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|image          = {{tabber|title1=Biker|tab1=[[File:Wario Pose WarioWareGold.png|x240px]]|title2=Overalls|tab2=[[File:SMP Wario.png|x240px]]}}

Official artwork of Wario from ''{{s|mariowiki|WarioWare Gold}}'' and ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Party}}''

|firstgame      = ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins}}'' (1992)

|lastappearance = ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Strikers: Battle League}}'' (2022)

|creator        = {{s|mariowiki|Hiroji Kiyotake}}

|artist        = {{s|mariowiki|Hiroji Kiyotake}} (original design)<br>{{s|mariowiki|Ko Takeuchi}} (''WarioWare'')

|voiceactor    = {{s|mariowiki|Charles Martinet}}

'''Wario''' ({{ja|ワリオ|Wario}}, ''Wario'') is a villainous character from the {{uv|Mario}} series, who eventually became popular enough to spawn his [[Wario (universe)|own side-franchise]]. He made a cameo in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as a trophy and became a full playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. He is known to be [[Mario]]'s rival.

After the critical and financial success of the 1989 Game Boy launch title ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Land}}'', a sequel was immediately put into production. This sequel, released in 1992 titled ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins}}'', has Mario discover that his castle has been taken over by his antagonistic, greedy counterpart, Wario, and he must retrieve the 6 Golden Coins hidden around the land to get his home back. In the final showdown, Wario was revealed to look very much like Mario himself, except fatter, more muscular, slightly shorter, and with a big, bulbous nose that had a jagged, pointy mustache jutting out of it. In a three-part battle, Wario uses the same power-ups that Mario had access to throughout the game, and adds his own abilities to the mix. Wario charges at his opponent with his shoulder, and crashes to the floor butt first, which became staple moves for the character in future games. When bested by Mario, he reverted to a "{{s|supermariowiki|Tiny Wario|tiny}}" form, and escaped out the window to search for better treasures.

Wario became the breakout star of that game and quickly developed a cult following. He would go onto take over the ''Mario Land series'' starting with ''{{s|supermariowiki|Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3}}'' in 1994. The game is radical departure from the previous two games, which were slightly altered versions of the 2D ''Mario'' formula. In this game, Wario sets out to earn as much gold as possible, so he can buy his own castle and rub it in Mario's face. Wario controls much differently than Mario; instead of deploying simply jumping on the heads of enemies and using simple powerups, Wario relied on his brute strength with moves like the shoulder check and the ability to sport various hats that gave him different powers, such as a dragon hat that spewed fire. Wario can still jump on enemies, where they are temporarily unable to move, allowing him to pick up and throw them. He also gained his own villain in this adventure, the equally greedy {{s|supermariowiki|Captain Syrup}}, who captured a Genie to use for her own selfish purposes. By the end of the quest, Wario defeats Syrup and pays the Genie to grant him his castle. Future games in the ''Wario Land'' series shared similar structures of Wario traveling through off-beat settings towards a personal goal, being motivated through selfishness and greed with heroism being secondary at best.

After creating what they coined as "microgames" for ''{{s|supermariowiki|Mario Artist: Polygon Studio}}'' on the 64DD, Nintendo wanted to expand the concept into a whole game, and decided that Wario was crass and unpredictable enough for the tone they were going for. This grew into the ''{{s|supermariowiki|WarioWare}}'' series, where Wario and an eclectic cast of side characters perform these various microgames in over the top scenarios. Most plots revolve around Wario wanting to make video games for profit and either tricking or coercing acquaintances into making the games for him. This series is also one of the few Nintendo developed franchises to adopt voice acting, with ''WarioWare Gold'' specifically having all cutscenes fully voiced.

