Review: Super 56
The WarioWare series is still going strong, with a new title on the horizon for early next month. The shoes are not yet empty, but Onion Soup Interactive is looking to fill them anyway with Super 56. That’s bold, but while they’re doing some heavy lifting to the formula, they’re bringing along their own drinks to the party. To be fair, it isn’t even WarioWare’s party. Puzzle & Action: Tant-R has been dancing since ‘93, but even I’m not certain they were the first to arrive.
Super 56 is a microgame rush. To draw further comparison to WarioWare it leans heavily into nostalgia for older games. It also digs into absurd humor until it hits paydirt. So, I guess what I’m saying is it’s not the absolute most original game, but it still has a lot to offer.
Super 56 (PC)
Developer: Onion Soup Interactive
Publisher: WhisperGames
Released: October 11, 2023
MSRP: $6.99
You’re cast as a human (try to pretend) who is on a cultural exchange to Hell. While, normally, cultural exchanges don’t get much worse, they at least have video games in Hell. You become roommates with monsters Brones and Kronos, and because neither of them is well suited to pressing a button, they decide to leave the latest, hottest game, Super 56, in your flesh-covered hands.
To add to the sitcom-like hijinks, John Zombie, the muscular cad from next door, also has Super 56, and he is darned certain that he can out-microgame you. So you and your roommates band together to prove him wrong.
Super 56 is, as we’ve already established, a series of games that you try to complete as best as possible. As the name implies, there are 56 of these microgames, and they cover a wide assortment of styles. The catch is that you only use one button to control them. In earlier versions of
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