Wario



"So admit it..... Don't I look cool in the game screens? Those long, muscular legs on my sturdy toned frame.... I'm the perfect specimen of a man..... What!?!? You say I look fat and my quadruple chin looks like a waterfall of flab? Shut up! That's just because you have your television set up on widescreen display!"

- Wario

Wario (Japanese: ワリオ, Wario) is a greedy character and Mario's yellow-and-purple clad rival. Wario's greed pushes him to do to do evil acts such as the seizing of Mario's Castle. Due to his money grubbing personality, he is not liked by many citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom. Wario has also been proved to be very cunning as he has tricked the red-clad hero on few occasions. He has gone out on his own adventures from stealing treasure to running a mini-game making company. Wario has helped the others on a few separate occasions.

Wario has even assisted the Yoshis in Yoshi's Island DS, using his special coin magnet. Wario as his baby self was still as greedy as he is now. Infact, he deserted the Yoshis in favor of the the thieving Bandits.

A Greedy Baby
Main Article: Baby Wario

In Yoshi's Island DS, Wario, as a baby, helped Baby Mario and his friends into rescuing Baby Luigi. Wario was a greedy baby, and possesed a magnet so that coins would be drawn towards him. He later ditches his friends to leave with some Bandits since they had a lot of coins.

The Arranged Kidnapping


Although he was not present in Super Mario Land, Wario played a huge "behind the scenes" role as mastermind of Princess Daisy's kidnapping. As was revealed in the sequel, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Wario hired the purple alien Tatanga to kidnap Princess Daisy. This was part of an even greater plan to divert Mario's attention from his castle. After Mario saved Princess Daisy, he headed back to his castle. While doing so, he fought more of Wario's hired goons, including Tatanga. Mario then saw his castle in control of Wario. Wario was then defeated by the plumber, but Wario escaped and got his own castle in the end.

An Angry Fight
Wario would try to have his revenge in Mario and Wario. Wario would put a bucket, or some other object, on Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, or Yoshi’s head. The good fairy Wanda would help them get through the level, the only difference between the heroes was their walking speeds.

Wanda and Wario duled after every level was complete damaging Wario's plane, slowly but surely. During the final round, his plane couldn't take anymore and Wanda blasted Wario out of the sky and freed the heroes from his grasp.

Wario crashed Landed near his castle, loosing another fight with his counterpart once more.

Battle For the Woods


Wario is also the villain of the game Wario's Woods. Wario, for some reason, wants to take over the woods, and is sending in an army, to do it. This time he is stopped by Toad, Birdo and his old nemesis Wanda. Wario will constantly appear in the box in the corner of the screen, making the ceiling fall down on Toad, and sending in more animals. He also appears between levels, telling toad to give it up and go home. At the end, he makes a dummy of himself, fittingly called False Wario to fight toad before he finally steps out and fights him himself.

Planet Bomber


In Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! Wario stumbled upon Bomberman 's homeworld. Seeing it as an opportunity to make a quick buck, he looted Planet Bomber and had an ungodly surge to get the complete decimation of Planet Bomber as well.

As Wario, he had to race through worlds, blowing up enemies and such (including Bomberman's army of Bombermen).

During Bomberman's raid, Wario and his False counterparts battled Bomberman, unmercifully after and during level completions. Armies of wario awaited Bomberman without fail, and almost lead to Wario's victory. Tragicly for Wario, he was on the loosing streak once more, and lost his treasure and the world he worked so hard to overrule to Bomberman himself.



Journey to Kitchen Island
Wario instantly rose in popularity, appearing again in other NES games, and his own Game Boy titles, such as Wario Land. Wario Land features a new breed of Nintendo hero actions, greed. Games Before had a Hero, or some type of good guy, Wario became Nintendo's first Anti-hero. In this game, Wario is told that there is immense treasure to be found on Kitchen Island, but that is guarded by the terrible pirate, Captain Syrup. When he gets to the island, he has a full out battle with the pirate crew, finally reaching the captain and discovering that captain syrup is...A girl!! After a long fight with the captain and her genie Wario escaped the collapsing castle with the final boss' lair, and gets the statue he's desired for most of the game, only to get it stolen back by Mario. Then, Wario uses a Lamp he found to summon a Genie, who will give Wario a house based on how many coins He's collected throughout the game.

