Editing Wanda

|image=[[File:SSBU Wanda Spirit.png|200px]]<br>Spirit artwork from ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''

'''Wanda''' is a character in ''[[Mario & Wario]]''. She is a fairy who is the fabled subject of a [[Yōsei no Mori|mythical forest]], but when [[Mario]] is attacked by [[Wario]] in her domain, she takes it upon herself to guide the former to safety.<ref>{{cite|page={{file link|WarioToMonogatari.png|2}}|title=''Mario & Wario'' instruction booklet|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref> She was designed by [[Game Freak]] employee {{wp|Ken Sugimori}}.<ref>{{cite|author=ゲームフリーク公式チャンネル|language=ja|date=June 7, 2019|url=youtube.com/watch?v=9ttzYfWTGFg|title=【公式】ゲームフリーク30周年企画「マスダの部屋｣ 第三回【#ゲームフリーク ひみつきち#28】|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=December 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Akihito Tomisawa's twitter">{{cite|url=x.com/hitoqui_ponko/status/1632782982758166528|language=ja|title=そこに、任天堂サイドから「どうせなら任天堂のキャラを載せようや」という提案があり、僕らもその方がどう考えても売れるので承諾してマリオとワリオになった。でもギリギリでワンダちゃん（杉森建のオリジナルキャラ）を残してもらった.|date=March 6, 2023|publisher=X|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}</ref> She is named after the wand she carries.<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/hitoqui_ponko/status/1676976345656733698|language=ja|title=たしかにそうですね。名前のワンダちゃんの語源はワンダーではなく、手に持った杖（wand）から命名しました。|date=July 6, 2023|publisher=X|accessdate=November 26, 2023}}</ref>

In the game ''[[Mario & Wario]]'', the player controls Wanda using the [[Super Famicom Mouse]], providing a safe pathway for the aimlessly-wandering [[Princess Peach]], [[Mario]], and [[Yoshi]], who have had [[bucket]]s and other objects dropped on their heads by [[Wario]] and were all separated from [[Luigi]]. Her role is to create safer pathways by utilizing her [[magic wand]] to alter the surroundings of the environments and obstacles that were in the way of the blinded heroes. If she does not clear the obstacles in front of the blinded characters, the level would not be able to be completed as the blinded characters would not be able to reach their target destination. During the bonus minigames after every ten courses, she uses a [[hammer]] to hit Wario's plane for [[coin]]s. In the ending, Wanda is seen presenting the "THANK YOU" message on the screen as the heroes defeat Wario and celebrate her success.

===''Super Mario'' (Kodansha manga)===

[[File:Peaceful Woods KC Mario.jpg|thumb|Wanda blowing up the Peaceful Woods at the beginning of ''Super Mario: Wario no Mori''.]]

Wanda appears in the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|KC Deluxe]] manga adaptations of ''Mario & Wario'' and ''Wario's Woods'', replacing the Sprite in the latter.

In the [[Mario & Wario (manga)|first story arc]], she helps Mario, Peach, and Yoshi in saving Luigi from Wario's clutches by filling the pits with blocks and saving the heroes from fatal falls.

In the [[Super Mario: Wario no Mori|''Wario's Woods'' story arc]], she is shown to be a potion maker, hoping to one day create a potion that makes her as big as a human. However, every single potion she makes always explodes. With her explosive concoctions (which replace the Bombs), she helps a young Mario in saving a young Peach and [[Birdo]] from a young Wario that had just freed [[Fauster]], a demon sealed ages ago by a Toad hero whose [[Yūsha Kinopio Kamen|helmet]] was given to Mario by the Fairies.

In the second act, set years later after the first, Wanda is banished from the Fairies' album by the [[Chiyōrō-sama|fairy elder]] due to another explosive potion of hers. This is revealed to be a saving grace, as Fauster is once again freed by Wario and uses the power given to him by having an [[Baby Luigi|infant Luigi]] sacrificed to him to turn all the fairies into stone, except for Wanda. In their journey to defeat Fauster, Wanda and Mario are accompanied by Peach and Birdo. After defeating [[Goro]], the group splits up and Wanda goes with Mario, who gets hypnotized by [[Mad]]'s mermaid voice. Wanda attempts to free Mario from the trance by creating a potion that would wake him up, but it explodes, freeing him from the mermaid spell. After Fauster completely regains his power and fuses with Luigi into a giant Luigi-esque demon, Wanda attempts to create an exploding potion and finally manages to create the desired growing potion and becomes a giant. Wario, however, re-writes her name on the Fairies' album, and she is instantly petrified. Distraught by the situation, Wanda cries a tear that lands on Mario, making him [[Mega Mario|bigger]] and leading him to defeat Fuaster, saving the world, the petrified fairies, and Luigi.

