Fun Fact: How Wario Land Started as a Spinoff

While Wario Land became a standalone series for Nintendo, it was originally titled as Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 despite not featuring Mario as the main character.

Video Game History: Warioware (GBA)

Wario has been Mario’s rival ever since his debut in Super Mario Land 2 on Gameboy. In 2003, Nintendo decided to make-over Wario, and give him a brand-new and somewhat bizarre series. The game ended up being Warioware which featured not mini-games but “micro-games”. What’s the difference between mini-games and microgames? Well they only lasts…

Things I Hate: Wario Land II (GBC)

I had the original Wario Land as a child and it was one of my favorite games on the Nintendo Game Boy. I had defeated the final boss and found all secrets in the game. I actually never had a Game Boy Color so I had to miss out on Wario Land II, though I…

Things I Hate: Wario’s Woods (NES)

I remember playing the NES version of the game on the GC version of Animal Crossing as a hidden unlockable secret. Wario should go back to living in the woods after making this sad excuse for a puzzle game. It seems Nintendo wanted yet another Tetris clone, and Wario’s Woods seemed so illogically developed. Kinda…

Things I Like: WarioWare: Touched! (Nintendo DS)

I played a little bit of the first game when they had it out for demo at the store but never bought it. My brother had a copy he let me borrow for DS. The game was basically the same. Little fast mini-games they call “microgames” which test your speed, rhythm and skill. Sadly there…