1988 Mode

**1988 Mode** (also known in-game as **1988**) is the first game mode you play in Five Nights at Wario's: Origins and serves as the standard mode in this game. This game mode features Wario as the protagonist and antagonist.

## Synopsis

The year is 1988, Wario opens up his cafe for the first opening week with his friend Waluigi, due to the cafe being short-staffed, Wario took it upon himself to spend the night in his cafe while Winslow gave updates on the cafe. During his week as a nightguard, not only was he seeing shadows in the cameras during his first night, Winslow, along with Wario during the night, saw demonic figures of Wario and his friends from the first timeline trying to get to him in his second night and onward. Eventually, Wario decided to shut down the cafe as he feared the ghosts were getting too strong. On the in-game sixth night, several years after the closing of Wario's Cafe, the year 2007, takes place in the factory with Wario guarding it. During this night, Bruno Gate broke into the factory, and soon after, Wario began to see his mascot costume, Wario-Man, moving around, he didn't know who was inside this costume, but it was trying to get to him. Wario defended himself for 6 hours and eventually met face-to-face, it drew the other employees towards what was going on, and soon enough, he would kill off the 5 workers of the factory. Bruno would find the recipe, only to be killed by Wario and the gang that got possessed by the spirits from the first timeline.

## Gameplay

1988 Mode is simple, with Night 1 serving as a 'get-used-to-the-mechanics' type night, featuring no enemies. On Night 4 and onward, the lights go out and your main source of light is your flashlight, and, added in v2.0, the camera screen.

### Mechanics

While few are the same as the previous 3 games, some are new and unique for their time.

#### Main Nights

* Cameras function similarly to the previous 3 games, however, they can only be used in the Lounge, and on Night 3 and onward, the cameras can go out. Night 5 and Custom Night show you a timer in the Attic for how much time you have left before your cameras go out, you will need to go to the Office and turn it back on. Cameras auto-refresh for any character that moves while you are looking at them in the cameras. Cameras can be used to stop Mario in the Basement.
* You can use the Map to move to other locations in the cafe. You will be killed by: Wario, Waluigi, or Peach if you are in the same room as him and are visible, Luigi if you are in the Attic, visible, and he is standing all the way up, and Mario if you and he are in the Basement.
* In the Storage, you can find a cabinet with an Invisibility Mushroom and later a battery, the battery will not appear if you have that disabled in Custom Night.
* Invisibility Mushrooms can be used to avoid all characters except Mario.
* On nights 4 and onward, you will be given a flashlight with a limited battery, which can be used to look around the place. Use batteries from the cabinet or the Bathroom mirror to refill your flashlight battery.
* Up until Night 4, the building power may go out, you must go into the Basement and reset the generator on the right. On Night 3, Luigi will slowly get up if the power is out.
* On Nights 2 and onward, being in any room except the Lounge will drain a Safety bar, and going back into the Lounge refills it, if the Safety bar depletes all the way, you die to Wario no matter what.

#### Night 6

* Cameras function identically from the first game. They take 1 bar of usage, you have 9 cameras, and cameras do not auto-refresh.
* Doors function identically from the first game. They also take 1 bar of usage and use them to stop Bruno.
* Lights function identically from the first game. They take 4 bars of usage and use them to see either room next to you in the Office.
* Power functions identically from the first game. You start with 200, they drain quicker the more usage and you get Bruno's head flashing at the left door. He plays a different piece of music.

### Characters

The original 5 returns in this game including Wario, Waluigi, Luigi, Peach, and Mario. Along with another person on Night 6, Bruno Gate.

* Wario first appears on Night 2 and starts in the Backdoor, he will go 1 of 2 paths, either the Storage, which he will move to the Office and Kitchen before your room, or the Attic, which is one room away from the Lounge. He will not backtrack. If you are in the same room as him while not invisible, or your Safety meter runs out, you die to Wario.
* Waluigi first appears on Night 4, his location is random, and he will go into 1 of 5 locations: the Lounge, the Kitchen, the Storage, the Backdoor, or the Attic. If you stay with him for too long while you are visible, you will die to him.
* Luigi only appears on Night 3, he starts in the Attic, he will slowly get up if the building power is out. If he is fully up, he will attack if you are in the Attic while you are visible.
* Peach first appears on Night 4, she will randomly appear inside the Bathroom mirror, replacing the battery. If you stay with her for too long while you are visible, she will kill you.
* Mario first appears on Night 5, he will slowly advance towards you from the Basement if you are not looking at the camera he is on. If he advances after his final phase, he will kill you.
* Bruno Gate only appears on Night 6, he will either start in Entrance 1 or Entrance 2.
	+ If he starts in Entrance 1, he will go through the Storage, Freezing Room, and Office Exit to reach your left door.
	+ If he starts in Entrance 2, he will go through the Corridor and Control Room to reach your right door.

### Custom Night

In Custom Night, you can set Wario, Mario, and the Flashlight Battery to 0-20, however, Waluigi, Peach, and the battery in the cabinet can only be set to on or off.

You can also set everyone and everything to max which is 20/20/20/ON/OFF/ON. Beating this rewards you with a ribbon in v2.0 and onward.

You cannot set anyone on the top row to 0.

## Easter Eggs

* During v1.0, you can press Wario's nose in the title, and he'll say 'Eh!'.
* In the Basement, you can click on a little Flumpty Bumpty near the ceiling, and he'll say 'Hi!'
* During Night 3, you can click on a button on the camera to show Rosalina. This will also play a sound.

## Trivia

* This is the only mode in the series where Wario is both the protagonist and antagonist.