For detailed information about this series, see: Wario series at Super Mario Wiki
Wario is a series of video games made by Nintendo and starring Wario, a character originally from the Mario series.
Video games[]
A total of 24 games were released in the Wario series:
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (October 21, 1992), Wario was first appearance in the game.
- Mario & Wario (August 27, 1993), Super Famicom. Part of both the Mario and Wario series.
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (January 21, 1994), Game Boy. Still part of both Mario and Wario series, re-released for 3DS Virtual Console in 2011.
- Wario's Woods (February 19, 1994), Famicom/NES, Super Famicom/SNES. Re-released in 2006 for Wii Virtual Console, in 2013 for 3DS Virtual Console and Wii U Virtual Console, and in 2018. Two remakes have been released in the 90s for the SNES via Satellaview: Wario's Woods Burst Of Laughter Version and Wario's Woods Again.
- Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (November 1994), Game Boy. A crossover with the Bomberman series, it's a remake of the Japanese Bomberman GB.
- Virtual Boy Wario Land (November 1995), Virtual Boy.
- Wario Land II (March 1, 1998), Game Boy. Re-released for the Game Boy Color later that year and for 3DS Virtual Console in 2012.
- Wario's Whack Attack (1998), an Adobe Shockwave game released on the website for Mario Party.
- Wario Land 3 (March 21, 2000), Game Boy Color. Re-released in 2012 for 3DS Virtual Console.
- Wario Land 4 (August 21, 2001), Game Boy Advance. Re-released in 2011 in limited edition for 3DS Virtual Console and in 2014 for WiiU Virtual Console.
- Welcome to Greedville (2001), an Adobe Flash microsite made to promote Wario Land 4.
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (March 21, 2003), Game Boy Advance. Re-released in 2011 in limited edition for 3DS Virtual Console and in 2014 for WiiU Virtual Console.
- Wario World (June 20, 2003), GameCube.
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (October 17, 2003), Nintendo GameCube. A multiplayer remake of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.
- WarioWare: Twisted! (October 14, 2004), Game Boy Advance.
- WarioWare: Touched! (December 2, 2004), Nintendo DS. Re-released for Wii U Virtual Console in 2015.
- WarioWare Twisted Marble Maze Game (2005), an Abode Shockwave game released to promote WarioWare: Twisted!
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves (December 2, 2006), Wii. Re-released for Wii U in 2016.
- Wario: Master of Disguise (january 18, 2007), Nintendo DS. Re-released for Wii U Virtual Console in 2015.
- Wario Land: Shake It! (July 24, 2008), Wii. Re-released in 2016 for Wii U.
- WarioWare: Snapped! (December 24, 2008), DSiWare.
- WarioWare: D.I.Y. (April 29, 2009), Nintendo DS.
- WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase (April 29, 2009), WiiWare.
- Game & Wario (March 28, 2013), Wii U.
- WarioWare Gold (July 27, 2018), Nintendo 3DS.
- WarioWare: Get It Together! (September 10, 2021), Nintendo Switch.
- WarioWare: Move It! (November 3, 2023), Nintendo Switch.
Publications[]
- Mario VS Wario a sequel to Nintendo Power's Mario comic Super Mario Adventures published in two episodes on issues 44 (january 1993) and 56 (january 1994) of Nintendo Power.
- Warios Weihnachtsmärchen published on June 1995 issue of the german Club Nintendo magazine, it's a parody of A Christmas Carol.
- Game Boy Advance - Wario Land 4 fourth and last book in the Game Boy series of "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, released in september 2002.
- Ore Dayo! Wario Dayo!! a spin-off of the Super Mario-Kun manga by CoroCoro Comics, with volume 1 (December 30, 2007) based on Wario World, volume 2 (June 2, 2008) based on Wario: Master of Disguise and volume 3 (July 28, 2010) based on Wario Land: Shake It!
Sub-series[]
- Wario Land: A series of 2D adventure games starring Wario.
- WarioWare: A video game series based on "microgames".
Links to other series[]
Note: here will only be listed cameos of Wario as hero of his own series, appearances of him as character from the Mario games will be listed in the Mario series' page.
Microgame versions of other Nintendo games in the WarioWare series generally create a sub-universe link with it, since microgames are supposed to be videogames within the Wario universe; microgames in WarioWare: Get It Together! however create an in-universe link because Wario and his friends enter the microgames' universe; the same is applied to microgames starring Wario.
