Wario Land: Difference between revisions

{{work}}

 

{{quote|''UKURERE mitai na''

* [[Dem Bones]]: Skeleton ghosts in [[Wario Land]] 4 and Recapitators in Shake Dimension.

* [[Denser and Wackier]]: The ''Wario Land'' series has always been a bit on the weird side, but ''Wario Land 4'' made said weirdness even more blatantly obvious. For starters, the game's sound effects warp and distort with Wario's transformations and certain movements, its animations exaggerate liberally, and its already surreal levels are so comically out of place in an ancient pyramid environment that their very collective presence offers its own bizarreness.

* [[The Dragon]]: Bobo in the first two games to [[Big Bad|Captain Syrup.]]

* [[Dragon Their Feet]]: The final boss in [[Wario Land]] 2? The second in command, the Giant Spearman. On an invisible floor.

* [[Giant Mook]]: the Giant Gooms littered throughout ''Wario Land 2'''s later and hidden levels.

* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: The genie that shows up as the final boss in the first ''Wario Land''. Granted, the genie is being controlled by the actual [[Big Bad]], Captain Syrup, but there's no reference to it in the game or manual before that point, so its appearance is a bit of a surprise.

* [[Gimmick Level]]: Many, doing the same thing twice in a row is rare, but Launchpad Labyrinth is pretty much THE example in Shake Dimension.

* [[Gonk]]: Wario himself, along with ''Wario Land 4'''s Wario Princess and nearly all of said game's bosses.

* [[The Goomba]]: The Wanderin' Gooms. There's also varieties, like the Para-Gooms, Pirate Gooms (also known as Spear Men), and Spearheads.

* [[Goomba Springboard]]: A very common tactic for reaching high ledges and items.

* [[Here There Be Dragons]]: The Shake Dimension's map. For bonus points, it's an [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe|olde worlde]] map showing a train, circus, a Las Vegas type city, and the Shake King's pirate ship as hand drawn images.

* [[High Speed Battle]]: Hot Roderick Race from ''Wario Land Shake Dimension''.

** Cuckoo Condor's first form repeatedly attempts to grab Wario with its claw; each of said attempts also enables Wario to shoulder-ram said claw so that it swings straight up and hits the living weather vane atop Cuckoo Condor's head. Cuckoo Condor's second form lays eggs that Wario catches and then throws at said vane.

** Catbat slams its entire body against the water in its arena, creating massive waves that enable Wario to easily reach both of its weak points (the mechanical bat head atop its head, followed by the actual top of its head).

* [[Monster Clown]]: Rudy the Clown from ''Wario Land 3'' is a literal Monster Clown. Chortlebot from ''Wario Land Shake It!'' is a monster ''robot'' clown.

* [[Monstrosity Equals Weakness]]: The bosses in ''Wario Land 4'' might be total weaklings (except for ''maybe'' Cractus, [[AI Breaker|depending on how you choose to fight him]]), but ''man'', do they look freaky.

* [[Mook Maker]]: Hoggus in ''[[Wario Land]] 4'' and some of the bosses in ''The Shake Dimension''.

* [[Multiple Endings]]: ''Wario Land II'' has several, but most aren't any better than each other. How many of the treasures you <s>found and kept</s> earned for quickly beating the bosses at the end of ''Wario Land 4'' determines what form Princess Shokora takes, and what bonus images are received at the end of the credits and what vehicle Wario is driving during them is determined by the difficulty level of the file. Also, what new home the genie creates for Wario at the end of the original game is determined by your amount of coins and treasures collected. You also get some bonus images for collecting all the treasures in ''Wario Land 3''.

** Hell, even in Wario Land 1, the only things that can actually hurt Wario are the sharp parts of the enemy (IE: If he bumps into a spear-wielding Goom from behind, he will stun it as opposed to taking damage), and fire/plasma based substances. In fact, 90% of all things that actually CAN hurt you in this series fall into either category. For a character in the [[Everything Trying to Kill You|Mario Universe]], that's still ''very'' resilient.

* [[Nightmare Face]]: Spoiled Rotten's "tantrum" face and the Golden Diva's true face (which are both from ''Wario Land 4'') are especially extreme examples of this.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Gurgle Gulch and Launchpad Labyrinth in Shake Dimension, among others.

** Also, ''many'' of the enemy/boss time limits in ''Wario Land 4'''s Super Hard mode.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Glittertown's music from ''Shake It!'' is a redo of the Greenhorn Ruins theme from ''[[Wario World]]'' Mt. Lava Lava's music also contains an excerpt from Greenhorn Forest's music from the same game.

* [[Skippable Boss]]: Hinyari, the boss of [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World|Sherbet Land]] in the original has an exit door in the boss arena.

* [[Sleep Mode Size]]: In the first game, Wario becomes the smaller Chibi-Wario when his garlic powers are temporarily drained.

* [[Sliding Scale of Realistic Versus Fantastic]]: Between Fantastic and Surreal, usually borderline. Of course, it depends on the level and game. Some early games are fairly standard fantasy, and then you've got The Big Board, the Very Definitely Final Chapter, Doodle Woods and Fiery Cavern. You've got the fairly usual scale in enemies too, pirates and man eating plants? Fantastic or Unusual. Cuckoo Condor, Aerodent, Large Fry and Killer Dolphins? Definitely Surreal. That's without counting ''Wario's Woods'' or ''Wario Blast''...

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Game Boy Color]]

[[Category:The Nineties]]

[[Category:Wii]]

[[Category:Video Game Long Runners]]

[[Category:Video Game]]

[[Category:Nintendo]]