Wario

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A series of games revolving around core Nintendo villain, Wario. These originally took the form of two-dimensional platformers, but WarioWare mini-game compilations have since become more prevalent.

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Overview

The Wario franchise consists of all games that star Wario (Character), Nintendo (Company)'s "rival" for Mario (Character). Wario is supposed to be the exact opposite of Mario; greedy, fat, and willing to do anything to get his way. Thus, many of his games center around his greedy nature. The Wario franchise consists of two other franchises: Wario Land (Franchise) and WarioWare (Franchise). In addition, the Wario franchise has had four other games not categorized into these two franchises.

==Games

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 was Wario's first starring role.

== Wario first appeared in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. The franchise continued with Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Wario's first starring role. The Wario Land franchise has expanded to include several other games: Virtual Boy Wario Land (Game), Wario Land II (Game), Wario Land 3 (Game), Wario Land 4 (Game), and Wario Land: Shake It!. These games are platformers that center around Wario's greed. They differ from traditional Super Mario platformers in that Wario can alter his appearance through enemies (e.g. hitting a zombie transforms Wario into one), although not always for a negative outcome.

Two other Wario platformers have been released. Wario World (Game) was released for the Nintendo GameCube, and again stars Wario on a quest to gain much treasure. Wario: Master of Disguise for the Nintendo DS was another platformer starring Wario. In the game, Wario could enter into a television show and "become" whichever character was in that show.

The WarioWare franchise began with WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! on the Game Boy Advance. The series has since become well-known for its fast-paced, quirky microgames. Other games in the franchise include: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, WarioWare Twisted!, WarioWare Touched!, WarioWare; Smooth Moves, WarioWare: Snapped!, and Made in Ore.

Wario has also starred in two other games. Wario's Woods was a falling block puzzle in the same vein as Tetris (Franchise) and Dr. Mario. Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! was released for the Game Boy, and is essentially Bomberman (Franchise), but with Wario as the lead character.

Games

Mario & Wario

27 August 1993

Platforms/Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemPlatforms/Nintendo Switch

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

21 January 1994

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

Wario's Woods

19 February 1994

Platforms/Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemPlatforms/Nintendo Entertainment SystemPlatforms/Nintendo SwitchPlatforms/Wii ShopPlatforms/Nintendo 3DS eShopPlatforms/Wii UPlatforms/Satellaview

Wario Blast (Game)

10 August 1994

Platforms/Game BoyPlatforms/Game Boy Color

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

Dr. Mario 64

9 April 2001

Platforms/Nintendo SwitchPlatforms/Nintendo 64

Wario Land 4 (Game)

21 August 2001

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

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!

21 March 2003

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

Wario World (Game)

24 June 2003

Platforms/GameCube

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$

6 April 2004

Platforms/GameCube

WarioWare: Touched!

2 December 2004

Platforms/Nintendo DSPlatforms/Nintendo 3DS eShopPlatforms/Wii U

WarioWare Twisted!

23 May 2005

Platforms/Game Boy Advance

WarioWare: Smooth Moves

2 December 2006

Platforms/Wii UPlatforms/Wii

Wario: Master of Disguise

18 January 2007

Platforms/Nintendo DSPlatforms/Wii U

Wario Land: Shake It!

24 July 2008

Platforms/Wii UPlatforms/Wii

WarioWare: Snapped!

5 April 2009

Platforms/DSiWare

WarioWare D.I.Y.

28 March 2010

Platforms/Nintendo DS

WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase

29 March 2010

Platforms/Wii Shop

Game & Wario

23 June 2013

Platforms/Wii U

WarioWare: Get It Together!

