Editing Wario (section)

==Appearances==
{{See also|List of Wario video games}}
===''Wario Land'' series===

Wario first appeared as a villain in the 1992 [[Game Boy]] video game ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'', in which he captures Mario's castle.<ref name="kombo" /> Tatanga, the villain of the first ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' game, is a henchman of Wario in the second, implying Wario is responsible for the events of both games. Wario also serves as a villain in the 1993 Japan-only puzzle game ''[[Mario & Wario]]'', in which Wario drops a bucket on the heads of Mario, [[Princess Peach]], or [[Yoshi]].<ref name="marioandwario">{{Cite web |title=Mario and Wario for SNES |url=http://www.gamespot.com/snes/puzzle/mariotowario/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022042504/http://www.gamespot.com/snes/puzzle/mariotowario/index.html |archive-date=October 22, 2007 |access-date=June 30, 2009 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> This was followed by the first game in the [[Wario (franchise)#Wario Land series|''Wario Land'' series]], ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' (1994), a [[platform game]] that marks Wario's first appearance as a protagonist and introduced his first villains, Captain Syrup and her Brown Sugar Pirates.<ref name="kombo">{{Cite web |author=Kombo|date=February 15, 2005 |title=The Chronicles of Wario: A Retrospect |url=http://www.gamezone.com/editorials/i-u-the-chronicles-of-wario-a-retrospect-i-u |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211021723/http://www.gamezone.com/editorials/i-u-the-chronicles-of-wario-a-retrospect-i-u |archive-date=February 11, 2013 |access-date=October 26, 2012 |publisher=GameZone}}</ref><ref name="warioland">{{Cite web |last=Dillard |first=Corbie |date=February 17, 2012 |title=Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/gameboy/wario_land_super_mario_land_3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220015644/http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/gameboy/wario_land_super_mario_land_3 |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2009 |website=Nintendo Life}}</ref> In his next appearance in ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]'' (1995), Wario plays similarly and has the ability to move in and out of the background.<ref name="kombo" /> A sequel to the Game Boy game ''[[Wario Land II]]'' (1998) features Captain Syrup's return as the antagonist. This game introduces Wario's invulnerability, allowing him to be burned or flattened without sustaining damage.<ref name="kombo" />

In 2000, ''[[Wario Land 3]]'' was released for the [[Game Boy Color]]; it is another sequel that uses the same mechanics and concepts as its predecessor.<ref name="kombo" /> The following year, the sequel ''[[Wario Land 4]]'' (2001) debuted on the [[Game Boy Advance]] and incorporates Wario's ability to become burned or flattened and reintroduces the ability to become damaged from standard attacks.<ref name="kombo" /> In 2003, ''[[Wario World]]'', the first console ''Wario'' platform game, was released for the [[GameCube]]. It has three-dimensional graphics and gameplay and does not incorporate major elements from previous platform games.<ref name="kombo" /> ''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'' (2007) for the [[Nintendo DS]] introduces touch-screen control of Wario and incorporates puzzles into the gameplay.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=March 2, 2007 |title=Wario: Master of Disguise Review |url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/769/769918p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417075957/http://ds.ign.com/articles/769/769918p1.html |archive-date=April 17, 2010 |access-date=October 1, 2009 |website=IGN}}</ref> The series' most recent release, ''Wario Land: Shake It!'' (2008) for the [[Wii]], reintroduces Captain Syrup. The game uses a hand-drawn animation style; Wario's design required more than 2,000 frames of animation.<ref name="nuk" />

===''WarioWare'' series===
[[File:Wario WarioWare Gold.png|thumb|upright|Wario has a redesign by Ko Takeuchi in the ''WarioWare'' series, depicting him as a biker, such as in this promotional artwork for ''[[WarioWare Gold]]''.|alt=An overweight character with pointy ears, a pink nose, thick eyebrows, muscular arms and a wavy moustache. He wears a navy blue shirt with a light blue jacket, pink pants with a red belt, blue shoes, and yellow biker gloves with a blue W. On his head, a yellow biker helmet with a blue W, goggles, and a red strap.]]