Syrup's Revenge
Soon after the events of Wario Land, Wario returns in Wario Land II. In This Wario is indestructible, having no shortage of lives. Wario's nemesis, Captain Syrup and a few of her soldiers, the Pirate Gooms, stole Wario's treasure, flooding his entire fortress. After Wario wakes up and figures out what's going on, he chases them through the various Lands and levels. The Game has many endings and passageways, and it changes the course of Wario's adventure.

Wario ventured through the many chapters, finding challenges and getting his prizes. In doing so he fought many bosses (a Giant Snake, a Big Bull, Bobo, a Giant Bee, the Cave Master, a Giant Fish, Syrup's Mecha Spear-Man, a Giant Ghost, Bubble Man, and Syrup herself) who stood, and feel, in his way to his achievement he successfully recovered.

The Music Box World


In Wario Land 3, Wario is flying his plane one day, when he crash-lands inside a cave. Finding a Music Box in the cave, he picked it up, and it transported him to a new world. He met an oracle, who told him that he must collect the Music Cases scattered across the land. After collecting the music cases, Wario went into the oracles temple, where it revealed it's true form.. It was Rudy the Clown. Rudy reveals that he used Wario to collect the Music Boxes, and that the "Enemies" throughout the game were actually the enchanted citizens of the Music Box World. He then attacked Wario, engaging him in a hard fight, which Wario eventually won. Seconds after defeating the vile clown, Wario was met by the prisoners of the music notes he's collected, they then took him back to his world, along with the treasure that he had collected.

The Ancient Pyramids


In the events of Wario Land 4, Wario decided to take to the desert in his Car, searching for treasure that he found out existed from a newspaper blurb. He stumbles apon a black cat, who, as he follows it, leads him into a hole in the ground. Wario fell and found he was stuck in a pyramid. He took advantage of the wealth opportunity to steal its treasures. After he fought through 5 agonizing worlds, 20 levels, and 6 bosses he got to the Final Boss. After defeating her, he claimed the treasure and jewels he rightfully stole.

Wario, during the course of the game, confronted many bosses besides Golden Diva (Spoiled Rotten, Cractus, Cuckoo Condor, Aerodent and Catbat) who occupied the various dormitories of levels.

A Deadly Treasure


Wario makes a mistake when, in Wario World he steals a large Black Jewel. It turns out that the Black Jewel is actually alive and evil. It turns all of Wario’s treasure into monsters, and kicks Wario out of his castle. After a long fight, Wario regains his castle.

Make a Million


In WarioWare, Wario starts a video game software company, and getting support from various friends including Jimmy T. and Mona. He stared it in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ after seeing a news report on a new video game titled Pyro on his T.V. He promises his friends money for there help, but at the end attempts to take all of the money they earn. He is foiled in the end.

Tilted
One day, when Wario was playing his Game Boy Advance, he lost again. Angered, he flung his GBA against a wall, breaking it. Instantly remorseful, he went to his friend Dr. Crygor for help. Dr. Crygor fixed it, but there was a catch... it had no buttons. To move your character, you had to move the system. Seeing an opportunity, Wario sold these tilt-sensitive games, making millions.

The Castle Rescue


Wario is a playable character in Super Mario 64 DS. He (along with Luigi) came to "Crash the Party" after Mario is invited to see Princess Peach.

