List of Wario video games explained

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 ; 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 (known as Wario Land: The Shake Dimension in Europe and 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 4 lives.[6] [7] The latest WarioWare game is , released on November 3, 2023.

WarioWare games

Individual microgames

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wario Biography. IGN. June 29, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090712120508/http://stars.ign.com/objects/924/924285_biography.html. July 12, 2009.
  2. Web site: Wario's Woods (Virtual Console) Review. Thomas, Lucas M.. December 6, 2006. IGN. June 30, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090522005001/http://wii.ign.com/articles/749/749639p1.html. 2009-05-22. dead.
  3. Web site: Fahs, Travis. July 25, 2008. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Review. IGN. June 29, 2009.
  4. Web site: Satterfield, Shane. December 11, 2001. Wario Land 4 Review for Game Boy Advance. GameSpot. June 29, 2009.
  5. Web site: Chlappini, Dan . September 24, 2008 . Wario Land: Shake It! Review for Wii . . June 29, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090208035653/http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/wariolandshake/review.html . February 8, 2009.
  6. Web site: Gerstmann, Jeff . January 12, 2007 . WarioWare: Smooth Moves Review for Wii . . June 30, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090414091304/http://www.gamespot.com/wii/puzzle/wariowaresmoothmoves/review.html . April 14, 2009.
  7. Web site: Gerstmann, Jeff . May 27, 2003 . WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Review . . June 30, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090921052334/http://www.gamespot.com/gba/puzzle/warioware/review.html . September 21, 2009.

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