Wario Bike
The Wario Bike, earlier called Wario Chopper is Wario's Side Special Move move that allows Wario to get on his motorcycle. The bike is able to damage opponents by ramming into them, as well as allowing Wario to travel faster, and over spikes.
The bike's speed can be controlled depending on how much you tilt the control stick. Wario can dismount the bike voluntarily by pressing an attack button as well as being knocked off by another player's attack. To ride his bike again, he must get back on it by using the special move again while he's near it. Otherwise, he'll just look around, puzzled.
When Wario dismounts, other characters can pick up and throw the bike, including Wario. Only Wario can ride the bike, although another Wario can ride it and use it as his own. The bike can also be destroyed, eaten, or thrown offstage, but like an uncaught Boomerang, can be respawned after enough time has passed.
Control is essential to using the move efficiently. If you move too fast, you might drive off the stage. If you make a turn that's too sharp, Wario will fall off the bike. Wario always falls off the bike on the 4th turn.
Wario can jump off of his bike in mid-air, even if he has already used his mid-air jump. This will not take his mid-air jump away. When Wario uses his bike in mid-air, and jumps right before the bike starts falling, the vertical boost is greater than that of his Corkscrew.
If Wario presses up while riding his bike, he will do a wheelie, changing the hitbox, and avoiding things like teleporters and other "character-sensitive" traps, such as the Motion-Sensor Bomb, save for the Pitfall, which catapults Wario like a bronco with enough force for a OHKO. Also if he dismounts during this time, he will fall from a higher position. For example, if he wheelies through a low pass through platform, he can immediately get off on the platform instead of the ground beneath it. But he is more vulnerable from opponent attacks.
If Wario is riding his bike in the air, he cannot control the speed, but can control the angle by pressing up or down. Also, he can taunt on his bike, giving him four taunts.
Masahiro Sakurai has warned players not to use the move as Wario-Man. This is because the bike moves incredibly fast, even faster than a car in the Big Blue stage. This actually makes it the 2nd fastest possible option of movement on the ground in Brawl (with Sonic wearing a Bunny Hood being the fastest, though Super Sonic can fly faster than the Wario-Man Bike). However, the bike can be controlled by half skilled or skilled Wario players, and is very strong.
Strategies
Wheels
If Wario's bike remains on the stage, other characters can damage the bike. After enough damage, the bike will be destroyed, but the front and back wheels will remain on the stage. Both of these can be used as throwable items by any character to do moderate damage and knockback. The smaller front wheel is slightly weaker than the larger back wheel. Because they are made of rubber, the wheels bounce heavily after they hit something. Throwing one downward will cause it to bounce several times, continuing to be damaging while doing so.
Bike Spike
By throwing his Bike it can Meteor Smash. It will bounce above their head and throwing them down. If the spiked character keeps trying to recover and succesfully recovers, it will rack up over 100% damage.
Origin
The Wario Bike first appeared in WarioWare, Inc: Mega Microgame$! for the Game Boy Advance. In the introduction and during Wario's minigames, he is seen riding the aforementioned motorbike. This quickly became a staple part of Wario's new biker persona and has subsequently featured in every title in WarioWare series.
In addition to this, the Wario Bike featured in Mario Kart Wii for the Nintendo Wii as a selectable vehicle for the heavyweight class of characters. There is a theory that the ability to perform a wheelie on the bike in SSBB was inspired by this game, in which wheelies were a large part of the strategy in the racing.
Trophy Info
A motorcycle specially designed for Wario by Dr. Crygor, an employee at WarioWare, Inc. This monster bike has an amazing 5,000cc, 4-stroke, 350HP engine capable of pushing it down the road at up to 217 miles per hour. Of course, this road hog is also a fuel hog and gets less than 5 miles to the gallon. Getting the pegs in the right position for Wario's short legs was difficult.
- WarioWare, Inc: Mega Microgame$! (2003)
Trivia
- The Pitfall will give Wario a One-hit KO if he drives over the pitfall trap. Unlike what most think, Wario does not fall down and is unable to dismount, but is rather sent flying: [1]
- There was a rumor that if you were Giant Wario, used Wario Chopper, and that after you became normal Wario, you ate the bike with Chomp, you would instantly have a fully charged Wario Waft. The rumor has been proven false.
- If on his bike, Wario can completely prevent himself from falling asleep during Peach's Final Smash.
- If you grab a Super Mushroom while playing a giant brawl as Wario on Hyrule Temple, he will grow massive. If you try to use Wario bike while enlarged in the middle area (where u can grab the ledge, between a slab of rock where you can head down) Wario's bike will enter a very strange animation. May glitch if you return to normal while doing this.
