Boom Boom | Crazy Hand | Babylon Rogues (Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow, Storm the Albatross) | Bullet Bills | A possible inspiration for Wario first appeared in the 1985 game Wrecking Crew in the character of Spike, a construction foreman. Nightmare | Goals Palkia | Donkey Kong | Darknuts | Mr. L, Folded Soldiers Dark Pit | Bowser | Top Man | Bio Rex | Plague Knight | Enderman | I played 2003’s GBA WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Albert Wesker | Cappys | Skeletons | Cackletta | Ghirahim | Bowser | Wario is Nintendo’s avatar for that space. Elec Man | Rathalos, Playable Characters Shadow Queen, Shroobs Wario | Wario Villains, Subspace Army Lamp Scam Snifit | Wollywog | Gooper Blooper | Master Kohga | Stu | Wario is just very greedy, and will do anything for money. And in that way, he’ll be ready for the next time a fresh, subversive game idea needs a dirtbag to take the heat and protect Nintendo’s otherwise squeaky-clean image. King Koopa | Over the years, Wario has been drifting off on his own, and his character has become less of an evil nemesis for Mario and more of a wacky, fanatical, and greedy treasure hunter. Wario is also very much a showboater, being proud, arrogant and egotistical, boasting and flexing his beefy arms. Starmans | Metal Man | That is until he tosses an evil gem into his pile of treasure. Loptr | Crystal King | Kyurem | Koopa Troopas | Viridi | In these titles, Wario is no longer evil, but more of a bumbling comic relief. Croco | Iori Yagami | Shy Guys | Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Koopa Bros | Colonel Pluck | Ricky | Metal Face | Entire generations of fans don’t really know why Wario has his whole biker look. Belome | Ice Man | Hades | Julius | Mr. Octoman | Camus | King Kaliente | Porky Minch | In this middle place, you’ll find Untitled Goose Game or the giddy joy of breaking every pot inside someone’s house in a Zelda title. He can also shatter through stone, and kill or subdue enormous monsters, far larger than Wario himself. Hiroji Kiyotake, the director of Kammy Koopa | Iron Golems | Iridescent Glint Beetle | Metal Sonic | Luigi is the positive spinoff of Mario and Wario is the negative spinoff of Mario, so Waluigi is not just a spinoff of Mario's design but also one for Wario because he needs a doppelganger brother of his own to even out Luigi. Hunting for treasure.Making micro games.Eating garlic. Spire | However, his incompetence and greed often leads to them being caught or … Quick Man | Demise | Spinies | In Wario Land II, released on the Game Boy Color, there are certain effects that seem to defect when Wario is hit by an enemy. Despite this, however, the two are always partnered up and seem to find some sort of comfort in eachother: it's possible Wario considers Waluigi to be his only true friend (he betrays his Warioware friends twice and tricks them into doing his work, after all) and it's very much confirmed Wario is the only friend of Waluigi. Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik | At the Mushroom Kingdom Hospital, Wario's in a doctor's office where Dr. Mario gives him some results. Mack | Kammy Koopa | But those are hungry emotions; they need to grow and spread over time. Wario is, possibly, too human: he eats garlic constantly and weaponizes his farts, making him Nintendo’s first canonically bad-smelling character. Bloopers | That laser-focused clarity has allowed him to remain consistent and relevant across decades, even as his games underwent massive reinvention. Wario is very powerful, both physically and at times, mentally. Goda | Dracula | Jojora | Why would he go back to risking his life for gold coins when he can convince other people (including the players themselves, in WarioWare D.I.Y.) Wario's vision is 20/40. Diggernaut | Aparoids | Spiders | Condor | Shine and Mr. Daphnes | Waluigi is Wario 's main partner in sports games and Luigi 's evil counterpart. Lord Crump | In 2003, Wario was introduced to the world of modern capitalism and game design, realizing he could make way more money pumping out