List of Wario video games

A purple W in white surrounded in a circle by yellow
The "W" emblem appears on Wario's yellow hat and represents him in many games.

Wario video games have been developed by several companies, including Nintendo, Suzak, Good-Feel, Treasure and Intelligent Systems. All Wario video games have been developed for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Game Boy to the seventh generation of video game consoles. The first game to feature Wario was as the antagonist in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins; Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 was the first to feature Wario as a playable character.[1][2]

The Wario series consists of two separate gameplay-oriented parts: a series of traditional side-scrolling platform games, and a series of party games under the WarioWare moniker.

The platform games are a spin-off from the Super Mario Land series of games for the Game Boy. The changes from the Mario Land series, both stylistically and storywise—with anime-style cutscenes and a greedy protagonist—make the games unique from other platformers in the genre.[3][4] The latest Wario platform game to be released is Wario Land: Shake It! (known as Wario Land: The Shake Dimension in Europe and Wario Land: Shake[a] in Japan) for the Wii, and is a 2D platform game like the previous Wario platform games.[5]

The WarioWare games are minigame compilations in which the player is required to perform a series of short activities at a quickening pace, with the player having four lives.[6][7] The latest WarioWare game is WarioWare: Move It!, released on November 3, 2023.

  1. ^ "Wario Biography". IGN. Archived from the original on July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  2. ^ Thomas, Lucas M. (December 6, 2006). "Wario's Woods (Virtual Console) Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  3. ^ Fahs, Travis (July 25, 2008). "Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Review". IGN. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  4. ^ Satterfield, Shane (December 11, 2001). "Wario Land 4 Review for Game Boy Advance". GameSpot. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  5. ^ Chlappini, Dan (September 24, 2008). "Wario Land: Shake It! Review for Wii". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  6. ^ Gerstmann, Jeff (January 12, 2007). "WarioWare: Smooth Moves Review for Wii". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  7. ^ Gerstmann, Jeff (May 27, 2003). "WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2009.


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