I wish Nintendo would put Wario in Mario's platforming games. Rosalina was playable in 3D World and Daisy is going to be playable in Wonder, so maybe there's hope.
WayForward just announced they are resurrecting a scrapped GBA Shantae game that will have a compatible cartridge. Imagine if Wario Land got that treatment.
Sometimes I think about how many weird doppelgangers/parallel rivals exist in the Mario Universe.
Mario has Wario and Foreman Spike.
Luigi has Waluigi
Yoshi has Boshi
Bowser has Midbus and Dark Bowser
Wario even has the Shake King, whose design parallels Wario's.
Jimmy T. has Jimmy P.
That's not even all of them.
Just finished the Shovel Knight: King of Cards DLC this week. I had no idea when I bought Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, that it would include this Wario-inspired adventure. It was the icing on the cake for an already great game. I still got to play the other DLCs.
Played Dr. Mario 64 for the first time yesterday. This is the closest we've ever gotten to getting Captain Syrup playable in a game, since most of the roster is made of Wario Land enemies.
This may just be nostalgia talking, but I want to see a sequel to this. I love the idea of Wario teaming up with Mario and others to fight a greater evil.