a cheap, trendy video game for the masses than he ever earned raiding tombs and fighting pirates. Full Name Acro | Wario is the guy from the lighter, more experimental titles who smashes and breaks things in his attempts to dash ahead of the pack with new and innovative ideas. Eagle | Phantamanta | Daroach | Mario even had to use caution and cunning when battling Wario in his castle. He’s a rude, gross, vital creative outlet for Nintendo. Mizzter Blizzard | Dharkon | Rayquaza | King Dice | Grubba | Especially if people insisted on comparing you to each other? Count Cannoli | Magolor | Meta-Knights (Axe Knight, Javelin Knight, Mace Knight, Trident Knight, Blade Knight) | Foreman Spike | Roger the Potted Ghost | Mouser | Ghosts | Scurvy Crew | Tower Power Pokey | Gooper Blooper | Mario | Gleeok | Master Belch | Phantom Ganon | Fawful | King Boo | Solidus Snake | Deathborn | Necrozma | He has survived decades and a full-on reboot by steering clear of the considered, controlled trajectory of Nintendo’s main franchises. Sagat | Birdo | Portrait Ghosts: (Neville | Chauncey | Bogmire | Biff Atlas | Boolossus | Sir Weston | Vincent Van Gore) | Tatanga | Wario and Waluigi are best friends who always work together in their schemes: Wario usually for the profit, Waluigi usually for the glory or just ruining the day of whoever is their victim. However this time, it was private. Toadies | ", suggested Dr. Mario. It was a weirdly perfect fit, and hard proof that the rules and sensibilities of the main Mario franchise (including color-coded overalls) were holding Wario back. Gangrel | Kass | Inspired | Ender Dragon | Medusa | Wood Man | Tough Possessor | Wario | Super Mario’s World is a look at the characters that turned the Mario franchise into a household name for 35 years. Bass | Which brings us to the enduring, confusing power of Wario as a character: He’s a loud, stinky, greedy jerk, but he’s not wrong. Zoda | His hat is just Mario’s with the letter flipped upside down. Clubberskulls | Fortitudo | Wolf O'Donnell | That’s it. Gold Bone | Wario is the titular main protagonist of the Age Of Wario trilogy. Yellow Devil, Assists Trophies/Poké Ball Pokémon Helmaroc King | Chain Chomps | Shadoo | Balrog | But Mario immediately declares himself the sheriff and begins hitting Wario with his toy gun, enraging Wario once again. Marx | Follow him on Twitter @Sholarsenic. For Wario, the gold is the point, and anything else is bullshit. Thanatos | Ultimate Chimera | His rumored brother bent on bothering Mario's brother, Luigi , is soon revealed, being named Waluigi . Count Koopula | He is also known to be a shrewd businessman, master airplane pilot, and talented hypnotist. Overset Possessor | Birdo | Demon King Arzodius | Bomb Man | Incineroar | Andrew Oikonny | Giga Bowser | Torkdrift | Madame Broode | E-123 Omega | Sword Man | MB | Brobot | Bugzzy | Additionally, he is selfish, vengeful, traitorous, insecure and spiteful, as any go-kart race that he has lost will have him accusing his peers of cheating. He was originally a thieving plumber who was the arch-rival of the Mario Bros. Doopliss | In some Japanese commercials for the Wario games he was voiced by the late Chikao Otsuka who also voiced Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik from the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Master Xehanort from the Kingdom Hearts series. Goombas | In 2021, it feels almost prophetic. Even his name, combining “Mario” with “warui,” the Japanese word for “bad,” is clever in its opposite simplicity. Walkys | Wario and Waluigi are the Mario Brothers' arch rivals and are quite jealous of their glory. Waddle Dees | Wigglers | He is also a stingy, wrathful, desperate and destructive hooligan, hunting down and maiming anyone who attempts to steal his treasures. Midbus | Heihachi Mishima | He's wears a massive yellow hat, with a "W" on it, which is really an upside-down "M". Porky Minch | Bowser | Tolstar | Due to Wario's popularity, he was one of the newcomers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl . 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. Sidesteppers | Ryuichi and Ryuji | Wario is voiced by Charles Martinet. Carmilla | Mouser | The theme of Wario as a character, and the driving factor of all his games, is greed. Squizzard | Bulborbs | Red & Blue Goomba | Bouldergeist | Malladus | Lethiniums | Wario would lose to Mario either way. Peckish Aristocrabs | His personality had given him popularity enough to wanted in a Wario series game. Rayquaza | ... 8 Microgaming Is The Root Of All Evil. Watinga | Paper Bowser | Mahvas | Juri Han | Just like Mairo, Luigi, and Waluigi, he was voiced by Charles Martinet. It’s easier to rob someone than work for them, and it’s easier to steal a house than build one. He served as the unseen overarching antagonist of Super Mario Land, before making his first appearance as the main antagonist of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, and then the titular main protagonist of the Wario Land and WarioWare spinoff series. And sure, he’s definitely a jerk. Mr. Sandman | Vaati | Don Bongo | Type of Villain He has tricked Mario on several occasions and has been shown to be able to fly a plane. Pom Pom | No royal kidnappings or turtle armies. In a commercial for Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Wario attempts to hypnotize the viewers into serving him. Big Guy the Stilted | For each enemy, you damage or kill, the length of your sword increases which in turn allows you to dish out more death and destruction. He is portrayed as an anti-hero and the evil and greedy version of his arch-rival Mario. Blood Falcon | Twinbellows | Alias Paper Bowser | Metroid Prime | Dharkon | Mockiwis | Spark Man | Boom Stompers | Natah | Galleom | Kaptain Skurvy | And Wario is an unapologetic asshole until the end. Black Knight | Goro Akechi | While Wario is technically the protagonist, and Captain Syrup is no angel herself, she didn't exactly start the fight. Akuma | Antasma | Kanden | Pigmasks | Wario is also shown to have a strong aversion towards sand. Chandelure | Primids | Dracula | Count Bleck's Father | Shake King | Evil-doer Redd | Mugly | Galeem | Gravity Man | Yet Wario couldn’t fully become the loveable asshole I like so much until he was fenced off from the rest of the Mario franchise. Yuga | He has even built a dimensional teleporter in a matter of seconds. Marx | Wario is also a very aggressive and ruthless brute, so he will turn to violence to get what he desires. Wario Land: Shake It! Mimicuties | He is shown to be very hot-tempered and temperamental as well. Kyle Merkulov | Kip | Burt the Bashful | Mario was back for another adventure. False Peach | Chaos Kin | Wario's popularity has allowed him to gain his own series, and along with it a whole rogues' gallery of his own: some of Wario's more noted enemies are Captain Syrup and Rudy the Clown. Hoopa Unbound | Later games feature him almost exclusively in the anti-hero role, and he seems to have retired as Mario's enemy, even though he does say he is still his nemesis. But remember: Wario isn’t an adventurer or an explorer. Wario is Mario's evil version. King K. Rool | Smorg | King Dedede | EggRobo | Koopalings (Larry, Roy, Wendy, Iggy, Morton, Lemmy, Ludwig) | His entire cast of characters (including Ashley, with her goofy earworm of a theme song) from Diamond City exists in a pocket dimension purposefully disconnected from any of Nintendo’s wider plans. Count Bleck | Skellobits | Count Cannoli | While Mario was off doing Mario Things, Wario steals his house and all of his shit. He is a criminal plumber who is the arch-rival of Mario. Sephiroth | Slimes (Minecraft) | Captain Syrup (Japanese: キャプテン・シロップ, Hepburn: Kyaputen Shiroppu) is the main antagonist of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 and Wario Land II. Sheegoth | Where Mario is agile and heroic, Wario is beefy as hell, more likely to body check an enemy into oblivion than pirouette on top of their heads. Lurchthorns | Wario's name is a portmanteau of Mario's name and the Japanese word "warui", meaning "bad" or "evil". Lord Fredrik | Fynalle | Wario is not completely evil, but his