Wario is the final unlockable character can be unlocked by using Luigi's invisibility ability to get through the the mirror in the Mirror Room upstairs and jumping through a painting of Wario. Once there, Luigi must get through a small icy stage and fight Chief Chilly. Ironically, Wario would have been the best choice for fighting him. After he was defeated, Luigi gets a key to Wario's door and Wario is then playable.

Wario is also the toughest member of Mario's group. He can break black bricks and cause more damage to enemies; traits that the others don't have. He also can become Metal Wario, which is the metal form of Wario just like Metal Mario. Instead of using a Metal Cap, he uses a Power Flower. His only weakness is his lack of speed and jumping abilities.

Touching is Good
In WarioWare: Touched! he steals two Game Boy systems, but drops them into a sewer. An old guy finds them and in the process of getting them back he finds he could make some quick cash from the DS the old guy had. It apparently was a success and with some newcomers, he became profit-crazy.

Starring Wario!
In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, while tracking down a missing Music Key, Mario comes upon Wario atop the ferris wheel in his carnival with a Music Key, supposedly given to him by Waluigi. Wario won't give Mario the Music Key without a fight though, the wicked Wario challenges Mario to a dance-off for possession of the Key. In the end though, Mario beats Wario with dance moves and manages to claim the Music Key.

Wario's New Moves
In Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, Wario is gorging himself on cakes when he is interrupted by a small, strange creature which steals them from him. Wario gives chase, and the creature leads him to the "Temple of Form", where he discovers the "Form Baton". He takes it and, after running away from a boulder that chases him, he claims it as another piece of treasure.

Later, in the Tiny Wario level, Wario recieves a new motorbike from Penny Crygor. He seems to enjoy riding it despite it being much too small for him, but he then suddenly gets sucked inside the contraption and is fired out the exhaust as several tiny Wario's. Afterwards they all launch into a strawberry patch and eventually recombine back into normal Wario. He is then approached by the strange creatures from the start who chase after him to retrieve the Form Baton, which leads him back to the temple where he accidentally drops the baton back in its place, recieving the creatures' gratitude. Whatever happens to Wario after that is not shown.

Mario Party
Wario's introduced, along with Donkey Kong, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi and Mario as playable characters. He has his own level in this game which stands as one of it's hardest. With DK taking the yellow color, Wario's stuck with his signature purple color.

Mario Party 2
Stated as the best Mario Party game, Wario is in different costumes in each level. His costumes range from a astronaut to a cowboy. He and the other characters have their regular attire in the ending Bowser level.

Mario Party 3
Introducing his tennis partner, Waluigi, Wario and DK aren't the only playable bad guys any more. His partner in battle mode is a Bob-omb.



Mario Party 4
Last Mario Party game to see Wario's long sleeves. From Mario Party 5 and on they are short.

Mario Party 5
Wario has short sleeves and adds even more baddies to the character list, making Wario the only bad guy of the original six characters; DK isn't playable anymore.

Mario Party 6
Wario makes a "secret friend" bond with Toadette.

Mario Party 7
Partner: Waluigi Special Orb: Coin Vacuum

Mario Kart 64
Wario's first appearance in his Purple Kart, he has low speed and acceleration, but his mammoth weight can push any one off the road. According to the instruction manual, he got into the standings by stealing Koopa Troopa's kart.

Mario Kart Super Circuit

 * Speed: *****
 * Weight: *****

Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Wario can only ride the heavy cars, so his choices are limited, even if he's partnered with a light or middleweight racer.


 * Car: Wario Car
 * Item: Bob-omb
 * Class: Heavy

Mario Kart DS
Wario has three karts that belong to him in the game, but as the game progresses, you can place him in any kart, be it Standard or Special.


 * Dragonfly
 * Brute
 * Standard WR

Mario Kart Arcade GP
Wario has a new look to his car with a hint of Yellow and Purple. He races with a couple other key Mario Kart characters, plus Pac-Man series characters.

Mario Golf and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Has a high impact and is second only to DK and Bowser.