10 September 2021

Platforms/Nintendo Switch

Franchise details

Name

Wario

Features

22 games

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First game

Mario & Wario

Aliases

Characters

• Has characters: Ana (Character), Barbara the Bat (Character), Donkey Kong (Character), Kat (Character), Link (Character), Little Mac (Character), Mario (Character), R.O.B. (Character), Waluigi (Character), Wario (Character), Yoshi (Character), The Amazon (Character), Ball Bunny (Character), Bobo (Character), Captain Olimar (Character), Captain Syrup (Character), Carpaccio (Character), Catbat (Character), Count Cannoli (Character), Falco Lombardi (Character), Fox McCloud (Character), Ice Climbers (Character), Luigi (Character), Pit (Character), Princess Peach (Character), Rudy The Clown (Character), Shake King (Character), Spoiled Rotten (Character), Toad (Character), 9-Volt (Character), Ashley (Character), Dr. Arewonstein (Character), Dr. Crygor (Character), Goodstyle (Character), Jimmy T (Character), Mike (Character), Mona (Character), Orbulon (Character), Penny Crygor (Character), Princess Shokora (Character), Queen Merelda (Character), Spitz (Character), Young Cricket (Character), Bald Bull (Character), Samus Aran (Character), Mother Brain (Character), Birdo (Character), F.L.U.D.D. (Character), Donkey Kong Jr. (Character), Stanley the Bugman (Character), Bomberman (Character), Peppy Hare (Character), Slippy Toad (Character), 18-Volt (Character), Dribble (Character), Terrormisu (Character), Duck Hunt Dog (Character), Pyoro (Character), Master Mantis (Character), Ayumi Tachibana (Character), Tatsuya Hibino (Character), Hisako Hayama (Character), Hitomi Kawai (Character), Shunsuke Utsugi (Character), Tadashi Urabe (Character), Tetsuharu Komada (Character), Goro Kaneda (Character), Balloon Fighter (Character), Aqualea (Character), Meidou (Character), Akuman (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Hotels (Location), Golf Course (Location), Diamond City (Location), Shake Dimension (Location), Underwater (Location), Temple (Location), Cave (Location), Dream (Location), Amusement Park (Location), Bridge (Location), Forest (Location), Jungle (Location), Castle (Location), Desert (Location), Pyramid (Location), Ship (Location), Underground (Location), Waterfall (Location), Haunted House (Location), Factory (Location), Pirate Ship (Location), Grassland (Location), Ushimitsu High School (Location), Volcano (Location), Stairway (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Anti-Hero (Concept), Character Select Screen (Concept), Combo (Concept), Fire (Concept), Ghost (Concept), Lava Stage (Concept), Teleportation (Concept), Zombie (Concept), Freezing Weapons (Concept), Polar Bear (Concept), Rivals (Concept), Clear Save (Concept), Collectible (Concept), Kid Friendly (Concept), Metroid (Concept), Pirate (Concept), Royalty (Concept), Time Limit (Concept), Bears (Concept), Wrestling Moves in Non-Wrestling Games (Concept), Alien (Concept), Gibberish (Concept), Male Protagonists (Concept), Superhero (Concept), Titular Protagonist (Concept), Jump (Concept), Cutscene (Concept), Disorientation (Concept), Evade (Concept), Save Point (Concept), Self-Referential Humor (Concept), Portal (Concept), Puzzle (Concept), Chase (Concept), Explosion (Concept), Heads Up Display (Concept), Melee (Concept), Boss Fight (Concept), Boulder Getaway (Concept), Breath Attack (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), Parody (Concept), Power Down (Concept), Roll (Concept), Shoulder Barge (Concept), Shrinking Characters (Concept), Sleeping (Concept), Slope Sliding (Concept), Titular Antagonist (Concept), Treasure Hoarding (Concept), Victory Pose (Concept), Boss (Concept), Mini-Boss (Concept), Burning (Concept), Dancing (Concept), Simon Says (Concept), Cameo (Concept), Super Strength (Concept), Final Boss (Concept), Boxer (Concept), Side-Scrolling (Concept), Idle