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| '''Wario''' is a character who was first introduced in the video game ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' as a rival to [[Mario]]. | | '''Wario''' is [[Mario|Mario's]] yellow-and-purple clad rival in the plumbing industry. He made his first appearance in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. |
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| After rescuing [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] from crazed spaceman [[Tatanga]] in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', Mario returned to his home away from home, Mario Land, where he had a cozy setup complete with his own castle. But Mario
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| found that the entire original ''Super Mario Land'' adventure was Wario's doing; he had paid Tatanga to nab Daisy to give himself a chance at invading Mario's castle. The iconic M heralding Mario's ownership had even been flipped upside-down to a W.
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| Wario's name isn't as simple as a flipped M, however. In what is
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| probably the best-working in-game pun [[Nintendo]] has made, Wario's
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| name comes from the Japanese word "warui," which means "bad."
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| And Wario is bad. So it works. But on top of that, the M/W
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| relationship works interestingly too. Mario and Wario's constant fighting is a war, in a sense, and war is found in '''War'''io's name.
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| Mario had to venture through the six sectors of Mario Land — Tree
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| Zone, Turtle Zone, Mario Zone, Macro Zone, Space Zone, and
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| Pumpkin Zone — to collect the six golden coins that unlocked the gate
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| to the castle. There, he fought the yellow and purple-clad Wario, an
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| acquaintance from Mario's childhood who had long been jealous of
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| Mario's fame and fortune.
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| Wario shot back with dark version of Mario's [[Fire Flower]] and Bunny Carrot, but Mario prevailed and shrunk his villainous alterego down to size.
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| Playing Mario's foil only made Wario popular. Almost immediately,
| | Wario is a greedy character who is constantly trying to gather money, or reclaim it from thieves who take it from him. Over the years he has faced many foes, including [[Mad Scienstein]], [[Rudy]], [[Captain Syrup]], and [[the Black Jewel]]. He also has the ''WarioWare'' series, which include Wario and his friends playing several "micro games". Wario also frequently pops up in the [[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party series]] and Mario sports games. |
| Wario scored a starring role in ''Mario vs. Wario'', a game in which
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| Wario plunked a makeshift helmet — a [[bucket]], a pipe, an octopus —
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| on the head of Mario, [[Yoshi]], or [[Peach]]. Players controlled the fairy [[Wanda]] with the short-lived Super NES mouse, creating and destroying blocks with a magic wand to ensure that the blindly walking plumber/dinosaur/princess would not fall.
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| Nintendo released a ''Tetris''-style puzzle game, ''[[Wario's Woods]]'', on both the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] and the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] in [[1994]], where he tangled again with
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| [[Wanda]] and made an enemy of [[Toad]] for the first time. The plot of the game revolved around Wario sending the monsters of his woods into the Mushroom Kingdom. Toad, Wanda, and [[Birdo]] ventured into the woods to stop him.
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| The same year also featured Wario as a playable protagonist in ''[[Wario
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| Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'', a title that pitted Wario against the
| | Although he was not present in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', Wario played a huge "behind the scenes" role. As was revealed in the sequel, Wario hired alien [[Tatanga]] to kidnap [[Princess Daisy]], ruler of [[Sarasaland]]. While Mario rescued Daisy, Wario took control of Mario's castle. The plot of ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' was to defeat Wario and reclaim the castle. |
| explosive-happy [[Hudson]] mascot, [[Bomberman]]. It's notable that today Wario if often associated with bombs — both [[Bob-ombs]] and generic explosive devices — and particularly so in the [[Mario Party]] games, which are also made by Hudson. It could very well be that Wario's association with the boom-booms arose from ''Wario Blast''.
