Wario (Character)

Wario

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Wario is Mario's rival and doppelganger; a crude garlic-loving brute with an obsession with treasure. Wario's name is a portmanteau of the word "warui" ('bad' in Japanese) "Mario".

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In Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 however, Wario was now the main character while Mario took a backseat. As a playable character, Wario shares some similar traits with Mario with an impressive jumping ability and a mini-form similar to Mario before he eats a Super Mushroom (Object). But Wario also has some unique abilities. He can utilize his strength to shoulder barge enemies and can also pick them up and throw them. He can acquire different hats which allow Wario to breath fire and even fly for a brief period. In this first adventure, Wario traveled the world to search for treasure and wealth. Along the way, he encounters the Brown Sugar Pirates led by Captain Syrup (Character). After defeating her, Wario gets his hands on her genie and wishes for a castle to rival that of Mario's. With his wish granted, Wario was now living the life of luxury he always wanted.

This wouldn't last however, and as Wario settled down in his new home, the Brown Sugar Pirates returned and stole Wario's treasure stash within his castle. These events set the stage for Wario Land II (Game) where Wario would embark on a quest to get his treasure back. This game would introduce a very prominent ability of Wario's: invulnerability. In this game, Wario has no life bar and can take an infinite amount of damage. Instead, when Wario is hit, he loses some coins. But more importantly, when certain enemies attack Wario, he will transform. Over the course of Wario Land II and Wario Land 3 (Game), Wario can turn into a zombie, a vampire bat, a giant snowball, become invisible, inflate like a balloon and much more. Wario would use these status changes to navigate normally inaccessible parts of the level. So in this way, Wario actually needs to be attacked to progress through the game. Perhaps he's just a glutton for punishment. However, Wario would lose his invincibility in Wario Land 4 (Game) (his greatest achievement) and in the Gamecube title Wario World (Game).

The most recent Wario Land title is Wario Land: Shake It! for the Wii (Franchise), alternatively called The Shake Dimension in Europe and Australia. This is the first Wario Land game on a home console, and it features a distinct art style that is similar to games like Braid (Game), with everything having a very hand-drawn quality.

In WarioWare, Inc. Mega Microgame$!, Wario becomes a game developer and owner of his own company, WarioWare, Inc., crafting quick five-second nonsensical 'microgames'. Several subsequent WarioWare titles followed, taking advantage of the DS's touch screen and the Wii's motion-sensing technology. The WarioWare series has a vastly different setting and cast from your typical Mario (Franchise) game, taking place in Diamond City, and also showing Wario's various friends who help make microgames for him, such as:

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Occupation: CEO; Adventurer
Skills: Stupid Strength; Gluttony
Words to Live By: Get rich quick!
A treasure-hungry adventurer, Wario dreams of making a fortune off of video games. He's even formed his own company. So far, it's not working out very well.

Other Appearances

Wario is a regular character in the various Mario spinoff games, such as Mario Kart (Franchise), Mario Tennis (Franchise) and Mario Golf (Franchise) among others. He is always classified as a power character, meaning that in Mario Kart (Franchise) games he has among the highest weight and top speed rating. In Mario Tennis, Wario can hit the ball harder and faster than the weaker characters. Also, the first Mario Tennis (Game) game introduced Waluigi (Character), Wario's answer to Luigi (Character) (though Wario and Waluigi are stated to not be related), for the sake of giving Wario his own doubles partner.

Wario also appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and every subsequent entry in the series, with some bizarre moves such as the ability to fart on opponents. For his Final Smash, Wario transforms into Wario-Man from the WarioWare series which greatly increases Wario's attack power.

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