One of my favorite pictures ever is me at 3 years old with my brother 7 years older than me, watching him play his GameBoy Color. I looked so fascinated and amazed watching him play this crazy game. What game was he playing? Wario Land 3. Wario Land 3 is the first videogame I ever laid eyes on, and it's still the best I've ever played. Never forgot about that game ever, played it hundreds of times. Imagine my delight when, later in life, I was overjoyed to discover that the rest of the series was just as good as 3. These games are a perfect refinement of what platformers should be: High production values, a fun crazy character and visuals that could draw anyone in, and gameplay interesting enough to keep players engaged for its full runtime. Wario Land belongs in the most prestigious lists of gaming, right next to Bomberman, and many many others. I think with the correct marketing and timing, Wario Land could see an amazing revival.
That's such an inspirational and great comment! Really shows the impact a series can have on someone's life. Wario Land is one of Nintendo's best 2D platforming series.
@@Demeech Thank you. It really is. Nintendo has undergone a fundamental change in the way they do things. I don't think they are nearly as bold with their faith in designs and choices as much as they used to be. That's why I'm heartbroken that Nintendo has not put out a new Wario Land game in 12 years. I still have faith though that we will see a revival of the adventure platformer. There's still plenty of ideas to see through with the Wario Land trademark game design.
@@Demeech 2:33 - 2:40: Too bad the Gmod Community doesn't agree with you, because it does sound cool. Also, Wario Land Shake It isn't the only Console Wario Land Game... There was Wario World, and I think the lack of transformations could be from that game before Shake it. Lastly, I'd rather have Co-Op with Captain Syrup, rather than that Dick Dastardly wannabe inbred clone. Imagine if Wario and Syrup had to work together to fight a more serious threat (unlike Shake It, where she does nothing until the end just to be a straight up bitch). I'd like the idea of Captain Syrup having to put aside with Wario, because of their common interest. And she would've been a much better character than Waluigi: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5O7Bop98biY.html
The biggest tragedy in gaming is that there is near zero representation of Wario Land in the Super Smash Bros series. Everyone just knows him as the fat guy who farts all the time.
At least Ultimate FINALLY put Captain Syrup (as a Spirit), along with a few others like the Shake King, Princess Shokora, and Count Cannoli, and they gave him his Shoulder Bash as a dash attack, which is still not the real deal, but much better than not having it at all
Wario is one of the best Nintendo characters ever created(Along with Olimar. He got 2 kids, a wife, 100+ servants, a huge bulge,(had) a personal spaceship, overall just a huge chad)
@@omarpikm2101 Wario is the ultimate chad and perfect meme combined into one. He's someone you'd poke fun at at first glance, only to realize just how loaded and jacked this man is. Pretty much "don't judge a book by its cover"... with a dash of garlic!
For the people wondering why Nintendo stopped making Wario Land games, the studio that made the games was dissolved in the company reorganization in 2004 by Satoru Iwata. That's why other non first party developers only continued to make Wario games, same as with Metroid which even had the same developer team as the Wario Land games.
personally I love the stressful fun of wario land 4, trying to escape in time. Would be nice to see that again with a theme that gives the same feeling as wario land 4's hurry up, while being different.
WL3 is perhaps one of my favorite games of all time, with WL4 and WL1 coming close. Shake It had great presentation but felt watered down gameplay-wise compared to earlier titles. Been waiting years for a new WL title, and I hope we get more someday.
I was shocked when you said you hated the escape sequences of wario land 4, and then you didn't explain why. They're basically half the game and are so much more than just running back to the start point.
i agree, it was like the team learned from the metroid games they worked on to learn what ppl didnt like about escape parts in those games and then made it more interested and fun to make you feel like a speed runner
Hmm, you dislike the frog switch in Wario Land 4? That's a large part of what makes it so unqiue, it brings out the devs' creativity a lot. I love the mad rush back to the start, and how levels can change with the switch. I adore the feature. Wario Land 4 is easily my fav
Wario Land 3 is my absolute favorite GBC game, and Wario Land 4 is equally soaked in nostalgic memories. I LOVE this franchise and keep hoping with each new year that maybe this’ll be the time the series resurfaces. Heck, if Advance Wars can re-emerge from the abyss with a remake, why not our garlic boi?
