I wasn't too impressed with the above animated intro to Wario Land: Shake It!. Between Wario picking his nose and the oh-so-wapanese presentation, I was ready to put this one in the "second-tier Nintendo" file. The horrendous box art doesn't help either. Also, it's being developed by a company called Good-feel.
Then I found the gameplay footage below, which excites me in all the ways that Super Paper Mario did. Unlike a lot of folks, I felt let down by that game's lackluster platforming and reliance on endless text bubbles. Looks like Shake It! will focus solely on platforming, which is a relief, because if I have to look at another collection of inane microgames I'm going to throw my Wii out the window. And, wait a sec. Is that...is that Yoshi's Island-style trajectory alignment? Sign me up.
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