Editing Puffy Wario

{{form infobox
|image=[[File:Puffywario.jpg]]<br>Artwork from ''Wario Land 4''
|powers=Float upwards
|first_appearance=''[[Wario Land II]]'' ([[List of games by date#1998|1998]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|applies_to=[[Wario]]
}}
{{quote|Those pesky [[Beezley|bees]]!! They’ve made my beautiful face swell up like a balloon! What?! You say I look better this way? I won’t even be able to star in my own commercials looking like this!!|[[Wario]]|[[Wario Land 4]] instruction booklet}}
'''Puffy Wario''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land II'' instruction booklet|page=14|language=en-us|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=21|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en-gb}}</ref> also known as '''Stung Wario''',<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980530130404/http://www.nintendo.com/gb/wario_land_ii/index.html|title=Nintendo: Wario Land II|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> '''Floating Wario''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 106|page=62|date=March 1998|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Brady, Matthew K., Nathan Beittenmiller, Debra McBride, and David Cassady|title=''Game Boy Game Secrets, 2001 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=91, 95-96|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=February 5, 2001|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3090-8}}</ref> and '''Puff Daddy Wario''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20010501125924/http://www.warioland3.com/strategy/body.asp?key_id=S4_RED&land_id=S4|title=S4|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> is one of [[Wario]]'s reactions in the ''[[Wario Land (series)|Wario Land]]'' series, and he is affected by it through different means in each installment. Once affected, he then swells up and fills his head with air, allowing him to slowly float upwards. This is usually used to get up to a high place, or as a means to be ejected from an area such as in boss battles like Yellow Belly and Wolfenboss. When Wario floats up into a ceiling, gets hurt, or is unable to continue to float up for any other reason, he will revert to his normal form and fall back towards the ground.

==History==
===''Wario Land'' series===
[[File:Wario Land 2 S 3-4.png|thumb|Puffy Wario in ''Wario Land II'']]
In ''[[Wario Land II]]'', Wario will become puffy if he is stung by a [[Bee (Wario Land II)|bee]] or [[giant bee|their giant counterpart]]. In ''[[Wario Land 3]]'', the change will occur if he gets stung by a [[Jellybob (Wario Land 3)|Pneumo]] or a [[Haridama]], gets hit by the [[Kuri|Igaguri]] [[Wolfenboss]] spawns, or getting jabbed by [[Helio (Wario Land 3)|Yellow Belly]]'s needles. In ''[[Wario Land 4]]'' he must get stung by a [[Beezley]], get hit by the arrow that is shot by a [[Bow Balloon]], or get hit by the minions of the boss [[Catbat]]. In ''Wario Land 4'', Puffy Wario can blow some air to get a vertical boost by pressing the jump button.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', Wario becomes Puffy Wario the same method as in ''Wario Land 4''.

===''Densetsu no Starfy 3''===
{{rewrite-expand|specifics on Puffy Wario's role}}
In ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', Puffy Wario is one of Wario's forms that he uses during his [[History of Wario#Densetsu no Starfy 3|guest appearance]] in [[starfywiki:Undersea Ruins|Kaitei Iseki]], alongside [[Flaming Wario]] and [[Bubble Wario]].

===''WarioWare: Move It!''===
In ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'', when Wario becomes stuck in the hole where the gold statue used to be in the game's ending, he puffs out his cheeks similar to Puffy Wario while flapping his arms as he tries to get out.

==Profiles==
===''Wario Land 4''===
*'''European instruction manual bio:''' "''Those pesky bees!! They've made my beautiful face swell up like a balloon!! What?! You say I look better this way? I won't even be able to star in my own commercials looking like this!! Oh well, in the mean time, I could use this balloon face to float around! I'll probably just have to wait 'til I hit the ceiling to turn back to normal!!!''"
*'''Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program digital manual bio:''' "''Press {{button|3ds|Padleftright}} to move and {{button|3ds|B}} to quickly float upward.''"

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
WL2 Puffy Wario.png|''[[Wario Land II]]''
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
WLIIPuffyWarioSprite.png|''Wario Land II''
WL3PuffyWarioSprite.png|''[[Wario Land 3]]''
WL4 Wario2.png|''[[Wario Land 4]]''
DNS3 Puffy Wario.png|''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]''
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
puffywarioshot.png|''Wario Land II''
TSC2.PNG|''Wario Land 3''
WL4-Densetsu no Starfy 3 Puffy Wario.png|''Densetsu no Starfy 3''
Puffy Wario in WarioWare Move It.jpg|Wario resembling Puffy Wario in ''WarioWare: Move It!''
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
PuffyWario SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|顔|かお}}がふくらむ<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 3: Fushigi na Orgel'' Shogakukan guide|page=7|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja}}</ref>
|JapR=Kao ga Fukuramu
|Jap2=バルーンワリオ<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara'' instruction booklet|page=27|publisher=Nintendo|date=2001|language=ja}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Barūn Wario
|JapM=Puffy Face (''Wario Land II'' and ''Wario Land 3'')
|Jap2M=Balloon Wario (''Wario Land 4'')
|ChiS=气球瓦力欧<ref>{{cite|title=瓦力欧寻宝记 (''Wǎlìōu xúnbǎo jì'') instruction booklet|page=32|date=2004|publisher=iQue|language=zh-hans|author=iQue}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Qìqiú Wǎlì'ōu
|ChiSM=Balloon Wario
|Spa=Wario Hinchado<ref>{{cite|url=www.guiasnintendo.com/3_GB_GameBoy/waland3/waland3_sp/welcome.html|title=Official ''Wario Land 3'' website|publisher=Guías Nintendo|language=es-es|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=101|language=es-es|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001}}</ref>
|SpaM=Puffy Wario
|Fre=Wario Gonflé<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=61|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr|date=2001}}</ref>
|FreM=Puffy Wario
|Dut=Puffy Wario<ref>''Wario Land II'' Dutch Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console electronic manual, tab 11: "Aandoeningen".</ref>
|Ger=Dickkopf-Wario<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=41|language=de|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001}}</ref>
|GerM=Bigheaded Wario
|Ita=Wario Gonfio<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land II'' instruction booklet|page=114|date=1999|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=121|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001}}</ref>
|ItaM=Inflated Wario
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:MLSS Wario Unused Sprite 2.png|frame]]
*Although not an actual display of the form, his planned cameo in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' depicted Wario briefly adopting similar features as well as his face turning purple due to his disagreeing with the taste of the [[Starbeans Cafe]] blend.

==See also==
*[[Balloon Baby Yoshi]]
*[[Balloon Mario]]
*[[Blimp Yoshi]]

==References==
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