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| Wario | |
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| Wario/ Mario series character | |
| File:Wario.jpgWario, as he appeared in Super Mario 64 DS. | |
| First game | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Created by | Shigeru Miyamoto |
Wario (ワリオ, Wario) is a video game character created by Nintendo. He made his first appearance as antagonist in 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.
name "Wario" is Mario's name blended with Japanese adjective warui (悪い) meaning "bad"; hence, a "bad Mario". character was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, who also worked on Kid Icarus and Metroid. Like Mario and Luigi, Wario is voiced by Charles Martinet, though Hiroshi Ōtake and Chikao Ōtsuka have also contributed for Japanese commercials.
While 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 wher 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, outcome of his adventures often benefit many of people involved in m. 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 creation of Waluigi, a character created to be 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 acquisition of wealth as opposed to Mario's altruistic heroics.
Characteristics
Personality
Wario possesses negative characteristics such as laziness, ruthlessness, and gluttony. character is most renowned for his greed and once was a rival of Mario's, although, since n, Wario has not wronged Mario immensely. He now occasionally works with Mario on good side. According to a comic published in Nintendo Power, Wario hates Mario because when y were both younger, Mario, playful and vaguely oblivious, inadvertently bullied poor Wario; in 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 y played cowboys, Wario almost always had to be rustler that Mario, as sheriff, had to arrest. In one time Wario got to be sheriff, Mario would make fun of him. For a while it seemed that Wario had no friends with exception of Waluigi, but with introduction of 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 m. Wario also has bad hygiene. This can be revealed by talking to one of Toads as Wario in Super Mario 64 DS and going to World 3-5 for first time in Yoshi's Island DS.
Despite Wario's negative personality and character, he has played 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 ors who are more villainous, making his personal and moral flaws seem smaller, such as when he is victimized by Black Jewel in Wario World. Wario also teams up with Yoshi, Mario and Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS to defeat Bowser, but three of m get captured in 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 bror who is 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, with curly-toed green shoes and an W on his cap (in comparison with Waluigi, who sports an upside-down L). However, since 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 same manner as Mario's mushrooms, fire flower and or items do. In many games, Wario is invincible and cannot die in two of his games. With exception of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Virtual Boy Wario Land, Wario World, and Wario: Master of Disguise, Wario has 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 Wariomobile (or 'Wario Car'). It appears in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as Wario's default kart, and in Wario Land 4 in opening cutscene and end credit sequence. However, if one beats game with every treasure on Super-Hard difficulty, he is seen driving, or rar, flying a green hovercar. vehicle also makes a number of cameo appearances in WarioWare titles, both in minigames and cutscenes. A similar car, Brute, appears in Mario Kart DS.
Appearances
Main article: List of Wario gamesAppearances as an antagonist
Wario made his first appearance in Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as villain and final boss. In a commercial for game, Wario attempts to hypnotize viewers into serving him. In 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 Game Boy). 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 possession of Wario's minions (one of which was Tatanga himself). He later returned to Mushroom Kingdom and incapacitated Mario, Princess Peach, or Yoshi (depending on which character you chose) by dropping a bucket or anr similar item on ir heads from his airplane in Mario & Wario (only available in Japan for Super NES). player controlled a fairy named Wanda with Super NES mouse, who assists one of three characters in navigating level seeking Luigi, who is able to remove object from character's head.
Later in Wario's Woods, Wario makes an attack on Mushroom Kingdom, forcing Toad, Wanda, and Birdo to brave his forest in order to stop him. In original Super NES version of Wario's Woods, Toad must battle many bosses before he can face Wario, while NES version features Wario as 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 games called Wario Land (although most recent titles do not include "Land" title), which are usually handheld. first in series, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, marked Wario's first appearance as a protagonist and introduced his first villains as antagonists, Captain Syrup and her Brown Sugar Pirates. Wario discovers that Brown Sugar Pirates have stolen a gigantic statue of Princess Peach (made of pure gold) from Mario and that he is looking for it. Wario n decides to take advantage of this and steal it from Captain Syrup before Mario can retrieve it. Unfortunately for Wario (and to player's great chagrin), all his hard work is lost when, just castle built around statue crumbles, Mario comes by in a helicopter and uses a powerful magnet to airlift statue, waiving and smiling obliviously at Wario on his way out. On or hand, genie accepts treasure that Wario has collected throughout game and builds him a castle in exchange (with size of castle being proportional to amount of treasure collected).
