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When Dolphins Ruled the Earth! is the eighth episode of Wario: Master of Disguise. It takes place at Blowhole Castle.

Plot
Wario reaches the castle after destroying the Barfatronic Lavachomper and making it out of Sweatmore Peak. Count Cannoli is surprised to see that Wario beat the Lavachomper and flees inside the castle, telling Wario to follow him inside and bring Goodstyle along if he wants to know where the next Wishstone piece is. Before Wario goes inside, the girl from before shows up and warns him about the ghosts that lurk in the castle.

After reaching the top of the castle, Wario finds himself blocked by a flaming wall formed by spirits. The mysterious girl appears again and speaks to the spirits, and she informs Wario that they've gathered there because one of their friends is missing. By finding the missing spirit and reuniting it with the others, Wario gets the spirits to leave. However, Wario walks into the next room only to find a locked door. Cannoli arrives and tells him that he has aligned himself with the castle's ruler, Stuffy the 64th; his magic is holding the door shut. Wario fights Stuffy and defeats him, undoing his magic seal and allowing him to escape from the castle.

Layout
The episode starts at the entrance to the castle. Once inside, Wario will immediately find a Sir Flap-A-Lot. However, it is intangible and will not attack Wario. After climbing a ladder, he will reach to a pool of green water with crumbling block platforms over it and two geysers that harm Wario if he touches them. Five more Sir Flap-A-Lots are flying above the pool. Going in the water and to the right leads to a red treasure chest containing the Fool's Candy. The passage to the right of the crumbling blocks takes Wario to a tall room. In here, Wario will find a Gooey and a spirit switch. The switch can be hit by bouncing one of Cosmic Wario's lasers off of the angled corners behind the fake wall. This makes the intangible blue flames above turn into platforms but also makes the enemies in the castle turn hostile. Wario must hit the spirit switch and quickly ascend to reach the white door above, otherwise it will disappear. Behind it is a room with two moneybags and a red chest containing the Sassy Wig. Below the white door is a path leading left; Wario should turn the spirit switch off before going through. It leads to a room with two Gooeys and three spots where harmful green gas sprays out periodically. Past them is another white door; behind it is a red chest with the Lucky Love Toast inside. By going back, turning the spirit switch on, and going further up, Wario can reach a different section of this room with five Gooeys and four gas spouts, which has another red chest containing the Sweet & Spicy Pastries. To the left of this room, there is yet another red chest, which contains the Scary Mr. Bunny.

Continuing to the left takes Wario past more Gooeys and gas spouts before bringing him to a room with a hat switch and a laser switch. Shooting the laser switch brings down an elevator Wario can ride past five Sir-Flap-A-Lots to reach a moneybag and a path leading to the right. The next room has eight Gooeys and ladders leading both up and down. Wario must climb up quickly, turn off the spirit switch, and draw a block to reach a white door before it disappears. If successful, he will find a red chest with the Game & Watch 9000 inside. A hidden narrow passage on the left leads to a room with some red blocks and another red chest containing the Clever Sidekick. Climbing up the ladder in here takes Wario past a Buffy the Dolphin and into a dark room with four Bombats and a green chest.

Treasure chest locations
A Treasure Pest will appear in place of one of the red chests, making it unobtainable on the first run.