# Warioware D.I.Y **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 3, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850 "2010-04-03T20:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Akaadji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Akaadji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaadji)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850/1 "2010-04-03T20:58:36Z")
Picked this up yesterday, and I’m absolutely loving it. I’m a terrible artist and don’t know anything about making music but even with that it’s been a ton of fun trying to make fun things. Anyone else playing this? We should share friend codes and send each other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850/2 "2010-04-05T08:48:11Z")
I don’t own this game but I support this thread. I’m not sure why but if this game has anything like Mario Paint’s Composer included, then I will squee. ---
**Author:** ![Akaadji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Akaadji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaadji)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850/3 "2010-04-05T16:20:06Z")
It does. And I’m not sure as it’s been a very long time since I last had the chance to play Mario Paint, but it might be a bit more advanced? Even if not it’s got a music program, yeah, and you can save your compositions and share them with people. ---
**Author:** ![Akaadji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Akaadji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaadji)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850/4 "2010-04-09T21:00:26Z")
Really, there isn’t a single other person on the boards who bought this? What a shame… ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850/5 "2010-04-10T12:33:31Z")
My son bought this and has been playing it a lot. I have not really had the chance to get into it yet, though. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850/6 "2010-04-10T13:13:32Z")
> [@Akaadji](#): > > It does. And I’m not sure as it’s been a very long time since I last had the chance to play Mario Paint, but it might be a bit more advanced? Even if not it’s got a music program, yeah, and you can save your compositions and share them with people. If I remember correctly, Mario paint had 16 sounds, no accidentals and no way to lengthen notes. I do think it had tempo, though. Oh, and maybe 6 measures worth of notes at a time… ---
**Author:** ![Akaadji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Akaadji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaadji)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850/7 "2010-04-10T14:43:43Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > If I remember correctly, Mario paint had 16 sounds, no accidentals and no way to lengthen notes. I do think it had tempo, though. Oh, and maybe 6 measures worth of notes at a time… DIY has six different ‘sets’ of instruments, each with eight instruments. 16 regular instruments in the first two sets, then sound-sets for the remaining four, including the dog/cat/baby/etc. set from Mario Paint. Tempo can be changed, and there are four tracks and a rhythm line to each phrase. The rhythm line has its own sets; 14 per set, six sets. Music is made in phases of a few seconds each. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warioware-d-i-y/534850/8 "2010-04-14T02:35:47Z")
> [@Akaadji](#): > > DIY has six different ‘sets’ of instruments, each with eight instruments. 16 regular instruments in the first two sets, then sound-sets for the remaining four, including the dog/cat/baby/etc. set from Mario Paint. > > Tempo can be changed, and there are four tracks and a rhythm line to each phrase. The rhythm line has its own sets; 14 per set, six sets. > > Music is made in phases of a few seconds each. Can you save? If so, how many save slots? In other words, could I save an entire song I made?