greed can motivate him to do evil things. Domino |, Kremlings Giratina | More than that, it’s why Wario is too good, too pure, to really belong in Mario’s world anymore. Rabbids | High durabilityPowerful flatulenceShoulder chargingPile drivingSwirling into enemiesStrong throwSuper strengthSportsmanshipJumpingManipulation His near indestructible body, gorilla-like strength, and surprising stamina mean few who cross him survive unscathed. In his platformers, he’s unkillable and unstoppable. — Black Jewel, Wario World The Black Jewel is the main antagonist in Wario World, and it serves as the game's final boss. Grief | Father Balder | Wario simply did what he does best and blasts his way through it, collecting treasure and defeats the evil gem and returns to his world. It allows Wario to have great navigation when underwater, something he seriously lacks by himself. Zant | Unlike Mario's usually selfless quests, however, Wario's adventures are always mainly about collecting treasure or getting revenge, and are also much more bizarre and often surreal in nature. Cut Man | Golems (Kirby) | Wario: Wario is an evil version of Mario, and is obsessed with money. Byrne | Dimentio | Paper Macho Soldiers Bright | Ancient Minister | Dive Man | Turret Tusk | (In a further meta-joke, Wario’s own games are the most simple, crude, and self-serving of them all.) Mollusque-Lancuer | Koopa Kids | Team Rocket Grunts | Cackletta | He is also hugely possessive and jealous of Mario's fame, and has frequently tried to steal enough wealth to make himself as beloved as Mario. Mario is so removed from normal human experiences that we were all freaked out when we saw his nipples. Wario started out as more of an evil character. Queen Metroid | Shadow Bugs | Crimes Guts Man | Yaridovich | However, after his cousin and partner-in-crime Waluigi was killed, alongside Mario and Luigi, during the invasion of Peach's Castle by Bowser and the Koopa Empire, he became a lonesome mercenary. His jerkiness was ahead of its time, and that kept him both relevant to modern audiences and also trapped him in his own fenced-off version of Nintendo canon. 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Shrewd Possessor | Shake King | WarioGarlic BreathLard Lump (by Waluigi)Wario ManCaptain WarioWario Deluxe, CEO of Warioware Inc.Minigame makerAgent of the Subspace Army (formerly; Super Smash Bros. Brawl), Powerful flatulenceShoulder chargingPile drivingSwirling into enemiesStrong throwSuper strengthSportsmanshipJumpingManipulation. Black Jewel | Brawl Doll | Captain Skull | Clown-a-Round | DinoMighty | Dual Dragon | Greenfist | Ironsider | Mean Emcee | Red-Brief J | Sandworm | Spideraticus | Winter Windster, Wario: Master of Disguise Nihilego | Gobblegut | It was a game that, despite the wild greed that was the defining feature of its main character, felt generous in its design. ROB | Chuckolator | Tiki Tak Tribe (Kalimba | Gong-Oh | Maraca Gang | Wacky Pipes | Cordian | Banjo Bottom | Xylobone) | In pretty much every game where Wario appears in conjunction with Mario, they both work together to stop … Zero | Plasma Wisps | Exor | Master Hand | Fawful | (This is because he is Mario's enemy.) Smithy | They get along well usually, but they also bicker a lot and are both very clumsy at times, causing their schemes to fail. Blade | Wario, now a motorcycle-driving venture capitalist with a network of friends/marks in the tech industry, fit seamlessly into a strange, loud parody of modern society and Nintendo itself. Sabasa | He also owns a hen, who he seems to love. Lava Piranha | Travis Touchdown | Pandora | Kamek | In the Mario Sports games, Wario and Waluigi try to defeat Mario and Luigi with their traps but fail. Petey Piranha | Hooktail | Fighting with Mario.Hunting for treasure.Making micro games.Eating garlic. Mimi | He loves video games and anime. Trace | One of the first things you’ll see in the original Super Mario Bros. is a line of floating gold coins. King Olly | Occupation via wario.wikia.com. There’s a level of player-controlled chaos in gaming, somewhere between following