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|image=[[File:WWGIT Kat and Ana.png|300px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]<br>(Left: Kat, Right: Ana)''

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|latest_appearance=''{{wp|Tetris 99}}'' (24th Maximus Cup, cameo) (2021)<br>''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]], ''Mario'' franchise)

|latest_portrayal=Kat: [[Stephanie Sheh]] (2018-present)<ref>[https://twitter.com/stephaniesheh/status/1022159078666133504 Twitter Account]</ref><br>Ana: [[Fryda Wolff]]<ref>[https://frydawolff.com/2018/08/04/warioware-gold-penny-and-ana/ Fryda Wolff's website] (August 04, 2018)</ref> (2018-present)

'''Kat & Ana''' are major human characters in the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' series. They are ninja twin sisters who attend [[Diamond City Kindergarten]] and adore nature, especially animals and flowers. [[Kat & Ana's House|Their house]] is located in a park in [[Diamond City]]. Their names are a pun on the word "{{wp|katana}}", a type of Japanese samurai sword. Kat & Ana debut in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' as two of [[Wario]]'s friends who help him produce [[microgame]]s.

[[File:Kat and Ana prologue 2 WarioWare Mega Microgames.png|thumb|left|The evil spirit Boneheads has possessed the prince and also caught Ana.]]

In Kat & Ana's story, a villainous skeleton spirit named [[Boneheads]] appears over the [[Diamond City Castle|Castle]] in Diamond City at night. He takes possession of the [[Player|prince or princess]] who sleeps under the roof. Ana appears along with her [[Ana's Crew|crew]] consisting of five other ninjas. They attack the spirit, but he easily defeats all of them with his two lengthy swords. Only she can still affect something, but she fails as well. Because Ana hasn't a chance against Boneheads, she assigns her animal companion, [[Don the Sparrow]] to carry a letter with the message "Ninja girl! Save me!" to her sister Kat to call for help. After he flies off, Boneheads also captures Ana who is captivated with a rope.

Kat resides with [[Shadow the Dog|Paw the Dog]] at an unknown place in which seems to be far away from Diamond City. Don the Sparrow arrives as she steps out of the house, and he drops the letter in front of her. Shortly after, Kat reads the message and heads for Diamond City with her faithful canine companion. On their way, they came across various Japanese landscapes.

When Kat and Paw the Dog arrive, they already face Boneheads at the entrance of the Castle who floats up to the roof again. Kat and Paw the Dog make it through the many floors of the Castle and eventually reach the roof where Boneheads awaits them. Kat battles him, but she couldn't vanquish him with her casual sword, so Paw the Dog joins the fight and morphs into a gargantuan blade. With the help of Paw, Kat can finally defeat Boneheads after some effective slices. He degrades bone by bone. The prince is delivered from Boneheads' influence and Kat rescues Ana by cutting the rope with that she is captivated. At the end of the adventure, Kat, Ana, and their two animal partners along with the princess/prince being gleeful can be seen in front of the Castle.

In an unlockable [[minigame]] called [[Jump Forever]], Kat & Ana swing the rope that Wario has to jump. In the unlockable minigame taken from ''[[Mario Paint]]'', [[Fly Swatter]], the [[Bob-omb]] appearing in the congratulations sequence has been replaced by Kat.

In ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'', Kat & Ana perform in a television show called ''Super Show'' after [[9-Volt]]'s entrance. Under the headline "Karate", they show off their ninja techniques. However, it isn't known what occurs next because Wario's television set bursts.

Kat & Ana are two of the ten selectable characters in the multiplayer games.

In ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'', Kat & Ana go on a field trip with their kindergarten class on the Diamond Knoll. Their pets, Shadow the Dog and [[Shuriken the Falcon]] come along with Kat & Ana. The teacher instructs the children not to bunk. During the trip, Ana discovers a beautiful flower. While Kat takes a stroll, she and her two animal friends pause at the flower. Ana decides to show the flower to Kat and chases after her. However, Kat damages a beehive with a stick when she arrives. The bees get furious for being disturbed, so Kat & Ana sprint away from the swarm. They abscond into a wooden cabin and rest there for a moment.

In ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', the gargantuan, red [[Elephant Ogre]] comes to Diamond Dojo and stands in front of it at night. The concerned Sensei in the Dojo faces the monstrous being who suddenly lets out a piercing shriek. Quickly, Kat & Ana come to the Dojo's rescue. Ana gets inside the Dojo to reach the Sensei. When she arrives, she notices the [[Little Ogre]] bugging the Sensei and yanking his hair. Outside, Kat battles face to face with the Elephant Ogre. She activates her clone powers and five duplicates appear simultaneously, in which the clones immediately attack the giant with their swords. The Elephant Ogre's club and Kat's sword press each other, but then the Little Ogre shouts to stop the fight.

[[File:Kat and Ana epilogue WarioWare Smooth Moves.png|thumb|The Elephant Ogre leaves with the assumed Little Ogre on his hand.]]

