Wario's Woods ROM

The objective of Wario’s Woods is to clear the playing field of monsters of varying colors by using bombs of matching color, which are dropped into the field from the top of the screen by a sprite. In order to do so, the monsters and bombs must be rearranged by the player such that three or more objects of the same color are placed adjacent to one another in horizontal, vertical, or diagonal rows, with at least one object being a bomb (such rows are called a “match”). For example, a match may consist of two red monsters and one red bomb, but may also consist of two red bombs and one red monster.

However, a match cannot consist of three monsters of the same type. A Thwomp may also come down a number of rows (being disguised as the ceiling), making less room for the player to match enemies and bombs. When the play field is cleared of all the monsters, the player progresses to the next round, where the initial number of monsters increases. There are different monster types that can only be destroyed in specific ways, such as requiring two matches in quick succession or being placed into a diagonal match.

Wario casts a spell over the inhabitants of a once peaceful area known appropriately as the “Peaceful Woods”, manipulating the forest’s residents into becoming his minions. In an attempt to take over the Peaceful Woods, Wario uses his band of monsters to destroy the peace of the forest and as a result, peaceful creatures were no longer welcome in the newly renamed “Wario’s Woods”. Toad, who is introduced as the Mushroom Kingdom hero, makes his way to Wario’s Woods in order to quiet the sinister lout and win the woods back for the sprites (fairylike beings who kept the peace in Wario’s Woods until Wario gained control.