Wario Land

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The Wario Land franchise is the franchise Wario was introduced in. Originally a spin off from Super Mario Land series for the Game Boy, this franchise features Wario out to try and get as much money as he can.

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Overview

The Wario Land franchise began in 1994 with Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 on the Game Boy. The game was actually a spin-off of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, which had been Wario (Character)'s first appearance (in which he was an enemy character). The franchise has since continued with

Virtual Boy Wario Land (Game), Wario Land II (Game), Wario Land 3 (Game),Wario Land 4 (Game), and Wario Land: Shake It!. Most of the games have been well-received for their unique mechanics, colorful graphics, and comedic atmosphere.

The plot of the games generally involves Wario discovering the existence some massive treasure, and then going on a quest to collect it.

Gameplay

One of the many "power-ups."

The biggest gameplay feature of most of the Wario Land games is the fact that Wario can use his environment and enemies to "transform" into other things, such as a zombie, a vampire, caught on fire, rolling in a ball, etc. Instead of dying, hitting some enemies gives him temporary "power-ups," which can help the player either progress or find secrets hidden in the level. This also gives Wario a sense of invincibility (except for pits, naturally).

The first game that differed from this style was Wario Land 4 on the Game Boy Advance. Instead, Wario has a heart meter, so he can die by hitting enemies, but there are also some stationary enemies that give him power-ups. Wario Land: Shake It! was similar to this style of gameplay, and included new innovations (such as the titular shaking of the Wii Remote).

Games

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

21 January 1994

Platforms/Game BoyPlatforms/Nintendo SwitchPlatforms/Nintendo 3DS eShop

Virtual Boy Wario Land (Game)

27 November 1995

Platforms/Nintendo SwitchPlatforms/Virtual Boy

Wario Land II (Game)

2 March 1998

Platforms/Game BoyPlatforms/Game Boy ColorPlatforms/Nintendo 3DS eShop

Wario Land 3 (Game)

21 March 2000

Platforms/Nintendo SwitchPlatforms/Game Boy ColorPlatforms/Nintendo 3DS eShop

Wario Land 4 (Game)

21 August 2001

Platforms/Game Boy AdvancePlatforms/Nintendo 3DS eShopPlatforms/Wii U

Wario Land: Shake It!

