Wario Kard

The logo of Wario Kard

Wario Kard (also formatted as WarioKard) is an unlockable minigame in WarioWare Gold. It is unlocked after collecting all souvenirs from the Capsule Machine and is located in the Arcade menu. The minigame's name and logo reference the Mario Kart games, with the design of the logo in particular being reminiscent of Super Mario Kart's logo.

Overview

The objective of this minigame is to defeat enemies in a using a deck of 10 cards that are drawn through Shufflers with an attack mechanism based on rock-paper-scissors.

• As with standard rock-paper-scissor rules, rock beats scissors, paper beats rock, and scissors beat paper. It is a draw in the case of rock against rock, paper against paper, and scissors against scissors.

Defeating enemies give a reward of coins and sometimes a free Shuffler draw.

Enemy Selection

The amount of attempts a player has to defeat an enemy is indicated by the "(number)x left" under the small enemy portrait on the lower screen. Most enemies have 3 attempts. Some enemies have 5, and one rare enemy, Pile of Gold, has 1. In most cases, if the player is unable to defeat an enemy in one attempt, the damage gets carried over towards the remaining attempts. Some enemies' HP is restored back to maximum between attempts. If the player is unable to defeat the enemy within the given attempts, the enemy may be removed from the list and reappear later in the playthrough.

The player is free to choose whichever enemy they decide to fight. All enemies appear in a predetermined order with the following exceptions:

• The reappearance of enemies that the player was unable to defeat in the current playthrough.
• The rare enemy, Pile of Gold, can appear before of the next enemy appears. Pile of Gold can appear more than once in a playthrough after defeat. Pile of Gold's level does not increase in its multiple appearances within the same playthrough. Once the last monster (Friendless Beast) appears in the list, no new enemies appear until every other enemy is defeated.

Deck

Once an enemy is chosen, the player can choose from 4 decks to use in battle. Each deck must contain 10 cards, and can be edited by the player manually, or automatically made with the Auto function. Every card in a deck is assigned either rock (red), paper (yellow), or scissors (blue), and given a rank (A, B, or C). Cards unusable due to restrictions by the enemy are grayed out with a red border and slash through the middle.

Garlic

Garlic is spent after choosing a deck for each attempt against enemies in Wario Kard. The player starts with the maximum amount of 3 garlic. It takes 5 minutes to refill one garlic. Once the player spends all of their garlic, the player may choose to spend 500 coins to challenge an enemy as the player waits for the next garlic to be refilled.

Battle

Deal

The player is dealt 3 cards to choose to attack the enemy with. Some enemies may reduce the number of cards drawn down to 2. The player is given one redeal per round, replacing cards with a new set of cards from the remaining cards from the deck. Cards replaced during a redeal are discarded and will not reappear later in the round.

Attack

Every card has a Power Level, as indicated by a number next to a red sword icon. This serves as the base damage against the enemy. Every turn, an enemy will have either rock, paper, or scissors displayed, which will affect the base damage of a card.

• Winning deals double (x2) damage, losing deals half (x0.5) damage (rounded down), and draw deals normal (x1) damage.

Despite the enemy using rock-paper-scissors themselves, the enemy does not attack the player in any form.

Point Value

The player is given 10 points every round. The point cost on a card is indicated as a number on a yellow hexagon. Points are used to play cards to attack, as well as a penalty for not playing a card within the time limit. Some enemies may double points spent, ending the round quicker than usual. The round will end if the player is unable to defeat an enemy after using up 10 points, or if there is insufficient points for any further attacks with the player's redraw used up.

Timer

The player has a timer that decreases before choosing an attack. The amount of time added by a card is indicated as a number next to a cyan clock icon. The total amount of time a player can have depends on the total timer value from each card in a player's deck. The player must choose an attack before the timer reaches 0. The player loses 1 point (2, if double points spent) every time the timer decreases to 0. The timer resets after choosing any attack. A redraw does not replenish the timer. Some enemies may reduce the timer by half, or change the timer to a fixed amount of time each turn.

Pair Attack

A Pair Attack can be done if two characters in a player's hand are partners, regardless of rank. A glowing yellow border will appear on cards that can perform a Pair Attack.

• If there are two cards of the same partner of different ranks, the player must choose one of the two cards to use for Pair attack.
  • For example: Kat and Ana are partners. A player has Kat (Rank A), Ana (Rank B), and Ana (Rank C) in the player's hand. When the player chooses to use a Pair Attack, the player must choose to use Ana (Rank B) or Ana (Rank C) to complete the Pair Attack. Every partner card have the same point cost as its counterpart, regardless of rank. The point cost for a Pair Attack is equal to one card of either pair.

