Regional Differences

This is a sub-page of WarioWare: Twisted!.

To do: Add any images, altered music, sounds, and differences in the microgames. More missing regional differences

Similar to the previous game, there's bound to be many differences between the Japanese and International versions.

Health Warning Logo#

There is no health warning screen when starting up the game in the Japanese version.

Game Boy Advance#

Japan	International

Japan	International

The international versions changed the design of the Game Boy Advance that Wario plays in the introduction to look more like the actual system, with logos and lighter-colored buttons. It also lacks the Start and Select buttons and power light in the initial closeup, which the international releases corrected.

Title Screen#

Japan	International

Aside from the fancier looking logo being changed here, the "PRESS START" text is now stacked and moved to the right side of the screen. Because of this, the copyright text is now out of its black oblong and stuck on the bottom of the screen. The copyright is also now expanded to mention Intelligent Systems.

General#

Japan	International

The message shown when most stages speed up was changed from "Speed Up!" to "Faster!" in the international versions. This change was brought back in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

Wario Watch, Dribble & Spitz, and 9-Volt's Stages#

Japan	International

In Wario/Wario Watch, Dribble & Spitz, and 9-Volt's stages, "Boss" was changed to "Boss Stage" in the international versions to maintain consistency with the rest of the stages.

Mona's Stage#

Japan	International

Japan	International

The Mona Pizza logo (the picture of Mona dressed as the Mona Lisa) is not present in the Japanese version.

Mona Pizza Song#

Oddly, this song has a lower pitch in the International version. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and WarioWare Gold, the pitch from the Japanese version was left unchanged.

Kat & Ana's Stage#

Japan	International

The number of microgames cleared in Kat and Ana's stage is in Japanese numbers, like last time. This was changed in the international versions, even though it wasn't in the previous game.

9-Volt & 18-Volt's Stage#

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Also like Smooth Moves, 9-Volt's intro is different between regions - the console 18-Volt notices is the Famicom in the Japanese version, and the NES in the international versions. Likewise, the console seen between microgames is colored respective to region. The witches representing lives were changed to more 8-bit-looking Wario-looking workers, although oddly R.O.B. retains its Japanese colors in all versions.

Souvenir Machine#

Japan	International

The Souvenir Machine has "なにかでるかな？" ("What's gonna come out?") to the right of it in the Japanese version. The international versions have no text over there.

Microgames#

Cat Walk#

The "WarioWare, Inc." sign in the Japanese version has "WARIO" in all caps. This was changed to sentence case in the international versions.

Practical Joker#

Japan	International

In the Japanese version, the joker card depicts fecal matter. This is a visual pun: the Japanese word ババ baba can, depending on context, mean either a joker card or, well, poop. The picture was replaced with an actual joker in the international releases.

Ice Queen#

The sign was changed from "MADE IN WARIO" to "WarioWare, Inc." per the series' name in each region. Additionally, in the Japanese version, if the counter exceeded 100, the tenths digit would be frozen at 0 and the hundredths digit won't appear. This was fixed in the international versions.

Fashion Plate#

The player has to place a chonmage topknot on Earmuff Gal's head in Level 3. This was changed to a mohawk in the international versions. Additionally, the music in Level 3 is different in each version.

Bubblegum Blues#

Japan	International

The international versions added some leftover gum after the bubble was popped. This is because in the Japanese version the bubblegum is a mucus bubble coming out of the boy's nose.

Stalled Out#

Japan	International

The international versions of Stalled Out change the people's pants from red to blue, likely because it looked like they weren't wearing any pants. WarioWare Gold uses the Japanese graphic in all versions.

Weird Science#

The music plays at a slower speed than normal in the Japanese version. This was fixed in the international versions.

Slap Jack#

Japan	International

The Japanese version was based on the popular Chinese novel Journey to the West, and features prominent Buddhist imagery. As most overseas players are likely not familiar with the story, the international versions changed the theme of the microgame to Jack and the Beanstalk.

Crazy Straw#

Crazy Straw underwent a few changes in the international versions, presumably because the Japanese version appears to take place in a bar. The Level 1 and Level 2 drink colors were changed, and the location was moved from a city at night to a countryside during the day.

These changes also apply to Mooo-ve It!.

Japan	International

Level 1's drink changed from blue to brown.

Japan	International

Level 2's drink changed from green to yellow.

Beauty School#

The sound effect that plays when you cut the hair is different in each version.

Key Ring#

In Level 3, the two wrestlers are sleeping together in the sleeping bag in the Japanese version. This was changed to one of them staring at the other through the window in the international versions.

Handy Man#

In Level 1, alongside the egg and cicada, a rice ball could also replace one of them in the Japanese version. The rice ball was removed in the international versions.

Wheel of Whack#

The Mario-esque plumbers that appear in Level 3 had a "B" on the caps in the Japanese version. This was changed to a "T" in the international versions.

Picky Eater#

The symbols on the planks are different in each version.

Last Piece#

The background was swapped from blue to green in the international versions, and the picture was tweaked; the body seems to be redrawn, different colors are used, and the hair is colored and aliased.

Home Haircut#

The woman in Level 3 was changed between versions. WarioWare Gold uses the woman in the Japanese version in all versions.

Laser Lineup#

The ship's color was changed from white to a light blue in the international versions.

Mooo-ve It!#

As in Crazy Straw, the Japanese version appears to take place in a bar with colorful, possibly alcoholic drinks being served. The international versions changed the drinking glasses to drinking cups and changed the colors of the drinks (originally all unique) to white, making them resemble milk.

Japan	International

Trash Day#

The poop in the Japanese version was replaced with brown rocks in the international versions.

Aromatherapy#

The Japanese foods in Levels 1 and 2 was replaced with more American ones in the international versions. Additionally, in Level 3, the Japanese version uses a kayaributa (a pig-shaped mosquito repellent). This was replaced with a candle in the international versions.

Safecracker/Inch, Worm!#

Safecracker features a golden pile of poop during Level 3 in the Japanese version, while the international versions feature a pile of gold coins and a money bag. Similarly, Inch, Worm! changes the Level 3 prize from some dung to a bag of money.

In WarioWare Gold, the poop was left unchanged in all versions.

Souvenirs#

• The Mushroom, a Figurine that can be collapsed and have its head removed if the console is twisted fast enough, was removed entirely from international releases.
• The Written Oracle was changed into a Fortune Cookie, with a color-coded stick exiting from the fortune being replaced with a color-coded paper, though the fortunes' colors and what they represent remained the same.
• The Carrot Grater and Big Carrot Grater were modified from corresponding turnips.
• The statue of Ksitigarbha, known in Japan as Jizō, was turned into a Garden Gnome for the international release.
• The Mochitsuki Set, which involves a boy and an elder making some mochi, was eliminated completely from the international versions.

Other Changes#

• The "points" symbol was removed next to the high score in the international versions.