Talk:Wario Land (series)

I'm calling for deletion. This is REALLY pathetic; It's more a disambiguation page than an article. :| My Bloody Valentine

It does look like a disambiguation page, but I don't think it should be deleted. I'd say let's just keep it as a disambig page until someone rewrites it. Time Questions 05:51, 2 June 2008 (EDT)

I'll rewrite it, but should I include Wario World and Wario: Master of Disguise in there? I always kinda saw them as spin-offs of Wario Land... --Gyroid X

Consider Wario: Master of Disguise as related to the Wario Land series

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Similar to my last proposals, I've come up to do some research: even though there is a total of six games in the Wario Land series, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate also considers Wario: Master of Disguise to be part of the series. I was wondering if there's a possibility to consider Master of Disguise as related to the series by adding it to the "Other related games" section.

Proposer: GuntherBB (talk) (blocked)
Deadline: December 17, 2023, 23:59 GMT

Support

#GuntherBB (talk) Per proposal

1. Camwoodstock (talk) We already supported the one to classify DKJB as a DKC game due to Nintendo's treatment of it, and well, Master of Disguise is even closer to Wario Land's gameplay than Jungle Beat was to the Country games. We don't see why not, especially since per Smash Ultimate, this seems to be Nintendo's own stance on what series this game belongs to.
2. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) - Per SSBU. I'd be fine with considering it a full part of the series, even.
3. DesaMatt (talk) - Per all.
4. Super Game Gear (talk) I brought up this idea in the talk page, so per proposer and the others above.
5. Hewer (talk) I have been wondering if Master of Disguise being called a Wario Land game in SSBU might not have been a mistake after all, per all.
6. DrippingYellow (talk) Per all.

Oppose

1. 7feetunder (talk) SSBU also lists the Dice Block and River Survival as being from the "Super Mario Series" instead of the Mario Party series, so if that's the only real argument for this, I'm not buying it. "Master of Disguise is even closer to Wario Land's gameplay than Jungle Beat was to the Country games" would be a meaningless statement even if it were true, since the gameplay of Jungle Beat is not close to DKC to begin with. Wario Land and Master of Disguise are platformers starring Wario, and that's all they really have in common. Everything else is different. The gameplay style revolving heavily around changing costumes, winning Touch Screen minigames, and finding key items. The lack of Wario Land characters or even obvious substitutes for them (even Jungle Beat had those). The far greater emphasis on plot that any other Wario platformer. No matter how I look at it, it just doesn't fit.

Comments

@7feetunder To be fair, the Wario Land series didn't really have consistent gameplay to begin with aside from being 2D platformers. There was the "Mario platformer with a charge ability and emphasis on coins" WL:SML3 and VBWL were, the Looney Tunes-esque invincible reaction-fests WL2-4 were, and the waggle-based mechanics of Shake It!. Also, minigames for finding treasure appeared as far back as 2, even not counting the coin and health gambling games in the first two. Also, SSBU doesn't distinguish series from franchise, hence the Mario Party thing. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:09, December 5, 2023 (EST)