I've been waiting and hoping for years now ever since The Switch was release for a new Wario Land game to come out. They really need to bring it back, It's been far too long and I really do not care for the WarioWare series. Isola for a remake of the Virtual Boy Wario or a sequel of Wario World, But I'm definitely okay for a new Wario Land game. Who knows maybe Good-Feel Co might bring the series back someday. Also every time when a Nintendo Direct is announced I always hope they announce a brand new Wario Land game.
I disagree with you about WarioWare because I've been wanting a Switch entry for the longest. WarioWare Gold was pretty great, but Nintendo really should've launched a WarioWare game with the Switch instead of 1-2 Switch. But I like your ideas!
Demeech yeah, 1 2 Switch should’ve been the Wii Sports of the Switch, as a stand-alone title, lol, Nintendo should honestly use WarioWare as a fun way to show all gimmicks and controls the console has, it was that way for Touched, Smooth Moves, Gold, and even Games and Wario, with the likes of Twisted and DIY doing something on their own and still working like a charm ( Twisted with the gyroscope add on, and DIY with a level/music/comic strip creator and online sharing)
@@jaretco6423 The reason why Wario was created to begin with is because Nintendo R and D 1 wanted to make their own platformer series, and Wario was the easiest way to due it with the hardware limitations of the gameboy. However the hardware limitations are over, and Nintendo R and D 1 has been shutdown. So Nintendo no longer has any need for Wario compared to Mario and Metroid.
I’ve seen gameplay of Virtual boy Wario Land and my favorite feature in the game is that you can combine two power ups (i.e. eagle + sea dragon = king dragon) to make a new and stronger power up. It’s a cool idea that I like to see in more platformers.
We (Wario Land fans) have to organize somehow, on facebook fan page or twitter account(probably both) to promote the idea of remake, beacuse hashtags from few fans are definitely not enough to get Ninendo's attention. I see at least one video per year about this series on youtube, and every time people in comments are like "yeah we need new Wario game" and... that all. I have no idea how much fans(usually already adult fans) could be mobilized to do that, but in my opinion there is no other way, we need a lot of peoples. And by the way, for me it's very difficult to choose only one favorite Wario Land game, because i love all of them and every single are unique on some way. Wario Land 2 was my first gameboy game ever and i have the biggest sentiment to this one, so that would propably be my choice.
I loved Warioland 3 for the wackiness of the adventure, and 4 for the art direction. Your idea for a remake of Warioland on VB sounds quite good: we can only wait and see :P
Nintendo is not that consistent with most of their franchises. Besides staples like Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda, and Kirby that appear on every console and handheld, they tend to forget about past characters. What happened to F-Zero? Starfox? Is Punch-Out coming back... again? Is MOTHER even a thing anymore? I could go on. Usually these franchises will have a strong run for a few consecutive generations, and then Nintendo will focus on new IP's. Excitebike was a thing on the NES and then it just disappeared. Years later we got 3 Excitebike games on the Wii, only for the series to vanish again. I've learned to just appreciate what we get from the big N. Wario Land took up the platforming mantle where Mario left off, and was an incredible showcase of ingenuity and level design. I had a lot of fun with it, and Shake-It ended on a high note. Will we see more Wario adventures? Who knows. Only time will tell.
Cuphead: My game has the best 2D animation. Wario: I a hope your series a dies. (After the DLC released and the Cuphead Show got cancelled) (Wario at Cuphead’s tombstone) Wario: I was a jealous of your series because I’ve never got a new Wario Land game. (Wario places a bouquet of flowers on Cuphead’s tombstone) Wario: You’ll always a be remembered in a the hearts of many. (Sheds a tear) You’ll a influence a new generation of programmers.
I think it’s dumb that they made captain toad and you hunt for treasure whenever it’s literally Wario’s whole thing, I think they should either make a new Wario land game or make something like a Wario odyssey where you go across the world and look for treasure
In Wario Land 1 if you pause the game and press the select button 16 times, you can change the amount of coins, lives and time (you have to hold the b button to move)
Great Video! I've never played any Wario Land games, but I've been meaning to pick up 4. I definitely think Nintendo could bring this back (or maybe Wario World?)
Maybe they can make another Warioland Game and have Waluigi as a playable character! (And they should actually give Waluigi his own game! Maybe a spin-off of Warioland!)