Direction | Series | Date | Description | Type
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Mario | August 27, 1993 | The Wario series is a spin-off of the Mario series. The games Mario & Wario and Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 are part of both series. |
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Bomberman | November 1994 | Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! is a crossover between the two series. | 1 | |
Uniracers | December 1994 | One of the tracks in Uniracers is called "Wario Paint". |
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Kid Klown | June 1995 | Wario meets Kid Klown in the comic Warios Weihnachtsmärchen. | 1 | |
Kirby | June 1995 | Wario meets Kirby in the comic Warios Weihnachtsmärchen; the bucket from Mario & Wario is an obtainable item in Kirby Super Star. | 1 | |
Donkey Kong | June 1995 | Wario meets Donkey and Diddy Kong in the comic Warios Weihnachtsmärchen; various microgames in the WarioWare series are based on Donkey Kong games, with Wario characters directly interacting with the "Donkey Kong Country Returns" microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together!; additionally a music track from WarioWare Twisted! is featured in Donkey Konga 3. |
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Pokémon | February 27, 1996 | Mario & Wario can be seen on a TV in Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue; a Pokémon Pikachu console is a treasure in Wario Land 3, while a Pokémon Mini console can be seen in WarioWare: Touched! |
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Game & Watch Gallery | September 27, 1997 | The "Modern" versions of Ball in Game & Watch Gallery 2, of Donkey Kong Jr. in Game & Watch Gallery 3 and of Fire Attack in Game & Watch Gallery Advance feature elements from the Wario Land series. |
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Ball (G&W) | September 27, 1997 | A microgame version of Ball is featured in WarioWare: Touched! and in Game & Wario; UNDIRECT: Modern Ball W Mode within Game & Watch Gallery 2 features elements from Wario Land. | 1 | |
Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic | March 01, 1998 | Wario Land II features a treasure based on the Big Face item from Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic. | 3 | |
Flagman | March 26, 1998 | A remake of Flagman is unlockable in Wario Land 2, while a microgame version of it is featured in WarioWare: Touched! | 2 | |
N-Gang | April 1999 | Wario appears in "Jagdszenen aus der unteren Oberstufe" and other N-Gang episodes. | 1 | |
Picross | February 01, 2000 | Picross NP Vol. 7 includes images from the Wario series. | 2 | |
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru | August 21, 2001 | Dr. Arewo Stein from Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru makes an appearance in Wario Land 4, and music from the game is unlockable in WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 1 | |
Fire Attack | October 25, 2002 | UNDIRECT: Wario's Hen from Wario Land II makes an appearance in Modern Fire Attack within Game & Watch Gallery Advance. | 1 | |
Parachute | March 21, 2003 | The helicopter from Parachute appears in a microgame in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. |
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Balloon Fight | March 21, 2003 | Microgame versions of Balloon Fight are featured in the WarioWare series. |
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Duck Hunt | March 21, 2003 | Microgame versions of Duck Hunt are featured in the WarioWare series. |
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F-Zero | March 21, 2003 | A microgame version of F-Zero is featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. |
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Hogan's Alley | March 21, 2003 | Microgame versions of Hogan's Alley are featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare: Touched! |
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Racing 112 | March 21, 2003 | A microgame version of Racing 112 is featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. | 2 | |
Helmet | March 21, 2003 | A microgame version of Helmet is featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. |
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Urban Champion | March 21, 2003 | Microgame versions of Urban Champion are featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 2 | |
Famicom Robot | March 21, 2003 | R.O.B. appears in various microgames in the WarioWare series. |
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Super Scope | March 21, 2003 | A microgame version of Super Scope 6's "LazerBlazer" mode is featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. | 2 | |
Wild Gunman | March 21, 2003 | Microgame versions of Wild Gunman are featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. | 2 | |
Vermin | March 21, 2003 | A microgame version of Vermin is featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! with Wario as the protagonist. | 1 | |
Excite | March 21, 2003 | In the microgame "Unexcite Bike", featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Wario meets the Excite Bikers; Microgame versions of Excitebike are featured in WarioWare: Twisted! and WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 1 | |
Sheriff (Nintendo) | March 21, 2003 | The minigame Wario's Sheriff, featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, can be considered a crossover between the two series. | 1 | |
Starfy | August 05, 2004 | Wario makes an appearance in Densetsu no Starfy 3. | 1 | |
Tennis (Nintendo) | October 14, 2004 | A microgame version of Tennis is featured in WarioWare: Twisted! |
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Wrecking Crew | October 14, 2004 | Microgame versions of Wrecking Crew are featured in WarioWare: Twisted!, WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase and WarioWare Gold. |
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Pinball (Nintendo) | October 14, 2004 | Microgame versions of Pinball are featured in WarioWare: Twisted! and WarioWare Gold. | 2 | |
