| Wario | |
|---|---|
![]() Wario in his normal outfit. | |
| Residence | Diamond City, Also has a castle on Kitchen Island or on his private planet |
| Occupation | Treasure Hunter, Video Game Developer, Plumber |
| Family | Waluigi (possible brother) Mario (cousin?) Luigi (cousin?) |
| Species | Human |
| Friends and Allies | Mona (love interest) Jimmy T. Dribble and Spitz 9-Volt Orbulon Dr. Crygor Kat and Ana Thang Family 18-Volt Ashley Red Mike Young Cricket Master Mantis Penny Crygor Luigi Toadette |
| Enemies | Captain Syrup Awazon Genie Rudy the Clown Golden Diva Black Jewel Count Cannoli Tiaramisu Shay King |
| Rivals | Captain Syrup Mario |
| Powers and Abilities | Super Strength, Contact with certain items grants him supernatural powers |
| First Appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins |
| Latest Appearance | Wario Land: Shake Dimension |
| Voice actor | Charles Martinet |
Wario (originally Warui,ワリオ, meaning "bad".) is Nintendo's famous, greedy and ambicious, anti-hero. His first appearance was in the handheld video game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, from the Mario Series, as Mario's rival (and the final boss of the game). Since then, Wario has achieved his own series of games, spread across both handheld and home consoles. He has also appeared in spin-offs of the Mario series. Wario is also, according to Nintendo Power, Mario's cousin.
Biography
It was revealed in Yoshi's Island DS that during his infancy, Wario, along with numerous other infants had been abducted by the evil Kamek's Toadie army in order to find the legendary Star Children that were spoken of in legend to be the only thing standing in the way of the Koopa Troop's attempt at world domination. But Baby Wario did not remain with the Toadies for long do to his terrible tantrums, so when the Toadies finally became fed up with the baby they abandoned him in an undersea cave in World 3-5. Not long after a Yoshi, which had been seperated from the Stork and the other babies, ended up finding the lost Baby Wario and together they managed to escape the enemy filled area and they continued to aid eachother throughout the rest of World 3.
Characteristics
Personality
Wario
In Wario games, he is generally lazy, ruthless and greedy. When there is an opportunity to obtain treasure, or vast amount of fortune, he usually is determined to get it. Despite all of this, Wario plays the role of an anti-hero, or neutral character, with the exception of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in which he fights along side Bowser and Ganondorf, only to aid the player later on. He has been cast as a hero when fighting others who are more evil than him, which have made his personal and moral flaws seem smaller.
His fierce competitiveness is fuelled by the jealousy towards Mario, but Wario has allied with Mario to defeat greater threats, as in Super Mario 64 DS, although their alliance is still quite fragile. Wario has hated Mario since they were both young. Mario bullied Wario, making him pick piranha plants, while Mario picked turnips, and many other things that affected Wario. This is what started Wario's hatred towards Mario.
Friends
Wario has almost never been seen with friends in the Marioverse, only seen with Waluigi (Luigi’s doppelganger) and in Mario Superstar Baseball, Boo. But, with the WarioWare series, Wario is seen with quite a lot of friends, such as Jimmy T., Mona and Dr. Crygor. Mario Party 6 also implies that Wario is secretly friends with Toadette.
Physical Appearance
Wario in his WarioWare outfit.
Wario is taller bigger and stronger than Mario. He has a large jagged moustache, and a bellicose cackle, and has a stronger Italian accent than Mario.
Wario wears 2 outfits:
- His first (and orignal) outfit is a plumbers outfit similar to Mario's, but with a yellow undershirt with the sleeves cut to the elbow and purple overalls. He wears green elf-like shoes, a yellow hat with a white brim (with the W symbol on top) and white gloves with the W symbol on them.
- With his second outfit, Wario wears in the WarioWare series and Super Smash Bros. Brawl(although you may choose. He wears pink pants suspended with a belt, a dark blue shirt with a light blue ripped jacket, yellow gloves with the W symbol, a yellow helmet (with the W symbol) with goggles and purplish-blue elf-like shoes.
Other Info
Vehicles
Wario, so far has 2 vehicles, one being a purple car that resembles a Cadillac and the other being a yellow motorbike that resembles a Harley Davidson. The purple car, dubbed the “Wario Car” (“Brute” in Mario Kart DS) has been Wario’s primary vehicle in the Mario Kart series since Mario Kart: Double Dash. His motorbike, dubbed the "Wario Bike" was introduces in the WarioWare series. The bike is Wario’s primary transport in WarioWare: Touched.
Abilities
Just like Mario, Wario has his own special abilities.
- Shoulder Barge - Wario charges forwards with his elbow out, upon contact, most enemies die, however, enemies with weapons in front of them, or larger enemies don’t go down as easily.
- Ground Pound - Wario jumps up into the air and ands heavily on his buttocks, causing enemies, or certain objects to die/break.