In 2003, the [[Wario (franchise)|''Wario'' franchise]] introduced a new series of games, the first of which was ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!]]'' for the Game Boy Advance. The game's premise involved Wario's decision to open a game development company to make money, creating short "microgames" instead of full-fledged games. The game's gameplay focused on playing a collection of microgames in quick succession. ''Mega Microgames!'' was later remade as ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!|WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!]]'' (2003) for the GameCube; it featured the same microgames but lacked a story mode and focused more on multi-player.<ref name="kombo" /> In 2004, two sequels were released for the game. The first was the Game Boy Advance game ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'', which used the cartridge's tilt sensor to allow microgames to be controlled by tilting the handheld left and right.<ref name="twisted">{{Cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=May 13, 2005 |title=WarioWare: Twisted! Review |url=http://www.gamespot.com/warioware-twisted/reviews/warioware-twisted-review-6124308/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706025047/http://www.gamespot.com/warioware-twisted/reviews/warioware-twisted-review-6124308/ |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> The second was the Nintendo DS release ''WarioWare: Touched!'', which incorporates the DS's touch screen and microphone into its gameplay.<ref name="touched">{{Cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=February 11, 2005 |title=Warioware: Touched! Review |url=http://www.gamespot.com/warioware-touched/reviews/warioware-touched-review-6118483/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703204910/http://www.gamespot.com/warioware-touched/reviews/warioware-touched-review-6118483/ |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> 

One of the Wii's [[launch game]]s in 2006 was ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', which used the [[Wii Remote]]'s motion-sensing technologies in a variety of ways.<ref name="smoothmoves">{{Cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=January 12, 2007 |title=Warioware: Smooth Moves Review |url=http://www.gamespot.com/warioware-smooth-moves/reviews/warioware-smooth-moves-review-6164180/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315072229/http://www.gamespot.com/warioware-smooth-moves/reviews/warioware-smooth-moves-review-6164180/ |archive-date=March 15, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> The Nintendo DS and [[Nintendo DSi]] have offered two new releases: 2008's ''[[WarioWare: Snapped!]]'', which can be downloaded with the [[DSiWare]] service and uses the DSi's built-in front camera in its gameplay,<ref name="snapped">{{Cite web |last=Ramsay |first=Randolph |date=April 3, 2009 |title=WarioWare: Snapped! Review |url=http://www.gamespot.com/warioware-snapped/reviews/warioware-snapped-review-6207295/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104165427/http://www.gamespot.com/warioware-snapped/reviews/warioware-snapped-review-6207295/ |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> and 2009's ''[[WarioWare D.I.Y.]]'', which allows players to create microgames.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=March 25, 2010 |title=WarioWare D.I.Y. Review&nbsp;– IGN |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/03/25/warioware-diy-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430014805/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/03/25/warioware-diy-review |archive-date=April 30, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |website=IGN}}</ref> ''[[Game & Wario]]'' for the Nintendo [[Wii U]] was released on June 23, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ashcraft |first=Brain |date=December 5, 2012 |title=Game & Wario Is Nintendo's Newest Party Game |url=http://kotaku.com/5965800/game--wario-is-nintendos-newest-party-game/gallery/1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128073226/http://kotaku.com/5965800/game--wario-is-nintendos-newest-party-game/gallery/1 |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |access-date=January 30, 2013 |website=Kotaku}}</ref> Although it does not use the ''WarioWare'' name, it incorporates gameplay and characters from the ''WarioWare'' series. The game also pays tribute to the original ''[[Game & Watch]]'' games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fletcher |first=JC |date=June 6, 2012 |title=Wii U's Game and Wario makes me Wario-wary |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/wii-us-game-and-wario-makes-me-wario-wary/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211095320/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/wii-us-game-and-wario-makes-me-wario-wary/ |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2013 |publisher=[[Joystiq]]}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' was released, featuring 316 microgames and combining elements from ''Twisted'' and ''Touched''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-08-the-3ds-is-getting-a-warioware-game|website=EuroGamer|title=The 3DS is getting a WarioWare game|first=Martin|last=Robinson|date=March 8, 2018|access-date=June 5, 2021|archive-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522181444/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-08-the-3ds-is-getting-a-warioware-game|url-status=live}}</ref> He also appeared in the 2021 [[Nintendo Switch]] game ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]''<ref>{{Cite web |author=Hope Bellingham|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/warioware-move-it-review/ |title=WarioWare: Move It review: "The Wario party game that the Nintendo Switch deserves"|date=November 21, 2023|access-date=January 21, 2024 |archive-date=January 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118172353/https://www.gamesradar.com/warioware-move-it-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 2023 Nintendo Switch game ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'', with 223 microgames.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/warioware-finally-returns-with-get-it-together-1847102199|website=[[Kotaku]]|author=Mike Fahey|title=WarioWare Finally Returns with Get It Together|date=June 15, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616032835/https://kotaku.com/warioware-finally-returns-with-get-it-together-1847102199|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other video games===
In ''Wario's Woods'' (1994), Wario is the main antagonist who wants to take over the forest and is defeated by [[Toad (Nintendo)|Toad]].<ref name="kombo" /> The same year, Wario appeared in the video game ''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' (1994), a remake of a [[Bomberman]] game for the Game Boy that includes Wario as a playable character.<ref name="kombo" /> Wario is a playable character in the [[Mario Kart|''Mario Kart'' series]], starting with ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' (1992).<ref name="auto1"/> Wario has appeared in [[List of Mario sports games|''Mario'' sports games]], including ''[[Mario Golf (video game)|Mario Golf]]'', ''Mario Tennis'', ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball|Mario Baseball]]'', ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', and the ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games|Mario & Sonic]]'' series.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Casamassina |first=Matt |date=August 25, 2005 |title=Mario Superstar Baseball Review |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/645/645480p2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315110923/http://cube.ign.com/articles/645/645480p2.html |archive-date=March 15, 2012 |access-date=October 3, 2009 |website=IGN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Aaron |date=January 30, 2008 |title=Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Review |url=http://www.gamespot.com/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/reviews/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-review-6185334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509090340/http://www.gamespot.com/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games/reviews/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-review-6185334/ |archive-date=May 9, 2012 |access-date=October 3, 2009 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> Wario has also appeared in all installments of the [[Mario Party|''Mario Party'' series]], except ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' (2005).<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="kombo" />

