Rise of the Wario-Likes

[@bluemycool]

Fun fact: Pizza Tower has had crossovers with both of these games! There was a crossover comic with Treasure Tech and Pizza Tower as well as the fact that Peppino is playable in Antonball and also had a comic with them. Pizza Tower has also gotten a huge playstyle change since the Sage demo, such as a heat meter that gives enemies new moves the more defeat them. Also, I really liked this video! Great job!

[@MrFedefire]

Never forget that Mort the chicken is canon in the Pizza Tower universe

[@oetam5204]

@@MrFedefire I mean, they sort of got the rights of Mort the chicken ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@user-zx9xb6tm6i]

@@MrFedefire It still makes me suprised they even considered someone like Mort the chicken of all characters. I guess I am the only guy who somewhat enjoyed his game. Yes it's bad, but I like it.

[@JanitorAntisocial]

lol it's funny reading this now when Pizza Tower finally got its full release and the Heat Meter is now completely excised. Probably the most changes I've seen in an indie game during development I've seen yet.

[@TornaderX]

The creator of Antonball also made an artwork to promote his new game: Antonblast. This artwork is virtually made by Anton himself in which he promote his game and make fun of Peppino. We can definetely say that Peppino, Anton, Treasure Tech Doom and Mort are all in the same universe

[@biggoofus000]

'Arguably, his greatest achievement. Wario Land 4' You earned a sub from that alone.

[@abeestosruinsageneration3725]

He made a video on that too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKTZZn-Fhpt6osU

[@dreeg1896]

LOOK, GUYS, LOOK!

[@Mrbird321]

Incredible, incredible.

[@markussmedhus9717]

Wario Land 4 had too few levels. E: And yes I know about the meme.

[@vonwolfe1310]

Look guys, look. It's my greatest achievement. Obama. *Ah-ah-ah*

[@sanstheskeleonepunchman5274]

This reminds me of the Wario edible that had 3 times the lethal dose of ecstasy

[@hotcyder]

That's the next Wario video sorted

[@wawayalert]

The one from Japan?

[@DoodleZoo]

The what?

[@bathtubstreamz3483]

Or wario carts

[@Scoreos77]

most of those weird ass mdma presses do LMAO

[@pixelator5312]

tall man-made structure associated with a food item that consists of tomato sauce, cheese, and meat on top of a flat round piece of bread

[@playingonasmartphone]

r/increasinglyverbose

[@AsteroSloth]

omy fortnite

[@Krong]

What is pizza tower?

[@NintendanGX]

The Verbose 2D Platformer Tribute.

[@CranberryCartoons]

luxurious collection of games relating to throwable bouncing spheres, all pertaining around a liquor-chugging rough-housing destructionist named anton

[@KoishiKomeijiOfficial]

This thing aged up well! Seems we got Pizza Tower

[@GenericProtagonist118]

And "Antonball" became "Antonblast" that's more in line with WarioLand and most of the jokes the developers have made are that Anton is "Done playing with his balls".

[@KoishiKomeijiOfficial]

@@GenericProtagonist118 And here, my balls lay.

[@hotcyder]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmWYnZmCicaKjNU

[@KoishiKomeijiOfficial]

@@hotcyder Must say, this year is up with bangers! First we knew that the Mario movie was coming this year, now ADHD the game!

[@kingtonsiljockey528]

Banging soundtrack too 😊

[@tripled2096]

"the wario genre" why the hell does this actually make sense

[@porcuprick]

the fact he kept calling peppino "the pizza guy" makes me feel immense rage for no real reason

[@keithkeith589]

Same I bet he called snick "the blue boi"

[@billnyetheaquaticfly]

​@@keithkeith589 but snick is purple?

[@Ifiol]

Responding to a year old comment... nice

[@robertwyatt3912]

@@billnyetheaquaticfly no he isn’t he’s ourple

[@xandrite_]

That was my initial reaction as well. I reasoned that maybe he just didn't open the manual, but then it cuts to "Pepino's forms" as he calls him the pizza guy

[@billehifik5867]

Man, it's weird how Nintendo didn't capitalize on Wario Land as a franchise. Not just because of the sheer quality of the existing games (especially 4), but the opportunity it allows for games designers to experiment with new ideas. Glad to see people outside of Nintendo fulfilling that potential.