Wario as mentioned previously is meant to be an exaggerated foil to Mario. Alongside his name swapping the M with a W, his name is also a portmanteau of Mario combined with the Japanese phrase {{ja|悪い|Warui}}, which translates to bad in English, essentially giving him the name "Bad Mario." Wario does not care about ethics and altruism like his rivals, and only attempts to help others when he directly benefits. An example of this is during ''{{s|supermariowiki|Wario Land: Shake It!}}'' where he incidentally defeats the Shake King, saves Queen Merelda and liberates the Shake Dimension from tyranny all to obtain the Bottomless Coin Sack. Wario is miserly to the extant of hoarding his treasure so no one else can find it and double-crossing his friends for a payout. Wario is also motivated by other things he enjoys like food and leisure. While Wario enjoys all types of food, his absolute favorite is garlic, often eating whole cloves at a time. This on top of his poor hygiene has led to his signature foul odors and extreme flatulence seen in many of his appearances. Wario also enjoys causing chaos, often pulling pranks on other characters because he finds it funny. [[Waluigi]] often joins in on these schemes. Wario is often shown to be surprisingly athletic and muscular for his perceived obesity, performing feats on par with or even exceeding what Mario can do. While Wario is generally seen as antagonistic in most of his appearances, he is rarely depicted as malicious and is often used for comic relief, providing whacky side plots running parallel to the main story and often being the catalyst for the major conflict.

Wario was strongly considered for ''Melee''{{'}}s roster, but Sakurai passed over him, as he did not want to include more than three newcomers from the ''Mario'' series. Sakurai also explained that he could've implemented Wario instead with the development time allocated to {{SSBM|Mewtwo}} or {{SSBM|Marth}} and {{SSBM|Roy}}, but had opted not to, so he could avoid having an excessive number of ''Mario'' characters.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/syukeiken/return576.html]</ref>

Wario is once again referenced by a costume with [[Palette swap (SSBM)#Mario|his colors]] being sported by {{SSBM|Mario}}. As in ''Smash 64'', this costume change has no effect on gameplay. The only changes to the overall "Wario" color scheme are the blue M and the silver rivets and buttons.

Wario is a [[playable character]] in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. His appearance draws inspiration primarily from the ''WarioWare'' series, although a couple of his animations still reference his other appearances, like his [[forward smash]] which is his iconic {{s|mariowiki|Dash Attack}} from the ''Wario Land'' series. As a fighter, his attacks and maneuvres are animated in a choppy, frame-by-frame nature, causing Wario's movements to be very erratic and sometimes comical in nature; this ranges from a dash where he appears to be dancing (similar to {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}}'s movement), to a [[Wario Waft|fart attack]] that builds up in power as time passes. Mario still has a [[Palette swap (SSBB)#Mario|Wario color scheme, and the "M" on his cap is still blue]]. Wario can wear his biker suit from ''WarioWare'', as well as his original Mario-style suit from the ''Mario'' series and ''Wario Land''. His [[Final Smash]] is [[Wario-Man]], where he consumes garlic, turning the already insane anti-hero into a more powerful caped "superhero".

===Sticker===

! Character(s)

| {{s|mariowiki|Tiny Wario}}

| {{s|mariowiki|Virtual Boy Wario Land}}

| {{SortKey|Wario}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

| {{SortKey|Wario}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

| {{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 64 DS}}

| {{SortKey|Wario}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

| {{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Strikers}}

| {{SortKey|Yoshi Wario Wolf Pokémon Trainer}}{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Pokémon Trainer|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

| {{s|mariowiki|WarioWare: Smooth Moves}}

| {{SortKey|Wario}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

| {{SortKey|Wario}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

[[File:Wario SSB4.png|thumb|right|Wario as he appears in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.]]

[[File:Wario SSBU.png|thumb|right|Wario as he appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]]

Wario's moveset is mostly the same as his moveset in ''SSB4'', with some minor changes. Most notable is the replacement of his sliding [[dash attack]] with his iconic shoulder barge {{s|mariowiki|Dash Attack}} from the ''{{iw|mariowiki|Wario Land|series}}'' series. He still retains his 8 color swaps (4 biker, 4 overall) from ''SSB4'', although his overall costumes now occupy the even-numbered costume slots rather than the second half.

Also, for the first time in the series, {{SSBU|Mario}} no longer has his Wario-inspired {{SSBU|alternate costume}}, as he gains two new costumes from ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Odyssey}}'' and ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Maker}}''.