Bubble Wario
| Bubble Wario | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Wario Land 4 | |
| Applies to | Wario |
| Item needed | Bubble |
| Power(s) given | Resist water currents |
| First appearance | Wario Land II (1998) |
| Latest appearance | WarioWare Gold (2018) |
- “Uh oh! Trouble! I can’t get out of here! I’ve been trapped inside a big bubble!! I’m in bubble trouble! That’s just a little joke of mine, heh heh!! How ‘bout it? Funny, huh? You should write that one down!”
- —Wario, Wario Land 4 instruction booklet
Bubble Wario[1] is one of Wario's many reactions in the Wario Land series. To achieve this reaction, Wario must become trapped in a bubble by touching one when swimming underwater. Wario can then float upwards while ignoring the flow of a water current, which would otherwise force Wario to move in a certain direction. To return to normal, he must simply reach the water surface or hit a ceiling.
In Wario Land 3, Bubble Wario appears as it did in the previous installment. In this game, after Wario acquires the Prince Frog's Glove powerup, allowing him to swim against currents, the benefits of this reaction become redundant, and thus it only functions as obstacles instead. Wolfenboss inflicts a unique variant of this reaction with his wisps if Wario is hit by it, with Wario turning orange and being levitated into the air and out of the arena by smaller light-blue bubbles that circle around him instead of one giant bubble, making the same pose as and spinning around like regular Bubble Wario.
Bubble Wario is also one of three Wario reactions appearing in Densetsu no Starfy 3, along with Flaming Wario and Puffy Wario in Wario's guest appearance in the Kaitei Iseki. Wario also becomes this form in the Wario Land 3 microgame from WarioWare Gold, where he has to be navigated between underwater spikes.
The Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 section of the Nintendo Character Manual used during the 1990s refers to Wario swimming underwater as Bubbles Wario, although this is not a reaction like Bubble Wario.[2]
Profiles
Wario Land 4
- Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program digital manual bio: "Press
to move. If you go above the surface of the water, the bubble will burst."
Gallery
Sprites
Wario Land II
Wario Land 3
Wario Land 4
Densetsu no Starfy 3
Screenshots
Wario Land 4
Densetsu no Starfy 3
WarioWare Gold
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アワにつかまる[3] Awa ni tsukamaru |
caught in bubble (Wario Land 3) | |
| アワ、アワ、ワリオ[4] Awa, Awa, Wario |
Bubble, Bubble, Wario (Wario Land 4) | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 泡泡瓦力欧[5] Pàopào Wǎlì'ōu |
Bubble Wario | |
| French | Wario Bulle[7] | Bubble Wario | |
| German | Blasen-Wario[8] | Bubbles Wario | |
| Italian | Wario Bolle[9] | Bubbles Wario | |
| Spanish | Wario Burbuja[6] | Bubble Wario |
Trivia
- Despite being one of Wario's earliest reactions since Wario Land II, Bubble Wario was unnamed and did not have any artwork until the release of Wario Land 4.
- In a microgame called Pushing Buttons, featured in WarioWare: Touched!, the artwork of Bubble Wario for Wario Land 4 appears on the screen of the virtual game system once its imperative button has been pressed.
References
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 22.
- ^ Wario Franchise Fan Blog (May 15, 2021). Several Wario relevant pages from the official, internal, 1996 Nintendo character guide. Tumblr. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ Wario Land 3: Fushigi na Orgel Shogakukan guide. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ 2001. Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 30.
- ^ iQue (2004). 瓦力欧寻宝记 (Wǎlìōu xúnbǎo jì) instruction booklet. iQue (Simplified Chinese). Page 35.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 102.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 62.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 42.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 122.
| 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 |