[@607]

Didn't they? If you include Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2, they made 7 Land games, if you exclude them, they made 5. But I'm not sure why they stopped using it. Maybe because they started the New Super Mario Bros. franchise. But that really doesn't really have a lot of experimentation, I think. :P

[@KingThrillgore]

Yeah but the original Super Mario Land only translated SMB1 and SMB3/World to handheld. Wario is quite a departure.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@KingThrillgore Wario was created because Nintendo R and D 1 were finished with Mario Land 2 and wanted to focus on something that they themselves made. The problem is that R and D 1 was shutdown in 2005. So Nintendo doesn't who how to continue Wario Land without them.

[@alvareo92]

Because after the Wii they stopped caring about allowing game designers to experiment with new ideas. To be fair, so did the rest of the industry. There's always exceptions of course. But Nintendo used to be the company with the crazy new ideas.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@alvareo92 Mario Odyssey is the closest we'll get to a new Wario Land. Odyssey is the only Mario game that can compete with Wario in terms of exploration. There's also Wario Land 4 on Switch.

[@LambHoot]

holy crap Pizza Tower looks like the most excessive game, I love it. Long live Wario

[@hotcyder]

I think you’d like it a lot 👀

[@erbowho]

Do you mean expressive?

[@LambHoot]

@@erbowho lol no I meant excessive, as in everything is “too much” 😂

[@jamesgrey13]

@@LambHoot It's excessive in its expressivity, and it expresses it excessively! :D

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

it has that italian satire cartoon style, completely excessive, of which there really isn't enough these days

[@mrsmiter]

An old fan game named Psycho waluigi might fit into this category.

[@janko1]

Amazing fan game

[@hotcyder]

I’ll have to take a look! Thanks for the recommendation

[@aweirdwombat]

Glad I'm not the only one who remembers that game.

[@crocketlawnchair259]

The dev actually made a more original follow up! It’s called Psycutlery and it’s just like Psycho Waluigi but a bit more fleshed out. It’s only a demo for now, but it’s still very good.

[@egesorkultay4335]

Top 5 Best Fangame on Mario Fan Game Galaxy

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

Always love it when you cover Wario, and this video was no exception! Quality stuff as always

[@hotcyder]

Thanks a ton!

[@smt4090]

w a h

[@the9file]

A Wario-tuber? Subscribed.

[@austinwthompson45]

So do I! WAHAHAHAHA!

[@antsofflorida7592]

@@hotcyder you should cover the sugary spire public demo. its a pizza tower fan game with beautiful visuals and fun gameplay. And the music is absolutely fantastic! The game is an AU of pizza tower. and has a different artstyle and color palate. the game also has very intense escape sequences.

[@SemiHypercube]

7:34 "Although I am sure the developers would have the ability to create a platforming game in the style of Wario Land 4" This aged well

[@arios6443]

I'd only heard of Pizza Tower before this video. Nice to see they aren't the only devs keeping the old wah alive. As for other potential Wario-likes, Shovel Knight: King of Cards also seems to take heavy inspiration from Wario Land.

[@Real_temmie_undertalo]

Go take a look at pizza tower now! You won't regret it

[@austinmorrison6953]

It’s funny how Wario’s treated as something of a loser in the Mario-verse but he’s one of the big names on top of the gaming world.

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

Wario is the kind of guy to believe in "taxation is theft".

[@JonnyCrackers]

I don't really know why exactly, but I've always loved Wario.

[@Asa_of_The_Stars]

can't forget that the new game plus mode for Shovel Knight: King of Cards, which also already have the character, King Knight having the same moveset as Wario (with the shoulder bashing and all) also uses the fortune-life mechanic.

[@FoxMan_FF]

Excuse me, the pizza man's name is _Peppino._ How dare you. But in all seriousness, though, this video was great. I'm definitely going to have to give Treasure Tech a look into now!

[@poncut5074]

Funny, pepino is Spanish for cucumber….

