Editing Wario (section)

==Reception==
Since his appearance in ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', Wario has received a largely positive reception and has become a well-established mascot for Nintendo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Lucas M. |date=August 17, 2009 |title=The DSi Virtual Console Wishlist&nbsp;– DS Feature at IGN |url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/101/1012415p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211090837/http://ds.ign.com/articles/101/1012415p1.html |archive-date=December 11, 2010 |access-date=June 12, 2010 |website=IGN}}</ref> Several gaming publications described Wario as one of the best video game villains.<ref name=greed/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thegamer.com/wario-best-mario-character/ |author=James Troughton|title=Wario Is The Best Mario Character And It's Not Even Close |date=July 31, 2021 |website=TheGamer |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820231652/https://www.thegamer.com/wario-best-mario-character/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wario is number 31 |url=http://www.ign.com/videogame-villains/31.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111042439/http://www.ign.com/videogame-villains/31.html |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=February 24, 2011 |website=IGN}}</ref> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' found the levity of Wario games "liberating" compared to big Nintendo franchises such as ''Mario'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''. The writer could "empathise more with the hopelessly materialistic Wario than goody brown-shoes Mario. Deep down, we'd all rather chase pounds over princesses."<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2010 |title=Time Machine: Wario |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/281076/features/time-machine-wario/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222212023/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/281076/features/time-machine-wario/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2011 |website=[[Computer and Video Games]]}}</ref> ''[[IGN]]'' editor Travis Fahs said that while Wario is not the most likeable character, his strong confidence overshadows his flaws and makes him entertaining.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fahs |first=Travis |date=July 25, 2008 |title=Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Retro Review&nbsp;– Game Boy Review at IGN |url=http://retro.ign.com/articles/894/894013p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709151927/http://retro.ign.com/articles/894/894013p1.html |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |access-date=June 12, 2010 |website=IGN}}</ref> Audrey Drake of ''IGN'' said of Wario, "[A]ll this weird dude seems to care about is amassing as many material possessions and shiny things as possible",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/10/11/weirdest-mario-characters |author=Audrey Drake|title=Weirdest Mario Characters |website=IGN |date=October 11, 2011 |access-date=September 25, 2016 |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803130052/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/10/11/weirdest-mario-characters? |url-status=live }}</ref>  KhalidEternalNigh of ''[[Destructoid]]'' praised the character, describing him as "fat, lazy, greedy, and a cheater" and said: "[D]espite all of this I can't help but love him. Wario is, in my humble opinion, the most perfect 'evil twin' in the history of video games. [...] During Wario's career he has worn many hats – a game designer, a biker, a treasure hunter, and a hat that spits fire for some reason. Yet no matter what he does, no matter how mean he is, somehow Wario manages to charm his way into our hearts while picking our pockets."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.destructoid.com/wario-how-he-stole-our-coins-our-hearts-exploring-evil-doppelgangers/ |title=Wario: How he stole our coins & our hearts. Exploring evil doppelgangers. |author=KhalidEternalNigh |date=October 23, 2017 |website=[[Destructoid]] |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103015017/https://www.destructoid.com/wario-how-he-stole-our-coins-our-hearts-exploring-evil-doppelgangers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ryan Gilliam of ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' described Wario as the "ultimate Italian American" and said the character "captures so much more of the Italian personality that resonates with me." He also said, "Wario trumps Mario as my family mascot, born with a crucial, relatable need to be louder and larger than life."<ref>{{Cite web |author=Ryan Gilliam|url=https://www.polygon.com/wario/22698671/wario-italian-american-identity-stereotype-accent-garlic |website=Polygon |title=Wario is the ultimate Italian American |date=September 29, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007082613/https://www.polygon.com/wario/22698671/wario-italian-american-identity-stereotype-accent-garlic |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Mike Sholars of ''Kotaku'', "Wario Isn't Evil, He's Honest". Sholars concluded, "Wario was conceived out of a desire to put a twist on the familiar, but his creators tapped into a powerful, universal constant: The Unrepentant Asshole."<ref name=greed>{{Cite web |author=Mike Sholars|url=https://kotaku.com/wario-isnt-evil-hes-honest-1846066400 |website=[[Kotaku]] |title=Wario Isn't Evil, He's Honest |date=January 19, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007082614/https://kotaku.com/wario-isnt-evil-hes-honest-1846066400 |url-status=live }}</ref> Edwin Evans of ''[[Eurogamer]]'' praised Wario for being "repulsive" and "brilliant" and said, "In general, Wario isn't the star he used to be, [...] [b]ut he remains a crucial component of the Nintendo pantheon, the counterbalancing touch of malevolence and cunning without which Mario's star wouldn't shine quite so brightly."