life savings to me and click the notification bell wario made his debut in super mario land NUMBER_TOKEN as the title's lead villain and was basically nintendo's first attempt an evil doppelganger for their popular mascot his name is a portmanteau combining the japanese word worry meaning bad with mario to literally mean bad mario a name that says all that it needs to say design wise the biggest standout has to be the character's nose large round and pink with an accompanying sharp jagged moustache that looks like mario's if mario had the grace and decorum of a maniacal vaudevillain he wears green pointed shoes which match his pointed ears he has a yellow hat with a white brim a yellow long sleeve top purple overalls and white gloves with both leads and his hat featuring a w or an upside down mario logo depending on how you look at it judging by wario's lack of originality it would appear to be the latter in my previous character design episode focused on mario i mentioned how his original appearance came about when nintendo was unable to use the popeye license coincidentally popeye also has some rooting in wario's design too game artist hiroji kiyotake imagined wario as the bluetooth to mario's popeye and the evidence is very clear of this as wario is much stockier than mario with his form factor displaying a clear physical advantage other features that would become iconic going forward were his cleft chin and cheshire cat style grin he also appears to be wearing cyan blue eyeshadow for some reason throughout the gameboy classic wario's appearance has teased originally a silhouette of him can be seen atop mario's castle should you visit it throughout your adventure when you come face to face with him at the end of the game he takes on a detailed pixel based form with one absolute unit of a head perhaps wanting to emphasize wario's crazier facial features the scale of his entire sprite is giant in comparison to mario's making him feel threatening and unhinged perfect for a final boss showdown wario's debut entry was a smash hit and would change the landscape of the super mario land series for good in fact super mario land NUMBER_TOKEN featured him as the main character adding the subtitle wario land was a preview of things to come as wario would absorb mario's spin-off game boy entries and claim it for his own in the first wario land entry wario was given a subtle design polish not many elements of him changed in terms of his core ensemble his outfit remained the same but his general demeanor felt refined his eyes are the element that stand out as they seem to have more purpose and less lunacy which reflects his in-game characterization as a treasure hunter rather than a manic and crazed foe in the game itself wario sprite was again large in comparison to former platformers like mario but it was definitely a sophisticated improvement to mario land NUMBER_TOKEN with wario feeling like a more established character much like mario wario would also now shrink when hit by an enemy revealing a smaller sprite that lacked a
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