Special Attack

A Special Attack is an additional x2 multiplier that can activate just before an attack. The chance of a Special attack can increase based on a card's SP, as indicated on a card as a number next to a yellow star. The SP of a card is increased by drawing duplicates of the same card from the Shuffler. The maximum SP for each card is 50. Some enemies may prevent Special Attacks from happening.

Damage Calculation

This is the order in how damage is calculated during an attack:

• Step 1: Power level of a single card or combined power levels of a Pair Attack
• Step 2: Power level limit restriction, if applicable (any attack that exceeds the limit is reduced down to the limit)
• Step 3: Win / Lose / Draw multiplier (x2 / x0.5 / x1)
• Step 4: Special Attack, if activated (x2 multiplier)
• Step 5: Ignore damage restriction, if applicable (either the damage being below a certain threshold or not winning rock-paper-scissors)

Chance Attack

If the player is unable to defeat an enemy by the end of an attempt, but manages to reduce the enemy's HP down to an amount of 10% or less, there will be a wheel with "Success!" (in red) and "Failure!" (in gray) that the player will stop to determine whether or not the Chance Attack will be a success. If the wheel stops on "Success!", the enemy's remaining HP drains to 0, granting a victory. If the wheel stops on "Failure!", the current attempt will end as a loss. The size of "Success!" and "Failure!" depends on how much HP is remaining. The lower the enemy's HP, the greater the chance for a "Success!"

Experience Points

Wario beating the Haute Model

Regardless of victory or defeat, all cards in the player's deck after a battle receive experience points. Earning enough experience points will level up a card, increasing its power level. A rank receives +15 per level, B rank receives +10 per level, C rank receives +5 per level. All cards start at level 1, and the maximum level is 20, therefore the maximum cumulative power level increase is 285, 190 and 95 for A Rank, B Rank, and C Rank, respectively.

Rewards

If the player manages to defeat an enemy on the first attempt, the player receives the full coin reward. However, if the player is unable to defeat an enemy on the first attempt, but defeats it on a subsequent attempt, the player receives half of the coin reward. Some enemies give one free rare Shuffler draw upon defeat. This is indicated by the blue card icon with two yellow sparkles.

Completion

Once all enemies are defeated, the list of enemies are reset back to the beginning, except with the difficulty increased, as indicated by number of skull icons. Level 2 enemies have x1.5 the HP of Level 1 enemies and Level 3 enemies have x2 the HP of Level 1 enemies. Enemies stay at Level 3 on the fourth and future playthroughs. Enemy rewards remain the same between levels.

