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It's times like these I miss the DKVine emotes. :wealllose: indeed.

I'm hearing bits of The Magic Flute, but maybe that's just me.

Oh man I'd completely forgotten about that half-minute hero idea. I should write that down. And make it. >__>

I liked it a lot. It's an interesting relic of the "Wario is an out and out villain" period, the second playable outing for Toad, and a return for Birdo! It also provides a nice twist on the standard puyopoyu formula. What's not to love?

I remember the interview where they jokingly talk about "Wario's Princess Peach" and all I could think of was "Wait, wouldn't that be Captain Syrup?"

I hold out hope that we'll see another entry in the series. There's been at least one game on each Nintendo handheld up through the DS, and a couple console releases. I feel confident that there will be a 3DS release some time during the system's lifetime.

Neato! It's an interesting thing, for sure. After Super Mario 64 DS, I was wondering if Wario would now be a playable character in main-line Mario games, but that never really came to pass.

I actually forgot there was a super hard mode. It's been so long since I've sat down and run through the games I used to play when I was a kid...

Are we going to get hyped about the Smash Direct today? Anyone expect to see anything Wario-related?

Definitely Master of Disguise. It has too much talking and dialog exchanges for what is ostensibly an action platformer. Similarly, it has forced touch-screen mechanic minigames that attempt to riff on WarioWare but don't quite capture the feel of anything from that series. These minigames are...

A Waluigi game should just be off-the wall odd. Like, it should the the Stanley Parable of the Mario macro-franchise. Have some platforming levels. Have zelda-style dungeons. Have racing levels. Have a Star-Fox inspired area. Do weird "I wanna be the guy" type stuff that just turns formulas on...

They talked about it at their 2011 GDC panel. Here's a link to an article covering it: http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/03/04/gdc-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-donkey-kong-country-returns-and-retro-studios

I feel like a Wario RPG should be something like half-minute hero, with you just going through enemies stealing money and getting stronger in hyper-active bursts with maybe some short warioware-ish minigames and stuff. Make it zany in a Wario Land 4 sort of way and I think you'd be golden.

Retro has stated in interviews that the depth-hopping stuff from DKC Returns was inspired by the Virtual Boy Wario Land, and that they played those games for inspiration with picking-up and throwing puzzles/mechanics, so they've already done some research into the games. And, as you say, Retro...

I'm going to have to go with Wario Land 2. It holds the most nostalgia for me, even though 3 is more technically impressive.

I can definitely see where you're coming from now that you point it out. Wario Land has always been known for having non-conventional takes on level archetypes in addition to it's non-conventional platformer mechanics, but you're right in that Shake It doesn't do anything extremely memorable in...

It's probably down to the lack of fanfare surrounding the series. The games are rarely advertised and are often just sort of released into the wild. As such, beyond the the more hardcore Wario fan segment, no one really cares or has been told they should care by Nintendo.

So, Wario's games started out as a twist on the Mario Bros formula and became their own thing. Luigi's series went off in a completely different direction and have revolved around a unique style of non-platforming gameplay. Should Waluigi start with Luigi's Mansion as a base and change it up...

Wario Blast was my introduction to Bomberman, as I hadn't played that series prior. I'm a big fan of the older games, but past the (2nd?) N64 title, the series went off in a direction that didn't really keep my interest. I still have my copy of Blast around here somewhere. I should figure out...

I'm fond of his Mobile Golf reredesign, though if they brought him back again I suspect they'd want to differentiate his color set from Waluigi's.