24 July 2008

Platforms/Wii UPlatforms/Wii

Franchise details

Name

Wario Land

Features

6 games

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First game

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Aliases

Characters

• Has characters: Mario (Character), Wario (Character), Ball Bunny (Character), Bobo (Character), Captain Syrup (Character), Catbat (Character), Rudy The Clown (Character), Shake King (Character), Spoiled Rotten (Character), Dr. Arewonstein (Character), Princess Shokora (Character), Queen Merelda (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Hotels (Location), Golf Course (Location), Shake Dimension (Location), Underwater (Location), Temple (Location), Cave (Location), Dream (Location), Bridge (Location), Forest (Location), Jungle (Location), Desert (Location), Pyramid (Location), Ship (Location), Underground (Location), Waterfall (Location), Haunted House (Location), Factory (Location), Pirate Ship (Location), Volcano (Location), Stairway (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Anti-Hero (Concept), Ghost (Concept), Lava Stage (Concept), Zombie (Concept), Freezing Weapons (Concept), Polar Bear (Concept), Rivals (Concept), Clear Save (Concept), Collectible (Concept), Damsel In Distress (Concept), Kid Friendly (Concept), Pirate (Concept), Royalty (Concept), Time Limit (Concept), Bears (Concept), Gibberish (Concept), Male Protagonists (Concept), Titular Protagonist (Concept), Jump (Concept), Cutscene (Concept), Disorientation (Concept), Save Point (Concept), Portal (Concept), Chase (Concept), Melee (Concept), Boss Fight (Concept), Bully Mode (Concept), Crash Landing (Concept), Currency (Concept), Enemy Tossing (Concept), Evil Laugh (Concept), Evil Moustache (Concept), Evil Twin (Concept), Flattening (Concept), Ground Pound (Concept), Headbutt (Concept), Inebriation (Concept), Inflation (Concept), Minigame (Concept), Overweight Character (Concept), Power Down (Concept), Roll (Concept), Shoulder Barge (Concept), Shrinking Characters (Concept), Slope Sliding (Concept), Treasure Hoarding (Concept), Victory Pose (Concept), Boss (Concept), Mini-Boss (Concept), Burning (Concept), Super Strength (Concept), Final Boss (Concept), Side-Scrolling (Concept), Idle Animations (Concept), Flight (Concept), Robot (Concept), Climbing (Concept), Invisibility (Concept), Hub World (Concept), Bats (Concept), Multiple Endings (Concept), Swinging (Concept), Snakes (Concept), Swimming (Concept), Water Effects (Concept), Female Antagonists (Concept), Backtracking (Concept), Self Destruct Sequence (Concept), Train Level (Concept), Drunk Character (Concept), Shopping (Concept), Floating Island (Concept), Rain (Concept), Lives (Concept), Transformation (Concept), Boss Assistance (Concept), Electricity (Concept), Item Throw (Concept), 2D (Concept), Crocodilians (Concept), Block Puzzle (Concept), Immortality (Concept), Stomp (Concept), Roman Numerals (Concept), Mad Scientist (Concept), Fish (Concept), Bee (Concept), Cartoon Physics (Concept), Cats (Concept), Background Boss (Concept), Violent Plants (Concept), Totaka's Song (Concept), Bonus Stage (Concept), Head Jumping (Concept), Clowns (Concept), Loading Screen (Concept), Cartoon Cutscene (Concept), Aurora (Concept), Quicksand (Concept), Ice Stage (Concept), Seahorse (Concept), Water Level (Concept), Industrial Level (Concept), Flying Enemies (Concept), Sentient Plant (Concept), Stationary Boss (Concept), Boost (Concept), Dash (Concept), Puzzle Platformer (Concept), Speed Boost (Concept), Sleeping Enemies (Concept), Octopus (Concept), Owl (Concept), Shock Wave (Concept), Genie (Concept), Giant Killing (Concept), Branching Story Line (Concept), Goomba (Concept), Another World (Concept), Moving Platform (Concept), Game Over (Concept), Rainbow (Concept), Secret Area (Concept), Giant Enemy Worm (Concept), Color Restoration (Concept), Deliberately Retro (Concept), Chicken (Concept), Solid Cloud (Concept), Multi-Plane Gameplay (Concept), Caterpillar (Concept), Faux East Asia (Concept), Aggro (Concept), Pushable Block (Concept), Sunset (Concept), Happily Ever After (Concept), Countdown Timer (Concept), Hidden Room (Concept), Integrated Tutorial Sequence (Concept), Optional Objective (Concept), Tide (Concept), Power Gauge (Concept), Enemies on Cover Art (Concept), Tadpole (Concept), Advancing Wall of Doom (Concept), Minions (Concept), Motion Control (Concept), Auto-Save (Concept), Auto-Scrolling Levels (Concept), Burrowing Enemies (Concept), Day/Night Cycle (Concept), E3 2001 (Concept), E3 2008 (Concept), Enemies Emerging From Eggs (Concept), Gesture-Based Control (Concept), Greatest Hits (Concept), High Score (Concept), Item Container (Concept), Late Title Card (Concept), PAX 2008 (Concept), Stereoscopic 3D (Concept), Super Game Boy Enhancement (Concept), Unstable Platforms (Concept), Virtual Console (Concept), Waggle (Concept), Window Enemies (Concept), World Map (Concept), Disappearing Reappearing Platforms (Concept), Pinball Stage (Concept), Parallax Scrolling (Concept), Leaping Fish (Concept), Water Current (Concept), Collectible Arrows (Concept), Sawfish (Concept), Toy-Box Stage (Concept), Journey into an Object (Concept), Living Springboard (Concept), Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program (Concept), Pirate Goom (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Icicle (Object), Snowman (Object), Water (Object), Car (Object), Blocks (Object), Crown (Object), Facial Hair (Object), Spaceship (Object), Coin (Object), Fart (Object), Garlic (Object), Moneybag (Object), Mustache (Object), Pith Helmet (Object), Switch (Object), Viking Helmet (Object), Axe (Object), Sword (Object), Bomb (Object), Egg (Object), Flowers (Object), Basketball (Object), Bed (Object), Key (Object), Train (Object), Tattoo (Object), Ladder (Object), Heart (Object), Treasure Chest (Object), Spikes (Object), Doughnut (Object), Barrel (Object), Music Box (Object), Pirate Ship (Object), Spike Ball (Object), Statue (Object), Mario Block (Object), Flags (Object), Lava (Object), Submarine (Object), Sand (Object), Cage (Object), Beans (Object), Diamond (Object), Elevator (Object), Newspaper (Object), Bone (Object), Cheese (Object), Fossil (Object), Magic Carpet (Object), Torpedo (Object), Cannon (Object), Magic Lamp (Object), Weight (Object), Unicycle (Object), Boulder (Object), Thorns (Object), Platform (Object), Volcano (Object), Palm Tree (Object), Crate (Object), Conveyor Belt (Object), Gramophone Record (Object), Alarm Clock (Object), Domino (Object), Beanstalk (Object), Street Sign (Object), Window (Object)

People

• Has people: Akito Nakatsuka (Person), Hiroshi Yamauchi (Person), Shigeru Miyamoto (Person), Charles Martinet (Person), Goro Abe (Person), Hiroji Kiyotake (Person), Ko Takeuchi (Person), Minako Hamano (Person), T. Hosokawa (Person), Tomoyoshi Yamane (Person), Gunpei Yokoi (Person), Makoto Kano (Person), Kazumi Totaka (Person), Leslie Swan (Person), Nathan Bihldorff (Person), Jeff Miller (Person), Satoru Iwata (Person), Kai Zeh (Person), Etsunobu Ebisu (Person), Shigeharu Umezaki (Person), Yasuo Inoue (Person), Keisuke Terasaki (Person), Madoka Yamauchi (Person), Tomoya Tomita (Person), Daniel Owsen (Person), Fujiko Nomura (Person), Hiroshi Momose (Person), Isao Hirano (Person), Kenichi Sugino (Person), Koichi Yagi (Person), Kozue Ishikawa (Person), Masafumi Sakashita (Person), Masaru Yamanaka (Person), Nobuo Matsumiya (Person), Ryuichi Nakada (Person), Sachiko Nakamichi (Person), Shinya Sano (Person), Tadanori Tsukawaki (Person), Takahiro Harada (Person), Takehiko Hosokawa (Person), Takeshi Nagareda (Person), Yoshinori Katsuki (Person), Yusuke Nakano (Person), Yuzuru Ogawa (Person)