Golf (Nintendo) | October 14, 2004 | Microgame versions of Golf and NES Open Tournament Golf are featured in WarioWare: Twisted! |
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Clu Clu Land | October 14, 2004 | Microgame versions of Clu Clu Land are featured in the WarioWare series. |
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Baseball (Nintendo) | October 14, 2004 | A microgame version of Baseball is featured in WarioWare: Twisted! |
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Mach Rider | October 14, 2004 | A microgame version of Mach Rider is featured in WarioWare: Twisted! | 2 | |
Kid Icarus | October 14, 2004 | Microgame versions of Kid Icarus are featured in WarioWare: Twisted!, WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase and WarioWare Gold. |
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Ice Hockey (Nintendo) | October 14, 2004 | A microgame version of Ice Hockey is featured in WarioWare: Twisted! | 2 | |
Famicom Tantei Club | December 02, 2004 | A microgame version of Famicom Tantei Club II is featured in the Japanese version of WarioWare: Touched! | 2 | |
Galaxian | December 02, 2004 | A microgame in WarioWare: Touched! is inspired on the NES version of Galaga. | 2.5 | |
Spartan X | December 02, 2004 | A microgame in WarioWare: Touched! is inspired on the NES game Kung Fu. | 2.5 | |
Oil Panic | December 02, 2004 | A microgame version of Oil Panic is featured in WarioWare: Touched! | 2 | |
Lion (G&W) | December 02, 2004 | A microgame version of Lion is featured in WarioWare: Touched! | 2 | |
Where's Wally? | December 02, 2004 | The "Were's Wario" microgame in WarioWare: Touched! is a parody of Where's Waldo? | 2.5 | |
Dance Dance Revolution | July 14, 2005 | Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix includes a track from Wario World. | 2 | |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin | August 19, 2005 | Andy Stitzer reads a Wario World guide book in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. (see details) |
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Alex Rider | July 21, 2006 | In the movie Stormbreaker, Alex Rider has a copy of WarioWare: Touched!. |
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Rhythm Heaven | August 03, 2006 | The Alien Bunnies from WarioWare, inc.: Minigame Mania appear in the original Rhythm Tengoku and in Rhythm Tengoku Gold, while Rhythm Heaven Megamix features a challenge train called "Wario... Where?" including characters from the WarioWare series; characters from Rhythm Paradise appear in WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Game & Wario. | 1 | |
Yoshi | November 13, 2006 | Baby Wario is playable in Yoshi's Island DS, while Wario characters directly interact with the "Yoshi's Story" microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together!; there also are other minor references between the two series. |
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Light Tennis | December 02, 2006 | A microgame version of Light Tennis is featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. | 2 | |
Octopus | December 02, 2006 | A microgame version of Octopus is featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. | 2 | |
Nintendogs | December 02, 2006 | Microgame versions of Nintendogs are featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves and WarioWare Gold. | 2 | |
Punch-Out!! | December 02, 2006 | Microgame versions of the NES Punch-Out!! are featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves and WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. |
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Laser Clay Shooting | December 02, 2006 | A microgame version of Laser Clay Shooting is featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. | 2 | |
Brain Training | December 02, 2006 | A microgame version of Brain Training is featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves; additionally in the "Rude Awakening" microgame Wario's face is similar to Dr. Kawashima's. |
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Star Fox | December 02, 2006 | Microgame versions of Star Fox are featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves and WarioWare: D.I.Y. |
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Angry Video Game Nerd | February 19, 2008 | The Angry Video Game Nerd reviews Virtual Boy Wario Land in the episode "Virtual Boy". | 2 | |
Super Smash Bros. | January 31, 2008 | Wario is a selectable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and its sequels, with stages and Assist Trophies from the series. |
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Bird & Beans | December 24, 2008 | Pyoro was originally a videogame within the Wario series. | 1.5 | |
Paper Plane | December 24, 2008 | Paper Plane was originally a videogame within the Wario series, and it features characters from the game. | 1 | |
Nazo no Murasame Jo | April 29, 2009 | A microgame version of Nazo no Murasame Jo is featured in the Japanese version of WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 2 | |
Wii Games | April 29, 2009 | Microgame versions of the "Shooting Range" event from Wii Play and the "Tightrope Walk" event from Wii Fit are featured in WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 2 | |
Greenhouse | April 29, 2009 | A microgame version of Greenhouse is featured in WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 2 | |
Turtle Bridge | April 29, 2009 | A microgame version of Turtle Bridge is featured in WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 2 | |
Nintendo Wars | April 29, 2009 | A microgame version of Advance Wars is featured in WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. | 2 | |
Tingle | April 29, 2009 | A microgame version of Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland is featured in WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. | 2 | |
Eddsworld | 2010 | The title of a Eddsworld comic is called Warioware. | 2 | |
Shantae | April 19, 2010 | The DLC microgame "Shantae NAB!" from WarioWare D.I.Y is based on the Shantae series. | 2 | |
