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I'm hoping Vinny McMahon will fill the ring with a giant Ouija board so they can take a crack at summoning Giant Haystacks and The Fabulous Kangaroos for an ectoplasm-splattering slamfest.

Heheh. I've probably destroyed any enthusiasm crazy spear mask had for this thread. Sorry about that. It was late and I was trying to cover all bases and explain why the old Wario franchise fizzled out (I think my brain fizzled out after trying to re-read it). I reckon every wistful Wario fan...

WL4 marked a changing of the guard for the Nintendo R&D1 division. It's safe to assume that the old Wario staff and stalwarts were calling it a day. They had created five unique Wario Land titles by that point (don't forget about Virtual Boy Wario Land), and had likely done everything they set...

What speed... What power...

Wario's inclusion in the Smash Bros series remains my biggest disappointment in all of video game history, and it all started with that trailer. This comes from someone who spent all the years since the original N64 game dreaming up wonderful ways to include the character and his world. It was...

DecapAttack music in a Wario game actually fits, due to the oddball theme of both. What a pleasant surprise from a 90's childhood relic. @tahutoa What do you know of PigmaskColonel? I saw that you'd made a playlist and written a little piece on his work. I wasn't aware he'd closed his...

That bloody article is STILL around? "Why Does Wario Fart?" contains a lot of false information and fabricated assumptions from the writer. It does contain some truth, but it's a lazy, poorly researched essay that brainwashes fans who don't know any better. I was cringing when I first read it...

Demon Head is still my pick of the litter. No other final boss gave me more anxiety or difficulty in the Wario platformer series (especially his second encounter in the secret Hard Mode). I find him to be the most intriguing final boss of the series. The game's backstory never mentions this...

King Dragon Wario from VB Wario Land is formidable, however I do like Bull Wario just as much. The horned viking-style helmet befits Wario's looting and plundering (although thankfully he leaves out the raping).

Well, he enters the chamber by sliding down a giant stone tongue. He never acknowledges the eyes, but then, I wouldn't expect that kind of detail on the map screen in a game like this (maybe in an RPG or a point and click game where you can interact with the background). I doubt they have any...

Tricky to say whether it's intentional, but the Wario's Woods games were from R&D1, and the WarioWare team are very proud of their heritage since they are always referencing R&D1 products in WarioWare (you only need to play the first game to see a veritable museum of it).

Sounds like it was quite the labour of love/passion project for Night Dive. I don't think I've ever seen you recommend a game without a hint of reserve or playful cynicism before now, so it must be a keeper!

I would not call myself a fan of Wario-Man though he's a great vehicle for laughs. He represents the silliness and insanity of WarioWare exclusively, which is why I think he'd be very out of place in a Wario Land title (different style of Wario). A great mascot for WarioWare, if nothing else.

Well, I just finished my breakfast and decided today is the day I'll start my new master file in it. I'll just stagger through it at a leisurely pace and enjoy the ride. Such a charming little game to have over tea or coffee when I take a break from course work. All those blood-thirsty reptiles...

You know, I used to experiment with those shifty eyes, and I remember how they always froze when Wario is facing north in their direction. A spooky little oddity... I also like the notion that it's the Golden Diva spying on Wario behind his back (they remind me of her squinty default/masked...

Holy mackerel... Now there's a surprise, considering how Acclaim are just dust and whispers on a gentle nostalgic breeze. I wonder who secured the rights to those old games (I also wonder HOW they did it, and whether we'll see other Acclaim games like Vexx or the Legends of Wrestling titles...)...

I really hope we can resurrect the WarioWare sites before long. The one I'm personally gunning for is the Mega PARTY Game$ site, which had microgame and elevator highscores put up from Nintendo staff that you were encouraged to beat (I still remember jotting them all down after school back in...

Heheh. Yes, I was muttering that to myself an hour ago. They list every version of Mario Party/Golf/Tennis under the 2003 sun, but they left out one of the finest Wario platformers ever made... Hokey is the word for it.

Tremendous news! I managed to get through to the archivist and he solved the loading issue with the European site. So here it is in all its tacky, resuscitated glory... Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to document the lot with my Camtasia screen recorder (before it slips through the cracks...

While not Wario's Woods, Game Freak did develop (or co-develop) Mario & Wario years before Pokemon began. In fact they directly referenced Mario & Wario in an early Pokemon game.