{"id":129110,"date":"2022-10-21T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-138681"},"modified":"2022-10-21T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T17:00:00","slug":"feature-from-hypnosis-to-farts-what-happened-to-the-wario-we-met-30-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/21\/feature-from-hypnosis-to-farts-what-happened-to-the-wario-we-met-30-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: From Hypnosis To Farts, What Happened To The Wario We Met 30 Years Ago?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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30 years ago, we clutched our Game Boys in our sweaty palms and gasped in collective awe at the majesty we were faced with when Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins<\/a> dropped on the scene. Not only did we have an absolute banger in our hands \u2014 completely outdoing the first Mario Land<\/a> in every respect and feeling like a ‘proper’ Super Mario Bros.<\/strong> game magically squeezed into the old Boy \u2014 but it was also the first time we got to bask in the glory of Wario. In his debut appearance, Mario\u2019s rival was a sneaky yet imposing figure, towering over him.<\/p>\n

Fast forward three decades (yes, really) and the Wario we know now is a fair bit different than that hulking menace we first saw in 1992. Wario now resides mostly in the comedy jobber region, occasionally being trotted out as a side-antagonist in Mario Sports games. But where was the turning point?<\/p>\n

The way we see it, there are three eras of Wario…<\/p>\n

Wario, the Rival and Hypnotist<\/strong><\/h2>\n