Should Wario have been in NSMB2?

[BooDestroyer]

I mean, sure Wario is handled by a different team and all. But when this game's all about coin collecting, isn't it a bit odd that this was his best opportunity to reprise his villain role, but missed it?

 

[Magma]

Would he be playable or an antihero protagonist? Either way I don't think he'd really fit in a SMB style game.

 

[JoeKarta]

I think he was in the works as a playable character, but because they had to release the game soon they stopped working on him and gave his shoulder bash to Roy for some reason.

 

[BooDestroyer]

Would he be playable or an antihero protagonist? Either way I don't think he'd really fit in a SMB style game.

Has everyone forgotten that his first appearance ever was an antagonist? This could have been his chance to get back on that.

 

[Magma]

Has everyone forgotten that his first appearance ever was an antagonist? This could have been his chance to get back on that.

I could imagine him being an antagonist again but I don't think suddenly thrusting him into an already established series would be the best idea. Perhaps a new series like what they did with Donkey Kong could work.

 

[CM30]

Yes, without a doubt. Wario should have been in New Super Mario Bros 2 in some form, whether it was an antagonist, extra playable character or something else.

He should have also been in the other games as playable instead of nameless Toads.

 

[herrherr]

This has likely been suggested as a possibility before, but speaking of toads and bringing Wario back as an antagonist, I felt it was a missed opportunity not to rekindle Toad and Wario's relationship from Wario's Woods when Captain Toad was released. Perhaps he might not have even had to have been a villain; he could have just been Toad's greedy rival also hunting for treasure, a rival whom you sometimes might have to compete with.