Word Up
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare Gold
Appears in	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! WarioWare Gold
League	Mash League
Type	Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz,Mega Microgame$!) Fantasy (Dribble & Spitz,Gold)
Command(s)	Shoot "?"
Info	"Shoot the question marks to reveal a word. To help you out, you can warp from side to side!" (Mega Microgame$!) "Shoot the ? to make a word! Don't ya wish writing was always this easy?" (Gold)
Controls	/// – Move // – Shoot
Time limit	8 beats
Target score	20
Music track	Space Fighter
Music sample

Word Up is one ofDribble & Spitz'smicrogames found in theSci-Fi folder inWarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and returns as one of their microgames in theFantasy set within theMash League inWarioWare Gold. The name is derived from the 1986 song "Word Up!" byCameo.

Gameplay[edit]

The player controls a ship at the bottom of the screen. It can move left and right, and when it moves off one side of the screen it reappears on the opposite side. At the top of the screen are five panels equidistant from each other. Each of them has either a letter/exclamation mark or a question mark, the latter panels blink. The player's ship can shoot lasers upward by using. When a laser hits a panel, it flips over and becomes a panel of the opposite state. To win, the player must have all panels display a letter/exclamation mark, causing them to spell a message. Once complete, the panels vanish and the letters/exclamation marks fly to the center of the screen while spacing themselves closer together. This makes them easier to read, as a visual flourish. Any remaining lasers vanish and the player loses the ability to shoot the second the task is complete.

InWarioWare Gold, the player can hold to rapid fire.

• Level 1: Only one panel starts as a question mark.
• Level 2: Two panels start as question marks.
• Level 3: Three panels start as question marks.

Possible messages[edit]

The possible messages that appears include:

Naming[edit]

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Notes[edit]

• This microgame shares its music withSpace Fighter,Bubble Trouble,Mars Ball Destroy, andHover for Cover.
• This is the only non-boss microgame inWarioWare Gold where the border extends to the sides of the screen.
• TheWarioWare Gold version uses thePop Happiness font known fromSuper Mario Sunshine andSuper Mario Galaxy.

• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
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• WarioWare Gold microgames
• Sci-Fi microgames

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