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| Wario had capped off a particularly lucrative year by overtaking the Super Mario Land series with ''[[Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land]]''. Having lost Mario's castle, Wario sets out for [[Kitchen Island]], the hideaway of the notoriously wealthy Black Sugar Pirates. Rumor had it that the pirates, led by [[Captain Syrup]], had stolen a giant, golden statue of Princess Peach. Akin to Mario's animal suits in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Wario donned a variety of different hats to battle enemies. | | Wario instantly rose in popularity, appearing again in other NES games, and his own [[Game Boy]] titles, until he was finally added to the Mario sports franchise, stealing a [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa Troopa's]] place in [[Mario Kart 64]]. He went on to appear in every Mario sports game since, and got a partner in crime, [[Waluigi]] in ''[[Mario Tennis]]''. |
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| Wario's adventure led him eventually to [[Syrup Castle]], where he found | | There is a baby version of Wario, [[Baby Wario]], whose presence in the [[Marioverse]] proves that Mario and Wario go way back. |
| that the evil Captain Syrup was actually a beautiful woman. Her beauty belying her feistiness, Syrup summoned her genie to eliminate the obese, greasy intruder. Wario prevailed in the fight and even in Syrup's bombing of her own castle. He finally obtains the statue of Peach — only to have Mario sweep in, thank Wario and speed away with the statue. However, Wario still retained the treasures and coins he had found on his journey, and used them to build his own castle.
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| In [[1995]], Wario starred in a [[Virtual Boy]] version of ''Wario Land''.
| | Wario will be appearing in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' for the upcoming [[Nintendo]] [[Wii]]. |
| Though the next [[Game Boy]] game is called ''[[Wario Land II]]'', the Virtual Boy Wario Land is the true sequel, as it retains the magical hats as power-ups. Being a Virtual Boy release, of course, not a whole lot of people played this game.
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| Back on the Game Boy, ''Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land'' ended with Wario keeping nothing but the genie's lamp. Of course, the big guy wished for his own castle. Syrup and her Black Sugar Pirates returned to Wario's newly granted castle for retribution. He chased Syrup — and the money — all the way back to Syrup Castle on Kitchen Isle, where he once again had to battle the beautiful pirate.
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| | According to the ''[[Wario World]]'' instruction manual, Wario is at 308 pounds, although he claims it's just his clothes ("I like to layer!"). He has a black moustache and impressive, muscular arms despite his weight problem. He commonly wears purple overalls over a yellow shirt with green shoes and a yellow hat. |
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| Taking the series back to its birthplace on the Game Boy, the developers of ''Wario Land II'' threw a twist into the typical jump-and-stomp side-scroller formula. Wario couldn't die. Instead of taking damage from enemies, they would change his condition; stomping things would squash Wario flat, allowing him through narrow passages, while fiery foes would light Wario on fire.
| | Wario is prone to outbursts of anger, especially when he doesn't get his way. He has unhygienic habits, such as nose picking, and it's clear that the person he cares most about is himself. |
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| This innovation persisted through ''[[Wario Land 3]]'', which had Wario
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| being magically sucked into a music box, much like Boo House music
| | Wario is commonly associated with [[Bomb|explosives]], including [[Bob-omb]]s, and ways of stealing coins, such as a magnet or even a large [[Coin Vacuum|vacuum]]. |
| box Mario got sucked into in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. This mystical musical instrument lent its name to subtitle that appeared in the Japanese title of the game, ''Wario Land 3: The Mysterious Orgel''. (According to ShdwRlm3, the author of a ''Wario Land 3'' FAQ, an "orgel" is a certain Dutch organ.)
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| Technically, the game had five different orgels, which Wario had to
| | Wario antagonized Mario, [[Princess Peach]], and [[Yoshi]] in ''Mario and Wario'', where he would drop a makeshift helmet, such as a [[Bucket|bucket]] or even an octopus, on their head. The nice fairy [[Wanda]] guided the three to prevent them from encountering peril. |
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| world to begin with. When Wario did, however, the figure revealed
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| himself to be [[Rudy The Clown|Rudy]], a giant clown bent on world domination. Wario dispatched the freaky clown, received thanks from those Rudy had
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| | Wario's greatest strengh, though, is with items, such as helmets, which give him amazing strength and other abilities. |
| in full color in [[2001]]. Reading the paper one day, Wario learns of a
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| legend, [[Princess Shokora]] owned the pyramid until she fell under a sleeping spell. With dreams of even more riches in mind, Wario hops into his purple convertible and sets out for another adventure. After clearing the four different branches of Shokora's pyramid — the Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, and Topaz Passages — Wario fought and defeated the sinister force called the [[Golden Diva]], thereby freeing Shokora from the Golden Diva's curse.