It turns out that the Elephant Ogre has just been searching for the Little Ogre, probably his child. With the Little Ogre on his hand, the Elephant Ogre peaceably leaves during the sunrise. Kat waves to say goodbye, but she suddenly notices that the actual Little Ogre is still there. The silhouette on the Elephant Ogre's hand is actually Ana. She desperately waves with her arms and cries.

In ''[[WarioWare: Snapped!]]'', Kat & Ana run the newly opened [[Wario Park]] along with Wario, Mona, and [[Jimmy T|Jimmy T.]] All of their microgames in this game require two players. Completing their microgames make them remark on how close the players are, just like them.

[[File:Game-and-wario-kat-and-ana_960.0_cinema_640.0.jpg|thumb|The twin ninjas are having fun with home-made patchwork.]]

Kat & Ana appear in ''[[Game & Wario]]'', where they host the [[Patchwork]] minigame.

They are later seen dancing at Club Joe with Jimmy, Mona, [[Dr. Crygor]], [[Mike]], [[Penny]], [[Young Cricket & Master Mantis|Young Cricket, Master Mantis]], and [[Fronk]]. They bring a large amount of food that attracts several customers to the club.

Kat & Ana appear in ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' In the game's story mode, the duo appears in the opening cutscene, eating food alongside [[Lulu]]. They, along with the rest of the WarioWare, Inc. employees, get sucked in the game world due to [[Wario]]'s actions.

Their stage is the Nature stage, which is available after the Remix stage is completed. In the pre-stage cutscene, Wario and co. find Kat & Ana in front of their stage. The gang take notice of their constant jumping, and the ninjas state that they are unable to control their movement (although Kat believes that it is due to their abilities as ninjas). Kat states that she and Ana have seen a [[game bug]] enter their level, and enlists the gang to assist them in exterminating it.

In their story, a mysterious ninja named [[Leo]] arrives at [[Sleepytown Village]] and casts a Puppetry spell on all the animals of the village, who go rogue and wreak havoc on the inhabitants. Soon after, Kat & Ana arrive and retaliate with a Nap Time spell, clearing the rogue animals of their spell. Leo commands the dark animals to capture the twins and force them into the jungle, where they attack Leo with their shurikens. Leo quickly evades their attacks, and casts a Lion's Roar spell, turning himself into a giant lion. He then proceeds to escape into the jungle with the rogue animals. Without hesitation, Kat & Ana give chase. After their stage is cleared, the duo joins the gang, with Kat declaring the mission complete.

Like Dribble & Spitz, Kat is controlled by Player 1 and Ana is controlled by Player 2; with the exception of the Variety Pack, the player will always control Kat in single-player. As playable characters, Kat & Ana constantly jump, and can be moved left and right with {{button|switch|leftstick}}. Pressing {{button|switch|a}} makes them throw a shuriken horizontally; Kat faces and throws shurikens to the right, and Ana faces and throws to the left. With these abilities, Kat & Ana can cover a wide range of the screen and clear out many objects with their attacks (e.g. [[Witch! Which?]] and [[Apple Drop]], two of the 6 games that are considered a good fit). However, these advantages are overshadowed by their many disadvantages. Because of their nature of constant jumping, the player must time their movements to pass certain microgames without contacting undesired objects (e.g. [[Rock Candy (microgame)|Rock Candy]], [[Fishy Felines]]). The inability to control their vertical positions also means that it may be difficult for the player to land accurate hits with the projectiles, such as in [[Matching Masks]], which is especially difficult for Kat herself, requiring the player to target the correct mask with near-perfect precision. Because of these disadvantages, Kat & Ana have 25 microgames that deem them a bad fit (the most out of any character, tied with [[9-Volt]]), but a more balanced amount of microgames that deem them a below-average or average fit (70 and 79 respectively).

====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====

[[File:Kat and Ana Brawl.jpg|thumb|left|The pair as seen in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.]]

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Kat & Ana appear as [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]]s and together on a [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]. In addition, they make their first 3D appearance as [[Assist Trophy]] characters that soar across the stage and slash players with their swords.

[[File:Kat n ana smash 4.jpeg|thumb|250px|The pair as seen in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'']]

Kat & Ana return as an Assist Trophy and in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]''. Their models have been updated to reflect the pair's ''Game & Wario'' design. They also have a trophy, like in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.

Kat & Ana appear together in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as a Master [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|Spirit]]. In the game's adventure mode, World of Light, they own a dojo in the Light Realm, where they teach spirits the Ninja Style. This style gives a major increase to movement speed, falling speed, and the power of grabs, throws and attacks with items, but decreases the power of regular attacks and special moves, and also decreases defense and weight.

===''Rhythm Heaven Megamix''===

Kat & Ana make an appearance in the Wario... Where? challenge set of ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''. The ninja twins appear in the set's version of {{wikia|rhythmheaven|Catchy Tune 2}}, with the player controlling them as they catch oranges and pineapples bouncing down some steps towards them.