In his next adventure titled Wario Land for Virtual Boy, Wario must fight his way out of a giant cave which houses several different worlds, garing money along way. game features Virtual Boy-style pseudo-3D gameplay, allowing Wario to travel into background at various points in levels.
Wario Land II for Game Boy and Game Boy Color continues rivalry between Wario and Captain Syrup, who has a new team named Black Sugar Gang. Captain Syrup and her gang loot Wario's castle, and Wario chases m to ir lair on Kitchen Island to retrieve his treasure. After defeating Captain Syrup and Giant Spear King, Wario recovers his treasure and returns home. Unlike first two games, Wario's abilities are now gained through status effects. For example, he can be set on fire by fire from a candle, allowing him to be set on fire and run uncontrollably in one direction until he bursts in flames, allowing him to burn through certain objects. Instead of having a life meter as in some of his or games, Wario loses coins when he takes damage, and even in event that he runs out of coins, he doesn't die--he is invincible. Wario Land II also featured secret exits in its levels, which allowed player to experience alternate boss battles and endings. re are five end boss battles and one more battle before player can experience actual ending. se boss battles were very interesting for player, since one attack would automatically end battle for player, and y'd have to retry by reaching room once more.
In Wario Land 3 for 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 figure promises Wario that he can keep all of treasure he collects along way does Wario agree to help. This game introduces a new villain, Rudy 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 exception of jumping and walking), and must find m as he makes progress in game. Just like Wario Land II, Wario is invincible, and bosses do work around common fact that being harmed once ends battle.
premise of Wario Land 4 for Game Boy Advance begins with Wario reading about a treasure-packed golden pyramid deep in jungle. Wario decides to track down treasure and travels re in his Wariomobile. He must retrieve four pieces of jewelry (each guarded by a boss) in order to get to final treasure and defeat Golden Diva (master of pyramid who appears throughout game), who transformed Princess Shokora into a cat. Unlike two prior Wario Land games, Wario is no longer invincible, and this is also first in Wario Land series to feature a health meter.
Wario World for Nintendo GameCube is a departure from typical Wario platforming games in how it plays. It was co-developed by Treasure and Nintendo, and is a 3-D beat-'em-up/platforming video game. Unlike Wario sidescrollers, Wario World focuses on more heavily on action, although re are still many platform jumping and puzzle-solving sequences. Wario gets his hands on a mystical Black Jewel, which eventually destroys his castle and turns all of his treasure into monsters. Throughout game, Wario will encounter Sprites trapped in small boxes. Once Wario defeats Black Jewel, 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. game got a good deal of negative press, mostly attributed to ease and length of game. As in Wario Land 4, Wario has a health meter.
Wario also appears as playable character in remake Super Mario 64 DS for Nintendo DS, but he must be unlocked using Luigi, 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 original Super Mario 64, wherein Mario could become Metal Mario). Wario can also use Wing Fear in Versus mode, as well as his Piledriver and Wild Swing-Ding abilities from Wario World.
Wario: Master of Disguise is next game in Wario Land series, released for Nintendo DS. Released on March 5 2007, game allows Wario to transform into various different forms of himself, each allowing Wario certain abilities. game centers around Wario (A.K.A. Purple Wind), inventing Telmet, allowing him to enter a television series revolving around thievery. In this game, Wario is given criminal-like abilities from get-go as Purple Wind (Thief Wario), such as unparalleled jumping abilities, similar to those of a cat burglar. Wario is also given a magic wand known as Goodstyle to aid him in his criminal endeavors. wand is essential for Wario in order for him to don various disguises, such as Cosmic Wario (an astronaut) and Genius Wario (a mad scientist-type disguise). plot revolves on Wario acquiring various pieces of Wishsone, an ancient tablet that supposedly grants wish of those who behold it, in order for him to gain all wealth and treasures in world. As in latest Wario adventure installments, Wario has a health meter.
Baby Wario
Wario appears in Yoshi's Island DS as a baby. In game, he teams up with Yoshi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Bowser, and Baby Donkey Kong. He has a very powerful magnet that is able to attract coins, metal platforms, and metal boxes. He allows Yoshi to make normal eggs. He is only available in a few levels and at end of world 3, leaves Yoshi in favor of Bandits and ir treasure. He returns in game's final level, however, when he was found arguing with Baby Bowser over treasure that older Bowser kept within his castle, and they both tag along until Baby Bowser starts fightinors over treasure. Baby Wario ends up helping crew defeat Bowser, and he makes off with treasure in aftermath of game, though arguments once again ensue when Baby Bowser fell into treasure.
