Editing Wario World

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'''''Wario World''''' is a 3D [[Genre#Platform|platformer]] for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] released in 2003. It is a spin-off of the ''[[Wario Land (series)|Wario Land]]'' games and marked [[Wario]]'s first appearance as a main protagonist in a home console game. In 2004, it was re-released as a [[Player's Choice]] title. It is the sixth platformer game starring [[Wario]] and the only 3D platformer game in the [[Wario (franchise)|''Wario'' franchise]].

The quality of Wario Castle at the end of the game depends on how many Spritelings the player saved throughout. The castle takes on one of six forms: plant, wood, stone, silver, gold, or full of treasures.<ref>{{cite|url=www.vgmuseum.com/end/gc/c/wworld.htm|title=Ending for WarioWare (Nintendo Gamecube)|publisher=The Video Game Museum|language=English}}</ref>

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|Wario is in a golden castle nearly identical to his last one. Wario is satisfied by the result.

[[File:WW To Do List.png|thumb|200px|right]]

''Wario World'' is a 3D platforming game. The player controls the titular character, whose basic moveset includes jumps and punches, as well as their respective advanced forms, the [[Ground Pound]] and the [[Dash Attack]]. Wario's [[Health Meter|endurance]] is represented by hearts; he begins the game with four hearts, but his maximum health can be increased as he retrieves [[Gold Statue]]s. Wario replenishes one heart when he eats a head of [[garlic]], which are sold by [[Garlic Dispenser]]s for [[coin]]s, and sometimes found in [[wooden chest]]s. Were the player to lose all health and trigger a [[Game Over]], there is the option to pay 200 coins to continue from the same point. Coins spawn from defeated enemies and bosses, and also from some wooden chests.

The game is split into four worlds, each one containing two levels. Every level ends in a boss battle, and after both levels are cleared the boss stage of the world is unlocked. The gameplay places much emphasis on collection, with each level featuring four categories of items for the player to find via exploration. In order to 100% clear a level, the player must:

*Find eight [[treasure (Wario franchise)|treasures]]. For a treasure chest to appear, Wario must first activate a [[Treasure button|treasure button]] elsewhere, causing the chest to appear on the pad of the same color.

 

''Wario World'' also prominently features combat. Wario will encounter hordes of aggressive enemies throughout the levels. Larger enemies require more hits to go down, and also allow Wario to perform more devastating moves by using their bodies to attack other enemies. Most levels include unskippable fights in the form of [[Crystal Entity|Crystal Entities]] and [[Battle Ring (Wario World)|Battle Rings]].

 

By contrast, trapdoor sub-levels (of which there are eight in every level) are entirely focused on platforming and puzzles in the form of obstacle courses. They are self-contained and more unrealistic in design, featuring elements such as floating blocks. A punitive sub-level, [[Unithorn's Lair]], is accessed whenever Wario falls off the stage in the main level; here, Wario has to avoid the coin-stealing [[Unithorn]]s as he tries to find the crate with the [[Escape Spring]] that takes him back to the surface.

 

[[File:Wario Dash Attack WarioWorld.png|thumb|The Dash Attack, one of Wario's normal moves.]]

Wario has many moves in this game, some of which return from the [[Wario Land (series)|''Wario Land'' series]].

*Mad Moves, Wario's three most powerful moves, which can only be used after picking up an enemy. Using them is the only way to damage many of the game's bosses.

**[[Mega Toss]]: After stunning and picking up an enemy, Wario can throw it with all his might.

**[[Wild Swing-Ding]]: Wario can also swing an enemy around at a very fast speed, taking out groups of other enemies, or use them to open special doors that require him to spin the enemy in front of a switch.

 

*{{button|GCN|R}}: Dash Attack / Ground Pound (in midair)

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|align=left|Shivering Mountains is the fifth level of the game. It is set in a mountain range covered with snow and ice, with deep snowdrifts, pine trees and igloos. The enemies here are [[Snowman (enemy)|Snowmen]], [[Polar Bear (Wario World)|Polar Bears]], [[Snow Bomber]]s and [[Ice Ankiron]]s. Area-specific enemies are [[Freeze Cannon]]s, [[Sled Creature]]s, [[Turtle (Wario World)|Turtle]]s, [[Fattington]]s and [[Icicle Mite]]s.

|align=left|The Mirror Mansion is the seventh level of the game. It takes place in a giant House of Mirrors and is one of the most puzzled levels in ''Wario World''. Some parts of the level contain giant mirrors that reveal objects and enemies that are not visible in the real scene. The main enemies here are [[monster doll]]s, [[Masked Clubber]]s, [[Haipō]] and [[Stuffed Ankiron]]s. [[Magician (enemy)|Magician]]s, [[Ninja Crow]]s, [[mouse (Wario World)|mice]], and [[Witch (enemy)|Witch]]es are the area-specific enemies.