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| Meanwhile, as Wario released game after game on [[Nintendo]]'s portable systems, he began making appearances on various Mario spin-offs on other systems. ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', released in [[1997]], introduced Wario's voice —easily one of the most irritating in a video game, but perfectly suited for Wario's nasty temperament. He has appeared in every [[Mario Party]] game to date, except for [[Mario Party-e]], and other Mario sports games, including [[Mario Golf]] and [[Mario Tennis]], where Nintendo introduced Wario's partner: [[Waluigi]].
| | In ''Wario World'', Wario could perform many spinning moves, including the Spinning Piledriver, Corkscrew Conk, and Wild Swing-Ding. |
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| Wario returned once more to the puzzle genre in ''[[Dr. Mario 64]]'', where he tangled with Mario's doctor alterego, Rudy, and [[Mad Dr. Scienstein]], among others. The various puzzle stages were framed by a story involving Scienstein stealing [[Dr. Mario]]'s megavitamins to cure ailing Rudy. Players can either pick Dr. Mario or Wario's scenario, encountering different foes on the quest to Rudy's castle.
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| [[Image: WarioWarioWare.gif|frame|left|'''Wario''', as he appears in the WarioWare series.]]
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| Wario's latest feat is the new WarioWare series. Picking his nose while watching TV one day, Wario sees a news report about the booming success of the latest Game Boy Advance game, Pyoro. Wario, eager to jump on a new, lucrative business venture buys a computer in hopes of developing his own best selling game. He even founds WarioWare, Inc. and names himself the president.
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| Unfortunately, Wario is not very smart and can't think of any ideas.
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| He calls his friends — [[Mona]], [[9-Volt]], [[Jimmy T.]], Dribble, [[Spitz]], Kat, Ana, [[Dr. Crygor]] and Orbulon — to drop what they're doing and brainstorm 5-second microgames. The action is unique and varied, to say the least, and Wario shows in many of the title's over 200 microgames as a playable character — clad this time in tough guy biker gear. These appearances include everything from riding a motorcycle to pulling a flag up a flagpole. Several of the microgames infuse Wario into Mario titles he never actually appeared in, like ''Super Mario Land'' and the original ''[[Mario Bros.]]''.
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| WarioWare sold well — both in Diamond City and in the real world. (In fact, the game ends with Wario making truckloads of cash, but then skipping out on paying his friends for their ideas). The game was recently ported to the [[GameCube]] as well.
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| | After his first appearance, Wario appeared in other [[NES]] and [[SNES]] games, including ''[[Wario's Woods]]'', where [[Toad]], Wanda, and [[Birdo]] set out into Wario's Woods to stop the monsters coming out of the woods. |
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| By playing WarioWare well, players can unlock special microgames, like Dr. Wario — a Wario-pirated version of Dr. Mario. There's also Fly Swatter, the old coffee break game from ''[[Mario Paint]]'', a version of the Game & Watch Classic Sheriff starring Wario, and Pyoro, the seed-eating game-within-a-game that inspired Wario to found his company.
| | Wario got many ''WarioWare'' and ''Wario Land'' games devoted to him on the Nintendo handheld systems. |
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| The microgame madness didn't permanently distract Wario from his duties of being a pain in Mario's neck, however. Wario and Waluigi popped up in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', just in time to cause trouble. The game's amusing intro movie features the Wario Bros. vandalizing posters of the Mario Bros. and teaming up with [[Bowser]] to hi-jack the tennis tournament and cause Bob-Omb havoc. The forces of good triumph, naturally. Beyond the intro movie, Wario enhances his tennis skills with an extend-o-glove and a contraption that delivers an electric shock in order to super-power his shots.
