Warioone of Nintendo’s most iconic characters and an almost indispensable part of the world of Super Mario. In fact, the main idea of creating it was to serve as Mario’s main antagonist. In this entry, and as a general curiosity, we tell you what it means Wario and what is the origin of this character.
For this we have informed ourselves in wikis Nintendo data, and our internal sources within iGamesNews Team, to bring you really interesting information about this character that for thousands, is the favorite and one of the best antagonists of the Nintendo video games.
Origin and creation of Wario
Wario had his first appearance and debut in the year 1992in the game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins for the legendary Game Boy console. He was introduced as the main antagonist and final boss of the game and had taken control of Mario’s castle while our iconic hero was in Sarasaland in Super Mario Land. And not only that. Wario also has a much older origin as a name:
It is a combination of “Mario” and “Warui” written in kanji (悪い), which means “bad” in Japanese. So basically it’s like the evil version of Mario. If we want to find the culprit of its design, the name of Hiroji Kiyotakewhich sought a more selfish and brutal version of Mario.
The Wario’s creation It arose from the developers’ desire to give Mario a new type of adversary, different from Bowser and one that fit more with his “personality” so to speak, hence Wario emerged, which in addition, in the word game, is as if we turned Mario’s M upside down vertically.
Wario is known for being:
- Greedy
- Selfish
- Gross
- Wild
- Clumsy
And other adjectives very different from what Mario is. In addition, his corpulent design is somewhat reminiscent of a rougher version of Mario himself. Wario He became the protagonist of his own series of games over the years, and one of the most important characters in the Super Mario universe. In the WarioWare franchise, this character is more active than ever.
