History VideoGame / WarioLand3

** The treasures. You only need to collect 48 of them to reach the final boss. Collecting all 100 gives you a bonus end screen

* DevelopersForesight: When you collect the upgrade that lets you carry heavy enemies, the game will only tell you to revisit ''E7: Forest of Fear'' if A) it's available, and B) you got the gray treasure in E5 The Warped Void.

''Wario Land 3'' (subtitled ''The Mysterious Music Box'' in Japan) is the third game in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series (not counting ''VideoGame/VirtualBoyWarioLand''), released in 2000 for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor.

* TeruTeruBozu: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Teruteru]] enemies, who appear in ''N3: The Vast Plain" and ''W5: Beneath the Waves''.
* ThemeAndVariationsSoundtrack: Many variations of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJzbFrym7ak N1: Out Of The Woods]]" are used throughout the game, including the title screen.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The large hill that leads Wario from North to West side of the Music Box World. Collecting specific Crayons colors the respective parts on the transition screen. If all 7 Crayons are collected, the hill in question gets colored on the overworld map, as well as 3 courses of Golf mini-game become unlocked.

* HelpfulMook: You often need to use the enemies to get some treasures, mainly by using their attacks to get certain abilities (such as being set on fire).

* InformedEquipment: None of the powerups have any effect on Wario's visual appearance when collected.

** Robo-Mouse - which is encountered only in certain areas of ''N2: The Peaceful Village'' and ''E1: The Stagnant Swamp''. If it grabs Wario, it warps him out of the room.

* {{Minigame}}: There is a minigolf game you have to beat many times to make a block move to access certain treasures.
* {{Metroidvania}}: Certain treasures obtained give you powerups in order to access new areas in previous levels. For instance: The Super Jump Slam Overalls found in ''W2: The Volcano's Base'' let you stomp on a frog with a platform on its head in ''N1: Out of the Woods''.

** Brrr Bear = Yukimaru
** Fire Robota = Flame (Kitsune)

** Omodonmeka = D-Bat
** Haridama = Sawfish

* UniqueEnemy: The Red Lump in ''N2: The Peaceful Village'', the pink-and-blue umbrella Para-Goom in ''W4: A Town in Chaos'', and the red Omodonmeka in ''E5: The Warped Void'', all of which there is only one in the entire game (With said Para-Goom also appearing in the tutorial videos for certain moves).

** A room with longer minigolf courses, unlocked after collecting all 7 Crayon treasures.
** An extra course in the aforementioned minigolf game after collecting all 8 Musical Coins in all 25 levels.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Averted. The sewer underneath the town in N2: The Peaceful Village is just one room.

* FatBastard: Brrr Bears who try to freeze Wario solid have bellies that bounce when they walk.

* PostEndGameContent: A rare case of "played with" trope. If the player decides to collect only mandatory Treasures along with 5 Music Boxes ''and'' fight the final boss, then the remaining optional Treasures become this. Corresponding locations become marked on the overworld map. [[spoiler:Despite being clearly defeated, the hidden figure continues to guide Wario as if nothing happened.]]

%%* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: ''W1: Desert Ruins''.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: The only point in the game where you can die is [[spoiler:during the final boss fight against Rudy]]. Your penalty for it? A Game Over screen and being sent back to the map so you can simply try it again.

* GameBreakingBug: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with a glitch that can occur in "W3: The Pool of Rain" (it won't ruin the whole game, but it'll force you to reset); for some reason, if you play the game on an emulator and use save states, you won't able to climb all the way up the beanstalk into another area once it pops up. Resetting the game and not using save states before you finish the level remedies it, thankfully.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Your goal of delivering the five music boxes to the hidden figure. It turns out he's a monster clown who took over the world and turned the townsfolk into the monsters who acted as your enemies. They were really just trying to stop you from reviving him.]]

* PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: The treasures that give Wario new abilities.

* ReachingTowardsTheAudience: In this case, to form a "W" with his hand.

* SchizophrenicDifficulty: To an extent. While a lot of the harder treasures are most likely to be encountered near the end, the game has rather bumpy difficulty near the middle. Most notably in terms of bosses: The first boss, Doll Boy, is much harder than most bosses, and the third boss, Wolfenboss, is harder than any other boss in the game -- including the final boss.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Averted. The sewer underneath the town in N2 The Peaceful Village is just one room.

