MARIO TO WARIO
( Mario & Wario )
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マリオとワリオ
©1993 Nintendo
Release: 1993-08-27 (¥6600)
Cartridge SHVC-WE
Action / Puzzle game
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Mario And Wario is an action/puzzle game by Nintendo
inspired by games such as the rodent-saving Lemmings. The evil
Wario is plotting a new evil plan. Once again, he has decided to take his
revenge on our favorite digital plumber Mario and his friends. But this time,
he has planned to trap our heroes under various objects that he keeps throwing at them.
These objects, varying from buckets, jellyfishes or pipes get stuck on their heads and
prevent them to see where they're heading. For this very reason, the player doesn't
directly control our heroes. Instead, he is in control of a cute and little fairy named
Wanda. Her task is to guide Mario (or one of his friend) to the end
of each stage within a time limit. There, Luigi is waiting and will remove the
undesired object. Each character moves at his own pace and Wanda must
influence their actions with her magic wand and make them walk, stop, change direction,
move blocks and so forth... Things are of course not that easy and they have to
overcome countless obstacles in their paths such as enemies, mines, ladders,
trampolines or spikes. Blocks also
play an important part in the game and can be affected by Wanda - some
can be walked on, some are breakable, some disappear and so on. Like with any Mario
game, tons of special items are hidden within every stage are just there
for the grabbing such as Coins,
mushrooms and Stars. Mario And Wario can only be played with
the Super Famicom Mouse.
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Wario was created as the ultimate Mario's antagonist, the Anti-Mario,
his evil twin. His name was probably created by flipping the M from Mario,
making him the direct opposite of our plumber friend : mean, evil and self-centric.
It is also interesting to notice that Warui in Japanese means literally "Bad",
or "evil". Wario was first introduced in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Tsu no Kinka
for the Game Boy (1992). Mario, who was too busy saving his land in
Super Mario Land, gave Wario a golden opportunity to take over the country.
The third game of the series, Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GameBoy, 1994), also
featured Wario, but this time the player would directly control him rather than
Mario. Wario's own series spinned off at that point with games such
as Wario Land 2 (GameBoy, 1998), Wario Land 3 (GameBoyColor, 2000)
and Wario Land Advance (GameBoyAdvance, 2001). Nintendo created in 2003
WarioWare, Inc., a series of games featuring Wario and his mini 'micro-games'.
Interestingly, Wario replaced Koopa (aka King Bowser) for a short time,
but his increasing popularity landed him as another Mario character, rather than an enemy.
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Mario To Wario was also released as a special edition. This version
came in a large box and included a Nintendo Mouse and was sold
for ¥9500.
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Japanese Guidebook
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In Mario And Wario, the thing that strikes at first sight
are the bright and colorful graphics. They burn your retina back into your
eye, making the child in you come out and play.
No need to say that they fit the game in a traditional
Nintendo style and are hugely effective. All in all,
Mario And Wario is a fun game with its own charm, full of fresh
and new ideas, and it is definitively one the best Mario Puzzle game out there.
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