List of cards

Character(s)	Rank C	Rank B	Rank A

List of enemies

Enemy	Description	Number of Tries	Level 1 HP	Level 2 HP	Level 3 HP	Coin Reward	Shuffler (R)?
Tiny Ninja (Arrow Space)	Uses only rock.	3	400	600	800	1000	No
Chomp the Turtle (Munch a Bunch)	Uses only rock.	3	500	750	1000	1000	No
Baby Handerson (Butterfingers)	Uses only scissors.	3	400	600	800	1000	No
Mr. Schnozz (Gold Digger)	Uses only scissors.	3	500	750	1000	1000	No
Shop Teacher (Nail Call)	Uses only paper.	3	400	600	800	1000	No
Pyoro (Super Pyoro)	Uses only paper.	3	500	750	1000	1000	No
Egg (Fragile!)	Uses only rock or scissors.	3	560	840	1120	1200	No
Astronaut Family (Mars Jars)	Uses only rock or paper.	3	560	840	1120	1200	No
Baby Face (Shave the World)	Uses only scissors or paper.	3	560	840	1120	1200	No
Door to Nowhere (Crazy Cars)	No extra details.	3	800	1200	1600	1600	Yes
Tweezy (Up for Grabs)	Often uses rock.	3	560	840	1120	1400	No
Chicken Bug (Chicken Pinch)	Often uses scissors.	3	560	840	1120	1400	No
Baroness Drip (Nighttime Allergies)	Often uses paper.	3	560	840	1120	1400	No
Earmuff Gal (Fashion Plate)	Often uses scissors or rock.	3	720	1080	1440	1600	No
Chatty Kathy (Local News)	Often uses rock or paper.	3	720	1080	1440	1600	No
Handerson's Mom (Peak-a-boo-boo)	Often uses paper or scissors.	3	720	1080	1440	1600	No
Haute Model (Walk This Way)	On first move, uses only rock.	3	860	1290	1720	1700	No
Stray Cat (Kitty Cover)	On first move, uses only scissors.	3	860	1290	1720	1700	No
Noisy Nuisance (Sleepy Head)	On first move, uses only paper.	3	860	1290	1720	1700	No
Mr. Dentist (Tooth Trouble)	No extra details.	3	1020	1530	2040	2000	Yes
Phantom Foodie (Spirit Spot)	Double points spent. Uses only scissors.	3	780	1170	1560	1800	No
Son of Schnozz (Gold Digger)	Double points spent. Uses only paper.	3	780	1170	1560	1800	No
King of Jam (Getcha Groove On)	Reduces your hand to two cards. Often uses rock.	3	930	1395	1860	1900	No
Dude in Undies (Grape Aim)	Reduces your hand to two cards. Often uses scissors.	3	930	1395	1860	1900	No
Tiger Cub (Kitty Cover)	Reduces your hand to two cards. Often uses paper.	3	930	1395	1860	1900	No
Clever Pup (Burning Sensation)	Prevents nonhuman cards from being used.	3	1110	1665	2220	2000	No
Shades (Cutting It Close)	Prevents human cards from being used.	3	1280	1920	2560	2000	No
Tigronic v.1 (Manic Mechanic)	Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors. Often uses paper.	3	1510	2265	3020	3000	Yes
Tigronic v.2 (Manic Mechanic)	Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors. Often uses rock.	3	1510	2265	3020	3000	Yes
Tigronic v.3 (Manic Mechanic)	Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors. Often uses scissors.	3	1510	2265	3020	3000	Yes
Distant Darling (Love Tester)	Prevents Special Attacks. Always uses rock on second move.	3	1100	1650	2200	2400	No
Long-Lost Love (Love Tester)	Prevents Special Attacks. Always uses scissors on second move.	3	1100	1650	2200	2400	No
Block Buster (Crack Down)	Prevents Special Attacks. Always uses paper on second move.	3	1100	1650	2200	2400	No
Squibbly Eggplant (Dungeon Dilemma)	Always uses the same move for first three rounds. Recovers fully after battle.	3	520	780	1040	2700	No
Snack Sucker	Always uses the same move for first three rounds. Recovers fully after battle.	3	540	810	1080	2700	No
T.P. (Clog It)	Always uses the same move for first three rounds. Recovers fully after battle.	3	560	840	1120	2700	No
Brown Nose Bear (Foiled Again!)	Reduces time by half. Prevents nonhuman cards from being used.	3	1280	1920	2560	3000	No
Bobby Pitts (Oh, Snap!)	Reduces time by half. Prevents human cards from being used.	3	1310	1920	2620	3000	No
Cave Man (Grape Aim)	Reduces your hand to two cards.	5	2400	3600	4800	3200	No
Mewtroid (Mewtroid 2: Return of Sameow)	Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors.	5	2800	4200	5600	4000	Yes
Handerson (Right in the Eye)	Attacks of less than 60 damage are ignored. Uses only rock.	3	1600	2400	3200	2800	No
Turbo Doll (Heavy Lifting)	Attacks of less than 60 damage are ignored. Uses only scissors.	3	1600	2400	3200	2800	No
Shadowy Samurai (Stab in the Dark)	Attacks of less than 60 damage are ignored. Uses only paper.	3	1600	2400	3200	2800	No
Rhythm Ninja (Sure, You Can)	Attacks of less than 60 damage are ignored. Uses only rock or paper.	3	1480	2220	2960	3000	No
Part-Time Sumo (Heat Wave)	Attacks of less than 60 damage are ignored. Uses only rock or scissors.	3	1480	2220	2960	3000	No
Squidian C (Strength in Numbers)	Allows use of only C-Rank Cards. Often uses paper.	5	1520	2280	3040	3500	No