* AlwaysNight: The East side, [[spoiler:at least until you collect the two halves of the Sun Medallion]].

* BigBoosHaunt: E3 Castle of Illusions, N2 The Peaceful Village (at night), and E7 The Forest of Fear.

* BonusLevel: The Forest of Fear, The Warped Void, and Above the Clouds are totally optional levels; players will only enter them if they go out of their way to find non-story treasures in the main game. Fittingly, most of their included treasures only affect each other; this is most notable in the Forest of Fear--the Gray Treasure (a Compact Mirror) unlocks The Warped Void, and every other item from the Forest opens new paths in that level. This is the ''only'' level in the game with this feature.

* BubblegloopSwamp: E1 The Stagnant Swamp is a swamp area with a decrepit [[GangplankGalleon sunken ship]]. Its become infested with critters and home to two different bosses (The only level in the game to feature this).
%%* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: W1 Desert Ruins.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each level has four chests that serve as objectives, as well as four keys to unlock the chests, colored gray, red, green, and blue. You'll also occasionally find coins in those colors that are worth 10 coins each -- whichever color coin you find is whichever chest you're closest to, making navigation a bit easier.
* ConsoleCameo: One of the treasures in The Big Bridge is based on a Toys/PokemonPikachu.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Treasures can only be used to automatically change or unlock new levels; so, sadly, Wario cannot use that axe he found in N1 Out of the Woods to attack enemies.

* DeathMountain: W2 The Volcano's Base is a mountainous area with lots of caves and a minecart track. S4 The Steep Canyon has also has shades of this, being a large ravine with a watery current at the bottom.
* EldritchLocation: E5 The Warped Void takes place in a weird dimension with portals that send Wario to different places.

* GameBreakingBug: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with a glitch that can occur in "The Pool of Rain" (it won't ruin the whole game, but it'll force you to reset); for some reason, if you play the game on an emulator and use save states, you won't able to climb all the way up the beanstalk into another area once it pops up. Resetting the game and not using save states before you finish the level remedies it, thankfully.

** These appear in W1 Desert Ruins[[note]]during the day only; they and the quicksand are gone at night[[/note]] and S4 The Steep Canyon. They reach out in an attempt to grab Wario and pull him into the quicksand/rapids.

* GreenHillZone: Though N1 Out of the Woods might count in the aspect of being a simple first level, it falls more into the realm of TheLostWoods. N3 The Vast Plain and S1 The Grasslands are much straighter examples, taking place in grassy flatlands.

* GuideDangIt: While few of the treasures are that hard to figure out, some of the Musical Coins can be well hidden. The worst example is one in S1 The Grasslands. It is way up on a platform above the screen -- and thus [[BehindTheBlack invisible until you reach it]] -- which is above a cliff over the Blue Chest. So, not only do you have to jump off a Spearhead to reach to top of a seemingly empty cliff, you also have to find a rather small hole to jump through upward to reach the platform, which is only reachable by throwing another Spearhead onto the cliff and jumping off the thrown enemy to reach the hidden area.

* HellHotel: W4 A Town in Chaos.
* HumanSnowball: An ability Wario can gain in E2 The Frigid Sea. It can be used to break Snowman Blocks.

* InterfaceScrew: Wario can become dizzy if hit by an orange bird in S1 The Grasslands.
* LethalLavaLand: S5 Cave of Flames. W6 The West Crater and E6 The East Crater could arguably count as well.
* LevelInTheClouds: S6 Above the Clouds takes place on top of the Tower Of Revival and takes Wario into well...the clouds. After collecting a certain treasure, Wario can climb the clouds and enter the Moon itself.

* TheLostWoods: N1 Out of the Woods and E7 Forest of Fear. The former is definitely more friendly than the latter, which is also a BigBoosHaunt.

* MalevolentArchitecture: Most notably E7 Forest of Fear, which is full of spikes.

* {{Metroidvania}}: Certain treasures obtained give you powerups in order to access new areas in previous levels. For instance: The Super Jump Slam Overalls found in The Volcano's Base let you stomp on a frog with a platform on its head in Out of the Woods.

* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: [[spoiler:The final boss can kill Wario by grabbing him.]]

* PalmtreePanic: N4 Bank of the Wild River, N5 The Tidal Coast, and N6 Sea Turtle Rocks.