From September 17 to September 21, ''{{wp|Tetris 99}}'' ran the 24th Maximus Cup which featured a ''WarioWare: Get It Together!'' theme, where Kat is represented by the "T" tetromino.

==General information==

===Personality and abilities===

Kat & Ana are often depicted of possessing surprising abilities; they have been seen cloning themselves, jumping higher than the average human can, and defeating enemies more than twice their size when working as a team. Many of these powers are classic ninja techniques. Despite this, Kat & Ana are also displayed as quite naïve. While Kat is usually portrayed as being more focused and mature, in ''WarioWare: Twisted!'' she disturbs a nest of bees without thinking things through. Kat acts bossy which sometimes results in making Ana cry, but she cares deeply for her. Ana is quieter and more cautious than her sister. Kat & Ana are said to love especially animals and flowers, respectively. In ''WarioWare Gold'', they are shown to have big appetites and enjoy eating large amounts of food.

The sisters are good friends with [[9-Volt]], as revealed in their diary.<ref name=Diary/> It is unknown how they became friends with Wario.

Kat & Ana come with their own set of microgames in all games of the ''WarioWare'' series.

In ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!'', Kat & Ana created microgames of the [[List of microgames in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!#Nature|Nature]] genre. All games involve animals or plants. ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!'' also features Kat & Ana's nature microgames, plus a multiplayer game made by them, [[Wobbly Bobbly]], which involves animals as well, namely tortoises.

In ''WarioWare: Twisted!'', Kat & Ana's microgames involve a particular style of gameplay rather than a specific visual theme. In this game, their set of microgames is called Tap Out and requires to press only {{button|gba|A}}.

In ''WarioWare: Touched!'', the name of Kat & Ana's set of microgames is [[List of microgames in WarioWare: Touched!#Ninja Scribble|Ninja Scribble]] and involves scribbling and drawing with {{button|ds|Stylus}}.

In ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'', Kat & Ana's set of microgames involves the forms The Remote Control, The Sketch Artist, The Chauffeur, and The Samurai.

Kat & Ana's five microgames in ''WarioWare: Snapped!'' require two players to play rather than one. After the end of their stage, photos of the two players with goofy decorations are shown.

In Jimmy T.'s stage, a comic strip of them can be shown. In this comic, they have a fighting practice.

In ''WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase'', Kat & Ana return to their original role and host a new set of Nature themed microgames again. Unlike the original WarioWare which featured microgames about animals and flowers, the microgames in this set for the game are limited to only animals.

 

In ''WarioWare Gold'', Kat & Ana host the second stage of the Touch League, of the '''That's Life''' genre, which includes regular day-to-day activities. All their microgames involve the use of touch screen controls.

 

In ''WarioWare: Get It Together!'', Kat & Ana return to hosting Nature-themed microgames.

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|''Twin female ninjas who attend Diamond City Kindergarten. Kat, the older of the two, has pink hair, while the younger Ana has orange hair. Both of the girls are still very young, but they're also very respectful and address their superiors as budding ninjas should. Kat and Ana have a soft spot for living things. Kat loves cats, and Ana is attracted to flowers.

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|align=center bgcolor="lightblue"|'''GBA''' ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!'' (05/2003)<br>'''DS''' ''WarioWare: Touched!'' (02/2005)

|''These ninja twin sisters of the Iga Clan attend Diamond City Kindergarten. The high-tech katanas they carry, made by Dr. Crygor, are like an extension of their own bodies. They strike at incredible speed with devastating attacks. By the way, Kat is the one with pink hair.''

|''Telling these twin sisters apart is easy: Kat's hair is pink; Ana's is orange. They both go to Diamond City Kindergarten, love nature, and train as ninjas with the Iga clan. In this game, they deliver an impressive joint cross-slash attack with the gigantic high-tech swords Dr. Crygor made them.''

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|Rus=Кэт и Ана<ref> NintendoRU. (December 06, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4gpg1q4lCc WarioWare Gold — трейлер Кэт и Аны (Nintendo 3DS)]. Retrieved December 06, 2018.</ref><br>Кат и Ана (since ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')

|RusR=Ket i Ana<br>Kat i Ana

|ChiS=卡特和安娜 ([[iQue]])<ref>iQue. [http://www.ique.com/games/WarioWare/touchingisgood.html 摸摸瓦力欧制造]. "'''卡特和安娜''' -- 她们是忍者，但同时也是幼儿园小朋友。所以，当你发现她们的游戏里有那么多乱涂乱画时，千万不要惊奇啊！只要尽力保持在线内就可以了。" ("'''Kat and Ana''' -- They are ninjas, but are kindergarteners as well. Therefore, don't be surprised when you find so many scribbles in their game! Just try to keep in lines and you'll be ok.") Retrieved December 3, 2016.</ref>

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