Wario

**Wario** is Mario's twisted doppelganger and rival. Wario is very lazy, selfish and greedy and is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Although he was created to be a counterpart to Mario, Captain Syrup is his worst enemy, because she's just as greedy as him. Wario loves garlic, money, his pet chicken Hen, and treasure. Wario also has a sidekick named Waluigi, who is Luigi's twisted doppelganger.

Although Wario is usually portrayed as an anti-hero; working towards his own ambitions and goals, he is not truly evil despite sometimes clashing against "heroes" such as Mario. His motivations for wanting to destroy Mario are usually somewhat understandable, driven more by jealousy than outright malice. Media starring Wario sometimes depict a rare side of Mario, who insults and diminishes Wario's efforts. Despite Waluigi being a noted cheater, Wario (usually) works extremely hard for everything he has. In Wario's Story, Wario's Family Was Killed in 1979 before 1981.

## Biography

### *Yoshi's Island DS*

Wario is seen as a baby in *Yoshi's Island DS*, which was released many years after his first appearance as an adult in *Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins*. As a child, Baby Wario is prone to tantrums, and already has a penchant for riches, carrying a magnet to attract coins. He is kidnapped along with all the other children of the Mushroom Kingdom by Kamek however he was left to fend for himself inside a cave when he threw a temper tantrum that Kamek and the Toadies couldn't handle, and after some adventures with Yoshi and a group of Bandits, Wario is last seen arguing with Baby Bowser on a barge filled with treasure as the Stork, a Grinder, and a Tube Guy watch confused.

### Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

In Wario's debut, *Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins*, he paid an evil alien mercenary named Tatanga to kidnap Princess Daisy. Mario headed off to rescue her upon request from Princess Peach, but what he didn't know, was that this was a diversion so that Wario could capture Mario's Castle. However, Mario managed to kick Wario out his castle, which led Wario to seek out a castle of his own. Thus, his new castle has been the central focus of most of Wario's games. Wario, in all fields, is a greedy thief. As such, he is not afraid to steal from others in order to add to his riches.

### Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

After the events of *Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins*, he promptly appears in his own game: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. Wario Land features a new breed of Nintendo anti-hero actions: greed. In this game, Wario is told that there is immense treasure to be found on Kitchen Island, but that is guarded by the terrible pirate, Captain Syrup.

When he gets to the island, he has a full-out battle with the pirate crew, finally reaching Captain Syrup (who, to Wario's surprise, is a woman). After a long fight with the captain and her Genie, Wario escapes the collapsing castle with the pirate queen's loot. However, Wario's main objective, the golden statue of Princess Peach, gets reclaimed by Mario (whom it was stolen from originally by Captain Syrup). Fortunately for Wario, the genie is so grateful for being freed from Syrup that he gives Wario his own pad, which materializes as anything from a birdhouse to a planet, based on how much treasure Wario has collected throughout the game.

### Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!

In Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!, Wario stumbles upon the extra-dimensional portal to Bomberman's home world. Seeing it as an opportunity to make a quick buck and earn some minions, he loots Bomberland. Bomberman and Wario must fight each other's Madbombers for the fate of Bomberland.

### Virtual Boy Wario Land

During his vacation in Virtual Boy Wario Land, Wario landed his plane, Bulldog, next to the Aldegara Waterfall. Wario then spots some strange creatures entering the falls. Discovering a huge amount of treasure behind the falls, Wario is about to steal it all, but this was swallowed up by the Earth. Wario vows to get his revenge on the creatures and steal their treasure, and he does.

### Wario Land II

Soon after the events of Virtual Boy Wario Land, Wario returns in Wario Land II. In this game, Wario is indestructible, having no shortage of lives. Wario's nemesis, Captain Syrup and a few of her soldiers, the Pirate Gooms, steal Wario's treasure and flood his entire castle. Wario quickly rises to the challenge, pursuing his enemies through a multitude of diverse locales to recover his riches and avenge his lost slumber. This particular adventure is unique to the franchise, as it incorporates many different endings and scenarios, resulting in a small choice during a particular level altering the outcome of the entire adventure. By defeating one of many final bosses, Wario corners Captain Syrup, exacts his revenge and reclaims his treasure. However, upon uncovering every possible treasure and defeating every final boss, Wario has the option to raid Captain Syrup's treasure horde and steal her treasure in a special Time Attack challenge.

### Wario Land 3

In Wario Land 3, Wario stumbles upon an enchanted Music Box and is whisked away to the mysterious world within. Upon his arrival, Wario is greeted by a mysterious oracle, who promises Wario his freedom and an ample supply of treasure for his compliance in recovering the five sacred music boxes located in the vast world within the enchanted box. True to his nature, Wario agrees, under the impression that his efforts will prove lucrative.

