WARIO LAND: SUPER MARIO LAND 3 (Game Boy, 1994)

 

Gonna be completely honest here: for actual decades, I always saw Wario as being in mid-air and closer to the camera in this image. It wasn't until recently that I realized that he's on the ground and everything else is simply larger than I assumed.

“Repeat after me: I'm the bad guy in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, where being bad is good, and greed is good!”

- Wario, TV commercial

SUPER MARIO BEYOND: SUPER MARIO BROS. (Film, 1993)

"A long long time ago, the Earth was ruled by dinosaurs. They were big, so not a lot of people went around hassling 'em.

Actually, no people went around hassling 'em cuz there weren't any people yet. Just the first tiny mammals. Basically, life was good.

Then something happened: a giant meteorite struck the Earth. Goodbye dinosaurs!

But what if the dinosaurs weren't all destroyed? What if the impact of that meteor created a parallel dimension where the dinosaurs continued to thrive and evolve into intelligent, vicious, and aggressive beings... just like us?

And hey, what if they found a way back?”

- Opening Narration

Trust the fungus.

SUPER MARIO LAND 2: 6 GOLDEN COINS (Game Boy, 1992)

“Obey me, Wario...I am your master, Mario is your enemy!

Don’t let Mario get the 6 Golden Coins...don’t let Mario reach the palace…

Obey Wario...DESTROY MARIO!”

- Wario, hypnotizing the viewer in theTV commercial