Mario Tennis

 * Type: Power

Mario Power Tennis

 * Offense: Thunder Cast Shot
 * Defense: Ultra-Hand Return

Super Mario Strikers
Wario Sports a Yellow and Purple uniform and is a captain.

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

 * Baller Name: Sir Stomp
 * Type: Powerful
 * Special Shot: Move-It Dunk
 * Letter to Tap: W

Mario Superstar Baseball
"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."

Future Appearances


Wario will be appearing in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the upcoming Nintendo Wii, wearing his WarioWare costume. He will have a unique gas attack known as "Wario Waft". The more time passes, the stronger this attack will be.

Wario will also be starring in a new game, Wario: Master of Disguise, or Wario The Thief. It's technically Wario Land 5. The game features eight new abilities for Wario to use

Wario is also set to appear in Mario Party 8.

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 mustache and impressive, muscular arms despite his weight problem. He commonly wears purple overalls (that do not seem to fit him very well) over a yellow shirt with green, elf-like 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, and money.

His shoes and pointed ears make him looks uncannily like an elf.

Strangely, unlike Waluigi, Luigi, and Mario, Wario's outfit is slightly different. Wario has cut off his long sleeves he had in Mario Party's 1 - 4 and various sports games up until then. He sports the short sleeve shirt he has in the Wario Land games. It's also noted that Wario's color's don't compute with the other three plumbers. His Car is purple instead of his hat color, yellow, he has a white streak on the rim of his yellow hat, and instead of Yellow buttons he has white also. It's possibly this way because yellow is the sign of joy and purple is more of a darker color. Wario is certainly not one to symbolize joy. Plus his outfit is a mesh of complimentary colors (opposite of the color wheel, I.E yellow and purple), on that note Mario's colors, red and blue, are Primary Colors. This wasn't done accidentally. The "W" on Wario's hat seems to be oversized compared to the other plumbers' hats.

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's greatest strength, though, is with items, such as pots, which give him amazing strength and other abilities. They're in Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land and appear all over Kitchen Island. With the Garlic Pot, Jet Pot, Bull Pot, or Dragon Pot, Wario can get to areas otherwise unreachable.

In Wario World, Wario could perform many spinning moves, including the Spinning Piledriver, Corkscrew Conk, and Wild Swing-Ding.

Personality
Wario is, in every aspect of the word, a pig. He's often money - grubbing, hungry, and greedy.

Here is how his personality stands in the following games and series:



Super Mario Land 2, Wario World, and the Wario Land Series
He is especially greedy in this series, after a certain treasure the game is exclusive in applying. He also has a bit of bad language like in Wario World (however he doesn't curse, he says some words like idiot, stupid and moron).

Mario Kart Series
He is very aggressive in this series, as are DK and Bowser, and pushes racers off the road if in his way.

Mario Party Series
He apparently puts his greedy nature aside to play fair, if thats even in his vocabulary.

Mario Sports Series
Often Mario's chief rival in the intro videos, and more than often, a bragger and a sore loser. Such as when he loses in Mario Power Tennis, he claims that somebody is cheating.

Wario Ware Series
This series shows he's not as dumb as he appears to be, but alas his greedy nature takes over him a lot here and there. He is also somewhat into gross things, and also seems to have a girlfriend.

Relations with the Mario Family
Mario had a violent rivalry with Wario, which shirred down in the years to followed. Wario and Mario have since had friendly disputes in sports and such. Luigi appears to have good relations with Wario. They've both saved each other's lives before and seem to chat in a lot in cut scenes. Princess Peach was grateful to Wario for rescuing her at one point, but always sides with Mario's team in sports events. Toad has had an unholy grudge with Wario since his attack on his Woods.

Relations with Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Bowser
Yoshi and Wario never really know each other, other than the fact Yoshi was able to transform into him with a Wario flat hat and get a few power stars. Though, in Wario's childhood, he aided a Yoshi for a short time. Donkey Kong is Wario's teammate many times and has a decent relationship with him. Bowser has had an alliance with Wario for years, only to be torn in a raid with Wario himself, the Mario Bros., and Yoshi to rescue Peach.



