copies in its debut week of November 27 – December 3, 2006, making it the 4th best-selling launch game for the Wii after Wii Sports, Wii Play, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.