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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 While the character's original role was that of an antagonist; he would later become an [[antfueled by his infatuation for treasures and wealth, the outcome of his adventures often benefit many of the people involved in them. In [[Warioe 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 when they were both younger, Mario, playful and vaguely oblivious, inadvertently bullied poor Wario; in the comic, Wario ed 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, e 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 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 outs receiving them. 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//www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/warioworld/review.html | title = Wario World review | author = Gerstmann, Jeff | publisher = GameSpot | date = June 20, 2003|accessdate = 2006-08-25}}</ref> Wario also teams up with Yoshi, 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 supposed 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 and 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,th 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 exceptio

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

Appearances

Appearances as an antagonist

Wario made his first appearance in the Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the villain and final boss. In a commercial for the game, Wario attempts to hypnotize the viewers into serving him. In the game, he took control of Mario's personal island and lived in his castle while Mario was rescuing Princess Daisy from an alien entity named Tatanga (as depicted in Super Mario Land for the Game Boy). The only way Mario could gain access to his castle (as Wario had taken possession of it) was to collect six golden coins which were in the possession of Wario's minions (one of which was Tatanga himself). He later returned to the Mushroom Kingdom and incapacitated Mario, Princess Peach, or Yoshi (depending on which ce in Japan for the Super NES). The player controlled a fairy named Wanda with the Super NES mouse, who assists one of the three characters in navigating the level seeking Luigi, who is able to remove the object from the character's head.

ginal Super NES version of Wario's Woods, Toad must battle many bosses before he can face Wario, while the NES version features Wario as the only villain. While Wario now has slanted eyes and thick eyebrows, he is depicted in this game with round cartoonish eyes and thin eyebrows.

Appearances as protagonist

After several appearances as an antagonist, Wario went on to star in his own series of [[platform game|platgonists, Captain Syrup and her Brown Sugar Pirates. Wario discoverat he is lookiof this and steal it from Captain Syrup before Mario can retrieve it. Unfortunately for Wario (and to the player's great chagrin), all his hard work is lost when, just as the castle built around the statue crumbles, Mario comehe genie accepts the treasure that Wario has collected throughout the game and builds him a castle in exchange (with the size of the castle being proportional to the amount of treasure collected).

In his next adventure titled Wario Land for the Virtual Boy, Wario must fight his way out of a giant cave which houses several different worlds, gathering money along the way. The game features Virtual Boy-style pseudo-3D gameplay, allowing Wario to travel into the background at various points in the levels.

Wario Land II for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color continues the rivalry between Wario and Captain Syrup, who has a new team named the Black Sugar Gang. Captain Syrup and her gang loot Wario's castle, and Wario chases them to their lair on Kitchen Island to retrieve his treasure. After defeating Captain Syrup and the Giant Spear irst two games, Wario's abilities are now gained through statuire by the fire from a candle, allowing him to be set on fire and run uncontrollably in one djects. Instead of having a life meter as in some of his other games, Wario loses coins when he takes damage, and even in the event thah allowed

In Wario Land 3 for the Game Boy Color, Wario finds himself trapped in a Music Box World, and before he can leave he must help a mysterious figure regain control of this world by defeating a horde of monsters. Only when the figure promises Wario that he can keep all of the treasure he collects along the way does Wario agree to help. This game introduces a new villain, Rudy the Clown, who would later appear in Dr. Mario 64. Unlike past games, Wario is not set on a linear path, and can collect any treasures available to him. He also lacks all of his innate powers (with the exception of jumping and walking), and must find them as he makes progress in the game. Just like Wario Land II, Wario is invincible, and the bosses do work around the common fact that being harmed once ends the battle.

The premise of Wario Land 4 for the Game Boy Advance begins with Wario reading about a treasure-packed golden pyramid deep in the jungle. Wario decides to track down the treasure and travels there in his Wariomobile. He must retrieve four pieces of jewelry (each guarded by a boss) in order to get to the final treasure and defeat the Golden Diva (the master of the pyramid who nsformed Princess Shokora into a cat. Unlike the two prior Wario Land games, Wario is no longer invincible, and this is also the first in the Wario Land series to feature a health meter.