the direction of a designer to the letter and the unleashed power of PC mods and Grand Theft Auto cheat codes. Solon | Knight Man | But Wario has remained surprisingly relevant since his monochrome origins by focusing on one weirdly specific aspect of the Mario franchise: greed. Reapers | Galaxy Man | Crash Man | Ridley | Krusha | Geese Howard | Hiroji Kiyotake, the director of 1992’s Game Boy hit Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, wanted to pursue the idea that this time Mario wouldn’t be fighting to help or save someone else. Dark Man 4 | Lyon | King Statue | Gharnef | Master Hand | Cortez | Wario was designed as an 'evil' counter-part to Mario. Snake Man | False Zelda | Klubba, Other Zangief | Baby Bowser | He can’t go back to existing in Mario’s sphere of castles and kingdoms: he has literally grown too big in his satire and stature to make sense as part of that world. Donkey Kong Jr. | So Wario became a games publisher. Jr. Troopa | Dimentio | Francis | Galleom | WarioWare Inc. Wario is special because he embraces and advertises his spite and greed, and those parts of him needed a new outlet. Blippers | There's quite a gray area in their good/evil dynamic. Dark Mind | Ninja Kong | Ghosts | One of the most baffling effects regarded by players is when Wario gets hit with a ball that's thrown by a penguin. False Samus | Vivian | Kracko | Cookatiel | King Knight | So when the first Wario Land game was released on the Game Boy in 1994, most players didn’t need much of a push to embrace its storyline of wrecking a bunch of pirates to get their gold. Powers/Skills Rathalos | Smoky Prog | Kamek | In his video game appearances, Wario is often portrayed as a villain. Wracktail | Mario has undoubtedly collected millions of them throughout the years, but they’re almost incidental, like picking up a dollar off the sidewalk. Gordos | Kraid | Rawk Hawk | Mario was back for another adventure. And that’s why he’s more lovable than he has any right to be. Headlined Villain - Erik Killmonger (MCU), https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Wario?oldid=4162004, Genie (while controlled by Captain Syrup), Wario was created to symbolize Nintendo R&D1's frustration to work on Game Boy titles, such as, In his early appearances, Wario originally wore fuchsia overalls and a yellow long-sleeved shirt, which was first seen in his debut in. He was first debuted in the 1992 game Super Mario Land 2: … Slash Man | Fiery Blowhog | Olaf | Yiga Foot Soldiers. Kent C. Koopa | Shy Guys, Secret Society of X-Nauts Big Bad Wolf | Parasite Queen | Wart | So of course WarioWare franchise essentially absorbed and replaced the prior Mario-clone version of the character, at least in Wario’s standalone games. He just does that stuff for cash. Boxy | Noxus | "Crime Wave" Clyde | Dr. Wily | "Okay Mr. Wario, since we've taken out the plastic fruit from your digestive system, I think it is an appropriate time to go exercising for you. To this day, people still erroneously call him a villain, or a rival, to Nintendo’s main mascot. Grouchy Possessor | Popple | Therion | Baba | Mecha Ridley | MegaBug | Wario isn't really evil. Octoroks | Pigma Dengar | Skull Kid | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Boos | | Chaos | Therefore, ‘bad Mario’ was born and made it quite easy to flip the ‘M’ to a ‘W’. Treasure hunterCEO of Warioware Inc.Minigame makerAgent of the Subspace Army (formerly; Super Smash Bros. Brawl) He is shown to be very hot-tempered and temperamental as well. In his first games, such as Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, he was depicted as greedy, and his entire quest is based on becoming rich. Knuckle Joes | Master Hand | Wario has a lack of cavities due to him eating the harmful bacteria that cause it. TheftAttempted murderVandalism King Boo | Moley | Despite his round belly, Wario is very agile, strong, and persuasive, often lifting weights and his violent lifestyle means he is very durable, very few things being able to hurt him: Wario Land 2 even has him be completely invincible. Wheelies | Kludge | He