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Guide Best Wario Games Of All Time
Every Wario platformer, ranked
Ahh, Wario, everyone's favourite garlic-loving, chaos-breeding antihero. A mirror to Mario — whom he frequently competes against — Wario has been gracing the Mario franchise since 1992 when he was the main villain in the game Boy classic Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Since then, Wario has gone from strength...
Guide Best WarioWare Games Of All Time
RANK!
The original GBA title in this anarchic series, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! launched on 21st March 2003 in Japan and introduced us to a brand new side of Mario's arch-rival. Yes, it turns out Wario is himself a game developer! WarioWare has been the main way to experience the character's zany, disgusting antics ever since the series'...
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Latest Wario News & Features
News Nintendo Music Expands Its Library With Another Game Boy Soundtrack This Week
"That Stinks!" and other Wario Land songs return
Last month, Nintendo released a new update for its music application Nintendo Music, adding the WarioWare: Move It! soundtrack. Now, in a new update this month, it's added the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 album to the paid service. Here's what you can expect from this latest update. This includes...
News "I Wanted To Challenge Myself" - Former WarioWare Director Talks Life After Nintendo
Wario Where?
Earlier this year, Nintendo veteran and WarioWare legend Goro Abe announced that he was leaving the company and taking up a teaching post at the Osaka Electro-Communication University. Roughly seven months on, VGC got the chance to chat with the dev about his post-Nintendo life, and, rather expectedly, games are still very much on his...
Poll Box Art Brawl: WarioWare Smooth Moves
Wii? More like... WAH
Welcome to this week's edition of Box Art Brawl! It was a special Metroid 40th anniversary brawl last time, as we matched up every cover in the series for the ultimate showdown. Despite all those options, it wasn't a remotely close-fought contest, as Super Metroid walked away with 62% of the vote and left all other entries in...
Poll Box Art Brawl: WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$!
WAH
VOTE! Think fast, it's time for another edition of Box Art Brawl. Last time, to celebrate the arrival of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, we took a look at where the solo series all began as we compared three covers for the NES' Yoshi. The European Mario & Yoshi design walked away with the win in that one, receiving 48% of the vote and leaving...
News WarioWare's Original Soundtrack Has Been Added To Nintendo Music
It's Wario time!
Nintendo Music has already added a Fire Emblem, Mario & Luigi and Zelda soundtrack this year, and a new update today sees the arrival of the original WarioWare album. This Game Boy Advance title debuted in 2003 and was composed by Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko Miyamoto. Yoshitomi composed
News Nintendo Expands Switch 2 GameCube Library With Wario's 3D Outing
An absolute Treasure
Following the announcement of Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Tonic Trouble for the N64 'Nintendo Classics' library, Nintendo has today released Wario World for the Switch Online + Expansion Pack GameCube service. This game was developed by the talented Japanese team Treasure (Gunstar Heroes, Sin and Punishment), and was locally...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
Vote!
Welcome, cover fans, to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we head into this week's match-up, let's have a quick reminder of what went down last weekend. It was a one-on-one face-off for the GBA's The Hobbit, which saw the gloomy North American/European cover go up against the colourful Japanese variant. Somewhat surprisingly to us, it...
Guide Best Wario Games Of All Time
Every Wario platformer, ranked
Ahh, Wario, everyone's favourite garlic-loving, chaos-breeding antihero. A mirror to Mario — whom he frequently competes against — Wario has been gracing the Mario franchise since 1992 when he was the main villain in the game Boy classic Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Since then, Wario has gone from strength...
Review Wario Land 4 (GBA) - A Boisterous But Impeccably Designed Platformer
Quality over quantity
This review was originally published in May 2014. We're updating and republishing it to mark the game's arrival in the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack GBA library. Although Wario's core platforming series has been overshadowed for years by the surrealist microgames of WarioWare, his excellent platformers have the sort...
