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|image=[[File:Akuman.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:Fauster Wario Woods artwork.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Wario's Woods'' (NES)
|species=[[Demon|Devil]]
|species=Devil
|first_appearance=''[[Wario's Woods]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]) ([[1994]])
|first_appearance=[[Wario's Woods (Nintendo Entertainment System)|''Wario's Woods'' (NES)]] ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[NES Remix 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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[[File:WWAkuman.PNG|thumb|left|'''Akuman''']]
'''Fauster'''<ref>''Wario's Woods'' NES instruction booklet, page 15.</ref> is the first of the many bosses that [[Toad]] faces in Game B of the ''Round Game'' mode in the [[Wario's Woods (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES version of ''Wario's Woods'']]. Fauster's name is likely derived from the titular character of the {{wp|Faust|Faustian legend}}.
'''Akuman''' is the first of the many bosses that [[Toad]] faces in Game B of the ''Round Game'' mode in the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] version of the game ''[[Wario's Woods]]''. His boss battle takes place in the ninth round of the Game B mode. He is a purple, bat-winged, simian-like creature in red jester-like clothes who wields a trident. Akuman has the ability to eliminate all bombs on-screen. Like the other bosses in the game, he is also able re-locate himself to different positions of the battlefield. If he re-materializes on Toad, Toad will be instantly defeated. He is also capable of summoning and throwing enemies around the stage.
==History==
===''Wario's Woods''===
His boss battle takes place in the ninth round of the Game B mode. He is a purple, bat-winged, simian-like creature in red jester-like clothes who wields a pitchfork. Fauster has the ability to eliminate all bombs on-screen. Like the other bosses in the game, he is also able to relocate himself to different positions of the battlefield. If he re-materializes on Toad, Toad will be instantly defeated. He is also capable of summoning and throwing enemies around the stage.


Akuma, the word Akuman is derived from, is the Japanese word for devil, or demon, and one is depicted with one or more of these features: humanoid-like body, bat wings, and a trident. This makes Akuman a serviceable Japanese devil. Much like the other bosses in the game, his affiliations to Wario are unknown (other than to provide support in stopping Toad from saving the ''[[Wario's Woods (place)|Peaceful Forest]]'' and the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]).
===''Super Mario'' (KC Deluxe)===
In the ''[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Super Mario]]'' manga, Fauster is the main antagonist of the [[Super Mario: Wario no Mori|''Wario's Woods'' volume]]. Ages ago, Fauster was terrorizing the [[Wario's Woods (location)|Peaceful Woods]] and all of its fairies, until a brave [[Toad (species)|Toad]] defeated the demon and sealed him in a rock prison hidden under a magic rock. A young [[Wario]], escaping from the Bees, finds the rock and manages to free Fauster. To reward him, Fauster lends him his minions (the game's monsters) to grant any of his wishes, one of which is marrying [[Princess Peach|Peach]]. [[Mario]], aided by the clumsy fairy [[Wanda]], armed with the helm of the Toad hero, tries to stop Wario. Needing a new body to take matters into his own hands, Fauster possesses Wario, but is once again sealed into stone by Wanda and Mario.


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Some time later, Mario and his friends welcomes a [[Baby Luigi|newborn Luigi]] into the family, while Wario is reincarnated into a baby and later returns to Earth to free Fauster once again. Fauster now requires a sacrifice to regain his full powers. Wario kidnaps Luigi and uses him as the sacrificing lamb. Fauster summons some of his minions and corrupts the fairy [[diamond]] to turn them into stone (Wanda, however, manages to save herself having been recently banned from the fairy clan) and take over the forest. Later, he summons four of his allies: [[Boom]], [[Seizer]], [[Mad]], and lastly [[Drago]]. The four of them keep Mario and his friends distracted enough to conclude the sacrifice, and Fauster is reborn into the form of a giant demonic Luigi and manages to conquer the entire world by summoning more of his monsters to completely flood the Earth with them. Mario, wearing the Toad hero's helm and aided by Peach and Wanda, grows bigger and defeats Fauster once and for all, saving his brother and punishing Wario.
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[[Category:Wario Characters]]
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[Category:Wario Bosses]]
Fauster only appears once in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', in the ''Wario's Woods'' arc in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 11|volume 11]]. Fauster is the first enemy encountered by the heroes. He simply stabs Mario's bottom with his pitchfork and summons many monsters, which are ultimately defeated. Furious, Wario turns him into an anman (steamed hot buns that sounds similar to Fauster's Japanese name) and viciously munches on him in frustration, presumably killing him in the process as the narration suggests.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Fauster WarioWoods NES.png|Sprite
Fauster KC Mario.jpg|Fauster returns in ''Super Mario: Wario no Mori''
Fauster defeat KC Mario.jpg|Fauster defeated in ''Super Mario: Wario no Mori''
Fauster SMKun.png|''Super Mario-kun''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=アクマン<ref>''Wario no Mori'' Famicom instruction booklet, fold-out.</ref>
|JapR=Akuman
|JapM=Derived from「悪魔」(''akuma'', devil) and possibly "man"
|Ita=Fauster<ref>''Wario's Woods'' (NES version), Italian instruction booklet, page 15.</ref>
}}
 