Animations (Concept), Flight (Concept), Robot (Concept), Climbing (Concept), Body Builder (Concept), Invisibility (Concept), Super Suit (Concept), Hub World (Concept), Video Game Characters That Play Video Games (Concept), Bats (Concept), Multiple Endings (Concept), Dodge (Concept), Swinging (Concept), Crossover (Concept), Snakes (Concept), Swimming (Concept), Water Effects (Concept), Party Game (Concept), Rock Music (Concept), Pixel Art (Concept), Female Antagonists (Concept), Backtracking (Concept), Circle-Strafing (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), Console-to-Handheld Connectivity (Concept), Crocodilians (Concept), Password (Concept), Polygonal 3D (Concept), Dragon (Concept), Block Puzzle (Concept), Shark (Concept), Immortality (Concept), Stomp (Concept), Roman Numerals (Concept), Mad Scientist (Concept), Fish (Concept), Game Reference (Concept), 8-bit (Concept), Bee (Concept), Artificial Intelligence (Concept), Cartoon Physics (Concept), Cats (Concept), Background Boss (Concept), Thwomp (Concept), Exploding Enemies (Concept), Violent Plants (Concept), Peripheral Usage (Concept), Dog (Concept), Totaka's Song (Concept), Bonus Stage (Concept), Head Jumping (Concept), DS Microphone Use (Concept), Flies (Concept), Power Up (Concept), Clowns (Concept), Loading Screen (Concept), Cartoon Cutscene (Concept), Aurora (Concept), Quicksand (Concept), Cooking (Concept), Ice Stage (Concept), Gravity (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), Cheerleader (Concept), Parrot (Concept), Sleeping Enemies (Concept), Horses (Concept), Octopus (Concept), Merfolk (Concept), Owl (Concept), Shock Wave (Concept), Genie (Concept), Giant Killing (Concept), Branching Story Line (Concept), Fireworks (Concept), Goomba (Concept), Death (Concept), Another World (Concept), Konami Code (Concept), Moving Platform (Concept), Micro Game (Concept), Pikmin (Concept), Tutorial (Concept), Game Over (Concept), Rainbow (Concept), Boo (Concept), Puppetry (Concept), Secret Area (Concept), Giant Enemy Worm (Concept), Fairy (Concept), Digital Distribution (Concept), Color Restoration (Concept), Deliberately Retro (Concept), Electronic Music (Concept), Coloring (Concept), Drawing (Concept), Chicken (Concept), Solid Cloud (Concept), Multi-Plane Gameplay (Concept), Caterpillar (Concept), Puzzle Games with Stories (Concept), Faux East Asia (Concept), Music Creation (Concept), Toads (Concept), Disco (Concept), Aggro (Concept), ChuChu (Concept), Shy Guy (Concept), Blooper (Concept), Spherical Worlds (Concept), Pushable Block (Concept), Interactive Title Screen (Concept), Sunset (Concept), Happily Ever After (Concept), Continue (Concept), Shaving (Concept), Koopa Troopa (Concept), Countdown Timer (Concept), Asteroid Impact (Concept), Hidden Room (Concept), Integrated Tutorial Sequence (Concept), Optional Objective (Concept), Mii Support (Concept), Tide (Concept), DSi Camera Support (Concept), Power Gauge (Concept), Extra Life (Concept), Enemies on Cover Art (Concept), Difficulty Level (Concept), Tadpole (Concept), Button Mashing (Concept), Multiple Art Styles (Concept), Antlions (Concept), Advancing Wall of Doom (Concept), Minions (Concept), Wiggler (Concept), Motion Control (Concept), Balancing (Concept), Auto-Save (Concept), Auto-Scrolling Levels (Concept), Burrowing Enemies (Concept), Content Editor (Concept), Create-A Mode (Concept), Day/Night Cycle (Concept), E3 2001 (Concept), E3 2003 (Concept), E3 2004 (Concept), E3 2005 (Concept), E3 2006 (Concept), E3 2008 (Concept), E3 2012 (Concept), Enemies Emerging From Eggs (Concept), Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Games That Ask You to "Press Start" But Will Accept Other Buttons (Concept), Gesture-Based Control (Concept), Greatest Hits (Concept), Harder Versions of Earlier Levels. (Concept), High Score (Concept), Hotseat (Concept), In-Game Map Editor (Concept), Intermission (Concept), Item