Wario Land Shake sees an old favorite return

by Chris Greenhough { Jun 12th 2008 at 7:00PM }

Scans of Famitsu's Wario Land Shake preview just hit the 'net, and although we've already seen most of the screens and art they contain (in various dimensions), there is the odd new screenshot to squint at, not to mention a synopsis of the story, which has been handily translated by a Something Awful forum member.

Usually, we wouldn't even glance twice at a storyline from a Wario game, but Shake's narrative deserves a mention simply because it features the extremely welcome return of Captain Syrup, last seen pinching Wario's loot in Wario Land II for the Game Boy Color (over a decade ago, and yes, that makes us feel old).

She's not the villain this time, however; instead, that role has been left to another pirate, Shay King (har), who invades the world of Yuretopia to nab its legendary "Deldel Purse" treasure. It's up to our dungaree-sporting anti-hero to take on Shay King and grab a slice of coin for himself.

[Thanks, creamsugar! Story translation via NeoGAF]

Tags: famitsu, platform, scan, story, wario, wario-land-shake

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Roto13 @ Jun 12th 2008 7:16PM

My heart skipped a beat. I've missed her so much. xD

RupeeClock @ Jun 12th 2008 7:36PM

Shay King?

Nintendo sure love their puns.

ECG @ Jun 12th 2008 9:48PM

Damn, 10 years already?
Can't wait for this one.

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jun 12th 2008 10:43PM

!!

Awesome.

phenylketonurics @ Jun 12th 2008 10:44PM

And the pure brilliance continues.

Greg2k @ Jun 13th 2008 8:14AM

I still can't get over the thought of playing a 2D platformer on 480p widescreen. This game is just going to kick ass.

btehrani05 @ Jun 13th 2008 10:47AM

Don't feel old lol, I used to play that game when I was four years old, then i got all the advance ones too. This looks like an awesome game, but I hope its wiiware, Its kinda difficult spending 50 dollars on a game that could be done on a ds or gameboy advance, when I have yet to get wii games such as okami, boom blox, blast works.

Cody Cardarelli @ Jun 13th 2008 11:58AM

Captain Syrup is such an appropriate villian for Wario.

Wario's at his best when he's just barely being outdouchebagged by someone else, and we're in the role of being as greedy as possible. None of this master of disguise crap.

Now if only they'd bring back the immortality with the decent puzzles you had to solve.That actually made Wario unique...

Then again, I suppose Warioware does that these days.