Wario is a playable character in two platform games for the Nintendo DS: the remake ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' (2004) and ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' (2006) as an infant version of himself,<ref name="kombo" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=November 6, 2006 |title=Yoshi's Island DS Review |url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/745/745698p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107152849/http://ds.ign.com/articles/745/745698p1.html |archive-date=January 7, 2010 |access-date=October 1, 2009 |website=IGN}}</ref> and the puzzle game ''[[Dr. Mario 64]]'' (2001).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/nintendo-switch-n64-collection/ |website=CBR |author=Melissa Vach|title=Every Game Coming to Nintendo Switch N64 Online |date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007065259/https://www.cbr.com/nintendo-switch-n64-collection/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He is also a playable character in the fighting game series ''Super Smash Bros.'' and has appeared in every game since being introduced in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (2008).<ref>{{Cite web |author=Ozzie Mejia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/arts/14smas.html|website=The New York Times |title=Multiple Franchises in a Wii Free-for-All |date=March 14, 2008 |access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref> He then reappears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]]'' (2014) and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web |author= Thomas Whitehead|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/game_and_wario_stage_brings_the_fear_of_mom_into_super_smash_bros_for_wii_u|website=Nintendo Life |title=Game & Wario Stage Brings The Fear of 'Mom' Into Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|date=September 26, 2014|access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Ozzie Mejia|url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/109282/super-smash-bros-ultimate-character-profiles-wario |website=Shacknews |title=Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Character Profiles: Wario |date=January 9, 2019 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007065234/https://www.shacknews.com/article/109282/super-smash-bros-ultimate-character-profiles-wario |url-status=live }}</ref> Wario's cameos include in ''[[Mario's Super Picross]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/i-cant-stop-playing-picross-send-help-1845425074|title=I Can't Stop Playing Picross, Send Help
|first=Ash|last=Parrish|website=[[Kotaku]]|date=October 20, 2020|access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Pilotwings 64]]'' (1996),<ref name="kombo" /> ''[[Densetsu no Stafy 3]]'' (2004),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/05/feature_legendary_starfy_101|title=Feature: Legendary Starfy 101|first=Corbie|last=Dillard|website=Nintendo Life|date=May 19, 2009|access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/baby-wario-is-back-and-now-hes-a-doctor-in-dr-mario-world/ |title=Baby Wario is back, and now he's a doctor in Dr. Mario World |author1=Jordan Gerblick |date=June 25, 2020 |website=[[GamesRadar+]]|access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721125519/https://www.gamesradar.com/baby-wario-is-back-and-now-hes-a-doctor-in-dr-mario-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Other media===
The 1992 graphic novel ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'', which is a collection of comics originally serialized in the video-gaming magazine ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', features Wario in two of the stories, one of which focuses on Wario's past and explains his rivalry with Mario.<ref name="power">{{Cite magazine |last1=Takekuma |first1=Kentaro |last2=Nozawa |first2=Charlie |date=January 1993 |title=Mario VS Wario |url=https://archive.org/stream/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20044%20%28January%201993%29#page/n51/mode/2up |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=[[Nintendo Power]] |volume=44 |pages=52}}</ref>

