Stab in the Dark

Not to be confused with Stabs in the Dark.

Stab in the Dark
WarioWare: Twisted! WarioWare Gold
Appears in	WarioWare: Twisted! WarioWare Gold
Type	Jimmy T. (Twisted!) Ashley & Red (Gold)
Command(s)	Disarm!
Info	"Danger lurks in the darkness! Use your sword to defend yourself!" (Twisted!) "Hmm... Ruffians. Swing your sword to drive them off." (Gold)
Controls	/ – Block
Time limit	8 beats (Gold)
Points to clear	15

Stab in the Dark is one of Jimmy T.'s microgames in WarioWare: Twisted! and returns in WarioWare Gold as one of Ashley & Red's microgames. Its name is derived from the phrase meaning a guess with little or no evidence (also a "shot in the dark").

GameplayEdit

The player controls a lone samurai named Shadowy Samurai, who must stop samurai assassins from attacking him by touching them with his sword. If Shadowy Samurai’s sword is correctly tilted, either the other's sword will fly off or, if it's pointing at his chest, the assassin will drop the sword and say "Ouch".

1st level difficulty: There is a single assassin.
2nd level difficulty: There are two assassins. Sometimes, one of them charges at Shadowy Samurai, but then runs back; then the other assassin charges from behind.
3rd level difficulty: Same as level 2, but sometimes one of them stops just in front of the sword; then the other one strikes from behind, and the one who had stopped charges forward again.

A souvenir called Stabs in the Dark also appears in Twisted! Its gameplay is identical, but assassins keep coming and attacking until the player gets hit.

Mission (WarioWare Gold)Edit

Two Hits: The player has to clear the game without hitting any bamboo swords.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ちゃんばら^[?] Chanbara	Sword Fight
French	Sabre de l'ombre^[?]	Shadow saber
German	Schattenstreich^[?]	Shadow Stab
Italian	Lama nel buio^[?]	Blade in the dark
Spanish (NOA)	Combate en las sombras^[?]	Battle in the shadows
Spanish (NOE)	Sombras chinas^[?]	Shadow play, literally "Chinese shadows"

[Edit] Ashley and Red's microgames
WarioWare: Touched!	Separation Anxiety • Farm Fresh • Basket Case • Greedy Hands • I'm #1! • Rock Fever • On Strike • Drop in a Bucket • Sugar Rush • Pipe Dream • Birdcicle • Sneeze, Please! • Fatapult • Catch of the Day • Cheap Thrill • Fill 'Er Up • Don't Blow It • Chance of Showers • Oh, the Irony • Very Attractive • Global Warning
WarioWare: Smooth Moves	Undercover Agent • Cold Call • Spray It, Don't Say It • Wiggle Room • Carving Artist • Sticky Shift • Bone Appetit • You're Fired! • In the Cards • How the West Was Really Won • Shady Characters • Skip It • Shoot the Breeze • Cheater! • Marching Orders • Flask Me Later • All Shook Up • Pool Boy • Secret Ingredient • Ringmaster • Fresh off the Grill
WarioWare: D.I.Y.	Rice Stuffed • Cake Defense • Snack Sucker • Ketchup Down • Mochitsuki • Melon Hound • Cracked Up • Cooking Bug • Shoot Fruit • Fruit Fans • Harvest Time • Food Colors • Piece Meal • Cone Catch • Salad Daze • True Skewer • Ice Pop Star • Double Order • Farm Hands • Bread Trap
WarioWare Gold	A-maze-ing • Bacon Patrol • Crescent Roll • Doggy Door • Foiled Again! • Make Way for Martian • Manual Labor • A Moment of Reflection • Monster Chase • Net Profits • Pipe Puzzle • Power Outage • Road Work • Safecracker • Shave the World • Space Passage • Stab in the Dark • Stumblebot • Tearful Reunion • Walk This Way • Crossing Guard
WarioWare: Get It Together!	Apple Drop • Rock Candy • Take a Seat • Blended? Splendid! • Stove Slider • Alphabet Fruit • Dessert Defender • Veggie Out! • Bottle Ball • Roll Cake • A Weighty Matter • Feast Your Eyes on This • Corn Cleaner • Mouths to Feed • Burst Your Bottle • So Kneady • Ice-Cream Lean • Bad Vegetables • The Waiter Awaits • Slathered in Ketchup • Light the Cake • Bare Banana • Great Juice
WarioWare: Move It!	Broom Ride • Caught in the Act • Chop to It • Crossing Guard • Dress for Success • Gas Guzzler • Harvest Man • Hour Hands • Last Line of Defense • Lock Hands • Panel Expert • Party Foul • Presents of Mine • Spear Me • Squeaky-Clean • Take a Stab • This Side Up • Thorny Path • Tilt the Scale • Watering Can-Do • Flight of Icarus