==References==
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{{Wario's Woods}}
[[Category:Demons]]
[[Category:Demons]]
[[Category:Wario's Woods]]
[[Category:Wario's Woods bosses]]

Revision as of 11:01, September 6, 2024

Fauster
Artwork of Fauster from Wario's Woods
Artwork from Wario's Woods (NES)
Species Devil
First appearance Wario's Woods (NES) (1994)
Latest appearance NES Remix 2 (2014)

Fauster[1] is the first of the many bosses that Toad faces in Game B of the Round Game mode in the NES version of Wario's Woods. Fauster's name is likely derived from the titular character of the Faustian legend.

History

Wario's Woods

His boss battle takes place in the ninth round of the Game B mode. He is a purple, bat-winged, simian-like creature in red jester-like clothes who wields a pitchfork. Fauster has the ability to eliminate all bombs on-screen. Like the other bosses in the game, he is also able to relocate himself to different positions of the battlefield. If he re-materializes on Toad, Toad will be instantly defeated. He is also capable of summoning and throwing enemies around the stage.

Super Mario (KC Deluxe)

In the Super Mario manga, Fauster is the main antagonist of the Wario's Woods volume. Ages ago, Fauster was terrorizing the Peaceful Woods and all of its fairies, until a brave Toad defeated the demon and sealed him in a rock prison hidden under a magic rock. A young Wario, escaping from the Bees, finds the rock and manages to free Fauster. To reward him, Fauster lends him his minions (the game's monsters) to grant any of his wishes, one of which is marrying Peach. Mario, aided by the clumsy fairy Wanda, armed with the helm of the Toad hero, tries to stop Wario. Needing a new body to take matters into his own hands, Fauster possesses Wario, but is once again sealed into stone by Wanda and Mario.

Some time later, Mario and his friends welcomes a newborn Luigi into the family, while Wario is reincarnated into a baby and later returns to Earth to free Fauster once again. Fauster now requires a sacrifice to regain his full powers. Wario kidnaps Luigi and uses him as the sacrificing lamb. Fauster summons some of his minions and corrupts the fairy diamond to turn them into stone (Wanda, however, manages to save herself having been recently banned from the fairy clan) and take over the forest. Later, he summons four of his allies: Boom, Seizer, Mad, and lastly Drago. The four of them keep Mario and his friends distracted enough to conclude the sacrifice, and Fauster is reborn into the form of a giant demonic Luigi and manages to conquer the entire world by summoning more of his monsters to completely flood the Earth with them. Mario, wearing the Toad hero's helm and aided by Peach and Wanda, grows bigger and defeats Fauster once and for all, saving his brother and punishing Wario.

Super Mario-kun

Fauster only appears once in Super Mario-kun, in the Wario's Woods arc in volume 11. Fauster is the first enemy encountered by the heroes. He simply stabs Mario's bottom with his pitchfork and summons many monsters, which are ultimately defeated. Furious, Wario turns him into an anman (steamed hot buns that sounds similar to Fauster's Japanese name) and viciously munches on him in frustration, presumably killing him in the process as the narration suggests.

Gallery

  • Sprite

    Sprite

  • Fauster returns in Super Mario: Wario no Mori

    Fauster returns in Super Mario: Wario no Mori

  • Fauster defeated in Super Mario: Wario no Mori

    Fauster defeated in Super Mario: Wario no Mori

  • Super Mario-kun

    Super Mario-kun

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese アクマン[2]
Akuman 		Derived from「悪魔」(akuma, devil) and possibly "man"
Italian Fauster[3] -

References

  1. ^ Wario's Woods NES instruction booklet, page 15.
  2. ^ Wario no Mori Famicom instruction booklet, fold-out.
  3. ^ Wario's Woods (NES version), Italian instruction booklet, page 15.
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Wario's Woods (NES version, SNES version)
Protagonists Toad • Birdo • Sprite • Abata (Satellaview)
NES bosses Fauster • Boom • Mad • Goro • Seizer • Drago • Fake Wario • Wario
SNES bosses Katsini • Galrog • Harley Q • SamSpook • Sven • Parrotor • Mssr Boo • Aqualea • Razor • Tad Rock • Thak • Lizardon • Sarissa • Mangylox • Dedar • Carlton • Harry H • Wario
Enemies Fuzz • Spud • Squeak • Beaker • Scram • Spook • Dovo • Thwomp • Pidgit
Items Bomb • Coin • Diamond • Egg
Locations Wario Castle • Wario's Woods
Miscellaneous Gallery • Quotes • Staff
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