Favourite Wario Land references in this series?

[CM30]

What references to the Wario Land series do you remember finding the coolest in this part of the franchise?

Personally I always liked the Wario Land 4 songs and backgrounds in the original. Hearing the Crescent Moon Village theme and Wario sound effects in the ending was kinda neat:



Paper Plane using the Curious Factory theme was neat too:



Love how WarioWare: Twisted has the music box from Wario Land 3 on the side and a pic of the Golden Background as a painting in the background:

And well, we've all gotta love Cractus making a surprise return (or a member of his species doing the same) in WarioWare: Move It:



But what Wario Land references do you most enjoy here?

 

[Yellow Pyoro]

The one I like the most is whenever he does the shoulder tackle. I also like when his WL4 car shows up:

 

[CM30]

The one I like the most is whenever he does the shoulder tackle. I also like when his WL4 car shows up:
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Oh yeah it's always neat to see the Wario Car for sure. Same with the vehicle's appearances in Mario spinoffs like Mario Kart.

 

[Hotel Horror]

The micro game where you have to get the power up before Mario was definitely my favourite

The first WarioWare will always be my favourite. R&D1 really went all out.

 

[CM30]

The micro game where you have to get the power up before Mario was definitely my favourite
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The first WarioWare will always be my favourite. R&D1 really went all out.

Gotta love how inconsistent the visuals are here. Wario looks like Wario Land 1 and Mario looks like the original Super Mario Land, and it clashes so much lol

 

[Dumribble]

I love how the first WarioWare had so much of Wario Land 4.

 

[Hotel Horror]

I love how the first WarioWare had so much of Wario Land 4.

Well it was made by the same team. That's one of the reasons why I love the first WarioWare so much. It was R&D1's last Wario game before passing the torch and going their separate ways.