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-19-all-hail-wario |title=All hail Wario |author=Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |date=July 29, 2017 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103015017/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-19-all-hail-wario |url-status=live }}</ref> William Hughes of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' described him as "Nintendo's stinky, cheating genius" and said the character "captures the split at the heart of Nintendo. [...] All we know if that Wario would have loved the possibilities the smash hit console presents, and that the absence of a new ''WarioWare'' game on the handheld remains a real shame to the legacy of all the things—good, bad, flatulent, weird, and more—that he means to the company",<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-fartman-cometh-celebrating-the-many-careers-of-war-1841482230 |title=The fartman cometh: Celebrating the many careers of Wario, Nintendo's stinky, cheating genius |author=William Hughes |date=March 27, 2020 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103015017/https://www.avclub.com/the-fartman-cometh-celebrating-the-many-careers-of-war-1841482230 |url-status=live }}</ref> while Cass Marshall of ''Polygon'' said he "was institutionalized as a teen, and Wario was my only friend", and that he "find[s] Wario kind of soothing. He's just got a friendly face."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/wario/22654238/wario-month-mental-health-ward-story-warioware-twisted |title=I was institutionalized as a teen, and Wario was my only friend |first=Cass |last=Marshall |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=September 7, 2021 |access-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722112346/https://www.polygon.com/wario/22654238/wario-month-mental-health-ward-story-warioware-twisted |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the book ''A Parent's Guide to Nintendo Games: A Comprehensive Look at the Systems and the Games'', Craig Wessel described Wario as a "sinister twist" on Mario.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wessel |first=Craig |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bc8TAQAAIAAJ |title=A Parent's Guide to Nintendo Games: A Comprehensive Look at the Systems and the Games |publisher=Mars Publications |year=2001 |isbn=978-1-931199-06-3 |access-date=June 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627143113/http://books.google.com/books?id=bc8TAQAAIAAJ |archive-date=June 27, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In ''Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares, Volume 1'', S. T. Joshi cites Waluigi and Wario as archetypal examples of alter egos.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joshi |first=S. T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jh97v3zeKc0C |title=Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares, Volume 1 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-313-33781-9 |access-date=June 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022040958/http://books.google.com/books?id=Jh97v3zeKc0C |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Wario was used by Todd Harper as an example of the cultural signifiers of fatness that were specifically being created as traits typical of fat characters in fighting games as a whole in a paper for the ''Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports''. They mentioned that Wario possesses a unique move in which he uses his teeth to efficiently chomp through anything, including other fighters, explosives, and even his own motorcycle. He was also being described as a "slob" archetype.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Harper |first=Todd |date=2023 |title=Fighting/Fat: Fighting Game Characters and the Emptiness of Video Game Fatness |journal=Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |doi=10.1123/jege.2022-0043 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

Magazines have also praised Wario's outfit, particularly in ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''.<ref name="Polygon">{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/17/22288313/wario-mario-golf-nintendo-switch-super-rush-outfit |title=Wario just stunted on everyone in Mario Golf |first=Patricia |last=Hernandez |date=February 17, 2021 |website=Polygon |access-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604132956/https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/17/22288313/wario-mario-golf-nintendo-switch-super-rush-outfit |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Luke Plunkett|url=https://kotaku.com/thank-god-for-wario-1846292985 |title=Thank God For Wario |date=February 18, 2021 |website=Kotaku |access-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722120023/https://kotaku.com/thank-god-for-wario-1846292985 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Aaron Perine|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/amp/news/mario-golf-super-rush-nintendo-wario-fashion/ |title=Mario Golf Super Rush: Nintendo Spotlights Wario's Fashion |website=CBR |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722120023/https://comicbook.com/gaming/amp/news/mario-golf-super-rush-nintendo-wario-fashion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2021, Peter Nguyen, a professional stylist for "The Essential Man", commented on a Hiking Wario outfit in ''Mario Kart Tour'', calling it "stylish" and saying, "I think this is the most wearable and strongest appearance for Wario".<ref>{{Cite web |author=Nicole Carpenter|url=https://www.polygon.com/wario/22688227/wario-hat-costume-fashion-essential-man |website=Polygon |title=Is Wario a fashion icon? We asked an expert |date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007070841/https://www.polygon.com/wario/22688227/wario-hat-costume-fashion-essential-man |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also described as a "fashion icon".<ref>{{Cite web |author= Ryan Gilliam|url=https://www.polygon.com/wario/22692288/wario-shoe-costume-feet-fashion |website=Polygon |title=Wario's shoes are the window to his soul |date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007073925/https://www.polygon.com/wario/22692288/wario-shoe-costume-feet-fashion |url-status=live }}</ref> A screenshot of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'' showing Wario in swimwear appeared to depict him without [[nipple]]s, leading fans and video game website ''Polygon'' to speculate about his lack of anatomical features.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diaz |first=Ana |date=August 22, 2019 |title=We have some questions after seeing Wario shirtless |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/22/20828783/wario-shirtless-sonic-olympic-games-switch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913191306/https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/22/20828783/wario-shirtless-sonic-olympic-games-switch |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |access-date=September 21, 2019 |website=Polygon |language=en}}</ref>