Other Relations
Chain Chomp is often seen incorporated with Wario related tracks, fields, ect., as are Bob-ombs. It's most likely the case, he has a gargantuan power over them, along with Big Bob-omb. King Boo and Petey Piranha have both seen action time with him a few times also. Wario and Toadette are both described as "Secret Friends" in Mario Party 6, despite the fact that he is on negative terms with Toadette's counter-part, Toad. It has been hinted that he shares a mutual attraction with one of his employees, Mona.

Relationship with Waluigi
One popular question is what exactly is Wario to Waluigi? Although it is commonly believed he is his brother, Waluigi’s Super Smash Bros. Melee trophy says that this is not confirmed. Some sources also state otherwise.

Character Development
Wario was created by Hirofuymi Matsuoka, who also worked on Kid Icarus and Metroid. His name is a combination of Mario and Warui, a Japanese word meaning "bad."

In the past, it's been suggested that Wario was actually Foreman Spike. That theory has been debunked, though some people still believe that Wario is based on Spike.

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, in the episode Plumbers Academy, there are several plumbers that appear. One of the plumbers has a yellow and purple outer-lay that resembles Wario, and nether-the-less is a good prototype of him.

Appearance Development


When Wario first appeared in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, he had bigger shoes, a more cartoon look to him than Mario, but still resembled Mario in every feature.

By Wario Land, he retired his flat hat in exchange for an explorer hat with a "W" on the front. he lost his cartoony artwork charm as in the SML2 game, but got seemingly fatter and realistic.

Soon after that he returned to his normal hat and took on the other three Wario land games in normal attire.

Warioware introduced Wario's other outfit, a biker-style esque and pink pants. Ever since, he's been known to circulate between the two outfits, depending on the game he's hosted in.

Somewhere after Wario World, Wario started wearing short sleeves in Mario sports games, up until then he wore long sleeves, as the other three plumbers did.

Sprite Development
Wario's sprites varied in good and bad ways over the years he's been around.

Handhelds

In his early Game Boy games, his sprites were black and white, but mildly detailed and during his Game Boy Color games, he took on white outfits, along with yellow. His sprites in the Game Boy Color were mildly detailed as well, due to limited graphic allowances.



In his Game Boy Advance games, Wario Land 4 and the Warioware series, his sprite changed dramatically, was strongly detailed, and they are trademark sprites in most senses and used in comics today.

In Super Mario 64 DS for the Nintendo DS Wario got his Wario World model as his sprite. Only handheld game, at the moment, to have a 3D Wario sprite. He also, strangely, walks Bow-handed.

N64

During his Nintendo 64 run, Wario was only mainly in Mario sports games. His sprites were blocky, 3D, but very poor. The low quality made it seem his nose was round, when it should've been garlic-shaped and his hands were round. His sprites looked like Picasso drawings rather than Wario himself.

GCN

Wario finally got his perfect molds and sprites in his Gamecube era. The Mario Party sprite and his sports sprites had better composition and he got his garlic nose visible and noticed. During Wario world, he appearently is bow-handed, along with the Super Mario 64 DS counterpart, while in other games he walks normal and his hands are normal.

WarioWare, Inc. Mega Party Game$ Information

 * 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 video games. He's even formed his own company. So far, its not working out very well.

Super Smash Bros. Info


Wario made no appearance in the first Super Smash Bros. except for one of Mario's five costumes, but in Super Smash Bros. Melee, he appeared as a trophy. However, it has been revealed that Wario will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He will be wearing his outfit from WarioWare, Inc,: Mega MicroGame$. His fighting style seems to focus on powerful, short-range attacks. It's also been revealed that his Super Smash attack is a giant fart known as "Wario Waft".

