
For detailed information about this series, see: Wario series at Super Mario Wiki

Wario, as he appears in WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Wario is a series of video games made by Nintendo and starring Wario, a character originally from the Mario series.
Video Games[]
Wario Land series[]
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (January 21st, 1994) for Game Boy and Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- Virtual Boy Wario Land (November 1995) for Virtual Boy
- Wario Land II (March 1st, 1998) for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- Wario Land 3 (March 21st, 2000) for Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, and Nintendo Switch Online
- Wario Land 4 (August 21st, 2001) for Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console, and Nintendo Switch Online
- Wario Land: Shake It! (July 24th, 2008) for Wii and Wii U eShop
WarioWare series[]
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (March 21st, 2003) for Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console, and Nintendo Switch Online
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (October 17th, 2003) for GameCube. A multiplayer remake of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.
- WarioWare: Twisted! (October 14th, 2004) for Game Boy Advance
- WarioWare: Touched! (December 2nd, 2004) for Nintendo DS and Wii U Virtual Console
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves (December 2nd, 2006) for Wii and Wii U eShop
- WarioWare: Snapped! (December 24th, 2008) for Nintendo DSiWare
- WarioWare: D.I.Y. (April 29th, 2009) for Nintendo DS
- WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase (April 29th, 2009) for WiiWare
- Game & Wario (March 28th, 2013) for Wii U
- WarioWare Gold (July 27th, 2018) for Nintendo 3DS
- WarioWare: Get It Together! (September 10th, 2021) for Nintendo Switch
- WarioWare: Move It! (November 3rd, 2023) for Nintendo Switch
Other Games[]
- Mario & Wario (August 27th, 1993) for Super Famicom
- Wario's Woods (February 19th, 1994) for NES, SNES, Wii Virtual Console, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console, and Nintendo Switch Online
- Wario's Woods Burst Of Laughter Version (April 1995) for Satellaview
- Wario's Woods Again (September 28th, 1997) for Satellaview
- Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (November 1994) for Game Boy. A crossover with the Bomberman series, it's a remake of the Japanese Bomberman GB.
- Wario World (June 20th, 2003) for GameCube
- Wario: Master of Disguise (January 18th, 2007) for Nintendo DS and Wii U Virtual Console
PC/Browser Games[]
- Wario's Whack Attack (1998), an Adobe Shockwave game released on the website for Mario Party.
- Welcome to Greedville (2001), an Adobe Flash microsite made to promote Wario Land 4.
- Wario's Crazy Caps (2001) for Browsers
- Wario's Dunk Tank (2001) for Browsers
- Wario's Grab Bag (2001) for Browsers
- Wario's Flashin' Fruit Punch Splash (2002) for Browsers
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003) for Browsers
- Roll the TP (2004) for Browsers
- Fruit Slash (2004) for Browsers
- Clay Shoot (2004) for Browsers
- Grab 2 Coins (2004) for Browsers
- Pop the Bubblewrap (2004) for Browsers
- Spell Something (2004) for Browsers
- Detach Metroid (2004) for Browsers
- Draw Wario (2004) for Browsers
- Play the Notes (2004) for Browsers
- Patch the Pipe (2004) for Browsers
- Bomb Desktop Buddy (2004) for PC
- WarioWare Twisted Marble Maze Game (2005), an Abode Shockwave game released to promote WarioWare: Twisted!
- Find Wario and Friends (2005) for Browsers
- Wario: Master of Disguise Trivia (2007) for Browsers
- Wario Land: Shake It! bag game (2008) for Browsers
Publications[]
- Mario VS Wario (January 1993 - January 1994), published in Nintendo Power.
- Warios Weihnachtsmärchen (June 1995), published in the June 1995 issue of the German Club Nintendo magazine.
- Game Boy Advance - Wario Land 4 (September 2002)
- Ore Dayo! Wario Dayo!! (December 30th, 2007 - July 28th, 2010)
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.