After collecting the music boxes, Wario returns to the oracle's temple, where the monstrous figure reveals its true form as the horrific Rudy the Clown. Rudy reveals that he used Wario to collect the Music Boxes so that his powers would be restored, and that the "enemies" encountered throughout the game were actually the enchanted citizens of the Music Box World. In a climactic battle, Wario defeats the stubborn boss, resulting in his cavern collapsing around him. After narrowly escaping, Wario is greeted by the grateful citizens of the enchanted world, who thank him immensely for inadvertently saving their land. Their gratitude proves fruitful for Wario, as they allow him to keep any treasures he found in his adventure.

### Wario Land 4

After reading about a Legendary Pyramid filled with treasure in the newspaper, Wario takes to the Pyramid in his Wario Car. There, he stumbles upon a Black Cat, who leads him into a chasm in the ground. Wario soon discovers that he is deep within the Pyramid walls, and proceeds to steal its treasures as he searches for a way out. After battling through five agonizing worlds, 20 levels, and six bosses, Wario gets to challenge the goddess of the pyramid, the Golden Diva. After defeating her, Wario discovers that the Black Cat was actually Princess Shokora, the true goddess of the pyramid, whom the Golden Diva had cursed into a feline form. Her human appearance depends on how many Treasure Chests have been collected; if he doesn't have enough riches, Wario's princess may turn out to be a child or a fat lady, something Wario is not pleased about, however upon collecting vast amounts of treasure, the princess reveals herself to be a beautiful, ethereal maiden. After successfully raiding the pyramid and pilfering a monstrous load of treasure, Wario returns home and treats himself to an all-you-can-eat steak buffet, which ironically costs a mere ten dollars.

### Wario Land: Shake It!

In Wario Land: Shake It!, it is discovered that within an Ancient Globe on exhibition at a museum, there is another world called the Shake Dimension. The locale's peace is shattered by the Shake King, who imprisons Queen Merelda and her loyal subjects (called Merfles), and steals the legendary Bottomless Coin Sack, which spits out coins whenever it is shaken.

Captain Syrup observes the Shake Dimension's crisis from the outside world. Setting her sights on the legendary treasure, but with no desire of doing the dirty work herself, she steals the Ancient Globe and sends it to Wario. True to form, Wario prepares to raid the beleaguered kingdom when a Merfle escapes to the outside world in hopes of finding help. When Wario hears of the Bottomless Coin Sack, he sets out to defeat the Shake King and thereby acquire that legendary treasure. However, as soon as he returns victorious from the Shake Dimension, Captain Syrup appears and steals the Bottomless Coin Sack from the bewildered Wario.

### WarioWare series

In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Wario realizes the boom of the video game industry and takes it upon himself to found his own video game company, WarioWare, Inc. Wario hires his friends Mona, Jimmy T., Kat & Ana, Dr. Crygor, 9-Volt, Dribble & Spitz, and Orbulon to create a series of lightning fast mingames, dubbed microgames. Wario's efforts prove to be fruitful and the game becomes a best-seller. While Wario initially tries to pocket all of the profits for himself, he is eventually forced to spread the wealth amongst his workers.

Wario also appears in the game WarioWare: D.I.Y. Along with the title is a WiiWare title called WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. In this game, half of Wario's employees quit working for him in favor of working for Diamond Software. Thinking quickly, Wario hires the owner of a local video game store to help finish some of his games and create new ones. Here, the player is in charge of creating microgames that incorporate touch screen controls. As the player progresses, Wario and Penny Crygor offer new lessons and tutorials that enhance the player's understanding about the creation of microgames.

In the game, Game & Wario, Wario ceases production on seconds-long microgames in favor of lengthier mini games that incorporate the use of the Wii U gamepad. True to form, Wario hires the lot of his friends to do some dirty work for him, and the colorful cast creates a myriad of mini games for the new system. In classic WarioWare fashion, Wario eventually dons the garb of a costumed alter-ego and ends the game with a bang as Captain Wario in the minigame, Pirates.

## General Info

### Personality

Wario is extremely greedy and will do anything to get money, be it stealing or going on an adventure. He is also a miser, as he never lets anyone touch his treasure. He is also gluttonous and addicted to sweets. Alas, his greedy nature overtakes him and he goes out of control occasionally, even going as far as to double-cross his friends. Like Mario, he has many Italian traits. While he is of Italian heritage, whether he was actually born in the country Italy or not is still a mystery due to the lack of information on his birthplace.

