- “Listen up! Hey! Hey, you people ready for THE... MOST... DELUXE tournament ever? Let the Wario Bowl games begin! [crowd stays silent] Hey! You guys hear me? START CHEERING NOW!”
- —Wario, WarioWare Gold
The Wario Bowl is a video game tournament hosted by Wario in WarioWare Gold. It involves playing microgames. Alien Bunnies are staff for tournament.[1] The tournament is hosted in Diamond City Stadium, and its 18 stages are spread across Diamond City. These stages are spread across three (later four) leagues, each based on specific control scheme for the involved microgames. Each of the first three leagues, the Mash League, Twist League, and Touch League, has five stages to complete. They must be completed in sequential order. The first stage of these leagues takes place in a dedicated location. These are the Mash League Arena, the Twist League Arena, and the Touch League Arena. The final league, the Ultra League, is only added after completing the prior three leagues, and only has three stages. The final stage has the participant challenge Wario for the prize. The Wario Bowl's entrance fee is 10,000 coins, and the grand prize is 10 million coins. The Wario Bowl is livestreamed.[2]
History
Wario creates the Wario Bowl to regain money after realizing he is completely broke. It is inspired by a news report about Super Pyoro. Wario announces the tournament via a video he makes that is displayed on a screen in Diamond City. Wario also calls his friends to create microgames. Said friends also run most of the stages in the tournament.
With the event established, Wario heads to Diamond City Stadium. From a room with computers and the Alien Bunnies, he uses the stadium's jumbotron to explain the rules and structure to the crowd of people gathered to participate. Among them is the player. The Wario Bowl brings in oodles of money for Wario. Wario expects half of the gamers to give up, but when he checks he finds that they have completed eight of the stages. After the player completes the Mash, Twist, and Touch Leagues, Wario adds the Ultra League to the Wario Bowl. As part of the announcement, he bungee jumps off a balcony in Diamond City Stadium.
When the player clears the Ultra League, Wario declares himself the winner of the tournament and refuses to give the player the prize. Wario affixes the Pot of Luxeville to his head, which turns him into Wario Deluxe. He uses a basket attached to a set of balloons to float high above Diamond City Stadium, then fights the player. Midway through, Wario Deluxe uses his powers to prevent the player from seeing the guide depicting the control scheme for the incoming microgames. Lulu later appears to help the player win, by popping some of Wario Deluxe's balloons then jumping up to Wario Deluxe to try and pull the pull the pot off his head. Lulu's interference stops Wario Deluxe's powers.
After all of his microgames have been completed, Wario Deluxe loses. His balloons pop and he and Lulu fall to the ground. Lulu takes back the Pot of Luxeville, reverting Wario Deluxe to Wario. The employees of WarioWare, Inc. arrive asking for their payment. While Wario tries to run away, a short scuffle ensues ending with them taking Wario's suitcase full of the money from the Wario Bowl. While most of it was spent, the employees split the remaining coins amongst themselves. They also give the player 10,000 coins. The player winds up with the Wario Bowl trophy.
Tournament Rules
Tournament Fee
An entrance fee of 10,000 coins is required before any of the leagues can be started. Conveniently, the game gives the player this amount of money when starting up the game for the first time.
Leagues
The Wario Bowl is made up of four different leagues, each with unique sets of microgames and that use different inputs.
- Mash League: features microgames from Wario, Jimmy T, Mona, Dribble & Spitz, and 5-Volt. The player must use
, 
, or both to complete the microgames.
- Twist League: features microgames from Wario, Ashley & Red, Dr. Crygor, 18-Volt, and Penny. The player must tilt the Nintendo 3DS and sometimes press to complete the microgames.
- Touch League: features microgames from Wario, Kat & Ana, 9-Volt, Young Cricket & Master Mantis, and Orbulon. The player must use a stylus or a finger to tap or slide across the Touch Screen to complete the microgames.
- Ultra League: features microgames of using any of the three inputs from the prior leagues, with no rules dictating the order in which microgames using different inputs can appear. However, the inputs used for each microgame is indicated by the guide before it begins. All of the prior characters, excluding Wario, split up into two groups based on the genre of their microgames: The Dancing Team has everyone with That's Life and Sports microgames, and the Potluck Gang has everyone with Fantasy and Nintendo Classics microgames. These stages reuse the microgames from the involved characters. Mike and Fronk introduce their own sets of microgames, which belong to the Mic and Pop-Up genres, respectively. They are present in both groups. Mike's microgames introduce the microphone as a input for microgames. Wario Deluxe is also fought in the Ultra League, with the genre Anything Goes. His stage consists of new microgames which can use the Mash, Twist, and Touch inputs. Three of them additionally call for the microphone. Wario's microgames are also included.
Genres
There are a total of eight genres in the Wario Bowl, three of which are not introduced until the Ultra League is unlocked.
- Intro Games: the genre for all of Wario's microgames. All microgames in this genre are simpler than other microgames, introducing the player to the mash, twist, and touch control schemes. They all involve Wario.
- Sports: the genre for Jimmy T's, Dr. Crygor's, and Young Cricket & Master Mantis's microgames. All microgames in this genre involve sports.
- That's Life: the genre for Mona's, Penny's, and Kat & Ana's microgames. All microgames in this genre involve daily activities.
- Fantasy: the genre for Dribble & Spitz's, Ashley & Red's, and Orbulon's microgames. All microgames in this genre involve elements of fantasy or science fiction.
- Nintendo: the genre for 5-Volt's, 18-Volt's, and 9-Volt's microgames. All microgames in this genre involve products and games created by Nintendo.
- Mic: the genre for Mike's microgames. All microgames in this genre involve the use of the Mic.
- Pop-Up: the genre for Fronk's microgames. All microgames in this genre have much less time given to be completed.
- Anything Goes: the genre for Wario Deluxe's microgames. All microgames in this genre involve Wario, but have no broader theme or structure.
Names in other languages
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Italian
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Coppa Wario[?]
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Wario Cup
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| Spanish
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Trono Wario[?]
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Wario Throne
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Mash League
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Liga botones[?]
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Buttons League
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Twist League
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Liga giro[?]
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Spin League
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Touch League
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Liga táctil[?]
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Touch League
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Ultra League
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Liga ultra[?]
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Ultra League
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Intro Games
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Ronda preliminar[?]
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Preliminary Round
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Sports
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Deportes[?]
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Sports
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That's Life
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Vida cotidiana[?]
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Everyday Life
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Fantasy
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Fantasía[?]
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Fantasy
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Nintendo
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Nintendo[?]
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-
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Mic
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Micrófono[?]
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Microphone
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Pop-Up
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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A traición[?]
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No Warning
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Anything Goes
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Spanish
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Todo vale[?]
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Anything Goes
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- ^ "These critters are the perfect staff at Wario's tourney." – 2018. WarioWare Gold. English.
- ^ "Streaming this thing was a genius move." – 2018. WarioWare Gold. English.
