Puffy Wario
- “Those pesky bees!! They’ve made my beautiful face swell up like a balloon! What?! You say I look better this way? I won’t even be able to star in my own commercials looking like this!!”
- —Wario, Wario Land 4
Puffy Wario, also known as Puff Daddy Wario[1], is one of Wario's many transformations in the Wario Land series of games. Wario can achieve this transformation in a variety of ways. In Wario Land II, Wario will become puffy if he is stung by a Bee or their giant counterpart. In Wario Land 3, the change will occur if he gets stung by a Pneumo or a Water Spark, gets hit by the shelled Chestnuts Wolfenboss spawns, or get jabbed by Yellow Belly's needles. In Wario Land 4 he must get stung by a Beezley, get hit by the arrow that is shot by a Bow Balloon, or get hit by the minions of the boss Catbat.
He will then swell, filling his head with air, allowing him to slowly float upward like Kirby and Balloon Mario from Super Mario World. This is usually used to get up to a high place, or as a form of annoyance, because in the level Wildflower Fields in Wario Land 4, there is an area with spikes at on the ceiling, with hard-to-avoid Beezleys nearby. So when Wario unintentionally floats, he will get hurt by the spikes.
When Wario floats up into a ceiling, gets hurt, or is unable to continue to float up for any other reason, he will revert to his normal form and fall back towards the ground.
In Wario Land 4, Puffy Wario can blow some air to ascend faster than previous versions of Puffy Wario.
In Super Mario-Kun, Wario becomes Puffy Wario the same method as in Wario Land 4.
Gallery
- Puffy Wario Land 2.jpg
Original artwork from Wario Land II
Puffy Wario in Wario Land II
Sprite from Wario Land II
Sprite from Wario Land 4
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 顔がふくらむ[2] Kao ga fukuramu バルーンワリオ[3] Barūn Wario |
Puffy Face Balloon Wario |
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| French | Wario Gonflé[6] | Puffy Wario | |
| German | Dickkopf-Wario[7] | Bigheaded Wario | |
| Italian | Wario Gonfio[8] | Puffy Wario | |
| Spanish | Wario Hinchado[4][5] | Puffy Wario |
Trivia
- Puffy Wario was one of three Wario transformations appearing in Densetsu no Stafy 3, along with Flaming Wario and Bubble Wario in Wario's guest appearance in Undersea Ruins.
See also
References
- ^ Official American Wario Land 3 website, Wayback Archive
- ^ Official Wario Land 2: Nusumareta Zaihō website
- ^ Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara Japanese instruction booklet, page 27
- ^ Official Wario Land 3 website (Guías Nintendo)
- ^ Wario Land 4 European instruction booklet, page 101.
- ^ Wario Land 4 European instruction booklet, page 61.
- ^ Wario Land 4 European instruction booklet, page 41.
- ^ Wario Land 4 European instruction booklet, page 121.
| Wario Land II | |
|---|---|
| Main characters | Wario • Captain Syrup |
| Supporters | Gull • Hen • Owl • Turtle |
| Bosses | Awabō • Big Kamukamu • Bobo • Cave master • Dunk • Ghost • Giant bee • Giant snake • Giant spear man • Mecha Kuri |
| Chapters | Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 2* • Chapter 2** • Chapter 3 • Chapter 3* • Chapter 4 • Final Chapter • Final Chapter* • Final Chapter** • The Really Final Chapter |
| Conditions | Ball • Bouncy Wario • Bubble Wario • Crazy Wario • Fat Wario • Flat Wario • Frozen Wario • Hot Wario • Puffy Wario • Tiny Wario • Zombie Wario |
| Enemies | Bee • Bird • Chūta • Cook • D-Bat • D.D. • Drill • Flame • Gaugau • Ghost • Grunt • Gugi • Inamazu • Kamukamu • Pecan • Penguin • Pirate Goom • Pogo Guy • Punch • Rooster • Tobī • Togemen • Tsuriuo • Utsutsubo • Weight • White puff • Wizard • Yukimaru • Zombie |
| Objects | 10 Gold Coin • 100 Coin • Alarm clock • Big Block • Bonfire Block • Brick • Coin • Doughnut block • Enemy Block • Ice block • Kotsuheri • Lance • Spike • Stove • Switch |