Wario World for the Nintendo GameCube is a departure from typical Wario platforming games in how it al Black Jewel, which eventually destroys his castle and turns all of his treasure into monsters. Throughout the game, Wario will encounter Sprites trapped in small boxes. Once Wario defeats the Black Jewel, the Spritelings will reward him with a new castle. Depending on how many Spritelings, treasures, and coins Wario finds in each area, he will get one of two castles—if he does not collect enough wealth and Spritelings, he will be given a shack. The game got a good deal of negative press, mostly attributed to the ease and length of the game. As in Wario Land 4, Wario has a health meter.

Wario also appears as playable character in the remake Super Mario 64 DS for the [[Nintendo igi, because only Wario can defeat a boss named Chief Chilly. He has abilities that Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi do not, such as being incredibly strong, being able to break large, black bricks, and also being able to turn into Metal Wario with a Power Flower (unlike the original Super Mario 64, wherein Mario could becomr in Versus mode, as well as his Piledriver and Wild Swing-Ding abilities from Wario World.

[[Wario: Masteo to transform into various different forms of himself, each allowing Wario certain abilities. The game centers around Wario (A.K.A. The Purple Wind), inventing the Telmet, allowing him to enter a television series revolving around thievery. In this game, Wario is given criminal-like abilities frario), such as unparalleled jumping abilities, sad scientist-type disguus pieces of the Wishsone, an ancient tablet that supposedly grants the wish of those who behold it, in order for him to gain all the wealth and treasures in the world. As in the latest Wario adventure installments, Wario has a health meter.

Baby Wario

Wario appears in Yoshi's Island DS as a baby. In the game, he teams up with Yoshi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Bowser, and [[Donkey Kong|Baby Donkey KHe returns in the game's final level, however, when he was found arguing with Baby Bowser over the treasure that the older Bowser kept within his castle, and they both tag along until Baby Bowser starts fighting the others over the treasure. Baby Wario ends up helping the crew defeat Bowser, and he makes off with the treasure in the aftermath of the game, though arguments once again ensue when Baby Bowser fell into the treasure.

WarioWare series

The WarioWare series follows Wario starting a video game development company, and hiring his friends to help. Wario starts this company in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ (which would later be remade as WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ for the GameCube) for the Game Boy Advance after seeing a report on a new "killer app" video game titled Pyoro on television. He then hires his friends to help him make his games. In most WarioWare titles, after they make the profit from the video games, Wario attempts to run away with all of the proceeds, but is foiled in the end. Each microgame is a product being sold by WarioWare, Inc., and last between three and seven seconds. The series has spawned several sequels available across all of Nintendo's current consoles and handhelds.

In Wario's next game WarioWare: Twisted! for the Game Boy Advance, Wario breaks his Game Boy tores it to a playable condition, though it loses its face In WarioWare: Touched! for the Nintendo DS, Wario is walking down the street after having stolen a Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP, but trips and drops them into a sewer hole. However, an old man floats up, and asks him if he dropped the GBA systems, or if he dropped the 'fancier one.' Wario states that he wants all of them, and then lunges at the Sewer Guru, causing them both to fall into the sewer. Wario comes out with the fancier system, and has no idea how to play it until he finds the stylus. After winning a game, he decides that this idea would rio walks down the street and trips near the same sewer hole. The Sewer Guru comes out and smacks him over the head as revenge.

In WarioWare: Smooth Moves for the Wii, Wario stumbles upon an old temple, and when he comes to the Form Baton (similar to the Wii Remote), he notes its inspiration for a new series. He then escapes Indiana Jones style (a gigantic boulder chases him when he picks up the Form Baton). The Form Baton is returned, however.

