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.
Wario platforming games
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Release years by system: 1994 – Game Boy[8] 2011 – Nintendo 3DS (VC) |
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Release years by system: 1995 – Virtual Boy[9] |
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Release years by system: 1998 – Game Boy[11] 1998 – Game Boy Color[12] 2012 – Nintendo 3DS (VC) |
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Release years by system: 2000 – Game Boy Color[14] 2012 – Nintendo 3DS (VC) 2023 – Nintendo Switch (NSO) |
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Release years by system: 2001 – Game Boy Advance[16] 2011 – Nintendo 3DS (VC, Ambassador Program exclusive) 2014 – Wii U (VC) |
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Release years by system: 2003 – GameCube[17] |
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Release years by system: 2007 – Nintendo DS[19] 2015 – Wii U (VC) |
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Original release date(s):[21] |
Release years by system: 2008 – Wii[21] 2016 – Wii U |
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WarioWare games
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Original release date(s):[23] |
Release years by system: 2003 – Game Boy Advance[23] 2003 – GameCube[24] 2011 – Nintendo 3DS (VC, Ambassador Program exclusive) 2014 – Wii U (VC) 2023 – Nintendo Switch (NSO) |
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Release years by system: 2004 – Game Boy Advance[27] |
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Original release date(s):[30] |
Release years by system: 2004 – Nintendo DS[30] 2015 – Wii U (VC) 2016 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Release years by system: 2006 – Wii[33] 2016 – Wii U |
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Original release date(s):[35] |
Release years by system: 2008 – DSiWare[35] 2011 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS, WiiWare |
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Release years by system: 2013 – Wii U |
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Release years by system: 2018 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Original release date(s): September 10, 2021 |
Release years by system: 2021 – Nintendo Switch |
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Original release date(s): November 3, 2023 |
Release years by system: 2023 – Nintendo Switch |
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Individual microgames
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Bird & Beans Original release date(s):[40] |
Release years by system: 2008 – DSiWare[40] |
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Paper Airplane Chase Original release date(s):[42][43] |
Release years by system: 2008 – DSiWare[42] |
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Other games
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Release years by system: 1993 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System[45] |
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Release years by system: 1994 – Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System[46][47] 1995 – Satellaview[48] 2006 – Wii (VC)[2] 2013 – Nintendo 3DS (VC) 2013 – Wii U (VC) 2018 – Nintendo Switch (NSO) |
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Original release date(s):[49] |
Release years by system: 1994 – Game Boy[49] |
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Release years by system: 1995 – Satellaview[51] |
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edit- ^ Japanese: ワリオランド シェイク
- ^ Japanese: ワリオランド シェイク
- ^ Japanese: メイド イン ワリオ
- ^ Japanese: まわるメイドインワリオ, lit. Turning Made in Wario
- ^ Japanese: さわる メイドインワリオ, lit. Touching Made in Wario
- ^ Japanese: おどるメイド イン ワリオ, lit. Dancing Made in Wario
- ^ Japanese: うつす メイド イン ワリオ, lit. Projecting Made in Wario
- ^ Japanese: メイド イン 俺, lit. Made in Me
- ^ Japanese: ゴージャス メイド イン ワリオ, Hepburn: lit. Gōjyasu Meido in Wario
- ^ Japanese: おすそわける メイド イン ワリオ, lit. Share With Others: Made in Wario
- ^ Japanese: 超おどるメイド イン ワリオ, lit. Super Dancing Made in Wario
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