is Luigi’s taller and skinnier rival. Infinite | Elite Trio | Princess Shroob | Waddle Doos | Master Core | Ridley | The two characters originally did very similar things in their games, but their attitudes ultimately drove them in different creative directions. Princess Shroob | The more I played, the more I seemed to discover and unlock. Yveltal | to make a bunch of profitable sequels and reboots for him instead? He is the evil and incredibly greedy counterpart of Mario, who either tries to best his rival at every occasion or seek ways to gain money and power, depending on the game. Also the bumbling crooks, Wario and Waluigi tried to rob the Mushroom People's money or sometimes Peach's treasure, acting like criminals, but they were foiled by Mario and Luigi. Despite this, Nintendo seems to still consider him a villain, as he is often an antagonist in special promotions and crossovers, such as during Nintendo Direct where he teamed up with Ganon to attack Nintendo of America's then-president, Reggie Fils-Aime, and the Super Smash Bros. series, where he is considered part of the series' villain roster though overall at his worst he is usually more of a greedy jerk than truly evil. Scarfies | Medeus | But, considering the "wa" in front of his name, he must be evil, making him evil evil Wario. Boos | Nutskis | Rouge the Bat | Legion of Stationery: Colored Pencils | Rubber Band | Hole Punch | Tape | Scissors | Stapler, Smithy Gang This makes Wario a pirate, and allows him to shoot missiles from a little submarine he is given. Kremling Krew | Classic Donkey Kong (Mario VS Donkey Kong) | Skuttlers | Bugaboom | Whispy Woods | Petey Piranha | Vorash | Swooping Snitchbug | False Bowser | Duon | Chargin' Chucks | He might have a crush on Princess Peach, as well as his friend named Mona, who also likes him. Wario Rollodillo | Klump | Waluigi, Trophies/Spirits/Stickers Plasm Wraith | Shadow Sirens | Panther Caroso | Tabuu | Lakitu | Wario the Plumber, also known as simply Wario, is one of the two secondary antagonists of the Australian adult-animated web series SMG4 (alongside Waluigi). Pico | Just a pretty basic scenario where a man takes another man’s castle. Rabbid Kong | Risky Boots | Death | Sylux | President Koopa | Starman | Glamdozer | As much as I talk about Wario being relevant to modern audiences, 2018’s WarioWare Gold for the 3DS was his first new title in eight years, and it was a beefed-up greatest hits collection. Bonechill | Giga Lakitu | Hammer Bros | Don’t get me wrong, I love Wario, but this is like saying “Gordon Gecko is just being American; he is, in fact, a patriot.”, Friday's Best Deals: Lenovo Yoga 2-in-1 Laptop, Ring Fit Adventure, Bella Pro Air Fryer, and More. The Devil | Baby Bowser | Mewtwo | The same goes for his rivalry with Mario: If your entire world was defined by a single, universally-beloved hero, wouldn’t you want to take him down a peg? Gloomtail | Gengar | Hammer Bros. | Broom Hatters | Mother Brain | Waluigi is a hopeless romantic, often bowing theatrically and offering roses to … Lena | Fire Man | Mr. L | Black Jewel | King K. Rool | Bowyer | constantly. Bowser Jr. | Shaft | Picture: NintendoMario was again for one more journey. Luigi's Mansion Villains | Flash Man | Waluigi: Waluigi is Wario's sidekick, and an evil version of Luigi. Entei | Vega | Megontas | In his microgame collections, he’s both a parody of the short attention spans and hype-chasing natures of the modern game industry and a successful product of it. You’re not breaking the rules of a game, but you’re definitely being more of a jerk than you would usually be in real life. He exists to let Nintendo (and by extension, players) break their own rules of good taste and good manners. Walhart | Antasma | Wario's design arose from Super Mario Land's design team's distaste of making a game based around someone els… Salvo the Slime | King Bob-omb | Sometimes they are also helped out by Bowser in Mario Power Tennis in the intro (except Wario and Bowser had a bad relationship with each other). 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