Wario's favourite food isn't garlic?

[SurrealBrain]

I think garlic became his favorite over time. That doesn't mean he doesn't eat other stuff from time to time.

 

[ShyGuyXXL]

But this reminds of something:
Is eating garlic connected to getting stronger in japan?
Cuz I remember a character in Earthbound saying something about eating garlic to become stronger... or something like that?
So... is that a thing? Is that like a common "belief" in japan?
Kinda like how people used to believe spinach made you stronger? (Yes, before Popeye made it his thing).

If that's the case I'd understand why they picked the garlic pot for Wario in Wario Land 1.

 

[Magma]

It might be a pun since garlic in Japanese rhymes with the Japanese word for muscle. I know at least one other character who eats garlic to get stronger from something Japanese.

 

[ShyGuyXXL]

I like that explanation 100 times better than "He eats garlic cuz he's gross 'n' fat."

 

[Vampfox]

First the Koopalings, and now this.

My childhood was a lie.