Editing Bat Wario

{{form infobox
|image=[[File:vampirewario.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Wario Land 4''
|powers=Flight
|item=[[Kobatto]] (''[[Wario Land 3]]'')<br>[[Minicula]] (''[[Wario Land 4]]'')
|first_appearance=''[[Wario Land 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|applies_to=[[Wario]]
}}
{{Quote|When that twerpy little bat [[Minicula]] bites me and sucks my blood, I turn into a bat! My big, macho arms turn into puny little wings!! By the way, what’s my blood type? You sucked my blood, the least you can do is tell me that!! What a pest!!|Wario|''[[Wario Land 4]]'' instruction booklet}}

'''Bat Wario'''<ref>{{cite|date=Fall 2001|title=''Nintendo Power Advance'' V.3|page=52|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20021229080826/http://www.nintendo.com:80/cs?rh=viewgps&sucessURL=/games/gamepage/strategy.jsp&parentId=629&xslt_gps_topic_id=0&xslt_gps_subtopic_id=0&xslt_gps_header_id=-1&|title=Official North American webpage|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>''Wario Land 4'' Virtual Console digital instruction manual, Page 12 / 15 Reactions.</ref> (previously formatted as '''Bat-Wario'''),<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20010904192654/http://www.warioland3.com/strategy/body.asp?key_id=W1_BLUE&land_id=W1|deadlink=y|title=W1|publisher=Official American ''Wario Land 3'' website|language=en-us|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> also known as '''Vampire Bat Wario''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=21|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=February 14th, 2025|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=You smell that update? HAHA—must be your lucky day!|url=https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/you-smell-that-update-haha-must-be-your-lucky-day/|quote=He can, however, undergo amazing transformations that aid him in his ques{{sic}}—like becoming Vampire Bat Wario, Bouncy Wario, and even Zombie Wario.|accessdate=February 15th, 2025}}</ref> is one of [[Wario]]'s many transformations in the ''[[Wario Land (series)|Wario Land]]'' series, appearing in ''[[Wario Land 3]]'' and ''[[Wario Land 4]]''. When turned into a bat, he shrinks in size and gains pointy fangs, red eyes, bat wings in place of his arms, and an indigo-to-purple skin tone. Bat Wario is among the smallest of Wario's reactions in either game and cannot walk normally, instead awkwardly hopping along the ground. However, he can fly unrestricted rather than make standard jumps, though flight is also slow and functions as repeated short midair jumps. He can also defeat any non-invincible enemy on contact.

==History==
===''Wario Land'' series===
====''Wario Land 3''====
[[File:VampireBatWarioWL3.png|frame|left]]
[[File:Vampire Wario bat WL3.png|thumb|''[[Wario Land 3]]'' artwork]]
In ''Wario Land 3'', Bat-Wario acts as an extension of [[Vampire Wario]], obtained by touching [[Kobatto]]. He can switch between the two forms with {{button|gbc|B}}. As with Vampire Wario, he is weak to light beams, [[garlic]], and water droplets, which all revert him to normal Wario; he also will change back if he lands in a pool of water, which the vampire form prevents.

====''Wario Land 4''====
[[File:WL4 Wario11.png|frame|left]]
In ''Wario Land 4'', Bat Wario appears without the vampire form, but still functions the same otherwise. It appears in four levels: [[Crescent Moon Village]], [[Arabian Night]], [[Hotel Horror]] and [[Golden Passage]]. The Bat Wario transformation can be triggered by coming in contact with a [[Minicula]]. To turn into his normal self, he must go into a patch of light or fall into a pool of water (similar to [[Zombie Wario]]). Bat Wario's sprite has red overalls instead of purple, but in the artwork and the Japanese commercial, they are purple as usual.

===''Dr. Mario 64''===
Bat-Wario makes a small cameo in ''[[Dr. Mario 64]]'' as part of Vampire Wario's losing animation. Here, he simply appears as a smaller Vampire Wario with wings on his back.

===''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!''===
[[File:WWMPG TitleScreen Bat Wario.png|thumb|Bat Wario in an opening video of ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!'']]
Bat Wario appears in an opening video of ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'', where he chases a pigeon across the screen, only to then be chased back by a few pigeons back across the screen.

==Profiles==
===''Wario Land 4''===
*'''Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program digital manual bio:''' "''Press {{button|3ds|Padleftright}} to move and {{button|3ds|A}} to fly.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
WL4-Vampire Bat.png|''[[Wario Land 4]]'' screenshot.
WL4JCMVampireWario.png|Japanese commercial for ''Wario Land 4''.
|''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ドラキュラ&コウモリ<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 3: Fushigi na Orgel'' Shogakukan guide|page=7|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja}}</ref>
|JpnR=Dorakyura to Kōmori
|JpnM=[[Vampire Wario|Dracula]] and Bat
|JpnN=''Wario Land 3''
|Jpn2=コウモリワリオ<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara'' instruction booklet|page=27|date=2001|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=Kōmori Wario
|Jpn2M=Bat Wario
|Jpn2N=''Wario Land 4''
|ChiS=吸血蝙蝠瓦力欧<ref>{{cite|title=瓦力欧寻宝记 (''Wǎlìōu xúnbǎo jì'') instruction booklet|page=32|language=zh-hans|date=2004|publisher=iQue|author=iQue}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Xīxuèbiānfú Wǎlì'ōu
|ChiSM=Vampire Bat Wario
|Fre=Bat-Wario
|Fre2=Bat Wario<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=61|language=fr|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|FreM=Bat Wario
|Ger=Fledermaus
|Ger2=Vampir-Wario<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=41|language=de|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|GerM=Bat
|Ger2M=[[Vampire Wario]]
|Ita=Pipistrello<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 3'' instruction booklet|page=116|date=2000|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Wario Land 3''
|Ita2=Wario Vampistrello<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=121|language=it|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Wario Land 4''
|ItaM=Bat
|Ita2M="''Vampistrello''" is a portmanteau of ''vampiro'' ("vampire") and ''pipistrello'' ("bat"); effectively Vampire Bat Wario
|Spa=Wario Vampiro<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=101|language=es-es|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|SpaM=Vampire Wario
}}

==References==
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