News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Wario Land 4
The perfect Valentine's Day gift
Nintendo's been pretty consistent so far this year with the Switch Online game updates, and joining the service next week is the Game Boy Advance title Wario Land 4. This game originally made its debut on the handheld platform in 2001 and follows on from the first three games as well as the Virtual Boy entry. You...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Wario Land 3
Who's-a gonna win?
WAH! Welcome to this week's edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we matched up a duo of designs for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the 3DS, with Europe and North America facing off against Japan. After a week of voting, it was the former that walked away with a commanding win, with the Western design taking 63%of the vote and the...
Gallery Feast Your Eyes On This Massive Wario Collection
Out of this WAAHld
Wario, the flatulent, garlic-loving counterpart to Mario's non-gassy, casual garlic admirer, first appeared in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins and has since gone on to appear in not one, but two separate series of his own: Land and Ware. Everyone loves a bit of the plumber in yellow, but can any of our good readers claim to...
Random Danny DeVito Open To Voicing Wario In Mario Movie Sequel
"You never know what happens in the world"
Wario hasn't been introduced to Mario's cinematic universe (at least yet), but one Hollywood movie star who is apparently "up for" the role on the big screen is Danny DeVito. When asked about the possibility of voicing Mario's archrival in the sequel, DeVito mentioned how he was "ready to do a lot of...
Random Nintendo's WarioWare Website Contains A Dedicated Fart Button
Bum note
Nintendo is widely known for its wholesome, family-friendly content, but it often likes to push certain boundaries when it comes to its WarioWare franchise, injecting a bit of crude (but still rather tame) humour into its marketing material to reflect Wario's more 'off-colour' personality. To demonstrate this, Nintendo has launched a new...
News My Nintendo Store Adds Some New WarioWare Goodies (North America)
Fancy some stylish magnets?
To celebrate the release of WarioWare: Move It! last November, Nintendo has released some new themed goodies on the My Nintendo Store in North America. This time we've got some "fun and stylish magnets" that will give you the motivation to "move it" whenever you look at them. Here's the full description: "This...
Guide Best WarioWare Games Of All Time
RANK!
The original GBA title in this anarchic series, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! launched on 21st March 2003 in Japan and introduced us to a brand new side of Mario's arch-rival. Yes, it turns out Wario is himself a game developer! WarioWare has been the main way to experience the character's zany, disgusting antics ever since the series'...
News Wario's New Voice Actor Confirms Role On Social Media
Unsurprisingly he's also the new voice of Mario & Luigi
Well, if you weren't already convinced, the new Mario and Luigi actor Kevin Afghani has now confirmed he's also the voice of Wario. In a brief update on social media, he did a little bit of Wario roleplay while mentioning how he was "going back to play the game" he's in, WarioWare: Move It! on...
Poll WarioWare: Move It! Is Out Today, Will You Be Getting It?
It's Wario time!
WarioWare: Move It! is finally available on the Nintendo Switch today and we've seemingly got a confirmation on the voice actor (it appears to be Kevin Afghani). In addition to this, Nintendo has also released some new themed Switch Online icons for the game. All of this has left us wondering if our community here will be diving...
Video Wario Side-By-Side Voice Comparison (New VA & Charles Martinet)
Go on, have a listen
In case you missed it, Charles Martinet will also be replaced in the upcoming WarioWare: Move It! Switch release. Nintendo World Report got a direct response from Nintendo at the time, confirming Charles would "not" be involved in this game or Super Mario Bros. Wonder. While we know Kevin Afghani is now the voice of Mario and...
News Mario VA Charles Martinet Also "Not Involved" With WarioWare: Move It!
But his voice will be in the Luigi's Mansion 2 re-release
In case you missed it, Nintendo has announced Charles Martinet - the legendary voice of Mario - is "stepping back from recording" and will instead take up the new role of Mario Ambassador. Following this news, it was confirmed Martinet would not be voicing the iconic video game mascot in...
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