Wario (SSB4)

Wario in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Wario
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Wario-Man

Wario (ワリオ, Wario) returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. He was officially confirmed on October 3rd, 2014 alongside Ness and Falco, but was leaked beforehand on September 11th by a leaker's Twitch stream. This time around, he is unlockable, as opposed to being available from the start in Brawl.

His appearance is largely the same, except with his chin being more pronounced, his arms are also more muscular, and the colors being overall brighter, more akin to the WarioWare series.

He retains his biker outfit from the WarioWare series, as well as his overalls from the Mario games. He is voiced by Charles Martinet, who voices the character in all but a few of his appearances, as well as Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi, using the same voice clips from Brawl.

How To Unlock

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

• Clear 100-Man Smash.
• Play 30 VS Matches.

Wario must then be fought on WarioWare, Inc.. Defeating him will unlock both him and the stage.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• Play 20 VS Matches.
• Clear 100-Man Smash

Wario must then be fought on Gamer before being unlocked.

Changes from Brawl

Despite being a high tier character in Brawl, Wario has received a significant amount of buffs from Brawl to Smash 4, but not without some nerfs to counter them. While he lost some of his great aerial speed and aerial acceleration from Brawl, he has received a number of more reliable recovery options to compensate. One of his most reliable kill moves from Brawl, his Forward Smash, has been replaced with a heavy-hitting backhanded punch that has much more range and knockback, but is significantly slower and no longer has the Super Armor frames of the Shoulder-Barge. Despite these changes, with the addition of his new Up Smash, and the increased knockback delivered by the Wario Bike and Wario Waft, Wario now has a much broader range of reliable killing moves to compensate.

Aesthetics

• Like a number of other characters in the games, Wario's facial expressions are much more exaggerated than before. For example, Wario now scowls when performing an attack. This exaggeration is present even more so in the Wii U version, where Wario's mustache and eyebrows now stretch and grow to fit the situation.
• Wario's animations are somewhat more fluid than in Brawl. This is especially noticeable in his new dashing animation.
• The gaseous effect created by Wario's Wario Waft now has a cartoonish style, where in Brawl, it has a more realistic style.
• Unlike his Brawl incarnation, where only his stomach bulged out from under his shirt slightly, Wario now physically bulges when his Wario Waft is charging, to the point where his frame actually becomes wider. It is unknown if this change affects his movement or the size of his hitboxes.
• The animation of both Wario's initial and secondary jumps now differ from Brawl. For example, holding back upon Wario's initial jump, now results in him doing a back flip.
• Wario now blinks, as opposed to Brawl, where his eyes remained open unless asleep or injured.

Attributes

• Wario dashes faster.
• Wario's aerial speed and acceleration, while still higher than a majority of the cast's, has been nerfed significantly.

Ground attacks

• Forward tilt is sped up.
• Down tilt is sped up.
• Forward smash is now a fist-inflating backhand punch. Compared to the old shoulder barge, it has much more range and knockback.
• New forward smash is slower, lacks the launch resistance and transcendent priority of his old forward smash.
• Up smash is now a one-hit headbutt similar to Mario's, which makes it stronger and more reliable overall.
• Down smash has less endlag and due to an increase in knockback, is a much more reliable killing move.

Aerial attacks

• Neutral and up aerials have slightly more landing lag.
• Neutral and down aerials no longer make 8-bit-style sounds on execution.
• Neutral aerial has a longer-lasting hitbox.
• Back aerial has slightly less landing lag and auto-cancels out of a short-hop.
• Back aerial delivers much more knockback.
• Up aerial deals 4% less damage and is weaker.
• Down aerial has more knockback.
• Down aerial has more ending lag.
• Down aerial can no longer penetrate shields and is less reliable to rack up damage.

Throws/other attacks

• Wario's forward and back throws have swapped places.
• Forward throw delivers much more knockback.