[@juanvelasquez1930]

@@poncut5074 Peppino is an actual Italian nickname btw

[@hotbrowniegd]

@@poncut5074 wtf

[@leyulis8882]

@@poncut5074 But isn't it pepino? Or else i don't even know my language

[@maskedbadass6802]

"It's been 20 years since Warioland 4" Feck, I feel old now.

[@imnotcafé]

Wario truly is the ultimate lifeform

[@israelwood2926]

He is simultaneously a game character and dev

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

All life eventually becomes Wario. Warcinisation.

[@TurtleShroom3]

Always has been.

[@TheSoCalledZoner1]

slaps shadow the hedgehog into oblivion

[@itryen7632]

I love how he referred Warioland 4 as "His greatest achievement"

[@ComradeSeanski]

"living with Wario" has cemented itself in the Wario fandom forever 1:20

[@doododaadoo8673]

I wanna see a Wario Land metroidvania! With how open the games are, it'd be cool to just go all out on it.

[@hotcyder]

Wario Land 3 is definetly the closest to that, but I'd for sure like something more Metroidy

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

Wario even did what Sonic Team couldnt do: utilizing the roll mechanic as a fun way to solve puzzles in short bursts.

[@ikagura]

Sonic isn't a puzzle platformer.

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

@Ikagura My point exactly. "What Sonic Team couldn't do."

[@miwestraveler3986]

​@@DontKnowDontCare6.9 Except that is incorrect, since they did not _try_ to do that. You can say they _didn't_ do it, but you have no idea weither they _could_ or not. Choice of words is important.

[@michaelsmith7604]

I saw the word ‘Wario’ and I was already hooked

[@legoboy7107]

Fun fact, the "Dodge Ball" Mario Bros mechanic from Antonball actually comes from an officially licensed PC port of Mario Bros. made by Hudson Soft called Punch Ball Mario Bros. The stage at 6:18 is identical to Punch Ball's map too.

[@yes.6892]

Okay, now talk about why the Popeye movie is actually really great.

[@mr.fearingtoon3549]

I love the Popeye movie because I'm a big fan of the Thimble Theatre comic strip. Also I love Robin Williams

[@yes.6892]

This maaan!!

[@mr.fearingtoon3549]

@@yes.6892 Are you a fan of EC Seagars work too? It's nice to chat with another human that reads it too.

[@yes.6892]

Yeah I use to watch a lotta popeye as a youngling! This film honestly had lots and lots of heart y'know, a lotta character, a lotta life to be had it seems like a movie you'd love for the wrong reasons but no I genuinely love it for the right especially when you consider the catalog of movies directed by the director of this movie. So uh summary movie good me lovey dovey abouts it

[@mr.fearingtoon3549]

@@yes.6892 Me like movie too it good

[@supermakermatic2111]

Lord of the Bats is another Wario-like to an extent, though it also takes a bit from NES platformers like Chip N' Dale and Darkwing Duck Also, two quick corrections about Pizza Tower: the protagonist's name is Peppino, not Pizza Guy; and Ren and Stimpy has been specifically labled by the game's lead developer in interviews as not being an inspiration - though SpongeBob and Courage the Cowardly Dog supposedly were. I can certainly see why you'd think both of those though and they're not at all egregious errors.

[@cness4290]

yo, designer for LotB here. more inspired by DKC than Wario, but our protagonist is definitely a muscular badass with a hankering for money.

[@ahmadhassan-kf6mu]

I know what I will say have been said to death in different places but this is the first video I watch for you and I thought this was a big channel bc of the quality great job please continue

[@magmarxiogaming6717]

9:07 getoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyhead

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Wario Land 2 actually introduced the nonlinear level design before Wario Land 3. There are several stages that have alternate goals, though not every stage does. The only way to beat the game is to find all of the hidden objectives, like sleeping through the alarm or going to the cellar in the first level. Obviously it's not in every single stage, but it was why they expanded on it in 3.

[@DanielNubeDN]

1:23 "look guys look, my greatest achiviment, WARIO LAND 4!! WAHAHAHAHAH"

[@ChickenNugget7]

Pizza tower is my most anticipated game of 2023 right now.

[@EMPERORGARLIX]

It's already out............................

[@digitalunity]

I like how this video is a year old and literally predicted Anton Blast

[@TheTimurQ]

I must admit, this thumbnail goes unbelievably HARD, oh my god Instantly subbed

[@unclegrandpagaming165]

Pizza tower is out !!! Wooohh!