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| introduction of Wario into a "real" Mario game — by which a mean
| | *Wario and [[Toadette]] are both described as "secret friends" in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', despite the fact that he is on negative terms with Toadette's brother, Toad. |
| one of the central Mario adventures and not a ancillary game. Wario is
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| the last of the game's four heroes to be unlocked. Once he's out and
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| Wario will appear in [[Yoshi's Island 2]], but in the form of [[Baby Wario]], however this has received much critism mostly because there was to many babies and it retracts the theory that [[Foreman Spike]] is actually Wario.
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File:Wario.jpg Wario with his current yellow undershirt, purple overalls, and green elf-like shoes.
Wario is Mario's yellow-and-purple clad rival in the plumbing industry. He made his first appearance in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
Wario is a greedy character who is constantly trying to gather money, or reclaim it from thieves who take it from him. Over the years he has faced many foes, including Mad Scienstein, Rudy, Captain Syrup, and the Black Jewel. He also has the WarioWare series, which include Wario and his friends playing several "micro games". Wario also frequently pops up in the Mario Party series and Mario sports games.
Biography
Although he was not present in Super Mario Land, Wario played a huge "behind the scenes" role. As was revealed in the sequel, Wario hired alien Tatanga to kidnap Princess Daisy, ruler of Sarasaland. While Mario rescued Daisy, Wario took control of Mario's castle. The plot of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins was to defeat Wario and reclaim the castle.
Wario instantly rose in popularity, appearing again in other NES games, and his own Game Boy titles, until he was finally added to the Mario sports franchise, stealing a Koopa Troopa's place in Mario Kart 64. He went on to appear in every Mario sports game since, and got a partner in crime, Waluigi in Mario Tennis.
There is a baby version of Wario, Baby Wario, whose presence in the Marioverse proves that Mario and Wario go way back.
Wario will be appearing in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the upcoming Nintendo Wii.
Physical Appearance and Traits
According to the Wario World instruction manual, Wario is at 308 pounds, although he claims it's just his clothes ("I like to layer!"). He has a black moustache and impressive, muscular arms despite his weight problem. He commonly wears purple overalls over a yellow shirt with green shoes and a yellow hat.
Wario is prone to outbursts of anger, especially when he doesn't get his way. He has unhygienic habits, such as nose picking, and it's clear that the person he cares most about is himself.
Powers and Abilities
Wario is commonly associated with explosives, including Bob-ombs, and ways of stealing coins, such as a magnet or even a large vacuum.
Wario antagonized Mario, Princess Peach, and Yoshi in Mario and Wario, where he would drop a makeshift helmet, such as a bucket or even an octopus, on their head. The nice fairy Wanda guided the three to prevent them from encountering peril.
Wario's greatest strengh, though, is with items, such as helmets, which give him amazing strength and other abilities.
In Wario World, Wario could perform many spinning moves, including the Spinning Piledriver, Corkscrew Conk, and Wild Swing-Ding.
Games
After his first appearance, Wario appeared in other NES and SNES games, including Wario's Woods, where Toad, Wanda, and Birdo set out into Wario's Woods to stop the monsters coming out of the woods.
Wario got many WarioWare and Wario Land games devoted to him on the Nintendo handheld systems.
Trivia
- Wario and Toadette are both described as "secret friends" in Mario Party 5, despite the fact that he is on negative terms with Toadette's brother, Toad.
"According to Wario, he's both Mario's rival and a childhood friend (this is unconfirmed). He actually runs his own video-game company and has produced many hot sellers. Garlic is Wario's favorite food. It may lead to his incredible stamina, which makes him excellent at daring plays."
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