Special moves

• Using Chomp on certain projectiles and items (including his bike) now heals Wario for 1% (or 1.5x in the case of Food) and slightly increases the charge of Wario Waft.
• Chomp cannot be held as long.
• Wario faces slightly more to the screen while using Chomp, unlike the previous installment, where he faces straight.
• Wario Bike continues to deal damage after Wario dismounts, with it being able to muscle through almost any opposing projectile, thus giving Wario a pseudo-projectile and a new approach option.
• Ending a wheelie now slams the bike on opponents for high damage and incredible knockback.
• Wario no longer falls off his bike simply from riding or making turns. This allows him to ride around indefinitely until he is hit or the player dismounts.
• Wario Bike can now be respawned immediately after being broken or disappearing from the screen, with an orange blink flashing on Wario being a visual indicator that it has respawned.
• Hitting an opponent with the Wario Bike while turning sharply now results in a heavier hit with increased knockback.
• Wario Bike's wheels cannot be used as throwing items when the bike is destroyed, and disappear upon contact with the ground or the move is re-used.
• The bike is less effective at shielding Wario from projectiles as he rides it.
• Wheelies can no longer be held indefinitely, and can only be done at one height.
• Wario can no longer dismount his bike during a wheelie, even if he rides offstage.
• Corkscrew covers more vertical distance and can now sweet spot the edge.
• Corkscrew has considerably more knockback and with proper timing, can be used to KO near the upper blast line.
• Wario Waft has significantly more knockback at maximum charge.
• It is much more difficult to self destruct on the uppermost blast line with a fully charged Wario Waft.
• Wario Waft does less damage and gains less altitude.
• Wario-Man lasts for less time.

Moveset

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack		-	4%	Wario steps forward and delivers a downwards punch followed by an uppercut.
			5%
Forward tilt		rowspan="1"	13%	Wario winds back and delivers a punch.
Up tilt		rowspan="1"	10%	Raises both hands above his head, raising the roof.
Down tilt		rowspan="1"	4%	Stabs his index finger at the ground in front of him. Can be done in quick succession.
Dash attack			11%	Wario dives to the ground and slides forward.
Forward smash		-	19% uncharged, 26% fully charged	Wario winds back greatly with his fist, and delivers an enormous backhanded punch.
Up smash			16% uncharged, 22% fully charged	Wario performs a hard-hitting headbutt.
Down smash			13% uncharged, 18% fully charged	Spins on the ground, bashing foes with his head. First hit has good knockback, subsequent hits have gradually weaker strength.
Neutral aerial		rowspan="1"	6%	Wario spins in the air and crashes down with his arms and legs spread wide.
Forward aerial		rowspan="1"	7%	Wario poses and kicks his foot out in the air.
Back aerial			12%	Wario thrusts his head backwards in mid-air.
Up aerial			13%	Wario claps his arms and feet together in mid-air.
Down aerial			11%	Wario turns upside down and spins, drilling with his head.
Grab		—	—	Wario's grab range is above average.
Pummel			2%	Pokes his opponent in the torso.
Forward throw			12%	Wario hits them forward with his butt while posing.
Back throw			7%, 8% on others who touch the opponent being spun	Spins the foe around and throws him/her forward, damages those who come in contact with the spin.
Up throw			11%	Wario tosses the opponent up and bumps them with both his fists.
Down throw			8%	Throws the victim on the ground and sits violently on top of them.
Forward roll Back roll Spot dodge Air dodge		—	—
Techs		—	—
Floor attack (front) Floor getups (front)			7%	Wario gets up and pokes both forwards and backwards.
Floor attack (back) Floor getups (back)			7%	Wario spins around with his fist extended.
Floor attack (trip) Floor getups (trip)			5%	Wario thrusts his fists in front of him, then kicks his legs behind him.
Edge attack Edge getups			8%	Crawls up the ledge and flips onto his back, attacking with his fists.
Neutral special	Default	Chomp	2% for each bite, 5% for throw
	Custom 1	Inhaling Chomp	2% for each bite, 4% for throw	Behaves like Wario's regular Chomp but with a suction effect. The throw does slightly less damage.
	Custom 2	Garlic Breath	6%	Long startup, but Wario exhales bad breath at his opponent. If they are next to Wario, they will be stunned as if their shield was broken. Farther opponents get knocked away and tripped.
Side special	Default	Wario Bike	10% (damage varies on wheelie, turning, and slamming)
	Custom 1	Speeding Bike	8%	Wario's bike is super fast, but it cannot turn around. Does more damage head on than wheelieing.
	Custom 2	Burying Bike	8%	Wario's bike moves slowly but does increased damage and buries opponents. Has a special animation if Wario performs a wheelie.
Up special	Default	Corkscrew	13%
	Custom 1	Widescrew	9%	Wario can control the angle of his up special. It can go nearly horizontally. It has much less distance than the default, though.
	Custom 2	Corkscrew Leap	0%	Wario jumps extremely high. This deals no damage.
Down special	Default	Wario Waft	27% (maximum charged)
	Custom 1	Rose-Scented Waft	24% (maximum charged)	Wario's waft puts a flower on his opponent. Has little knockback, but the flower racks up damage fast.
	Custom 2	Quick Waft	18% (maximum charged)	Wario's fart charges faster and he does damage as he rises into the air. Less damage and knockback than the regular waft.
Final Smash		Wario-Man	Varies

