History VideoGame / WarioLand

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** ''Wario Blast: Featuring {{Bomberman}}!'', which is really just the western release of a Bomberman game with Wario added to increase sales. This doesn't stop the fans from attributing the game more to Wario than Bomberman. Top billing has that kind of power.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Two in Crescent Moon Village in ''Wario Land 4'': one in Arabian Nights in said game and one in the Golden Passage in the same game.

** [[spoiler:Rudy the Clown in VideoGame/WarioLand 3, and for some reason, Doctor Mario 64 (he's an AntiVillain in the latter game.) Also, The Golden Diva in VideoGame/WarioLand 4]], And the Shake King in Shake It, being the BigBad you actually defeat in a boss battle in Wario Land Shake It.

* GiantHandsOfDoom / RaymanianLimbs: The genie in Virtual Boy Wario Land, and Rudy the Clown in Wario Land 3. (Unlike everything else in 3, Rudy's hands ''can'' kill you.)

* RefusalOfTheCall
* RemixedLevel

* UnexpectedShmupLevel: In ''Shake It!'', the subwarine levels.

* AlwaysNight: Crescent Moon Village, Uncanny Mansion, Hotel Horror, Arabian Night, Bad Manor, Boogie Mansion, Shake King's Shakedown Schooner.

Like Mario, Wario usually has a variety of power-ups which give him alternate abilities.

* AllJustADream: One of the endings in ''Wario Land 2'' - surprisingly enough, ''not'' the one you get by failing to wake up at the start of the game.

** The bubble boss in Wario Land 2 also counts, although in this case there's no pump - he just inflates when jumped on.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the original version of Wario Land 2, birds throw beer at Wario to get him drunk. In the U.S. version, this was changed to "crazy balls".

* CraniumRide: Interestingly done with platforms that only enemies can walk on in ''Wario Land 2''.

** Wario Land is Nintendo's SelfParody of the SuperMarioBros series.

* MultipleEndings: ''Wario Land 2'' has several, but most aren't any better than each other. How many of the treasures you [[strike:found and kept]] earned for quickly beating the bosses at the end of ''Wario Land 4'' determines what form Princess Shokora takes, and what bonus images are received at the end of the credits and what vehicle Wario is driving during them is determined by the difficulty level of the file. Also, what new home the genie creates for Wario at the end of the original game is determined by your amount of coins and treasures collected. You also get some bonus images for collecting all the treasures in ''Wario Land 3''.

* NighInvulnerability: Wario is pretty much made of diamond in every aspect, amplified by VideoGame/WarioLand 2 or 3 which made him COMPLETELY invincible to damage or being killed. Most damage also won't do more than one heart of damage to him in the games with a health bar, instant kill obstacles are completely nonexistent after the first game, and hey, anything that transforms him, like being set on fire, frozen solid, squashed flat, or the like, is completely harmless to him.

* NumberedSequels: ''Wario Land'' 2-4.

* RingRingCRUNCH: ''Wario Land 2'' starts off with Wario hunting for and destroying an alarm clock. [[EverythingTryingToKillYou The clock is not pleased.]]

* TrueNeutral: The genie in the first Wario Land isn't good or evil. He just does as his master commands.

* UnderTheSea: Ruins at the Bottom of the Sea in ''Wario Land 2''.

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Wario Land 2'', in which there is a "Really Final Chapter" after the skull-shaped castle.

* VillainProtagonist

* MyMasterRightOrWrong / TrueNeutral: The genie in the first Wario Land isn't good or evil. He just does as his master commands.

* ''Wario Land II'' for the GameBoy[=/=]GameBoyColor

The Wario Land series centers on Mario's EvilCounterpart, Wario, in the search for treasure. The games play somewhat similarly to the Mario Bros series, with a few notable exceptions. Wario is much stronger than the Mario Bros., so many of the games revolve around object manipulation and combat. Wario can pick up enemies and objects to attack and solve puzzles, and generally has butt-stomp and charge attacks to deal with enemies. While you can breeze through each level to reach the goal, usually every stage has a number of hidden treasures that must be found on alternate routes to reach 100% completion and the best ending. Instead of Mario, Wario's nemesis in these games is usually Captain Syrup, a FemmeFatale pirate captain and her army of goblin-like pirates.

* MythologyGag: Wario sometimes uses an [[http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Hand Ultra Hand]] as a special attack (in ''Shake It!'', ''Master of Disguise'', and MarioTennis) because Nintendo engineer Gunpei Yokoi invented the device.

* BigBoosHaunt: Uncanny Mansion in ''Wario Land 2'', three out of four of the Sapphire Passage levels in ''Wario Land 4'' (with one being a LethalLavaLand level instead), and Bad Manor and Boogie Mansion from ''Wario Land Shake It!''

* LethalLavaLand: Stove Canyon in ''Wario Land 1'' and the third level of the Sapphire Passage in ''4''.

* BigBoosHaunt: Uncanny Mansion in ''Wario Land 2'', Sapphire Passage levels in ''Wario Land 4'', and Bad Manor and Boogie Mansion from ''Wario Land Shake It!''

* LethalLavaLand: Stove Canyon in ''Wario Land 1''

* ''Wario Land 4'' for the GameBoyAdvance

** He would have received one in ''Shake it!'', but [[spoiler:instead he pushed the queen out of his way to grab the infinite coin bag.]]

* GiantHandsOfDoom/RaymanianLimbs: The genie in Virtual Boy Wario Land, and Rudy the Clown in Wario Land 3. (Unlike everything else in 3, Rudy's hands ''can'' kill you.)

* GiantHandsOfDoom: How Rudy the Clown attacks in Wario Land 3. (This ''can'' kill you, unlike everything else in the game.)

* PowerUpFood: Garlic gives Wario different effects depending on the game. Most of the time, it restores health. However, garlic in the first game restores him to normal after being shrunk from a hit, if he's already big then it gives him a Bull Cap. In others, eating too much turns Wario into "Fat Wario," who can defeat any enemy by touching it and break through hard blocks.

* ATwinkleInTheSky: Exactly what happens to the second boss, Hot Roderick in Shake It. Courtesy of a boxing glove to the face from Wario's unicycle.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Syrup Castle of ''Wario Land 1'', which is shaped like a skull.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Wario Land 2'', in which there is a "Really Final Chapter" after the skull-shaped castle.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Sherbet Land in the first game, part of Fiery Cavern in the fourth, Slipshod Slopes and Freezing Fields in ''Shake It!''.

* DodongoDislikesSmoke: You have to feed bombs to both the evil treasure chests and the boss Large Fry in ''Shake It!'' to defeat them.

* PowerUpFood: Garlic gives Wario different effects depending on the game. Most of the time, it restores health. However, garlic in the first game causes him to become stronger and gain a viking hat. In others, eating too much turns Wario into "Fat Wario," who can defeat any enemy by touching it and break through hard blocks.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Wario loves garlic, and it's the main health food from ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' onward, though ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}'' makes this more pronounced. Doesn't actually appear in this series until ''Wario Land: Shake It!''
** [[OlderThanTheyThink What about the original game, being an analogue to Mario's mushrooms?]]

* BlackKnight: The Shake King. Evil? Yep. [[TheGiant Big?]]. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle YOU BET.]] Powerful? [[ThatOneBoss *dodge* Definitely *dodge* so *dodge*]]. Physically focused? [[MegatonPunch *THUNK*]] [[NonSequiturThud I hear Syrup makes good pancakes.]] No magic? [[MagicKnight Uh... no.]] [[BeamSpam RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!]]