

Is Wario Italian?Īnother question that’s surprisingly complex to answer. A weapon of gas destruction, if you will. It is, in fact, crueler if he doesn’t have IBS and has instead just cultivated his body to be an unnatural fart machine. You’ll find surprisingly little if you type “Wario” and “IBS” (irritable bowel syndrome) into Google, so I’ll just say this from the heart: Wario’s farts are weaponized and on demand. With Wario clearly in a lower “bad guy” tier than Bowser, I think it’s safe to downgrade him from villain to jerk. And with how much Bowser, Wario, Mario, and the rest of the gang hang out while playing sports and driving, I’m not sure you could even call Bowser a bad guy. In many cases, Bowser is more of a frenemy than an antagonist. Bowser is a good dad who even occasionally acts in a more comedic role for story-based Mario titles like the Mario & Luigi games or Paper Mario. But even Bowser, who trumps Wario in sheer villainy, is more of an antagonist than a villain. Wario isn’t the main villain of the series, to be sure. This question has a pretty complex answer.

Is Wario a bad guy? One of Wario’s more modern fits: biker chique Image: Sora Ltd./Bandai Namco/Nintendo The important thing to remember is: Waluigi isn’t real and he can’t hurt you. We’re unsure which to believe - although we know which one we want to be true. But here it says Wario “enlisted” Waluigi, which still suggests the two are evil buds, not evil brothers. not seriously? Another tweet suggests that the Jimmy Poppadopolos article is fake, with some information taken from a different Nintendo Power post. Waluigi has since legally changed his name. Wario apparently searched an internet actor pool and hired Jimmy Poppadopolos to act like his duo partner and be a foil for Luigi. None of that is a joke.Īn issue of Nintendo Power - cataloged last year on Twitter - revealed that Waluigi is just some goober that Wario hired. Waluigi, on the other hand, is an absolute creep who only exists so Wario could have a duos partner in tennis. Wario was the original “Wa” inhabitant of the Mushroom Kingdom, showing up as a villain for Mario in 1992. So, Mario and Wario aren’t cousins, but surely Waluigi is Wario’s brother? No, thank god. Wario and Mario were actually just childhood rivals, and the two share no blood relation. (Clearly, I had a lot going on during second grade.) The most popular one was that Wario and Mario were cousins. Growing up, I remember hearing playground rumors about Wario. He eventually opened WarioWare to make his own video games, and he even starred in his own 3D platform on the Nintendo GameCube, Wario World, but we don’t talk about that. Most notably, Wario joined the ever-growing roster of Mushroom Kingdom denizens to golf, kart, and party with Mario and his friends. Wario went on to take over the Land series, dubbing it Wario Land. Thus Wario, envisioned by creator Hiroji Kiyotake as “the Bluto to Mario's Popeye,” was born. He served as the game’s primary antagonist, and he was reportedly born out of one Nintendo team’s frustration over making a game based on a different team’s protagonist. Wario’s first appearance was Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins on the Game Boy. Let’s dive into the things you need to know ahead of our month celebrating the gold and garlic-loving prince of video games (and farts). While he’s certainly the loudest and proudest of the overall-wearing citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom, there are some common misconceptions about him. It’s Wario Month here at Wariogon, and there are some burning questions out there about Wario. Who says that? That’s not one of the questions we’re here to answer.