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | 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 4 feature elements from the Wario Land series. A remake of Flagman featuring D-D as the protagonist is unlockable in Wario Land II. Various microgames based on Game & Watch games appear in the WarioWare series. |
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Game Boy Camera | February 21, 1998 | A picture of Wario from Wario Land II appears in Game Boy Camera. | 2 |
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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 |
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N-Gang | April 1999 | Wario appears in "Jagdszenen aus der unteren Oberstufe" and other N-Gang episodes. | 1 |
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Picross | February 01, 2000 | Picross NP Vol. 7 includes images from the Wario series. | 2 |
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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 |
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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$!. |
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Family Basic | March 21, 2003 | A microgame version of Family Basic is featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. | 2 |
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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 |
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Urban Champion | March 21, 2003 | Microgame versions of Urban Champion are featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 2 |
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Famicom Robot | March 21, 2003 | R.O.B. appears in various microgames in the WarioWare series. |
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Super Scope | March 21, 2003 | A microgame version of Super Scope 6's "LazerBlazer" mode is featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. | 2 |
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Wild Gunman | March 21, 2003 | Microgame versions of Wild Gunman are featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. | 2 |
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Excite | March 21, 2003 | In the microgame "Unexcite Bike", featured in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, 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 | |
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Starfy | August 05, 2004 | Wario makes an appearance in Densetsu no Starfy 3. | 1 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Famicom Tantei Club | December 02, 2004 | A microgame version of Famicom Tantei Club II is featured in the Japanese version of WarioWare: Touched! | 2 |
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Galaxian | December 02, 2004 | A microgame in WarioWare: Touched! is inspired on the NES version of Galaga. | 2.5 |
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Spartan X | December 02, 2004 | A microgame in WarioWare: Touched! is inspired on the NES game Kung Fu. | 2.5 |
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Where's Wally? | December 02, 2004 | The "Were's Wario" microgame in WarioWare: Touched! is a parody of Where's Waldo? | 2.5 |
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Daigasso! Band Brothers | December 2, 2004 | Music from the WarioWare series is featured in Daigasso! Band Brothers. | 2 |
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Dance Dance Revolution | July 14, 2005 | Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix includes a track from Wario World. | 2 |
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin | August 19, 2005 | Andy Stitzer reads a Wario World guide book in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. | 2 |
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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 |
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Nintendogs | December 02, 2006 | Microgame versions of Nintendogs are featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves and WarioWare Gold. | 2 |
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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 |
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Brain Age | December 02, 2006 | A microgame version of Brain Age is featured in WarioWare: Smooth Moves; additionally in the "Rude Awakening" microgame Wario's face is similar to Dr. Kawashima's. (see details) |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Nintendo Wars | April 29, 2009 | A microgame version of Advance Wars is featured in WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. | 2 |
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Tingle | April 29, 2009 | A microgame version of Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland is featured in WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. | 2 |
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Eddsworld | 2010 | The title of a Eddsworld comic is called Warioware. | 2 |
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Shantae | April 19, 2010 | The DLC microgame "Shantae NAB!" from WarioWare D.I.Y is based on the Shantae series. | 2 |
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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 |
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GameCenterCX | October 14, 2013 | Arino plays the SNES game Mario & Wario as part of the GameCenter CX in Paris special episode. He also played the Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins in episode 216 and played both WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! and WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games! in episode 369. | 2 |
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NES Remix | April 24, 2014 | NES Remix 2 includes challenges based on Wario's Woods. | 2 |
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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 |
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Doki Doki Literature Club | September 22, 2017 | A sound effect from WarioWare: Touched is used in Doki Doki Literature Club. | 3 |
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Fire Emblem | July 27, 2018 | A microgame version of Fire Emblem Awakening is featured in WarioWare Gold. |
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Lefty RX | July 27, 2018 | WarioWare Gold includes a microgame where the player controls a Lefty RX toy car. | 2 |
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Pushmo | July 27, 2018 | A microgame version of Pushmo is featured in WarioWare Gold. | 2 |
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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 |
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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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Ted Lasso | August 20, 2021 | Wario is mentioned in the Ted Lasso episode "Rainbow". | 2 |
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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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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. | 2 |
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Pizza Tower | January 26, 2023 | Pizza Tower features several references to the Wario Land series. | 3 |
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Antonball | November 12, 2024 | Antonblast features several sprays based on the Wario series. | 3 |