Container (Concept), Last Game Released on a Console (Concept), Late Title Card (Concept), Launch Title (Concept), Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (Concept), Oddly-Shaped Cartridge (Concept), PAX 2008 (Concept), Single-Player Only (Concept), SNES Mouse Support (Concept), Sound Test (Concept), Stacking (Concept), Stereoscopic 3D (Concept), Super Game Boy Enhancement (Concept), Unstable Platforms (Concept), User Generated Content (Concept), Virtual Console (Concept), Waggle (Concept), Wii Remote Infrared Pointer Gameplay (Concept), Window Enemies (Concept), World Map (Concept), Disappearing Reappearing Platforms (Concept), Interactive Credits (Concept), One-Handed Gameplay (Concept), Pinball Stage (Concept), Parallax Scrolling (Concept), Guidance Gameplay (Concept), Leaping Fish (Concept), Water Current (Concept), Whac-A-Mole (Concept), In-Game Controller (Concept), Collectible Arrows (Concept), Nintendo Network (Concept), Sawfish (Concept), Toy-Box Stage (Concept), Wii Remote Speaker Phone Simulation (Concept), Journey into an Object (Concept), Lookalike Hardware (Concept), Blowing into Microphone (Concept), Eggplant Man (Concept), Living Springboard (Concept), Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program (Concept), Pidgit (Concept), Pirate Goom (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Icicle (Object), Snowman (Object), Water (Object), Car (Object), Blocks (Object), Bow (Object), Crown (Object), Unira (Object), Facial Hair (Object), Spaceship (Object), Motorcycle (Object), Pizza (Object), Hamburger (Object), Gun (Object), Helmet (Object), Bucket (Object), Coin (Object), Fart (Object), Garlic (Object), Goggles (Object), Hat (Object), Moneybag (Object), Mustache (Object), Pith Helmet (Object), Switch (Object), Ultra Hand (Object), Viking Helmet (Object), Axe (Object), Baseball Bat (Object), Camera (Object), Sword (Object), Bling (Object), Bomb (Object), Drum Can (Object), Egg (Object), Flashlight (Object), Flowers (Object), Ketchup (Object), Nuclear Bomb (Object), Watermelon (Object), Guitar (Object), Basketball (Object), Bed (Object), Gold (Object), Piano (Object), Robot (Object), Ball and Chain (Object), Key (Object), Clock (Object), Train (Object), Lifesaver (Object), Super Mushroom (Object), Tattoo (Object), GameCube (Object), Television (Object), Ladder (Object), Tanooki Suit (Object), Candle (Object), Heart (Object), Treasure Chest (Object), Baseball (Object), Toilet (Object), Space Suit (Object), Spikes (Object), Doughnut (Object), Barrel (Object), Music Box (Object), Pirate Ship (Object), Spike Ball (Object), Statue (Object), Mario Block (Object), POW block (Object), Flags (Object), Lava (Object), Crank (Object), Arwing (Object), Submarine (Object), Sand (Object), Hot Dog (Object), Candy (Object), Cage (Object), Capsule Toy (Object), Fruit (Object), Beans (Object), Diamond (Object), Door (Object), Elevator (Object), Newspaper (Object), UFO (Object), Bone (Object), Ship (Object), French Fries (Object), Cheese (Object), Fossil (Object), Cake (Object), Magic Carpet (Object), Torpedo (Object), Paint (Object), Fly Swatter (Object), Pom Poms (Object), Balloon (Object), Eggplant (Object), Pills (Object), Cannon (Object), Baseball Glove (Object), Magic Lamp (Object), Weight (Object), Fork (Object), Unicycle (Object), Boulder (Object), Gong (Object), Saw (Object), Magnet (Object), Toothbrush (Object), Nail (Object), Thorns (Object), Oil Drum (Object), Platform (Object), Pizza Cutter (Object), Spotlight (Object), Paper Plane (Object), Volcano (Object), Skis (Object), Palm Tree (Object), Gear (Object), Wii Remote (Object), Super Scope (Object), Crate (Object), Moai Head (Object), Conveyor Belt (Object), Gramophone Record (Object), Alarm Clock (Object), Domino (Object), Beanstalk (Object), Item Box (Object), Melon (Object), Street Sign (Object), Window (Object), Wind-up Toy (Object), Ultra Machine (Object)