[Edit] Jimmy T's microgames
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	Balancing Act • Baseline Bash • Batter Up • Boing! • Butterfly Stroke • City Surfer • Fruit Shoot • Gifted Goalie! • Guy Scraper • Hammer Toss • Heads Up • High Hoops • Hurry Hurdles • Jumpin' Rope • Lift & Shout • Log Chop • Mountain Mountin' • Pro Curling • Putt for Dough • Ring My Bell • Set 'n Spike • Ski Jump • Snowboard Slalom • Spare Me • Punch Out
WarioWare: Twisted!	Down in the Dumps • Feel the Burn • Night and Day • Slam Dunk • Dishpan Hands • Net Profits • Focus Pocus • Beware of Dog • Circular Logic • H2-Woah! • Twist and Sprout • Bacon Patrol • Make Way for Martian • Stab in the Dark • Self-Defense • Bright Idea • Dig This! • Daily Grind • Ice Queen • Save our Raft! • Fashion Plate • Daredevil • Road Work • Alternative Medicine • One Step at a Time
WarioWare: Touched!	Impressionism • Shakedown • Pet Petter • Arms Race • Chalk Full • Oh, Snap! • Scratch and Match • Wishful Thinking • Power Chord • Dish It • Early Release • Ick Magnet • Drama Clean • Touchdown • Public Transportation • Burning Rubber • Sweet Sorrow • Washed Up • Erosion • Worked to a Lather • Rainbow Juice
WarioWare: D.I.Y.	Micro Golf • Off-Fence • Volley Girl • Goal in One • Spare Me! • Swing Batter • Sync & Swim! • Pumped Poser • Alpine Lines • Pass, Shoot! • Get Some Air • Dartistry • On Your Mark • Glove Hurts • Kickin' It • Hurdling On • Served! • Smoooooooth! • Reflecting
WarioWare Gold	100 Meter Dash • And the Winner is... • Ballroom Basics • Big Drip • Body Block • City Surfer • Close Call • Diddly Squat • Extreme Patty-Cake • Getcha Groove On • Goal in One • Hand Me Down • Heads Up • High Hoops • Hurry Hurdles • Judo Pro • Jumpin' Rope • Lift & Shout • Off-Fence • Rugby • Punch Out
WarioWare: Get It Together!	Pump It Up • Bounce Back • Reel 'em In • Please Reef-Cycle • Yoga Man • Basket and Ball • Peril-Chute • Keeping Track • Gymn-assist • Shot Blocker • Wiggle Dancing • Get Swole • Archer Assist • Shadow Sports • Basically Water Polo • Sand-Trap Scoop • Spoke Too Soon • Wobble Boxing • Mole in One • Boxing Cowards • Stroke of Genius • Baseball Break-In • Rock Climber
WarioWare: Move It!	Ballroom Dancing • Bed or Breakfast • Blowing Kisses • Chow Down • Cutout Cutups • Don't Get Spotted • Easy Breezy • Escape Artist • Falconer • Finishing Blow • Memory Match • Oscilloscope • Reel It In • Selfie Slick • Service with a Smile • Sink the Shot • Sound Decision • Spirit Sense • When Our Eyes Meet • You Dropped This? • Griddlebot