[@Halberddent]

You had me at "railgun that shoots bees"

[@LostSoulSilver]

Peak Wario violence

[@radioactium]

I haven't seen a lot of gameplay for that game, but I wonder if that weapon is inspired by the Hivehand from Half Life 1

[@strawhatmonty22897]

Wario land shake it totally lives up to Wario land 4. It is a damn good game and I won't stand for this kind of slander😤

[@LostSoulSilver]

4 is a little better. Shake it is a lot slower in gameplay

[@banjo304]

Not to mention it's absolutely gorgeous

[@NintendanGX]

Shake It (or Shake Dimension as it's know where I am) is really good, for sure. But I don't think it's as solid as the games that came before it. Still high quality and well worth playing, and I love Production IG's work on the graphics.

[@strawhatmonty22897]

@@NintendanGX Fair enough. I have wario land 4 on my nn3ds and shake it on my wii u. Trying to play through wario land 4 as a completionist is tough and unforgiving in wl4 and shake it can be hard but I found the checklist of shit to complete more fun in shake it then completing 4. And tbf and honest I have roughly put the same amount of time in both. I'm at a similar point in both games in terms of how far I've ever got.

[@cringer8107]

I got it half a year ago and no! I booted it up exactly twice…

[@BeAltyrnative]

I want to create a wario-like in the vein of Wario Land 3, my personal favorite. Returning to old levels that vary on their day-night cycle with new abilities to unlock more progression is such good fun. I also love that the story is a game trapped in a music box with all the level themes reusing a part of the main theme. It's brilliantly thought out and has so much soul.

[@hotcyder]

You might like my vid on it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHiye553i9B6g9E

[@juanrodriguez9971]

Welp, I backed Anton Blast, just finished Anton Ball, played the demo for Pizza Tower, and now I'm considering to play Treasure Tech despite disliking first person games. Thanks dude, love you.

Thanks for the video. I classified Wario games as silly games for those versions with mini-games. Glad to know about the plataform ones with diferent mechanics. Good to know that I don't know everything. Thanks for keeping me humble :)

[@brentalfloss]

Nice video! (But RIP Virtual Boy Wario Land)

[@teethpaste8568]

treasure tech is just proof that wario could absolutely rip and tear

[@firebat36]

Your videos are too good for your sub count, keep making them bro!

[@Jamandabop]

Watching this has only increased my desire for a GBA app on Switch.

[@12DAMDO]

Nintendo big if GBA port true

[@mhfiver2441]

@@12DAMDO PSST! ...retroarch...

[@12DAMDO]

@@mhfiver2441 based but that's an emulator so probably not what OP is looking for

[@mhfiver2441]

@@12DAMDO yeah but you know, Nintendo's been very draconian with artificial scarcity policies so I don't feel one bit of pity when pirating everything they have. I only buy it if it's really cheap or from an indie studio.

[@12DAMDO]

@@mhfiver2441 idc about pirating either since i was born in the year 2000 and didn't witness a time when that was considered illegal.. (or atleast idk how it is in other countries, but in my country it is perfectly legal)

[@laylover7621]

I only knew Pizza Tower of these, thank you for introducing to new Wario like games! I love your Wario analyses, they are much needed. Wario Land must never be forgotten, masterpieces, all of them.

[@PerrydactylShow]

Great stuff my dude! I really enjoy your videos in how you take such a unique concept and run with it! I'm a fairly new fan of Wario gameplay so it's cool seeing key Wario features in all sorts of games - particularly the DOOM one.

[@kylebrainpresents]

This man really woke up and said I’m gonna make a Wario-like video essay

[@hotcyder]

I did

[@hdofu]

His virtual boy outing pretty much was the only reason to pick up that platform... and it also would later inspire Mutant Mudds with its mechanic of leaping into the background to engage with an extended level.

[@hotcyder]

AntonBlast also includes the mechanic in a really neat way!

[@xerzy]

Don't mind me, coming from KZbin suggestions just a month late - anyway, this is an extremely good video for such a small and austere channel, the narrative is so well driven, and Wario games are such a hard not to love topic! Glad I got here, thanks for the video!

