It's definitely a very charming game, and you can certainly see the series philosophy take shape there. Wario in general is shown as a much more brutish, force orientated character than Mario for example, and his moves and abilities all reflect...
I finally played WarioLand 1 after mainly having experience with wario-likes, wario land 2 and wario world. and i love how different it is from Wario's identity from 2 onwards.
So much of Wario's identity that felt unique/was iterated on as the...
I just played it for the first time as well, before this I was mainly a WarioWare fan and didn't really have any exposure to the Land games (outside of Wario World, if that counts). I didn't really like it at first and thought the gameplay was...