I prefer Wario games more than Mario. At least Wario games are way more creative and don't follow the one and the same cliché "rescue the princess" plot.
If Nintendo is to revive Wario Land, it better do it soon, or it'll run the risk of Paper Mario's fate: being completely one-upped by indies. Pizza Tower is only a month away from release, and Anton Blast is going to be even MORE like Wario Land than that! However, both are shooting for emulating Land 4 more than anything, so maybe a return to Land 2 or 3 style would be a good move. Of course, they also need to be GOOD to count, since Paper Mario's state was due to skimping on quality, not quantity.
Y'see the sort of iffy thing about reviving the Wario Land series is just what approach they take, if they aimed for something like a reimagining of 2 or 3, a lot of people would like it, but others (like myself) prefer the more modernised style from 4 (with power downs, Keyzer and a Frog Switch at the end)
A Wario Land 5 in the style of Mario Wonder would be the best of both worlds but because of how non-kidfriendly the Wario Land series as a whole kind of is with its metroid style gameplay i cannot see it. I mean, it took them so many years to bring back metroid which is one of Nintendo's most iconic series. Wario Land just isn't advertisable which is a huge shame. Wario Land 3 is definetely my favourite in the series so even an official remake of this game would make me incredibly happy
This retrospective was very informative, you could try to improve your emphasis when ending sentences, also at 16:55 you say "because of how animated he is". Do you mean how good the animation is? Another thing is the structure of your video, you jump between reviewing the games and fanboying VB Warioland quite a bit ;) Gotta pay attention to stuff like that but from the actual content this was pretty well made. My favorite has to be WL4 because its just an amazing game in itself, the creativity, the atmosphere, the music is still unmatched today. Btw you mentioned Master of Disguise, what do you think of that? I think it carried over a lot of the creative ideas but felt more than the by then mainstream perception of Wario like from Smash, kind of a shame. But yeah good thing people still care about Wario. This made me realize how good the games are, so thanks!
Thank you for the constructive criticism. I will definitely try to improve upon that. When I said "animated" I mean it in a way like he's a cartoon character. If you look at the 2D Mario games, Mario doesn't have personality. But Wario does. You can see Wario wink while doing the shoulder dash in Wario Land 3. I have yet to play Master of Disguise. Been trying to get my hands on it, but haven't been able to find it. I'll update you once I do find it.
#BringBackWarioLand *I love this series!! I would love if Nintendo made a HD Remake Collection of the first 5 Wario Land games!! (not including Wario Land: Shake It!, because it needs its own Deluxe Edition instead)
Anyone else wish they would make a Virtual Boy classic where they add colors and allow people to choose between the original, beige, or color sprites along with releasing some of the unreleased games such as the Mario platformer?
Great video! I got my start playing Super Mario Land & SML2 on my original yellow brick Gameboy. I absolutely loved Wario as the villain and as a character. I then fell in love with the Wario Land series, spending countless hours on WL2 in particular. Since buying my switch in 2017, I've lived in hope that Nintendo would take advantage of the joycons and re-release Shake Dimension. My kids are 4 and 6 and have recently become massive mario fans and it's rekindled my passion for Wario Land. I really hope they revisit Wario in the near future. Really interesting about the Virtual Boy version as I'd never even heard of it before and it looks great!
Its a shame Wario was pushed only on gameboy and they didn't make a full Wario World game in this style on big consoles like Super Mario World back then. The newer Warioware games are really fun but I would love a full on Wario World game. Yoshi and Luigi have their own games, its about time Wario got an actual action game on a big system. Switch would be PERFECT for a big Wario game. If not Super Mario World style than they should do a Wario game in Mario 64/Luigis Mansion style. Wario is one of the more interesting Mario villains and they could really build on his story. Why did he become bad, how exactly is he related to Mario/Luigi?
