Young Cricket

Young Cricket and Master Mantis are two characters first appearing in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. They are said to be roaming the world in search of new poses, suggesting that they already know about the Form Baton. When they are first introduced, they appear to be rather serious characters, shown training through tough conditions, but it is then revealed that they "fit in" with the rest of Wario's "friends".

History

WarioWare series

WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Young Cricket and Master Mantis make their debut in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. Their story starts with the two characters walking on Park street. Suddenly, Young cricket's stomach roars like a lion and he tells Master Mantis that he's hungry for some food! Then They smell a wonderful stench of food! They find a place to buy dumplings. They Could not wait to eat them! Master Mantis tells him to get those dumplings,And of Cricket went! He starts running on people's heads to get to the front of the line. Then the game starts. Every time a microgame is lost, one dumpling is taken by someone. When getting an Extra Life, a new one is laid on the table. Eventually, Cricket reaches the front of the line, only to be looked down upon by the people he stepped on,and they look unamused. Young Cricket was embarrassed about the accident! He runs on their heads again back to Master Mantis and tells him that they should get in line.

WarioWare: D.I.Y.

In WarioWare: D.I.Y., they run the Assembly Dojo. They also appear as comic stamps.

Game & Wario

Young Cricket and Master Mantis also appear in Game & Wario, where they host the Kung Fu minigame.

They are also seen as bowling pins in the Bowling minigame (like most characters in the game).

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Young Cricket has a Sticker. It raises a player's attack by three.

Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+

The duo's appearance in Rhythmware.

The pair makes an appearance in the Rhythmware challenge set of Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+. The set's version of Munchy Monk features Master Mantis in place of the monk and a cloud-riding Young Cricket as the person handing the dumplings. Well, Young cricket should have been the one to eat those dumplings, Eating dumplings is his hobby!

Official profiles and statistics

Game & Wario character card

Young Cricket

-Master Mantis's apprentice
-Student of We-Yu-Ken
-Recently mastered We-Ken
-Loves dumplings

Master Mantis

-Master of countless martial arts
-Likes to help poor people
-Young Cricket's Father
-Loves dumplings,Just like Young Cricket

Gallery

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  WarioWare: Smooth Moves

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  WarioWare: D.I.Y.

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  Game & Wario

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  WarioWare: Smooth Moves

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  WarioWare: D.I.Y.

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  WarioWare: D.I.Y.
  when the player succeeds in Assembly Dojo.

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  WarioWare: D.I.Y.
  when the player fails in Assembly Dojo.

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  Game & Wario

Trivia

The ninja character and his female counterpart.

• Young Cricket, or a very similar character, appears in Rhythm Heaven Fever in a 2-Player Endless minigame called Kung-Fu Ball. Here, he is seen punching/kicking a ball back and forth between a girl character, dressed similarly as him. The Rhythm Heaven series is also made by the WarioWare team.