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Fictional character
Wario
Mario series character
File:Wario.jpgWario, in his traditional yellow-capped outfit.
First gameSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
Created byHiroji Kiyotake

Wario (ワリオ, Wario) is a video game character created by Nintendo. He made his first appearance as the antagonist in the 1992 Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Wario eventually spun-off into his own franchise, starting with Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.

The name "Wario" is Mario's name blended with the Japanese adjective warui (悪い) meaning "bad"; hence, a "bad Mario". The character was created by Hirofuymi Matsuoka, who also worked on Kid Icarus and Metroid. Like Mario and Luigi, Wario is voiced by Charles Martinet, though Harrison Bergeron and Chikao Ōtsuka have also contributed.

While the character's original role was that of an antagonist; he would later become an anti-hero of his own series. He is greedy and manipulative (unlike Mario who is heroic and kind), and he will do anything to gain wealth whether it be good or bad. Wario has a bellicose cackle and an intense jealousy of Mario which fuels his fierce competitiveness. Even though his adventures are fueled by his infatuation for treasures and wealth, the outcome of his adventures often benefit many of the people involved in them. In Wario Land 3 for example, he had agreed to save a Music Box World after he was told that he could keep any treasures or money that he found. Similarly, Wario inadvertently saved a princess from a curse cast upon her in Wario Land 4 while simply hunting for treasure in a mysterious golden pyramid.

Wario has been incorporated into virtually every Mario spin-off game since Mario Kart 64 in some form, which has even led to the creation of Waluigi, a character created to be the opposite of Luigi.

Since his appearances as a villain, Wario has become a more eccentric and comical version of Mario, with different abilities and adventures oriented around the acquisition of wealth as opposed to Mario's altruistic heroics.

Characteristics

Personality

Wario possesses negative characteristics such as laziness, ruthlessness, and gluttony. The character is most renowned for his greed and once was a rival of Mario's, although, since then, Wario has not wronged Mario immensely. He now occasionally works with Mario on the good side. According to a comic published in Nintendo Power, Wario hates Mario because he bullied him when they were both younger; in the comic, Wario was stuck picking Piranha Plants that would attack him while Mario picked turnips, Wario ends up getting flattened by Thwomps while attempting to flatten coins with Mario, and whenever they played cowboys, Wario almost always had to be the rustler that Mario, as sheriff, had to arrest. In the one time Wario got to be the sheriff, Mario would make fun of him. For a while it seemed that Wario had no friends with the exception of his brother Waluigi, but with the introduction of the WarioWare series, he is shown to have many friends, such as Mona and Jimmy T. According to Mario Party 6, he is secretly friends with Toadette.

Wario is also known for dishing out insults as well as receiving them. On the official Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour website for instance, he gives the reader the exact "reason" why Mario's so good. "What, are you cuckoo-crazy? He's a cheater! And he's not nearly as good as Wario is. He's not as handsome either. Wah, ha, ha, ha, ha! I'm such a stinker!!" He also teased Donkey Kong for being so temperamental on the Toadstool Tour. "Eh, he's a big baby. I saw him throw a barrel after bogeying a hole. What a crybaby! Wah! Wah! Ooh, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo. Ah! He's also a big oogly ape! (blows raspberry)" He ridiculed Yoshi for his species being so old. "Yoshi? Argh, he's old school! And I mean old, like Jurassic. Him no good! Him never beat Wario! Wah, ha, ha, ha. I'll crush him like a grape! Crush, crush, crush! Wah, ha, ha, ha. I'm so rotten." Finally, on the topic of Shadow Mario, he comments, "Eh, Shadow Mario, Mario, it don't matter. Wario crush them all!" Wario also has bad hygiene. This can be revealed by talking to one of the Toads as Wario in Super Mario 64 DS and going to World 3-5 for the first time in Yoshi's Island DS.

Despite Wario's negative personality and character, he has played the role of an anti-hero or neutral character in almost every game that he has appeared in since Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. He has been cast as a hero when fighting others who are more villainous, making his personal and moral flaws seem smaller, such as when he is victimized by the Black Jewel in Wario World. Wario also teams up with Mario and Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS to defeat Bowser, but the three of them get captured in the process. And in WarioWare it is shown that he has feelings for his good friend Mona. Since his appearance in Mario Tennis, Wario has been paired with Waluigi, Wario's brother who is the opposite of Luigi.

Appearance

Wario is a living caricature of Mario; he is very fat and short with muscular arms and an absurdly large mustache. He also has an Italian accent, but it is unknown if he is related to Mario, although he was once referred to as Mario's cousin in a Nintendo Power advertisement. Traditionally, Wario wears a plumber outfit similar to Mario's, although with some differences. Mario's outfit is red and blue, with brown shoes and an M on his cap, while Wario's is yellow and purple, with curly green shoes and an upside-down M on his cap (in comparison with Waluigi, who sports an upside-down L). However, since the release of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$, Wario has also donned a more casual outfit. He is known for his great strength which he uses to overpower enemies far larger than himself. He also makes use of various hats, which give him special powers in the same manner as Mario's mushrooms, fire flower and other items do. In many games, Wario is invincible and cannot die in two of his games. With the exception of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Virtual Boy Wario Land, Wario World, and Wario: Master of Disguise, Wario has the ability to take advantage of status effects, such as being set on fire or flattened. Nintendo Power comments on this, saying his bulk protected him from damage.

Wario also possesses a purple car, loosely resembling a 1960s Cadillac, dubbed the Wariomobile (or 'Wario Car'). It appears in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as Wario's default kart, and in Wario Land 4 in the opening cutscene and end credit sequence. However, if one beats the game with every treasure on the Super-Hard difficulty, he is seen driving, or rather, flying a green hovercar. The vehicle also makes a number of cameo appearances in the WarioWare titles, both in minigames and cutscenes. A similar car, the Brute, appears in Mario Kart DS.

Appearances

Main article: List of Wario games

Appearances as an antagonist

He's just a fat-ass!

References

  1. "Wario World". Nintendo. 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2006-09-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. "Wario Land 3". Nintendo of Europe. January 1st, 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  4. "WarioWare". Nintendo. January 1st, 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. "Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour — Mario Golf TV". Nintendo. Nintendo.com. 2003-07-28. Retrieved 2007-04-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. Gerstmann, Jeff (June 20, 2003). "Wario World review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2006-08-25. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. "Wario Power Tennis!". Nintendo Europe. February 14th, 2005. Retrieved 2006-08-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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