Trophy Info
An old acquaintance of Mario's. His failure to seize Mario's castle has fueled Wario's desire for a palace of his own. Wario has Herculean strength and can do things even Mario can't imitate. His unexpected skills include a talent with items and the ability to assume many roles, among them a snowman, a zombie, and a bat.

Appearances in Other Media


In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Plumber's Academy/Glasnuts", an unnamed, overweight plumber wearing yellow and purple can be seen as a classmate of Mario and Luigi; this characters similarity to Wario is probably coincidental, as Wario would only be created several years after The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! was cancelled.

Wario made his first, full non-game appearance in Mario vs. Wario, a comic published by Nintendo Power.

In Mario vs. Wario, Wario sends Mario a letter saying "he wants to catch-up on old times". In actuallity, Wario has prepared a trap for Mario, wanting to get revenge on him for Mario constantly "bullying" Wario in their youth; Wario especially hated playing cowboys with Mario, as he would always be the rustler who would be captured by "Sheriff Mario" and locked away.

As Mario makes his way to Wario's fortress, defeating all of Wario's minions, oblivious to the fact they are trying to kill him, an angered Wario watches Mario. Eventually, Mario reaches Wario's castle and is confronted by a giant-sized Wario. As Wario begins trying to pummel Mario, the plumber notices a plug on Wario and pulls it, deflating Wario's giant, lookalike costume.

After hearing Wario call him a bully, Mario says that he didn't mean to "bully" Wario twenty years ago and apologizes. Wario, after hearing this apology, turns over a new leaf, unfortunately, Mario suddenly pulls out a cowboy costume and "convinces" Wario to play cowboys again, with Mario as the sheriff once again.

Wario also appeared in a second Mario vs. Wario comic. In this comic, Wario recieves an invitation to Princess Toadstool's birthday party. Wanting to get the Princess the perfect gift, Wario rushes-off to buy her a Samus Doll he remembered her admiring.

Unfortunately, when Wario arrives at the store, he learns from the Koopa shopkeeper that a guy with a "big black moustache" had already bought the doll. Wario, enraged, believes Mario to have been the one who bought the doll and begins to leave, until he notices a nearby, creepy jack-in-the-box. Grabbing the jack-in-the-box, Wario pays for it and wraps it.

Later on a Princess Toadstool's party, Wario makes several unsuccessful attempts to switch the jack-in-the-box with Mario's present. After a lot of effort, Wario does so, only to be shocked when the Princess opens his present and the sinister jack-in-the-box pops out. As the Princess throws the jack-in-the-box away in horror, Wario accuses Mario of setting him up and starts fighting with him.

During this scuffle, it is revealed that Mario's present is also a creepy jack-in-the-box and both Mario and Wario can only look on in surprise and dismay as Luigi gives his present to the Princess, the Samus Doll.

Trivia



 * In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, the noses and moustaches of Armos Knights resembles Wario's own nose and moustache.


 * The back of Wario's biker outfit has a Wario Bomb on it and reads "Hurry Up!!", his catchphrase in Wario Land 4.


 * Wario seems to be allergic to bees.


 * In Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, one of Mario's many outfits is the same scheme as Wario's plumber outfit, right down to the Blue M.


 * Wario's favorite food appears to be garlic.


 * In Wario Land 3, Wario collects a chest, called Pokémon Pikachu. Pikachu is a mascot of Pokémon.


 * Interestingly, Wario Land II seems to depict Wario as a farmer. He keeps several Chickens outside his castle, including his notable pet Hen. It is unknown if Wario uses these Chickens for agricultural purposes, though, as he refers to his Hen as his "beloved pet" in the game's manual. He is also seen doing some farm work in Game & Watch Gallery 4 in the cutscene for Fire Attack. On another note, his 3rd vehicle in Mario Kart DS, Dragonfly is a tractor.

Quotes
"I pounded down a healthy cup of sugar (with just a dash of coffee) for breakfast."

- Wario