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Mario & Wario (マリオとワリオ Mario to Wario) is a video game released for the Super Famicom in 1993 by Nintendo. The game was developed by second-party developer Game Freak, and is notable for its use of the SNES Mouse. Although the game was only released in Japan, it is entirely in English.
The premise of the game is that Wario has covered Mario's head with items that obscure his vision, such as a bucket, and the player must guide him to safety. The player controls Wanda using the SNES Mouse. With the click of the mouse, Wanda can do various things, such as damage enemies, turn Mario around, or affect other aspects of the environment, with the goal of guiding the continually moving Mario to Luigi, who can take off the respective item from Mario's head. At the end of each world, Wanda battles Wario, who pilots his plane across the sky. Other playable characters include Princess Peach and Yoshi, but the only difference between the three characters is their walking speed, Peach being the slowest, Mario being normal, and Yoshi being the fastest. However, the faster the character, the harder it is to maneuver them around.
[edit] The Worlds
- World 1: The Fairys' Woods
- World 2: Yoshi's Island
- World 3: Cloud Mountain
- World 4: Vanilla Dome
- World 5: Volcano Cave
- World 6: Cheep-Cheep Ocean
- World 7: Sky Land
- World 8: Dry, Dry Desert
- World 9: Wario's Garden
- World 10: Wario's Castle
- World EX: Extra World
After beating each world (besides the 10th & Extra world) there is a bonus stage. Every time Mario hits Wario on his plane, the player earns one coin.
[edit] Trivia
- Peach is identified in this game as "Princess".
- Wanda is the first female character in a Mario-based game to appear as the only playable character, more than a decade before Peach appears as the main character in Super Princess Peach.
- The bucket can be collected as a trophy in Super Smash Brothers Melee, and as a treasure in the Great Cave Offensive in Kirby Super Star.
- In Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, which were also developed by Game Freak, the game is indirectly mentioned. When the player looks at the television in the "COPYCAT"'s bedroom in Saffron City, their character plays this game. The game says that it is "A game with MARIO wearing a bucket on his head!" The same reference can also be found in Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green.
[edit] Screenshot
Mario is guided over spikes.
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