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 is Mario's yellow-and-purple clad rival. 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. He appeared as an unlockable in Mario Golf: Advance Tour. He stands as one of Nintendo's most popular characters.

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, such as Wario Land.He was finally added to the Mario sports franchise, stealing a Koopa Troopa's place in Mario Kart 64. Since then, Wario's appeared in almost every Mario Sport game that has come out. He went on to appear in every Mario sports game since, and got a partner in crime, Waluigi, in Mario Tennis.

Waluigi is mostly thought of as Wario's brother or come type of relationship around there. It hasn't been canonically proven, but some sources (ex. The Mario Party 5 strategy guide) state that they aren't.

There is a baby version of Wario, Baby Wario, whose presence in the Marioverse proves that Mario and Wario go way back. He has a magnet ability which is a very good asset and is used exclusively by him. He shares different abilities in this game with Baby Mario and Baby Bowser alike.

Wario Soon built his own software company. It was called WarioWare. he took a vacation from his yellow plumber outfit and put on a biker style uniform. He has numerous friends working for him there, which includes his possible love interest, Mona.

Wario will be appearing in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the upcoming Nintendo Wii, wearing his Ware costume. He may have a unique mushroom gas attack.

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 seven new abilities for Wario to use.

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, 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.

Strangely, unlike Waluigi, Luigi, and Mario, Wario's outfit is minorly 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 sigh 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.

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 from his plane the Bulldog. The nice fairy Wanda guided the three to prevent them from encountering peril.

Wario's greatest strengh, 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.

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.

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.

Mario Party 4
last Mario Party game to see Wario's long sleeves. From Mario Party 5 and on their 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

WarioWare series
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 Pyoro on his T.V. Wario attempts to take all of the money they earn, but is foiled in the end in one way or another.

In Wario's next attempt at profit off his cooperation was WarioWare: Twisted!, Wario's Game Boy Advance brakes after loosing a microgame of his own and throwing and crushing the system. So, Dr. Crygor put it into his machine, causing it to lose it's face controlers, but gained a turn and tilt type function. This inspired Wario to sell this to the world. 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 the DS the old guy had.

Super Mario 64 DS Info
In Super Mario 64 DS, Wario appears as 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 Wario. Instead of using a Metal Cap, he uses a Power Flower. His only weakness is his lack of speed and jumping abilities.

Wario is the final unlockable character can be unlocked by using Luigi's invisibilty 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.

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.

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 Wario

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 Cash Shot
 * Deffence: Ultra-Hard Return

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

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

 * Type: Powerful
 * Special Shot: Move-it Dunk

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."

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 counter-part, Toad.
 * In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, the Armos Knight looks like Wario.
 * The back of Wario's biker outfit has a Wario Bomb on it and reads "Hurry Up!!", his catchphrase in Wario Land 4.
 * In Super Smash Bros. Melee, one of Mario's many outfits is the same sceme as Wario's plumber outfit. Right down to the Blue M.
 * Wario's food appears to be garlic.

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.