Wario appears in ''[[South Park]]''{{'}}s "[[Imaginationland Episode III]]" (2007) as one of the characters from the "dark side" of Imaginationland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/south-park-episodes-weird-strange/ |website=ScreenRant |author=Stephen Lagioia|title=10 Weirdest Episodes Of South Park (That Test The Limits) |date=October 12, 2019 |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103010855/https://screenrant.com/south-park-episodes-weird-strange/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Charles Martinet's Wario voice was used in an advertisement promoting ''WarioWare D.I.Y.'' for British supermarket chain [[Tesco]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plunkett |first=Luke |url=https://kotaku.com/wario-voice-charles-martinet-nintendo-tesco-ds-wariowar-1848877413 |title=Wario's Big Speaking Role For...A British Supermarket |date=May 4, 2022 |website=Kotaku |access-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225094315/https://kotaku.com/wario-voice-charles-martinet-nintendo-tesco-ds-wariowar-1848877413 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a May 2021 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', host [[Elon Musk]] starred as Wario in a sketch in which he was put on trial for murdering Mario in a kart race.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=See Grimes as Princess Peach, Elon Musk as Wario in 'SNL' Mario Murder Trial Sketch |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/grimes-princess-peach-elon-musk-wario-snl-1167150/ |access-date=May 10, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509231429/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/grimes-princess-peach-elon-musk-wario-snl-1167150/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |title=Elon Musk Hosts a Mother's Day Episode of 'Saturday Night Live' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/arts/television/elon-musk-snl.html |access-date=May 10, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/arts/television/elon-musk-snl.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2024, [[Homer Simpson]] portrayed Wario in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Lisa Gets an F1".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/simpsons-new-episode-mario-kart-wario-homer-lisa-f1-1851290998|first=Zack|last=Zwiezen|title=Mario Kart Spoof In New Simpsons Episode Features Yoshi Milhouse, Wario Homer|work=[[Kotaku]]|date=February 27, 2024|access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref> Wario has also received several of his own [[Amiibo]], which can be used in a wide array of games, including his own.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/26/17619384/warioware-gold-amiibo-sketch-drawings-paintings |title=WarioWare Gold makes the best use of your amiibo collection |first=Jeff |last=Ramos |date=July 26, 2018 |website=Polygon |access-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605134111/https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/26/17619384/warioware-gold-amiibo-sketch-drawings-paintings |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Jack Black]] stated his interest in a potential sequel to ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' in which [[Pedro Pascal]], who played Mario in a ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch, would voice Wario as the film's main villain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=April 10, 2023 |title=Jack Black Pitches Pedro Pascal to Voice Wario in 'Super Mario Bros.' Sequel, Says 'It's Not a Given Bowser Returns' |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jack-black-pedro-pascal-wario-super-mario-movie-sequel-1235578256/ |website=[[Variety (website)|Variety]] |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414032623/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jack-black-pedro-pascal-wario-super-mario-movie-sequel-1235578256/ |url-status=live}}</ref>