Nice, I'd prefer a game that takes more inspiration from 4. I'd want Wario have a health meter and not be invulnerable but still have some enemies or objects that transform Wario instead of hurting him. I'd prefer to have Wario be vulnerable since it adds to the stakes and adds a bit of challenge. My personal top 3 Wario Land games are 1. 4 2. Shake It 3. Virtual Boy
The problem with having both transformations and damage is that it may be a little unfair to newcomers that don’t really know what transforms Wario and what hurts him. If I didn’t knew WL4 already before playing it myself I would’ve never guessed that the arrows don’t hurt and instead inflate you. A new game should have some kind of way to Telegraph what attacks actually hurt. Maybe they should color-code it, maybe give only the hurtful enemies/ attacks a red outline or something
New one would be nice, but if Nintendo is lazy they could do Wario All-stars which would have all the land games (my favorite is 4) P.s. do you think it's weird they re-release Mario All-stars on the switch without mario world or Mario 3d stars without galaxy 2
I think of the most important things the Wario Land games had was looking weird and out of place. With Wario Land 4 being the best example with the worlds and creatures looking grotesque. Wario Land Shake It is a nice looking game don't get me wrong, but it was missing that style from the old games. Wario World did have some weirdness and creepiness to it, but the gameplay wasn't that amazing. Master of Disguise was just boring and easily forgettable. And Wario Ware is a completely different franchise for Wario.
I feel like it’s a missed opportunity to make a Wario land collection for the switch kind of like how they did the MegaMan zero collection I feel like it would be great to play those games on the switch or at least make a new Wario land game. I’d be cool with a 2-D side scrolling game or they could even do like a Mario odyssey type game for it either or I just feel like what the heck Nintendo
I played pretty much all Wario Land games up to 4 in order back when I was a kid, but my friends and me played way more Wario Land 3. After some time I was able to play Wario Land 4 back then and I think to this day, even if Wario Land 3 is my favorite in terms of nostalgia, I think Wario Land 4 on its core is objectively better. There are obviously some aspects Wario Land 2 and 3 were superior to 4 which were exploration (world map), collectibles and sound design (example is how Wario's dash attack sounds way better and has a lot more details to it in 3 than 4, but most likely this is because of memory limitations and deadlines and they decided to prioritize sprite art details); but even after that, 4 was able to capture 2 and 3 uniquiness, added way better gameplay and created the rush time-limit mechanic which in my opinion wasn't a negative point plus Wario felt more powerful and faster with its new move and the game even emphasized this Ren and Stimpy'ish humor that fit with Wario a little too well. If a new Wario Land comes, I hope 2, 3 (exploration, collectibles and interactive world map) and 4 (animations, smooth and fast paced gameplay, puzzles and level design) are being considered as key parts.
For me, the Wario Land 1 and 4 are the ones I've enjoyed the most. 2 felt meh at first, but I'm slowly starting to like it more. I already like the 3 a lot, but I still have a lot to do in it. Virtual Boy one and Shake Dimension are the ones I've not yet played at this point.
I remember playing wario land (mario land 3) growing up and it being one of my favorite games. Id love to be able to play the virtual boy version if its anything like it.
There are black box NES games that were brought back not because of nostalgia, but because they were part of Nintendo's history, regardless of how well they sold back then. In other words, Nintendo made sure to add the black box games to Switch Online first because they were the first games to come out on NES, even if the only one people played the most back then was Super Mario Bros. I'm glad we have Zelda, Metroid, Punch Out, ect. It's missing a lot of good games still, but i think since Switch Online started, they added some real gems. I think people get upset though when games are added that nobody cares about. I totally understand that. Same goes for SNES. I hear that Game Boy is being added soon to Switch Online. That's good because the Game Boy has a lot of good games that not many got to play because they stuck with consoles instead of handhelds. Wario Land games still have a shot. They can still come back. But not if Nintendo only adds the usual crap.
Warioland 1, 2 and 3 are the three games I've enjoyed most, anf I still have them on my GB & GBC. One game you forgot to mention is Warioworld, although, it's a 3D platforming game.
I dont really have any wario land games, i do have the original game on my 3ds. EDIT: I've recently gotten wario land 2 and 3, i haven't played the 3rd game yet but even i just started wario land 2 i freaking love the series. We need wario land back! #bringbackwarioland
I'm hoping that this September Nintendo adds classic GB/C games to the switch and that Wario Land is included. If they can see how much we play the OG Wario Land games, maybe we'll get some more in the future. In all honesty, I just want more Wario games period. If I lived in a world where everything were perfect, I would want a 2D Wario game like Wario Land 4, but it would also have story elements and characters from the Wario Ware series. Oh, and include waluigi too. He deserves love outside of Mario Kart.