Wario is not as unintelligent as he appears to be since he makes WarioWare games and can fly a plane. In fact, he may actually be very skilled at electronics, as he made a dimensional teleporter in a few seconds. He also constructed the Mario Kart 64 race track Wario Stadium. The reason many assume he is a bonehead is that he is hot-headed, clumsy, and sometimes forgets his common sense.

Wario is very aggressive, especially in the Mario Kart series, as he pushes racers off the road if in his way. In the Mario Party series, he apparently puts his greedy nature aside to play fair. In general sports, Wario is a braggart and a sore loser, even going as far as to claim that somebody is cheating when he loses.

Wario is very powerful; his weight and strength are often emphasized in the games he appears in, especially his own. He owns a number of vehicles, including two cars, a tractor, a plane, and a bike. He tends to name some of said vehicles after animals. Wario is very greedy, even with riches, he strives for more, which leads him to do some evil. Otherwise, he generally leaves people alone.

### Physical Appearance

According to the Wario World instruction manual, Wario weighs 308 pounds (140 kilograms), although he declares it's just his clothes ("I like to layer!"). He has broad, muscular arms, a large belly, and his excess fat overlaps the openings of his overalls; it is shown his arms and legs are pure muscle meaning the rest of his fat must be stored elsewhere.

His skin ranges from a fair to tan complexion. The tone is similar to that of the other men in the Mario universe. His nose is pink, large, slightly pointed down, and he has a comically large nostril. This is to mirror Mario's own large nose, although Wario's nose is far more noticable. Wario's mouth is square, as is his head, with blocky teeth and a fixed grin. He also has a round, thick, cleft chin. He has round black-eyes shaped by his cheeks and arched brows. They are outlined with a light blue, baggy, ring similar to Waluigi's. He has very constricted pupils and his iris is of a very dark shade.

Wario is actually not as short as he appears. He appears much wider than others and he's noticeably taller than Mario. In fact, Wario is as tall as Luigi regardless of his stout appearance, but he is still shorter than others such as Peach and Waluigi. His athletic abilities tend to make him a powerhouse character, as is expected with his body type.

Wario has light brown hair, the same color as Waluigi's. His hairstyle is the same as Waluigi's as well, having small flips at the back, swooped up bangs, and styled sideburns. He also has a black, zigzag shaped mustache which is a unique trait.

### Powers and Abilities

Despite his obesity, Wario is quite athletic and wields superhuman strength that both exceeds that of Mario's and rivals and almost rivals that of Bowser and Donkey Kong. Wario's trademark move is the Dash Attack which involves charging with his shoulder out. Wario is shown to have a wide variety of grappling moves, in Wario World Wario could use his strength to punish his enemies in a variety of ways, including the Piledriver, Corkscrew Conk, and Wild Swing-Ding.

Wario has consistently the ability to use his body weight to his advantage. Since his first appearance in Mario Land 2, Wario has shown the ability to Ground Pound causing small earthquakes to stun his foes. In Wario Land: Shake it, Wario is able to cause tremors by using the Earthquake Punch.

Wario is commonly associated with explosives, including Bob-ombs, and ways of stealing coins, such as a magnet or even a large vacuum of sorts.

Wario was temporarily immortal in *Wario Land II* and *Wario Land 3*, although he was returned to morality during *Wario Land 4*. Due to this, some enemies made him transform into various forms, such as Crazy Wario and Vampire Wario. In most cases, the transformations could be cured by going to water.

Wario's greatest strength, though, is with items, such as the Power Up Pots which give him unique transformations. He also shares some transformations with Mario such as Fire Wario and Metal Wario. Wario has other various ways in transforming, resulting in transformations such as Crazy Wario, Flat Wario, Fat Wario, Frozen Wario, Electric Wario, and many more. In *Super Mario Strikers Charged* Wario also has the power of farting to stun his opponents.

## Home

According to the WarioWare series, with Wario Land 4 and most fans, Wario lives in his house located in Diamond City. Certain games like Wario Land II and Wario World Wario is said to live in his castle located on Kitchen Island, but Wario says his castle located on Kitchen Island only serves as his beach house.

## Relationships

### Mario, Luigi, and Toad

One of Wario's more notable rivals is Mario. This stems back to childhood according to various comics and has been jealous of Mario since they were children. Wario is not confirmed to be Mario or Luigi's cousin or brother, instead remaining ambiguous. While Wario occasionally teams up with Mario, their relationship is more antagonistic than friendly. Generally this is more contempt than outright violence, although it occasionally does become violent in the case of *Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins* or *Mario Super Sluggers*, wherein Wario actively tried to destroy Mario.

