Wario is a fictional character in Nintendo's Mario series, designed as an arch-rival to Mario.
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21 Facts About Wario
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Wario first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the main antagonist and final boss.
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Wario's name is a portmanteau of Mario's name and the Japanese word warui, meaning "bad".
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Wario was designed by Hiroji Kiyotake, and is voiced by Charles Martinet, who voices many other characters in the series, including Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi.
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Wario has been featured in other media such as the Super Mario Adventures graphic novel.
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Possible inspiration for Wario first appeared in the 1985 game Wrecking Crew in the character of Spike, a construction foreman.
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Wario is portrayed as a caricature of Mario; he has a large head and chin, huge muscular arms, a wide and short body that is slightly obese, short legs, a large, pointier, zig-zagging moustache, and a bellicose cackle.
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Wario wears a plumber outfit with a yellow and purple color scheme, which is a short-sleeved yellow shirt and purple overalls along with a blue W on his hat.
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Wario wears green shoes and white gloves with blue W symbols as well.
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However, in his early appearances Wario wore a yellow long-sleeved shirt and fuchsia overalls.
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In video games in which Wario makes a cameo appearance, he is often portrayed as a villain.
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Wario made his first appearance as a villain in the 1992 Game Boy video game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, in which he captured Mario's castle.
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The game uses a hand-drawn animation style, and Wario's design required more than 2,000 frames of animation.
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Wario has appeared in all installments of the Mario Party series except Mario Party Advance.
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Wario is a playable character in two platformers for the Nintendo DS, the remake Super Mario 64 DS and Yoshi's Island DS as an infant version of himself, as well as the 2001 puzzle game Dr Mario 64.
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Wario's cameos include aiding protagonist Starfy in the video game Densetsu no Stafy 3 and being present in the scenery of Pilotwings 64.
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Outside of video games, Wario has been featured in a large variety of merchandise, spanning plush toys, clothing and action figures.
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Wario has received several of his own Amiibo, that can be used in a wide array of games, including his own.
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Wario appears in South Park: "Imaginationland Episode III", and is one of the characters from the "dark side" of Imaginationland.
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