WarioWare series
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 GameCube) for 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 profit from video games, Wario attempts to run away with all of proceeds, but is foiled in end. Each microgame is a product being sold by WarioWare, Inc., and last between three and seven seconds. series has spawned several sequels available across all of Nintendo's current consoles and handhelds.
In Wario's next game WarioWare: Twisted! for Game Boy Advance, Wario breaks his Game Boy Advance out of rage. Dr. Crygor restores it to a playable condition, though it loses its face buttons and gains a tilt function in process, which inspires him to create games based on tilt function.
In WarioWare: Touched! for Nintendo DS, Wario is walking down 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 GBA systems, or if he dropped 'fancier one.' Wario states that he wants all of them, and then lunges at Sewer Guru, causing m both to fall into sewer. Wario comes out with fancier system, and has no idea how to play it until he finds stylus. After winning a game, he decides that this idea would make a ton of money, and goes to get his friends to help out. Near end, Wario walks down street and trips near same sewer hole. Sewer Guru comes out and smacks him over head as revenge.
In WarioWare: Smooth Moves for Wii, Wario stumbles upon an old temple, and when he comes to Form Baton (similar to Wii Remote), he notes its inspiration for a new series. He n escapes Indiana Jones style (a gigantic boulder chases him when he picks up Form Baton). Form Baton is returned, however.
Or game appearances
Wario debuted in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. After release of Super Mario Kart, he did not appear in a Mario Kart game until Mario Kart 64 for Nintendo 64. He has since appeared in all Mario Kart games released after Mario Kart 64, including Mario Kart Super Circuit for Game Boy Advance, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for GameCube and Mario Kart DS for Nintendo DS. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, he is associated with Waluigi, and his unique kart is Wariomobile. Wario is among lightest of heavyweights in Mario Kart series; he features great ramming power, but bad acceleration and off-road handling.
Wario also appears in Mario Golf for Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64. Unlike or 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 Game Boy Advance and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour for GameCube.
Wario Mario sports games, he is also a powerful character in Superstar Baseball and Strikers.
Mario Party titles feature several characters from Mario series as playable, including Wario. Wario is one of original six playable characters and has been a playable character in every Mario Party game, with exception of Mario Party Advance, which only features Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi as playable. Unlike Mario sports titles, e is no difference between any of characters outside of voice and appearance. And while Wario's first appearance in 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 upcoming Wii title, Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2007. Wario appears in first trailer in his WarioWare-style biker outfit as opposed to his plumber outfit and is shown using "Wario Waft", a move which involves explosive flatulence. Wario's side special move is Wario Chopper.
Wario also appeared in 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. game, like most games in 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 Stafy with completing levels, giving player four different treasures - a Wario cap, a Wario nose/mustache combo, a copy of WarioWare, Inc. 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 level. At end of last level in World 8, after Wario and Stafy found four jewels to unlock a door, Wario went inside to see if re are anything worth having, but n got kicked out by an octopus dressed up as a Medieval knight. n Stafy went inside and successfully fought and defeated it.
Wario also makes several minor appearances in various or games. He appears in various minigames in Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros., both for Nintendo DS. He is a playable character in Yoshi's Island DS for Nintendo DS as a baby as well, which marks first time that Wario has been seen as a baby, along with toddler version of modern Donkey Kong. Baby Wario's special ability is to use a magnet to attract metal objects. Game & Watch Gallery series replaces Mr. Game & Watch with various Mario characters in 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 tracks in Uniracers is called Wario Paint, a reference to Mario Paint for Super NES. In Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga for Game Boy Advance, re is a WarioWare, Inc. poster on wall of Yoshi ater. Interestingly, Wario was also supposed to make a cameo appearance in Starbeans Cafe at one point in development, alongside several Nintendo characters. In his scenario, Wario is offered some coffee, but does not like taste. He also makes a cameo in Pilotwings 64 in Little States stage after player shoots Mario's face on Mt. Rushmore, turning it into Wario's. Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door for GameCube has a badge called W Emblem badge, which changes colors of Mario's clos from red and blue to yellow and purple, same as Wario's (but Mario's hat still retains "M").
Or Media
Super Mario Adventures graphic novel, which is a collection of comics originally serialized in Nintendo Power, features Wario in two of stories. This comic was illustrated by Charlie Nozawa, written by Kentaro Takekuma, and localized into English by Leslie Swan. It features a variety of storylines, including 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. re is also a series of Mario Kart RC cars, featuring Mario, Luigi, and Wario in ir respective karts.
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