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	Chomp	Inhaling Chomp	Garlic Breath
Side Special	Wario Bike	Speeding Bike	Burying Bike
Up Special	Corkscrew	Widescrew	Corkscrew Leap
Down Special	Wario Waft	Rose-Scented Waft	Quick Waft
Final Smash	Wario-Man

Taunts

Up: Belly-laughs so hard, his jaw unhinges, so he has to manually put it back with his hands.

Side:Wario wiggles his butt at the screen with his hands extended in each direction and he teasingly snickers.

Down: Wario faces the screen, holds up three fingers with his left hand that seem to form a "W" for Wario and then does the same with his right hand after putting away his left hand. Then, he holds them both out at the same time. Wario utters "Wah!" three times for each time he holds up a hand, the third "Wah!" having the most enthusiasm.

While riding Wario Bike (in any direction): Wario laughs and faces to his right and does his signature "W" sign at the screen with both hands and then picks his nose with his left hand.

Idle poses

• Crosses his arms, fists clenched.
• Scratches his bottom.

On-Screen Appearance

Crashes in sideways on his bike while laughing, jumps off and his bike explodes while he dusts himself off.

Victory Fanfare

A shortened remix to the theme of the first stage of Wario Land: Shake It!.

Victory poses

• He does a donut on his bike, makes a "W" sign with his hand, saying "Yes!", then pulls on his mustache and makes the "W" sign again, process repeats.
• He laughs gloatingly and then falls over, rolling on his back.
• Pats his belly, releasing a fart that after smelling, results in an "Oooh..." from Wario.

Trophies

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy descriptions

Wario

NA: A living embodiment of gross, this villain hates Mario and loves money. He claims to have known Mario since childhood, but who can tell if that's true? In Smash Bros., he's a seriously agile heavyweight fighter. He can store up his trademark Wario Waft for explosive results. Did I mention he's gross?

PAL: If someone who hated Mario tried to draw an ugly version of him, it'd probably end up looking just like Wario. The greedy villain claims they used to be childhood friends, though... In this game, he's a heavy fighter with heavy-hitting attacks. The longer you go without using his Wario Waft move, the more explosive it'll be when you..."let it out".

Wario (Alt.)

NA: With his Chomp special, Wario can wolf down almost anything! Hold the button, and he'll keep his mouth open. Also, if you gobble up healing items, they'll work better! When using his Wario Bike side special, you can jump off, pick it up, and throw it. If you take one thing away from this, it's JUMP OFF. Don't ride off the stage.

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  Classic

• WarioAllStarTrophy3DS.png

  Alt.

Update history

1.0.4

• Change to DI system results in removal of "wectoring", a glitch allowing Wario to rocket back onstage just after being able to act after knockback.
• A bug where he got sent farther from the air grab release and could not combo out of is fixed.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Overalls Wario costume.

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  Wario's amiibo

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  Riding his Bike.

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  Using Chomp on Olimar.

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  Taunting next to Waluigi, Mario, and Luigi.

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  Attacking Sheik.

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  Using an un-charged Wario Waft.

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  Using Corkscrew as Wario-Man.

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  With Ashley and Kirby.

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  Being attacked by bees with Peach.

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  Turning with his Bike.

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  Getting stomped on.

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  Wario along with Mario and Luigi both in Waluigi's color scheme.

Trivia

• Wario is the only character that debuted as a starter to be made unlockable in a later game.
• With the removal of the Shoulder Bash as his forward smash, Wario's moveset in SSB4 no longer references the Wario Land series.
• He is the only character to have fewer alternate costumes in SSB4 than in Brawl (going from 12 options to 8 options).
• Wario's All-Star trophy resembles his Super Mario 64 DS artwork.
• Wario is one of the only five veterans not to appear in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's opening movie, the other four being Falco, Mr. Game & Watch, R.O.B. and Dr. Mario.