Octoblocker

Octoblocker is one of the Microgames from WarioWare: Move It!. It uses the Choo Choo form for its gameplay, and Wario has it in his first set as the boss Microgame of Stone-Cold Welcome.
== Layout ==
A man serves as the Microgame's protagonist, and he holds a hammer in each of his hands. His opponent is an octopus that has Wario's eyes, eyebrows, nose, and moustache. He can shoot cannonballs from his mouth (which is shaped like a funnel) and strike with his tentacles. Level 1 portrays the octopus as a regular pink octopus otherwise, with Level 2 portraying the octopus as green with small horns, and Level 3 as black with large red horns. Electric eels sometimes surface during the fight's first phase, their purpose being to serve as fake-outs.
== Gameplay ==
The player has to help the hammer-wielding man defeat the octopus. During the first phase of the battle, the octopus sends his tentacles after the man, and an electric eel which must not be smashed pops up sometimes. After all the tentacles are defeated, the octopus' strategy changes to him popping up in front of the protagonist and drinking up a lot of water to spray him. The man must counterattack by smacking the octopus' head with his hammers. After some smacking (dependent on the difficulty), the octopus retreats, dizzy, though his dizziness wears off after a few seconds. Afterwards, he fires some cannonballs from his mouth, and the man must parry them with his hammers. The octopus is defeated after he gets hit by his own cannonballs, resulting in a victory for the player, at which point the protagonist raises his hammers in triumph. If he hits an eel with his hammers or the octopus hits him with a tentacle, the water spray, or a cannonball, the protagonist dies, resulting in a failure as the screen cracks.
=== Difficulty Levels ===
==== Level 1 (Easy) ====
The octopus sends only four of his tentacles after the man during the first phase of the battle, and only one electric eel pops up. During the second phase, the octopus' head must be smacked not much. His final phase has him throw just one cannonball.
==== Level 2 (Hard) ====
The octopus sends six of his tentacles during the first phase of the battle, and more electric eels pop up. The second phase requires the protagonist to smack him upside the head a bit more. For the final phase, the octopus shoots two cannonballs from his mouth at once, and the man must swing both his hammers as defense at the same time or almost the same time thusly.
==== Level 3 (Expert) ====
The octopus sends all eight of his tentacles during the first phase of the battle, and many electric eels pop up, so the protagonist has to be more mindful when to swing his hammers. The protagonist must smash the octopus' head during the second phase more times. During the final phase, the octopus fires four cannonballs from his mouth in quick succession, alternating which hammer he shoots at.
=== Two Players ===
Here, the octopus uses two of his tentacles twice during phase 1, and double the smacking is required during the second phase. Both men must also block double the cannonballs, with the cannonballs split evenly. If one man fails to defend, the other man's player gets hardlocked.
Category:Microgames in WarioWare: Move It!
Category:WarioWare: Move It!