In the latter story arc, Wanda is shown to have two unnamed Fairy friends, which always console her when the elder scolds her.

===''Super Mario-kun''===

[[File:Bucket SuperMarioKun 9.jpg|thumb|Wanda in volume 9 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''|left]]

Wanda first appears in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 9|volume 9]] of the manga series ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', who is seen attempting to help Mario remove a bucket on his head. However, when Bowser approaches to help them, he trips and lands on Wanda, causing the two to become fused together for the rest of the ''Mario & Wario'' arc that extends to the [[Super Mario-kun Volume 10|next volume]]. Bowser has control of Wanda's magic and, while still getting used to it, takes advantage of the situation to prank Mario. During the final battle, the fusion spell expires and the two return to normal.

 

Like in ''KC Mario'', Wanda replaces the sprite in the ''[[Wario's Woods (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Wario's Woods]]'' arc, between [[Super Mario-kun Volume 11|volume 11]] and [[Super Mario-kun Volume 13|13]]. In this issue, Wanda saves herself from Wario's invasion and arrives at Peach's Castle Garden to ask for help, after which Mario, Luigi, [[Toad]], Yoshi, and later Birdo join her.

 

While Wanda herself does not appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', the description for the [[bucket]] [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] mentions her role in ''Mario & Wario''. Wanda is only seen in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', although as a Novice-class [[smashwiki:Support spirit|support spirit]]. The [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] boosts the power of the user's magic-based attacks. The corresponding spirit battle involves battling a tiny [[List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U#Palutena|Palutena]], who is accompanied by Mario, Peach, and Yoshi. The core extracted from Wanda's spirit can be combined with [[Princess Shokora]]'s core to summon the [[Sprixie Princesses]]' spirit, or with [[bulbapedia:Smeargle (Pokémon)|Smeargle]]'s core to summon [[wikirby:Elline|Elline]]'s spirit.

 

|desc='''<big>魔法のつえでみんなを守る妖精ワンダ</big><br>

「私の役目は、バケツをかぶせられ前が見えないマリオたちを魔法のつえで誘導すること。ワリオのいたずらにも困ったもんね」<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 25]}}</ref>

|disposition=Caring person

|game_appearances=M&W

|eng_desc='''''<big>Wanda, the fairy who protects others with her magic wand</big><br>

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===

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Mario-kun-11.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 11|Volume 11]]

Kunissue13.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 13|Volume 13]]

Wanda_and_the_fairies_SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 13|Volume 13]]

Mario Christmas Puzzle Artwork 1.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' Christmas-themed puzzle

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|Fre=Wanda

|Ita=Wanda

|ItaC=<ref name=SSBM>''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' [[Bucket]] [[List of trophies in Super Smash Bros. Melee|trophy]]</ref><ref name=SSBU>''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|Spirit]]</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=241}}</ref>

|RusM=From ''жезл'' (''zhezl'', "staff")

*In preview material for the canceled international release, Wanda was nicknamed "Barrio".<ref>{{cite|date=November 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #14|page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #13|date=October 1993|page=14|quote=However, the biggest help is in the form of a mysterious little fairy armed with a magic wand which can make blocks appear from nowhere, thus allowing Mario to cross otherwise impassable gaps. And so it falls to our winged wonder, whom we shall call Barrio, to save our superhero!}}</ref>

**Additionally, it states that the reason for the blocks during gameplay is because "Psychic Potential Block Fields" can be sensed by fairies.<ref>{{cite|date=November 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #14|page=48}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #13|page=16|date=October 1993|quote=This filling in blocks business isn’t as easy as it sounds. For starters, you can’t just bung a block anywhere. It’s only possible to create a block where there is a Psychic Potential Block Field. Luckily, being a fairy, it’s possible for you to see the oft-ignored aurae that appear as a white outline. Even then there are loads of different kinds of block to deal with.}}</ref>

*Wanda was originally created for the earlier, monster-themed versions of ''Mario vs. Wario''. [[Game Freak]] requested to keep the character when the game shifted to using ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' characters.<ref name="Akihito Tomisawa's twitter"/>