SpongeBob | April 12, 2011 | SpongeBob SquigglePants is similar to the WarioWare games. Both contain minigames that are split into sections, each of the sections on both games contain themes, and a main character associated them, and both games contain lives. | 3 | |
NES Remix | April 24, 2014 | NES Remix 2 includes challenges based on Wario's Woods. | 2 | |
Amiibo Tap | April 23, 2015 | Scanning an Amiibo in Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits can give you access to playing a demo of Wario's Woods | 2 | |
Doki Doki Literature Club | September 22, 2017 | A sound effect from WarioWare: Touched is used in Doki Doki Literature Club. | 3 | |
Fire Emblem | July 27, 2018 | A microgame version of Fire Emblem Awakening is featured in WarioWare Gold. |
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Manhole | July 27, 2018 | A microgame version of Fire Emblem Awakening is featured in WarioWare Gold; additionally the "Bridge Work" microgame in WarioWare: Smooth Moves may be based on Manhole. | 2 | |
Lefty RX | July 27, 2018 | WarioWare Gold includes a microgame where the player controls a Lefty RX toy car. | 2 | |
Pushmo | July 27, 2018 | A microgame version of Pushmo is featured in WarioWare Gold. | 2 | |
Tomodachi Collection | July 27, 2018 | A microgame version of Tomodachi Life is featured in WarioWare Gold. Additionally, if a Mii is given a Wii U in Tomodachi Life, they will sometimes play games that sounds like and resemble a minigame in Game & Wario. | 2 | |
Death Battle! | May 01, 2019 | Wario has been a subject for Death Battle! | 2 | |
Animal Crossing | July 03, 2020 | Captain Syrup from the Wario Land series is mentioned by Gullivarrr in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (added with update 1.3.0), while Wario characters directly interact with the "Animal Crossing: New Leaf" microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together!; there also are other minor references between the two series. |
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Metroid | September 10, 2021 | Microgame versions of Metroid games are featured in the WarioWare series, with Wario characters directly interacting with the "Super Metroid" microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together!; there also are other minor references between the two series. |
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Nintendo Badge Arcade | September 10, 2021 | A microgame version of Nintendo Badge Arcade is featured in WarioWare: Get It Together!, with Wario characters directly interacting with it; Nintendo Badge Arcade also features badges based on the WarioWare series. |
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Pikmin | September 10, 2021 | Microgame versions of Pikmin games are featured in the WarioWare series, with Wario characters directly interacting with the "Pikmin 2" microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together!; additionally Wario can draw a sketch of Pikmin in WarioWare Gold by scanning the respective amiibo. |
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Big Brain Academy | September 10, 2021 | Microgame versions of Big Brain Academy are featured in WarioWare: D.I.Y. and WarioWare: Get It Together!, with Wario characters directly interacting with the latter. |
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Fire Emblem | September 10, 2021 | Microgame versions of Fire Emblem games are featured in WarioWare Gold and WarioWare: Get It Together!, with Wario characters directly interacting with on-screen instructions in the latter. |
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Ice Climber | September 10, 2021 | Microgame versions of Ice Climber are featured in the WarioWare series, with Wario characters directly interacting with the one in WarioWare: Get It Together!. |
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Destiny Game | September 10, 2021 | The "Destiny Game" microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together! features the game board from the original game. |
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Splatoon | September 10, 2021 | A microgame version of Splatoon 2 is featured in WarioWare: Get It Together!, with Wario characters directly interacting with its on-screen instructions; additionally Wario can draw a sketch of Splatoon characters in WarioWare Gold by scanning the respective amiibo. |
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Devil World | September 10, 2021 | A microgame version of Devil World is featured in WarioWare: Get It Together!, with Wario characters directly interacting with it. |
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Zelda | September 10, 2021 | Microgame versions of Zelda games are featured in the WarioWare series, with Wario characters directly interacting with the "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together!; additionally Wario can draw a sketch of Zelda characters in WarioWare Gold by scanning the respective amiibo. |
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Luigi | September 10, 2021 | A microgame version of Luigi's Mansion is featured in WarioWare: Get It Together!, with Wario characters directly interacting with it; additionally the ending of Luigi's Mansion might be based on the ending of Wario Land. |
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Captain Toad | September 10, 2021 | A microgame version of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is featured in WarioWare: Get It Together!, with Wario characters directly interacting with it. |
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Judge (G&W) | September 10, 2021 | A microgame version of Judge is featured in WarioWare: Get It Together!, with Wario characters directly interacting with it. |
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Tetris | September 17, 2021 | Tetris 99 featured a theme based on WarioWare: Get It Together! during a limited even; additionally the "Opening Night" microgame in WarioWare: Smooth Moves may be based on the ending for the NES version of Tetris. |
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Pizza Tower | January 26, 2023 | Pizza Tower features several references to the Wario Land series. (see details) |
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