Shroom C (Salad Daze)	Allows use of only C-Rank Cards. Often uses rock or scissors.	5	1520	2280	3040	3600	No
Random Raccoon (Sync or Sink)	On first turn, uses only rock.	3	2100	3150	4200	4400	No
Odd Duck (Paddle Parade)	On first turn, uses only scissors.	3	2100	3150	4200	4400	No
Clownkeeper (Goal in One)	On first turn, uses only paper.	3	2100	3150	4200	4400	Yes
Soggy Cat (Off-line)	Reduces any power status of more than 50 to 50. Always uses the same set of moves for the first three turns.	3	1000	1500	2000	3000	No
Gate to Beyond (Secret Ingredient)	Reduces any power status of more than 50 to 50. Always uses the same set of moves for the first three turns.	3	1000	1500	2000	3000	No
Interviewee (Going Up)	Prevents use of A-Rank cards. Reduces timer by half.	3	1740	2010	3480	3200	No
CEO (Going Up)	Prevents use of A-Rank cards. Reduces your hand to two cards.	3	1810	2715	3620	3600	No
Wunderkind (Going Up)	Prevents use of A-Rank cards. Doubles points spent.	3	1930	2895	3860	3900	No
Toby (Crescent Roll)	Alternates between rock and paper attacks.	3	2400	3600	4800	3600	No
Menta (Crescent Roll)	Alternated between paper and scissors attacks.	3	2400	3600	4800	3600	No
Head Chef (Top Notch)	Alternated between scissors and rock attacks.	3	2400	3600	4800	3600	No
Bill Tanbuff (Pumped Poser)	Attacks of less than 120 damage are ignored. Often uses scissors.	3	2780	4170	5560	4600	No
Iris Dryer (Dry Eye)	Attacks of less than 120 damage are ignored. Often uses scissors.	3	980	1470	1960	5000	Yes
Mischievous Moon (Crescent Roll)	Reduces any power status of more than 40 to 40. Often uses rock.	3	1010	1515	2020	3860	No
Eggplant Knight (Dungeon Dilemma)	Reduces any power status of more than 40 to 40. Often uses paper.	3	1080	1620	2160	3860	No
Goalie Blockman (Body Block)	Recovers fully after battle. Alternates between rock, scissors, and paper attacks.	3	850	1275	1700	4200	No
Rodney Snips (Sloppy Salon)	Countdown changes to three seconds no matter what. On first turn, uses only rock.	3	2640	3960	5280	4800	No
Nintenman (Classic Clash)	Countdown changes to three seconds no matter what.	3	2710	4065	5420	5200	No
Viridescian (Tearful Reunion)	Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors. On first move, uses only scissors.	3	2900	4350	5800	5600	No
Vermalian (Tearful Reunion)	Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors. On first move, uses only paper.	3	2900	4350	5800	5600	No
Man in Leotard (Grape Aim)	No extra details.	3	2300	3450	4600	6000	No
Stan Firm (Extreme Patty-Cake)	Reduces your hand to two cards. Prevents use of A-Rank cards.	3	2500	3750	5000	6400	No
Eggplant King (Dungeon Dilemma)	Reduces your hand to two cards. Prevents use of A-Rank cards.	5	3800	5900	7600	7200	Yes
Fizeetah (Crypto Zoo)	Reduces your hand to two cards. Prevents use of human cards. Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors.	3	2900	4350	5800	7600	No
Evil Oinker (On the Edge)	Reduces your hand to two cards. Prevents use of nonhuman cards. Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors.	3	2900	4350	5800	7600	No
Mr. Schnozz's Dad (Nose Dive)	Often uses paper. Prevents Special Attacks.	3	3500	5250	7000	9000	No
Tiganormous X (Manic Mechanic)	Often uses scissors. Prevents Special Attacks.	3	3500	5250	7000	9000	No
T.P. Tube (Clog It)	Often uses rock. Prevents Special Attacks.	3	3500	5250	7000	9000	No
Lee Kasoop (Punch Out)	Cycles through the same three moves. Attacks of less than 100 damage are ignored.	3	4000	6000	8000	16000	Yes
Fun Gus (Punch Out)	Cycles through the same three moves. Attacks of less than 150 damage are ignored.	3	4300	6450	8600	18000	Yes
Gaz Puncho (Punch Out)	Cycles through the same three moves. Attacks of less than 200 damage are ignored.	3	4600	6900	9200	20000	Yes
Rufus (Monster Chase)	Recovers fully after battle.	5	3200	4800	6400	40000	Yes
Friendless Beast (RAAAARRRRGGGHH)	Attacks ignored if you don't win rock-paper-scissors. Time is reduced by half.	3	8000	12000	16000	40000	Yes
Pile of Gold (Safecracker)	Recovers fully after battle. Worth a lot of coins.	1	1000	1500	2000	20000	No

Profiles

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• Got all those souvenirs? Good.
  If you collect all of the souvenirs from the arcade, you’ll unlock something really special. Well, kind of special. It’s Wario’s own virtual card game, WarioKard! You can earn more cards through the Shuffler, which can help you unlock not-so-common cards.
  Wario’s micro-tip: Always wax your moustache before a WarioKard battle!