[Edit] Microgames from WarioWare: Twisted!
Mona Mini Spin	Avoid-A-Roid • Foul Balls • Balancing Act • Happy Birthday • Fancy Footwork • Doggy Door • Hard-Pressed • Cat Walk • On a Roll • Foiled Again! • Magnafire • Practical Joker • Outta My Way! • Sew Easy • And the Winner is... • Sync or Sink • Busted! • Barrel Roll • Force Feeding • Company Picnic • Red Delicious? • Coffee Jitters • Assembly Flyin' • Welcome Wagon • Boss: Skyway Highway	WarioWatch Speed Spin	Cutting It Close • Kit-tease • Rays the Devil • Iron Stomach • Wipeout! • Step On It • Off the Wall • Rain of Terror • Alien Abduction • Wrecking All • Micro Golf • Nice Catch • Opposites Attract • Nuts and Bolts • Roughing It • Pumping Iron • Party Favor • Paper Trail • Instant Replay • Cheeky Monkey • Shave the World • Chain Letter • Dear John Letter • Boss: Boing!
Jimmy T. Big Tipper	Down in the Dumps • Feel the Burn • Night and Day • Slam Dunk • Dishpan Hands • Net Profits • Focus Pocus • Beware of Dog • Circular Logic • H2-Woah! • Twist and Sprout • Bacon Patrol • Make Way for Martian • Stab in the Dark • Self-Defense • Bright Idea • Dig This! • Daily Grind • Ice Queen • Save our Raft! • Fashion Plate • Daredevil • Road Work • Alternative Medicine • Boss: One Step at a Time	Orbulon Time Warp	Pipe Puzzle • Air Passage • Tapped Out • Dire Plates • Deadly Ditty • Alphabet Soup • Manual Labor • Fine Tune • Green Thumb • Wedgies! • Boomerang! • Fill in the Blanks • Peak Peek • Connect the Dots • Rocket Rotary • Sleight of Hand • Guitar Solo • Produce Pick • About Face • Safecracker • High Card Draw • Toaster Jam • Boss: Crossing Guard
Kat & Ana Tap Out	Bubblegum Blues • Big Drip • Rocky Reunion • Vicious Veggies • Nuts! • The Wave • Contact Lens Solution • Going Postal • Launchpad • Crazy Crush • Falling Asheep • Stalled Out • Thar He Blows • Mixed Grill • Survival of the Quickest • Weird Science • Slap Jack! • Crazy Straw • Beauty School • Track Star • Boss: Nose Dive	9-Volt and 18-Volt Spintendo Classics	Tennis • Metroid-Morph Ball • Super Mario Bros. 3-Lift • Wrecking Crew • Pinball • Golf • Mario Brothers • Excitebike • Clu Clu Land • Donkey Kong Jr. • Baseball • Ice Climber • Balloon Fight • Mach Rider • Kid Icarus • Duck Hunt • The Legend of Zelda • Donkey Kong 3 • NES Open Tournament Golf • Ice Hockey • Metroid-Samus • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Boss: Super Mario Bros.
Dribble & Spitz Steer Clear	Shoot the Fruit • D.I.Y. • Key Ring • County Fair • Eating Contest • Spintecticide • I Hate Bananas • Handy Man • Homecoming King • Wheel of Whack • Five-Second Rule • Oral Hijinks • Beat-Down • Picky Eater • Gyroid Jumble • Last Piece • Heavy Lifting • Home Haircut • Tooth Trouble • Picture Perfect • Laser Lineup • Flip Out! • Boss: Basic Training	Wario-Man Spandex Challenge	Tiptoe Titan • Rain of Riches • Power Line Pigeons • Burying the Hatchet • Crash Prize • Hot Rod • Rock It! • Ping-Pong Panic • Catch of the Day • No-Zone • Alignment • Swamp Swing • Drywall Dodge • Super Wario • Cyclone Kick • Wario Weigh-In • Going Steady • Inch, Worm! • Soda Jerk • Robotomy • Wee Wario Blast • Fragile! • Strange Ritual • Wario Hockey • Wario and the Beanstalk • Stay in School • High-Speed Chase • Volt Bolt • Boss: Wario Mambo
Dr. Crygor Gravitator	Hat's Off • Tiltillation • Crescent Roll • Power Outage • Mooo-ve It! • Gravi-key • Half Full • Cliff-Hanger • Shake Down • Heartwrench • Trash Day • Half Empty • Spout Off • Aromatherapy • Skid Road • Balloonatic • Spitfall • What Goes In... • Open-And-Shut Case • Shower Power • Boss: Stumblebot	Fronk Frantic Fronk	What's the Point? • Oopsy-Daisy • Hop to the Top • Rock and a Hot Place • Dirty Darts • Snake Snarl • Feed on Fronk • Peak-a-boo-boo • Fronk Fishing