Wario is noted to enjoy tying poor Luigi's shoelaces together in the website for *Wario Land 4*.

Wario fought against Toad in *Wario's Woods* and gave him terrible nicknames like "Shroom". Toad is mostly fearful of Wario and is pretty sure Wario only helped out in *Super Mario 64 DS* to merely to steal treasure.

### Peach

In the Nintendo Power comic *Mario vs. Wario: The Birthday Bash*, Wario was depicted as having a crush on Peach and was trying to one-up Mario by buying a Samsus Doll that she had expressed interest in having, although the two ultimately failed at getting it. Wario also had a golden statue of Princess Peach that Mario stole from him during the end of *Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3*. The games generally are not interested in having Peach as romantic interest for Wario.

### Mona

Mona fills the role of being Wario's romantic interest, with various WarioWare games and supplementary material revealing that she harbors romantic feelings for her friend and employer, Wario. Wario is occasionally hinted to return her romantic feelings, although the two have never really been together in a romantic way.

### Captain Syrup

Captain Syrup is Wario's greatest rival, surpassing Mario as she both stayed a rival of Wario's past *Super Mario Land 2* and is just as greedy and cunning as he is. Captain Syrup has frequently fought against Wario using genies, mechs, or just straight up stealing his rewards at the end of the game like in the case of *Wario Land: Shake It!*.

### Bowser

Wario is shown to be on bad terms with Bowser in the spin off games, although he teamed up with Bowser in Mario Power Tennis. This is the exception, and not the norm. Wario helped defeat Bowser in Super Mario 64 DS, and Bowser stopped Wario from destroying Mario in Mario Super Sluggers just so he could be the one to finish off Mario himself.

### Waluigi

Wario and Waluigi have a ambiguous relationship, although generally they are considered friends and have a positive relationship. Super Smash Bros indicates that their relationship is intentionally unclear. They are sometimes referred to as brothers or even cousins. Charles Martinet, the voice of both characters, has the personal belief that they are simply "two evil guys who found each other".

### Umbra

Even though he had previously done a deal with him in the past to create WarioWare, Umbra and Wario do not meet again until the events of Super Smash Bros Assemble's Secret Universe. There Umbra asks Wario to fulfill his contract, but Wario just throws it away in disgust. Umbra then commands a Cubot to drown Wario and the others in the Underwater Prison. Wario breaks open the prison door and uses his fat frame to clog up the wall, telling the others to go without him.

### Princess Shokora

For most of Wario Land 4, Shokora assists Wario as the Black Cat. It is not until the Golden Diva's defeat that Shokora turns to normal and kisses Wario.

Depending on how many chests you get, her form varies. 0-1 chests gets the Bratty Baby Princess, 2-5 chests gets the Hideous Princess, 6-11 chests, the Young Cheeky Princess is shown, and all 12 chests gets the true Princess Shokora. Even though the "Cheeky Young Princess" form isn't the perfect ending, it is still the one that resembles the original artwork of Princess Shokora the most. The perfect ending's form appears to be an adult version of her.

### Terrormisu

Terrormisu is another main enemy of Wario. Ever since Wario defeated her in Wario: Master of Disguise, Terrormisu has wanted revenge on Wario for his humiliating defeat at the hands of the greedy garlic eater. In Wario Land: Adventures in Diamond City, Terrormisu was planning to invade Diamond City to suck the souls of the citizens of Diamond City, until Wario entered Terrormisu's dimension and invaded Terrormisu's castle. When Wario arrives at Terrormisu's castle's throne room, Terrormisu recognizes that Wario is the Purple Wind, much to Wario's great shock and disgust upon discovering that Terrormisu now knows his secret identity.When Terrormisu reveals her plan to Wario, she decides to suck out Wario's soul before invading Diamond City to drain the souls of the citizens of Diamond City. Wario finally defeats Terrormisu for the second time and thwarts Terrormisu's plans once again. After his second defeat at the hands of Wario, Terrormisu vows to destroy Wario once and for all as he resumes his plans to invade Diamond City to suck the souls of the citizens of Diamond City. Despite his revenge and hatred for Wario, Terrormisu has a romantic crush on Wario and wants to make Wario his boyfriend, much to the chagrin of Wario who says he has no interest in dating nerdy girls or girls with glasses.

## See Also

* Baby Wario
* Dr. Wario
* Wariī and Goodotto
* **Wario (Hiker)** and **Wario (Cowboy)**