Other game appearances

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Wario also appears in Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64. Unlike the other Mario sports titles, Wario's character plays without any unusual quirks. Wario has appeared in every Mario Golf game, including Mario Golf: Advance Tour for the Game Boy Advance and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour for the GameCube. Wario has appeared in almost every Mario sports game since the first two Mario Tennis games for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color. In Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In Mario Power Tennis for the GameCube, Wario is featured sporting two machines: he uses one machine to shock himself, theoretically allowing him to hit harder, while the second machine extends his racket. Mario Tennis: Power Tour for the Game Boy Advance was the first Mario sports title since Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy to not feature Wario. In the games in which he is a playable character, Wario is very powerful with moderate speed, second only to Donkey Kong and Bowser in power. Mario Superstar Baseball features Wario as a team captain. He is also a team captain in the GameCube title Super Mario Strikers, a soccer game. Like in most other Mario sports games, he is also a powerful character in Superstar Baseball and Strikers.

The Mario Party titles feature several characters from the Mario series as playable, including Wario. Wario is one of the original six playable characters and has been a playable character in every Mario Party game, with the exception of Mario Party Advance, which only features Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi as playable. Unlike the Mario sports titles, there is no difference between any of the characters outside of voice and appearance. And while Wario's first appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series was as a trophy (as well as an alternate outfit color for Mario in both Smash Bros. games to date), he is set to appear in the upcoming Wii title, S1-01| url = http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/wario.html |accessdate = 2007-06-28 }}</ref> Wario appears in the first trailer in his WarioWare-style biker outfit as opposed to his plumber outfit and is shown using the "Wario Waft", a move which involves explosive flatulence. Wario's side special move is the Wario Chopper.

Wario also appeared in the Nintendo-Hudson crossover game Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!. In it Wario somehow finds his way to Planet Bomber and attempts to steal it's treasures while Bomberman attempts to stop him. The game, like most games in the Bomberman series, invloved using bombs to navigate mazes and trap enemies.

In Densetsu no Stafy 3, Stafy encounters Wario in World 8. Throughout this world, Wario assists. with a Game Boy Advance, and a pile of gold. In each level, Wario is affected by one of his three more common status effects - Puffy Wario, Fire Wario and Bubble Wario, all of which Wario uses to help Stafy complete the level. At the end of the last level in World 8, after Wario and Stafy found four jewels to unlock a door, Wario went inside to see if there are anything worth having, but then got kicked out by an octopus dressed up as a Medieval knight. Then Stafy went inside and successfully fought and defeated it. th the toddler version of the modern Donkey Kong. Baby Wario's special ability is to use a magnet to attract metal objects. The Game & Watch Gallery series replaces Mr. Game & Watch with various Mario characters in the modern version of Game & Watch games, including Wario. Wario appears in such modern versions as Helmut, Ball (Game & Watch Gallery 2), Mario Bros. (Game & Watch Gallery 3 and 4), Rain Shower, and Fire Attack (Game & Watch Gallery 4).

Wario makes a number of cameos as well. One of the tracks in Uniracers is called Wario Paint, a reference to Mario Paint for the Super NES. In Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance, there is a WarioWare, Inc. poster on the wall of Yoshi Theater. Interestingly, Wario was also supposed to make a cameo appearance in the Starbeans Cafe at one point in development, alongside several other Nintendo characters. In his scenario, Wario is offered some coffee, but does not like the taste. He also makes a cameo in Pilotwings 64 in the Little States stage after the player shoots Mario's face on Mt. Rushmore, turning it into Wario's. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the GameCube has a badge called the W Emblem badge, which changes the colors of Mario's clothes from red and blue to yellow and purple, the same as Wario's (but Mario's hat still retains the "M").

Other Media

The Super Mario Adventures graphic novel, which is a collection of comics originally serialized in Nintendo Power, features Wario in two of the stories. This comic was uding a story of Wario's past and his relationship with Mario, explaining Wario's rivalry with Mario.

Various Wario merchandise has been released, including plush dolls and stickers. There is also a series of Mario Kart RC cars, featuring Mario, Luigi, and Wario in their respective karts.

References

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External links

• Wario World official home page
• WarioWare, Inc. home page

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