Wario
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Wario (pronounced wa-RE-oh or war-E-oh) is a character in Nintendo's Mario series.
Wario is Mario's self-proclaimed arch-nemesis and evil doppelganger. Though he resembles an evil twin, the two are believed to be unrelated.
Unlike Mario, who is heroic and kind, Wario is greedy, lazy, and ill-mannered. He is hugely jealous of Mario's fame, and has frequently tried to steal enough wealth to make himself as beloved as Mario. Such plans almost always backfire, however. Mario has only directly fought Wario once; since then Wario's antics have occurred largely in the background of the rest of the Mario universe.
According to a comic story published in Nintendo Power, the reason Wario acts the way he does is because Mario, ironically, was a bully to him when he was young. Wario especially hated playing cowboys, because he was almost always the rustler that the sheriff, played by Mario, had to arrest.
The name "Wario" can be taken to be a blending of Mario's own name with the Japanese adjective warui (悪い) meaning "bad"; hence, a "bad Mario". In America, the name is often seen as being a play on the word "war" and the fact that the letter "W" resembles an upside down "M."
It is speculated by fans that Wario and Waluigi are brothers or related in some other way because of their distinct similarities. Also, in Mario Party 6, when you select Wario and Waluigi to play as a team, their team name says "Wicked Bros.", if they actually are brothers or not remains to be seen. Then again, in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Waluigi trophy says "his relationship to Wario is unclear".
He first appeared in Super Mario Land 2 for the Game Boy as an antagonist who stole Mario's castle. His actions have since been less deviant, and more focused on doing bad onto baddies like Captain Syrup. He also starred in a series of five games entitled Wario Land for the Game Boy, Virtual Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, and a GameCube game entitled Wario World created by Treasure Co. Ltd for the GameCube.
Later, in the Wario Ware, Inc. series, Wario starts a video game factory with his friends. His clothes are dramatically different in this series, similar to those of a motorcyclist.
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- Wario Land series
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Game Boy)
- Virtual Boy Wario Land (Virtual Boy)
- Wario Land 2 (Game Boy)
- Wario Land 3 (Game Boy Color)
- Wario Land 4 (Game Boy Advance)
- Wario Ware, Inc. series
- Wario Ware, Inc. Mega Microgame$ (Game Boy Advance)
- Wario Ware, Inc. Mega Party Game$ (GameCube)
- WarioWare Touched! (Nintendo DS)
- WarioWare Twisted! (Game Boy Advance)
- Wario World (GameCube)
Wario also appears as a secondary character in Mario game series such as:
- Mario Golf, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Mario Golf: Advance Tour
- Mario Tennis, Mario Power Tennis
- The Mario Party series
- The Mario Kart series
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Additionally, Wario is a playable character in Super Mario 64 DS. He can't jump as high as the other characters, but his is much stronger and is the only one who can break black blocks and frozen-over ponds. Touching a Power Flower temporarily encases Wario in metal, making him invulnerable and heavy enough to sink to the bottom of bodies of water.
Wario also appears as an antagonist in Wario's Woods for the NES and SNES, and as Bomberman's immediate rival in Wario Blast.
PilotWings 64 has a cameo appearance by both Mario and Wario in the Little States stage. On Mt. Rushmore, shoot Mario's face and Wario will replace him.
The antagonist in Wrecking Crew (which was released before Super Mario Land 2), "Mr. Spike," is believed by some to have been the same person as Wario, so Wario's last name is believed by those to be Spike. However, the design for the Spike character is radically different than Wario, as seen more clearly in the Super Famicom game Wrecking Crew '98, which also contained the first Wrecking Crew.
In Super Smash Bros. Melee, one of Mario's costumes has the colors of Wario's clothing. It is also possible to obtain a trophy of Wario. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a W Emblem Badge which changes Mario's clothes into the colors of Wario's clothes.