- Head Charge - Wario charges with his head out in front of him, causing enemies and certain objects to die/break, without Wario stopping.
- Wario Waft - When the move hasn’t been held in, Wario does a small fart. When the move has been held in for a lengthy time, Wario unleashes a huge explosion from his behind.
- Chomp - Wario opens his mouth wide enough to bite an opponent. This move will inflict a large amount of damage, because of his garlic eating habits.
Apart from these standard abilities, Wario has the abilities to do other things, similar to Mario’s super mushrooms, or his special caps.
- Fat Wario - Wario eats a food item thrown at him by a certain enemy, he becomes even fatter, slowing him down, but giving him the power to kill enemies by just walking into them, and breaking strong objects.
- Puffy Wario - Wario gets stung by a bee or hit by an arrow, his face swells up and he floats to the top of the level.
- Vampire Bat Wario - Wario gets bitten by a bat and becomes one.
- Flat Wario - When he gets smashed by something heavy, he gets flattened. Flat Wario can float and get underneath really small passages.
- Bouncy Wario - When Wario gets hit by a mallet/hammer, he becomes a spring (with his head staying basically the same). He can bounce very high.
- Zombie Wario - When Wario gets hit by sludge or an un-dead enemy, he becomes a zombie. He is invincible to enemies and can fall through one-way floors.
- Snowman Wario - When hit by a snowball, Wario becomes a snowman. Once snowman Wario reaches a slope, he helplessly falls down and becomes an unstoppable giant snowball until he hit’s a wall.
- Bubble Wario - While underwater, if Wario touches a bubble, he becomes trapped in the bubble.
- Flaming Wario - When touched by fire, Wario catches alight, he then become a walking inferno for a couple of seconds. This walking inferno can kill enemies and break fire blocks.
- Frozen Wario - When Wario becomes frozen, he slides backwards until he hit’s a wall.
- Wario-Man - When Wario eats bad garlic, he turns into Wario-Man. Wario-man’s moves are powered up versions of Wario’s normal moves.
These abilities are available in Wario: Master of Disguises.
- Thief Wario - Wario can run and jump higher. Also has the shoulder barge attack.
- Cosmic Wario - Wario is equipped with a space suit and a laser gun.
- Arty Wario - Wario dresses up like an artist and draws blocks from his easel
- Genius Wario - Can see things invisible to the naked eye, wields a bunching glove box for defence against enemies.
- Sparky Wario - Wario can create electricity and light up dark places. Can shoot electric after certain events.
- Captain Wario - Wario is allowed to swim in water (underneath the surface). Wario turns into a submarine which can shoot torpedoes after certain events.
- Dragon Wario - Wario turns into a dragon, which can breath fire.
- Wicked Wario - Wario can fly with this ability (by blowing into the DS mic).
Appearances
Wario Land Series
WarioWare Series
- WarioWare, Inc: Mega Micro Game$
- WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$
- WarioWare: Touched!
- WarioWare: Twisted!
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Mario Spin-offs:
Mario Kart Series
- Mario Kart 64
- Mario Kart Super Circuit
- Mario Kart: Double Dash
- Mario Kart DS
- Mario Kart GP
- Mario Kart GP2
- Mario Kart Wii
Mario Golf Series
Mario Tennis Series
- Mario Tennis
- Mario Power Tennis
- Mario Tennis: Power Tour (Cameo Only)
Other Sports
- Super Mario Strikers
- Mario Superstar Baseball
- Mario Hoops 3-on-3
- Mario Strikers Charged
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Mario Party Series
- Mario Party
- Mario Party 2
- Mario Party 3
- Mario Party 4
- Mario Party 5
- Mario Party 6
- Mario Party 7
- Mario Party 8
- Mario Party DS
Others
- Super Mario Land: 6 Golden Coins
- Mario and Wario
- Wario’s Woods
- Wario Land
- Super Mario 64 DS
- Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!
- Dr. Mario 64
- Legend of Stafy 3
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
- Itadaki Street DS
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Cameo Appearances
Pilotwings 64 - In the Little States stage, shoot Mario's face on Mt. Rushmore and it turns into Wario's.
Super Smash bros./Super Smash Bros. Melee - One of Mario’s costumes is Wario’s. It is possible to win a Wario Trophy.
Game & Watch Gallery 2 - In the Modern version of Helmet, Wario can be played if the game is chosen to be continued after Mario has three misses.
Game & Watch Gallery 4 - Wario replaces Mr. Game & Watch for several of the Modern games.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - The W Emblem Badge changes Mario's clothes to the colours of Wario's clothes.
Other Media
- The Super Mario Adventures graphic novel features Wario in 2 of the stories.
- Various Wario merchandise has been released, including plush dolls, t-shirts and stickers.
- The South Park episode “Imaginationland Episode III” Wario is seen as one of many evil characters battling the good characters.