[Edit] Microgames from WarioWare Gold
Mash League	Wario Intro Games	Busted! • Crazy Cars • Eye Spy • No Solicitors • Super Wario Bros. • Wario Whirled • Boss: Loot Scoot
	Jimmy T Sports	100 Meter Dash • And the Winner is... • Ballroom Basics • Big Drip • Body Block • City Surfer • Close Call • Diddly Squat • Extreme Patty-Cake • Getcha Groove On • Goal in One • Hand Me Down • Heads Up • High Hoops • Hurry Hurdles • Judo Pro • Jumpin' Rope • Lift & Shout • Off-Fence • Rugby • Boss: Punch Out
	Mona That's Life	The Brush Off • Butterfingers • Catterwall • Cavity Calamity • Chicken Pinch • Dry Eye • Eating Out • Electric Groove Fish • Fit for a Frame • Fries With That? • Gold Digger • I Came, I Saw • Kitty Cover • Mole • Nighttime Allergies • Noodle Cup • Paddle Parade • Parking Lot Problems • Right of Way • Sloppy Salon • Stalled Out • Tip the Scale • What's the Toadal? • Worm Squirm • Boss: Nail Call
	Dribble & Spitz Fantasy	Arrow Space • Classic Clash • Code Buster • Cover Up • Crack Down • Dungeon Dilemma • Find My Behind • The Frog Flap • Gravitational Pull • Ground Control • Hover for Cover • Labyrinth • Long Lost Love • Manic Mechanic • Mars Jars • Munch a Bunch • Picture Perfect • RAAAARRRRGGGHH • Rocky Reunion • Stop! Go! • Strength in Numbers • Word Up • Boss: Nose Dive
	5-Volt Nintendo Classics	Balloon Fight • Donkey Kong Country • Fire Emblem Awakening • Game & Watch: Manhole • Ice Climber • Joker Face • Kid Icarus • Lefty RX • The Legend of Zelda • Mario Bros. • Mario Clash • Ocarina of Time • Pinball • Pushmo • Rhythm Tweezers • Super Mario Kart • Super Mario Land • Yoshi's Island • Boss: One Hit Wonder
Twist League	Wario Intro Games	Cut to the Chase • Focus Pocus • Force Feeding • High Treeson • Pumping Iron • Universal Marionette • Boss: Road Wario
	Ashley & Red Fantasy	A Moment of Reflection • A-maze-ing • Bacon Patrol • Crescent Roll • Doggy Door • Foiled Again! • Make Way for Martian • Manual Labor • Monster Chase • Net Profits • Pipe Puzzle • Power Outage • Road Work • Safecracker • Shave the World • Space Passage • Stab in the Dark • Stumblebot • Tearful Reunion • Walk This Way • Boss: Crossing Guard
	Dr. Crygor Sports	Armed and Dangerous • Barrel Roll • Curls and Weigh • Dodge Ball • Fancy Footwork • Feel the Burn • Heavy Lifting • Iron Stomach • Micro Golf • Ride the Wave • Self-Defense • Shoot the Fruit • Slam Dunk • Snowboard Slalom • Sync or Sink • Top Off • Wheel of Whack • Wiggle Room • Boss: Basic Training
	18-Volt Nintendo Classics	Animal Crossing: Wild World • Chiritorie • Donkey Kong Jr. • Dr. Mario • Laser Pointer • Metroid • Metroid-Samus • NES Open Tournament Golf • Pikmin 2 • Racing 112 • R.O.B. Block Set • Star Fox • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario Sunshine • Super Mario World • Wario Land 3 • Wii Menu • The Wind Waker • Boss: Super Mario Bros.