[@Hamantha]

Alright it’s official I’m gonna toss my hat in the Wario-Like genre

[@youyououmf8200]

pizza tower has now released and anton blast is wip

[@hotcyder]

that's a 3 year old video for ya!

[@wiggytommy8607]

Anybody else find it to be a funny coincidence that both Antonball and Pizza Tower have also been put into Doom via mods?

[@lordanzu8763]

This is the first video of yours that I've ever seen. You got me hooked! I can't wait to see what you do next :D.

[@bcan5512]

This was a really cool video on a genre i was unfamiliar with! Great job finding those games

[@gugamovies]

cool to have found a channel that will be big while its still smallish. Your video quality will bring bigger sub counts buddy for sure, you're really good!

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

10:46 That's not only Sonic's thing. Wario was also able to slide down ramps and roll into balls to break obstacles in games like Wario Land 3.

[@mysteryyoshi4917]

I really hope to see more games that base inspiration from the wario land games just of how obscure but good they genuinely were.

[@Damian_1989]

I feel like this video is really gonna blow up. I haven't heard about this channel before, i'm subscribing

[@joa3815]

i am extremely surprised to see that now wario land 4 is considered the best. when i was in the wario land community 4 years ago more or less the fan favorite was by a landslide wario land 3. still, it is amazing that wario land is getting some love now :). my favorite wario land game is wihout a doubt wario land 2, its non-linear structure and the multiple endings made it extremely fun for me

[@bowserjrsoutsidestory7125]

Oh my god thank you for this video. I love wario and all everyone seems to talk about when talking about wario is warioware, which is good, but I wanted to see something like wario's other games so I really appreciate you making a video about wario-likes. I didn't even know wario-likes existed until know.

[@realkekz]

That Treasure Tech has got me inspired, as it has put together a lot of ideas that I had for a game, but didn't know how to put together. Thanks for showing me this, bruv.

[@cardboardtoaster2169]

In any talk about Wario 4, it will always be mentioned as “my greatest achievement”

[@mouriet.g.4095]

Holy shit, dude.. This is such a well-made video. Keep it up!

[@Neon_Henchman]

Holy hell, I sure as hell love the style of Treasure Tech; I happen to like the Serious Sam games, which ended up rewarding your recklessness in SS3, so the freaking fast brawling & throwing enemies around looks like a lot of fun. Also like the aesthetics. It's great you're sharing about these games, I also wishlisted Antonball!

[@tahutoa]

there is a WarioWare microgame that uses first-person realistic arms wearing Wario's biker gloves. In that game you crush apples by tapping A. There needs to be a mod of treasure tech that adds those in for the fisticuffs

[@ravimanne8148]

Whoa whoa whoa. Wario lane shake it was AMAZING. The art direction, bosses, music, and more were unusually god tier.

[@apperushredder]

We've had Metroidvania since the old days. now we have Wario-like

[@jjvc3888]

I didn't know none of these games before seeing this video, I loved warioland 4 as a kid, thx for the recommendations!!

[@lunarbeing4982]

Very unique video. Got yourself a new subscriber!

[@mr.fearingtoon3549]

How come I haven't found this channel until now? Y'all are underated as all hell SMH

[@cness4290]

fantastic review of Antonball here

[@LizardOfOz]

While not _that_ type of Wario-likes, WarioWare got its fair share of clones, and TF2Ware (a server mod for Team Fortress 2) is how I got to know that Wario apparently has his own experimental series of games.

[@J-Wolf17FTW]

Remember when Kojima was astroturfing the idea that Death Stranding would create a new genre of game called "Strand games"? And he we are in 2022 discussing a genre inspired by Wario.

[@ikagura]

Death Stranding is an Open World I don't see what genre it created.

[@miketacos9034]

It’s beautiful to see the birth of a new genre.

[@BruceForte]

Wario is the amalgamation of all the personality Nintendo doesn't let Mario have.

[@sakuyaizayoi1945]

Antonball changed HARD Way more embracing the Wario like nature with platforming. Pizza Tower is pretty much the same, scrapping some features like coop, but that was only to further polish the Gameplay for a single player.