Excitement Central Magon.png|[[Magon]]

Small Magon Excitement Central.png|Small Magon

Wario World Large Bone Magon.png|[[Zombie Magon]]

Horror Manor Small Magon.png|Small Zombie Magon

Wario World Clown Magon.png|[[Clown]]

Wonky Circus Small Magon.png|Small Clown

Shivering Mountains Large Snowman.png|[[Snowman (enemy)|Snowman]]

Shivering Mountains Small Magon.png|Small Snowman

Shivering Mountains Bear.png|[[Polar Bear (Wario World)|Polar Bear]]

Beanstalk Way Magon.png|[[Wolf]]

Wario World Beanstalk Way Small Wolf.png|Small Wolf

Mirror Mansion Small Magon.png|[[Monster doll]]

Mirror Mansion Large Puppet Magon.png|Big monster doll

Pecan Sands Large Mummy Magon.png|[[Mummy (Wario World)|Mummy]]

Pecan Sands Small Magon.png|Small Mummy

Wario has to battle numerous Boss characters throughout the game. Each world has up to three bosses: two that must be fought in order to clear each of the first two levels, and the world's boss that carries the key needed to open the Huge Treasure Chest.

 

Greenfist.png|[[Greenfist]]<br>''[[Greenhorn Forest]]''

Scythe-armed Monster Model.png|[[Sandworm]]<br>''[[Greenhorn Ruins]]''<br>([[Pecan Sands]] as mini-boss)

Dinomighty.png|'''[[DinoMighty]]'''<br>''[[DinoMighty's Showdown]]''

Brawl Doll.png|[[Brawl Doll]]<br>''[[Horror Manor]]''

Clown-a-Round.png|[[Clown-a-Round]]<br>''[[Wonky Circus]]''

Dual Dragons.png|'''[[Dual Dragon]]'''<br>''[[Dual Dragon's Showdown]]''

Winter Windster.png||[[Winter Windster]]<br>''[[Shivering Mountains]]''

Spideraticus Model.png|[[Spideraticus]]<br>''[[Beanstalk Way]]''

Red-Brief J Artwork.png|'''[[Red-Brief J]]'''<br>''[[Red-Brief J's Showdown]]''

Mean Emcee.png|[[Mean Emcee]]<br>''[[Mirror Mansion]]''

Ironsider.png|[[Ironsider]]<br>''[[Pecan Sands]]''

Captain Skull.png|'''[[Captain Skull]]'''<br>''[[Captain Skull's Showdown]]''

The game received fairly positive reviews, being praised by critics for its gameplay, but was also criticized by many for its short length. {{wp|GameSpy}} commented that "the game offers a little beyond of what the regular tridimensional games offers, however, what is offered is short and repetitive". {{wp|GameSpot}} stated that its length and simplicity cannot hold the player's attention for more than a day. The ''{{wp|Play (US magazine)|Play}}'' magazine gave the game a perfect score, stating that "''Wario World'' pays off every second the player holding the controller, and that is greatness". ''{{wp|Game Informer}}'' praised the game's boss battles. {{wp|IGN}}'s reviewer, Matt Casamassina, stated that "the game is fine, but not as fine as a ''Super Mario'' game".<ref>{{cite|author=Casamassina, Matt|url=www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/19/wario-world-2|title=Wario World|date=June 19, 2003|publisher=IGN|accessdate=April 22, 2024|language=English}}</ref>

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''Wario World'' was a commercial success, selling over 256,000 copies in the [[United States of America]], and over 142,000 copies in [[Japan]]. The game was re-released as part of the [[Player's Choice]] label in 2004, along with ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''.<ref>{{cite|url=www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/16/mario-golf-f-zero-go-bargain-priced|title=Mario Golf, F-Zero Go Bargain-Priced|publisher=IGN|date=March 16, 2004|author=IGN Staff|language=English|accessdate=April 22, 2024}}</ref>

*''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' - Some of Wario's voice clips are reused from this game.

*''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' - Some of Wario's voice clips are reused from this game.

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*[http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/warioworld/enGB/ Official European website]

*[https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Wario-World-269336.html Official Nintendo UK site]