AI started to become relevant as soon as I start learning how to draw and getting old enough to make my own original game.
I really hate (much like most people) the fact that AI literally steals work from others without any consent whatsoever to...
That's actually a way better way to look at it. I guess instead you can look at Wario World as the last Wario game that was faithful. It was rude, raunchy and weird, where Shake It was much more fluffy.
Though Master of Disguise also had...
Each subsequent Wario platformer (1994-2004) kept pushing the envelope with the weirdness and crudeness. In a way, Wario World is the grand finale and peak of how weird a Wario game's atmosphere could get.