People

• Has people: Akito Nakatsuka (Person), Hiroshi Yamauchi (Person), Shigeru Miyamoto (Person), Azusa Tajima (Person), Charles Martinet (Person), Goro Abe (Person), Hirofumi Matsuoka (Person), Hiroji Kiyotake (Person), Ko Takeuchi (Person), Minako Hamano (Person), T. Hosokawa (Person), Tomoyoshi Yamane (Person), Yoichi Kotabe (Person), Yoshio Sakamoto (Person), Gunpei Yokoi (Person), Makoto Kano (Person), Hitoshi Yamagami (Person), Junichi Masuda (Person), Satoshi Tajiri (Person), Maddie Blaustein (Person), Reiko Ninomiya (Person), Leslie Swan (Person), Nathan Bihldorff (Person), Jeff Miller (Person), Soyo Oka (Person), William Barnes (Person), Norio Hanzawa (Person), Satoru Iwata (Person), Naoko Mori (Person), Rich Amtower (Person), Mika Kurosawa (Person), Kai Zeh (Person), Akihito Tomisawa (Person), Atsuko Nishida (Person), Bob Timbello (Person), Etsunobu Ebisu (Person), Ken Sugimori (Person), Michael Kelbaugh (Person), Michiharu Nisihasi (Person), Motofumi Fujiwara (Person), Shigeharu Umezaki (Person), Shinji Yamamoto (Person), Takenori Ota (Person), Yasuo Inoue (Person), Keisuke Terasaki (Person), Tsukasa Kuwahara (Person), Madoka Yamauchi (Person), Tomoya Tomita (Person), Akira Kinashi (Person), Alan Averill (Person), Andy Hartpence (Person), Ann Lin (Person), Bill Trinen (Person), Daniel Owsen (Person), David Hunziker (Person), Eisaku Nakae (Person), Eric M. Bush (Person), Fujiko Nomura (Person), Fumiko Miyamoto (Person), Hideo Hatayama (Person), Hiroaki Suga (Person), Hirokazu Tanaka (Person), Hiroshi Momose (Person), Isao Hirano (Person), Jason Mahaffa (Person), Katasuya Yumano (Person), Katsuya Yamano (Person), Kazuhiko Kirinashizawa (Person), Kazunari Mimura (Person), Kazunori Koshiishi (Person), Kazuyoshi Osawa (Person), Kenichi Nishimaki (Person), Kenichi Sugino (Person), Kenji Hikita (Person), Kenji Matsumoto (Person), Kenji Miki (Person), Kenji Saiki (Person), Kenji Yamada (Person), Koichi Kawamoto (Person), Koichi Yagi (Person), Kozue Ishikawa (Person), Kyle Hudson (Person), Kyoko Miyamoto (Person), Masafumi Sakashita (Person), Masahiro Kawano (Person), Masahiro Yonezawa (Person), Masani Ueda (Person), Masanobu Matsunaga (Person), Masaru Nishimura (Person), Masaru Tajima (Person), Masaru Yamanaka (Person), Masuyuki Taire (Person), Mika Maeda (Person), Mikio Mishima (Person), Mitsuhiro Ariga (Person), Naotaka Ohnishi (Person), Nobuhiro Ozaki (Person), Nobuo Matsumiya (Person), Norikatsu Furuta (Person), Noriko Hotta (Person), Noriyuki Sato (Person), Osamu Yamauchi (Person), Phil Honeywell (Person), Randy Shoemake (Person), Ryoichi Kitanishi (Person), Ryota Kawade (Person), Ryuichi Nakada (Person), Ryutaro Takahashi (Person), Sachiko Nakamichi (Person), Sean Egan (Person), Shigeki Morimoto (Person), Shinya Sano (Person), Shiro Eado (Person), Soichiro Tomita (Person), Soya Oka (Person), Tadanori Tsukawaki (Person), Tadashi Ikegami (Person), Tadashi Matsushita (Person), Takahiro Harada (Person), Takane Ookubo (Person), Takaya Fujii (Person), Takayasu Morisawa (Person), Takehiko Hosokawa (Person), Takehiro Izushi (Person), Takeshi Ando (Person), Takeshi Nagareda (Person), Taku Sugioka (Person), Takumi Hatakeyama (Person), Takuro Nakamura (Person), Toshihiro Nishii (Person), Toshio Sengoku (Person), Tsunekazu Ishihara (Person), Yasuhiro Kobayashi (Person), Yasuhisa Baba (Person), Yasutaka Takeuchi (Person), Yoshinori Katsuki (Person), Yuki Tsuji (Person), Yumi Nagai (Person), Yusuke Nakano (Person), Yutaka Hirata (Person), Yuzuru Ogawa (Person)