* RiverOfInsanity: N4 Bank Of The Wild River and S4, The Steep Canyon.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: W1 Desert Ruins.

* SecretLevel: Arguably Above the Clouds, The Warped Void, and Forest of Fear, since it's unlikely you'll find these levels before beating the game.
* ShiftingSandLand: W1 Desert Ruins.
* SinisterSentientSun: In The Vast Plains and The Colossal Hole lives Taiyō, a small but mean sun enemy that flies around the sky during daytime, trying to set Wario on fire. Its name even means "Sun" in Japanese.
* SlidingScaleOfLinearityVsOpenness: Around level 4. Though the game starts out rather linear, treasure and level choices gradually widen as the game goes on.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: E2 The Frigid Sea.

* TeruTeruBozu: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Teruteru]] enemies, who appear in "The Vast Plain" and "Beneath the Waves".
* ThemeAndVariationsSoundtrack: Many variations of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJzbFrym7ak Out Of The Woods]]" are used throughout the game, including the title screen.

* TripToTheMoonPlot: Wario can travel to the Moon in the level S6 ''Above The Clouds'', where he can enter it through a doorway and collect the treasure inside.
* UndergroundLevel: E4 The Colossal Hole, N6 Sea Turtle Rock, W6 The West Crater, and E6 The East Crater. S5 Cave of Flames is this mixed with Lethal Lava Land.
* UnderTheSea: W5 Beneath the Waves.

* UnitsNotToScale: On the map screen, The Colossal Hole and the volcano crater appear to be several times larger than most other landmarks, such as The Big Bridge. When you go inside the levels, however, the opposite happens.
* UniqueEnemy: The Red Lump in The Peaceful Village, the pink-and-blue umbrella Para-Goom in A Town in Chaos, and the red Omodonmeka in The Warped Void, all of which there is only one in the entire game (With said Para-Goom also appearing in the tutorial videos for certain moves).

** A room with longer minigolf courses, unlocked after collecting all 7 crayon treasures.

* VampiresHateGarlic: Wario loses his Vampire Wario transformation if he touches the hanging cloves of garlic in the Forest of Fear.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Not even a potential, but a guarantee: The game's programmed so that all sprites literally explode when opening a chest. Well, to get to the Red Chest in E1 The Stagnant Swamp, you have to ride a turtle to get to the chest, and he's pretty much guaranteed to stay there when you open it, [[WhatTheHellHero meaning you pretty much have to blow up the poor turtle who took the time to help you get there in the first place.]]
* WhereItAllBegan: The last of the five music boxes is hidden in N1 Out of the Woods, the very first level. [[spoiler:And the FinalBoss fight takes place in The Temple, the starting point for Wario's quest.]]

* EvilLaugh: The final boss, if he [[spoiler:grabs Wario, killing him.]]

** Wario himself also goes through this when hit by certain enemies. Among the possibilities are Fat Wario, Snowball Wario, Bouncy Wario, Vampire Wario, Zombie Wario, and Flat Wario, just to name a few.

** [[TimeTrial Time Attack]], after beating the game and collecting all 100 treasures.

** Wario himself also goes through this when hit by certain enemies. Among the possibilities are Fat Wario, Snowball Wario, Bouncy Wario, Vampire Wario, Zombie Wario, and Flat Wario.

* BalefulPolymorph:
** [[spoiler:The entire population of the music box world was turned into the monsters Wario beats up throughout the game by the hidden figure.]]
** Wario himself also goes through this when hit by certain enemies. Among the possibilities are Fat Wario, Snowball Wario, Bouncy Wario, Vampire Wario, Zombie Wario, and Flat Wario.

** This is also [[spoiler:Rudy]]'s preferred method of combat during the final boss fight.

* LostWoods: N1 Out of the Woods and E7 Forest of Fear. The former is definitely more friendly than the latter, which is also a BigBoosHaunt.

* {{Kitsune}}: Wolfenboss, a flying fox in a sorcerer's robe who attacks with magic. His Japanese name is Kezune, a corruption of Kitsune.

* DeathMountain: W2 The Volcano's Base.
* EldritchLocation: E5 The Warped Void.

* GreenHillZone: Though N1 Out of the Woods might count, N3 The Vast Plain is probably a better example.
* GroundPound: Possible once you get the Lead Overalls.