Editing Portal: Wario

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|name=Wario
|franchise title=Wario
|developer=[[Nintendo]]
|games=[[Games in Wario series|List of all games]]
|debut=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' (1994)
|gallery=[http://www.gamehiker.com/gallery/index.php?cat=80 GH Gallery]
|}}

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The '''Wario''' franchise is a spin-off from the [[Portal: Mario Brothers|''Super Mario'' franchise]] featuring a former arch-villain of [[Mario]] known as [[Wario]]. The ''Wario'' franchise encompasses two different subseries of games and several one-off games whose one common factor is Wario as the title character.

=History=

Wario was initially introduced as the villain of the 1992 [[Game Boy]] game, ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. This led to a spin-off with the next game, which was called ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. Despite Mario's name still being present in the title, this game featured Wario as the title character on his own adventure where he quested for riches. With this, the ''Super Mario Land'' series transitioned into the ''Wario Land'' series which spanned several further installments for the [[Game Boy]], [[Virtual Boy]], [[Game Boy Color]] and [[Game Boy Advance]]. These games were sidescrolling platformers similar to the ''Mario'' games, but the gameplay was altered to reflect Wario's personality. Wario came with his own special tackling move and was even invincible in some of the games. These games were also more centered around collecting riches and treasures, and in some cases there were special ranked endings based on how much was collected.

Wario had brief foray into 3-D with 2003's ''[[Wario World]]'' for the [[Nintendo Gamecube|Gamecube]]. This was Wario's attempt at a 3-D platforming adventure in the vein of ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', but it apparently did not perform well enough for follow-ups. In that same year, ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' was released for the Game Boy Advance. This game was a vast departure from the ''Wario Land'' titles in that it was centered around Wario founding a video game company in [[Diamond City]], one that specializes in making microgrames, which are minigames that are played in the span of just seconds. Thus, rather than being an adventure game, ''WarioWare'' acts as a collection of microgames to play through. For these games, Wario also received a unique wardrobe change and a new eccentric supporting cast of characters, most of whom helped to develop microgames for him.

''WarioWare'' then became its own series with installments coming out semi-regularly for the following years, on the Game Boy Advance, Gamecube, [[Nintendo DS]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], and [[Wii U]]. It has become the primary ''Wario'' series, as since its beginning, there have only been two ''Wario'' platforming adventures released. One was the 2007 Nintendo DS game ''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'', and the other was the 2008 [[Nintendo Wii]] follow-up of the ''Wario Land'' series known as ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]''.

In addition to having his own games, Wario has continued to maintain a presence in the ''Mario'' kart racing, sports, party and some other spin-off games, while being absent from the mainstream platforming and RPG games, with the only exception being his unlockable playable role in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. ''[[Dr. Mario 64]]'' also notably acted as a crossover between [[Dr. Mario]] and ''Wario Land''. Additionally, despite the ''Mario'' sports games introducing Wario's purported brother [[Waluigi]] in 2000, he has yet to actually appear in any ''Wario'' games.

In addition to those appearances, Wario has also been featured as a playable character in the ''[[Portal: Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' onwards, with his appearance being based on a mixture of his portrayals in ''Wario Land'' and ''WarioWare''. The ''Smash Bros.'' games also feature stages and Assist Trophies based on the ''WarioWare'' series in addition to music from all of the game.

=List of Titles=

===Wario Land Series===
* ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' - [[Game Boy|GB]], 1993
* ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]'' - [[Virtual Boy]], 1995
* ''[[Wario Land II]]'' - GB, 1998 and [[Game Boy Color|GBC]], 1999
* ''[[Wario Land 3]]'' - GBC, 2000
* ''[[Wario Land 4]]'' - [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]], 2001
* ''[[Wario World]]'' - [[Nintendo GameCube|GCN]], 2003
* ''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'' - [[Nintendo DS|DS]], 2007
* ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'' - [[Wii]], 2008

===WarioWare Series===

* ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' - GBA, 2003
* ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'' - GCN, 2004
* ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'' - DS, 2005
* ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'' - GBA, 2005
* ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'' - Wii, 2007
* ''[[WarioWare: Snapped!]]'' - DSiWare, 2008
* ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]] - DSi, 2009
* ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]] - WiiWare, 2009
* ''[[Game & Wario]]'' - Wii U, 2013
* ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' - 3DS, 2018

===Other Games===
* ''[[Mario and Wario]]'' - [[Super Nintendo|SNES]], 1993 - (Japan only release)
* ''[[Wario's Woods]]'' - [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]/SNES, 1994
* ''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' - GB, 1994 - Wario/Bomberman crossover (playable character)

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