	Penny That's Life	Balancing Act • Cheeky Monkey • Clean Sweep • Code Dependency • County Fair • Cutting It Close • Fashion Plate • Fine Tune • Fragile! • Get to the Point • Half Empty • Home Haircut • Kit-tease • Peak-a-boo-boo • Picky Eater • Round It Out • Sew Easy • Strike a Chord • Tooth Haste • Tooth Trouble • What Goes In... • Wrecking All • Boss: Toilet Training
Touch League	Wario Intro Games	Into the Sunset • Loose Change • One-Liner • Scratch and Match • Steel Chef • Thanks a Latte • Boss: Balloon Brigade
	Kat & Ana That's Life	Bug Eyed • Burning Sensation • Cheap Thrill • Clog It • Coin Count • Crowded Desktop • Going Up • Good Times • Impressionism • Off-line • Oh, the Irony • On the Mark • Oral Hijinks • Page Panic • Right in the Eye • Salad Daze • Secret Ingredient • Sleepy Head • Sticking Point • Tune Out • Up for Grabs • Very Attractive • Write On, Dude • XYZ! • Boss: Top Notch
	9-Volt Nintendo Classics	amiibo Tap • Donkey Kong • Duck Hunt • Excitebike • Hanafuda • Head Count • Joy-Con Slide • Love Tester • Mario Paint - Flyswatter • Mii Channel • Nintendogs • Phantom Hourglass • Sounds of Super Mario Bros. • Stylus Hunt • Super Mario Maker • Ten Billion Barrel • Tomodachi Life • Wrecking Crew • Boss: Clawing for More
	Young Cricket & Master Mantis Sports	Arms Race • Count 'Em Up • Engine Trouble • Erosion • Finish Line • Flag Waver • Heat Wave • I'm Gonna Hurl • Local News • Long Division • Oh, Snap! • Pass Aggressive • Pass Fail • Pit Stop • Pumped Poser • Rump Roast • Skate Race • Stroke of Genius • Sweeps Week • Twin Swimmers • Boss: Pro Bowling
	Orbulon Fantasy	Big Bang • Birdcicle • Breaking Up • Character Development • Crypto Zoo • Family Reunion • Fruit Fans • Goin' Loopy • Hookin' Up • Love Struck • On the Edge • Over the Hump • Pet Peeved • Plant Food • The Proud, the Fuse • Separation Anxiety • Sinking Feeling • Snack Sucker • Sneeze, Please! • Spirit Spot • Stripy Sea • Sure, You Can • Boss: Sneaky Snatcher
Ultra League	Fronk's microgames Dancing Team and Potluck Gang	Answering Machine • The Claw • Feed on Fronk • Fronk Fishing • Sliding Doors • Tread Carefully • Vicious Veggies
	Mike's microgames Dancing Team and Potluck Gang	Grape Aim • Hit the Gust • Lung Capacity • Make a Wish • Thar He Blows
	Wario Deluxe Anything Goes	Bedside Manners • Bite Marks • Bug Birdie • Burying the Hatchet • The Crate Escape • Cyclone Kick • Down & Outie • Eating Contest • Eject Reject • Finger Flex • Flip Out! • Happy Birthday • Inch, Worm! • Mug Shot • On Strike • Praise or Haze II • Roll Model • Scrambled Egg • Short Fuse • Tiptoe Titan • Wario's Adventure • The Wave • Wet Your Whistle • Where's Wario • Boss: Wario Dance Company

Stab in the Dark

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