[@KidPrarchord95]

Wario is my favorite Nintendo character (tied with Samus). I try to include some Wario influence in all of my games, but I haven't really taken it as far as I should yet. For one game series I've made in particular, it has a pretty absurd concept, but the game itself doesn't go as far as it could.

[@monatooo]

wario land 3 was the firdt video game i ever owned :D the sounds are so nostalgic to me, i hope nintendp makes a new wario land game

[@JordanViknar]

11:03 *It's set to be released this summer... And it began development in 2018 !*

[@angel_of_rust]

i like how having a lovable bastard protagonist is one of the key elements

[@jumpmon3563]

7:34 the developers are making a Wario Land spiritual successor with Anton

[@hotcyder]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zpi1eXmKh5hnn6M

[@kiddbusiness]

I'm subbing to this guy cause he is exploring something that I've seen in these games as well: Their likeness to Wario 4 (which is a very great game like for real!) and I'm glad that other people are noticing it too!

[@SleepyMook]

Treasure Techland has to be one of the most creative games/mods i’ve seen in a while.

[@etenby699]

While I love Wario World and Wario Land:Shake It! like there's no tomorrow and I'm quite surprised WL4 has gained so much of a following (last time I checked, WL3 was considered the "best"), this video has so much effort put into it that I love it. Will also check out some of these games.

[@Goolix_Aero]

While watching this video I realised how much I freaking love escape sequences in games. It's so exhilarating rushing back the way you came! "H-H-H-HURRY UP!"

[@TidleFrat]

I just wanna say that without your video, I wouldn't have known about Pizza Tower. Thank you.

[@hotcyder]

No problem!

[@cheezyfriez12]

Pizza tower is finally releasing, boy am i excited!

[@notevenusingthisanymorelol]

As a fan of 3 of these games, really good video my man!

[@deppo436]

It's one thing to become an iconic character in gaming history but then it's another to get a whole *genre* named after you.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

There’s also Metroid Fusion. It used the same game engine, and a lot of the same background and platform assets.

[@fluffcake]

I never knew how much we needed a new Wario Land platformer. Looking back I genuinely wish that we could have gotten another, but these Wariolikes already look perfect with their fluid gameplay and varying styles.

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

We have a Wario renaissance, along with some games trying to be Star Fox, and Oddity which is trying to be like Earthbound/Mother. We live in a glorious time. Nintendo maybe stuck in tunnel vision, but it looks like the fans once again are going to pick up their slack.

[@alicev1500]

What are the games trying to be like Star Fox?

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

@@alicev1500 Ex-Zodiac and some other game I forgot the name of, they had a kickstarter not too long ago.

[@colorphone5154]

ITS PIZZA TIME

[@LuigianoMariano]

Mr. Game & Watch is crying right now because Wario stole his job which is now being stolen by the Wario-likes.

[@alonectorch]

idk how the hell i found this but i'm really glad I did

[@hotcyder]

The algorithm is working!

[@yukowolfang8645]

*it found you*

[@Jamie-MrJam]

I'm not sure if the game Duke Dashington fits the Wario-like formula, but I'm pretty sure it's inspired by Wario Land.

[@LostSoulSilver]

Yeah! Can't forget that flying dude

[@kylepollicove3564]

As a long time wario game lover, this game actually means quite a lot to me. This was a brilliant video, thank you so much for making it : ) Wario land 4 is probably my all time favorite game, and I'm so excited to see the community continue to develop.

[@Arcadology]

A fresh HotCyder video!

[@DanielMonteiroNit]

Rather than Mario Bros, I would say Antonball gets its inspiration on Mario Clash (the Virtual Boy sequel to Mario Bros)

[@azusattack]

Actually, what the inspiration actually comes from is Punchball Mario Bros. When you compare the two, they're almost identical.

[@legoboy7107]

Actually, it comes from an old officially licensed PC port/sequel of Mario Bros. made by Hudson Soft called Punch Ball Mario Bros. The mechanic is exactly the same and one of the stages in Antonball is identical too.

[@themate28s]

Pizza tower is coming out in 7 weeks, very hyped!

[@kylespevak6781]

Step 1: Unique game Step 2: Call everything similar to it a clone Step 3: ??? Step 4: New genre