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Wario's Woods
Play Wario’s Woods online for NES. Learn Toad’s single-piece and stack controls, build bomb matches and chains, and clear monsters before the field traps you.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Wario's Woods
Quick start
On Game Select, use the directional pad or SELECT to choose LESSON and confirm with A; B cancels. Follow the practice messages before trying ROUND GAME. In Round Game, select A or B Game and a starting round with A; A Game is the simpler introduction without the B Game’s boss encounters. Move beside a piece and press B to pick up one, or A to lift the stack. Carry it to a useful position and press the corresponding button to put it down. Make a same-color line of at least three pieces containing a bomb, and clear all monsters. Keep an escape route open: use up or A+B to get above a surrounding pile. Avoid holding down casually, because it speeds incoming pieces.
Controls
Left/right: walk; when empty-handed, move against a wall or pile to climb. Up or A+B together: climb/escape upward. A: pick up or put down a stack. B: pick up or put down one piece, including one from a carried stack. Down+A or down+B: kick a single adjacent piece. Down alone: speed falling pieces. START: start or pause/resume. SELECT or the pad selects menu entries; A confirms and B cancels. Hold SELECT and press START during play to return to Game Select.
Wario's Woods — About this game
Wario’s Woods changes the usual falling-block formula by putting Toad inside the puzzle. Instead of steering pieces from above, you walk among the piles, lift one piece or a whole stack and place it where a useful match can form. A line of at least three matching-color monsters and bombs needs a bomb to clear; vertical, horizontal and diagonal arrangements all matter, although some monsters require diagonal matches or repeated attacks. Clearing every monster finishes the round, while a crowded field with no room to move ends the game. Helpful bomb periods alternate with monster periods in which Wario lowers the ceiling, and chain reactions can buy breathing room. Round Game offers an A game and a B game with periodic boss encounters, alongside Time Race, two-player VS Battle and lessons for learning the controls. The challenge lies in planning routes as well as colors: Toad can carry a stack across the field but cannot simply climb while holding it.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
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