Line #28 YMMV/WarioLand


1	For individual games:
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3	* ''YMMV/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3''
4	* ''YMMV/VirtualBoyWarioLand''
5	* ''YMMV/WarioLandII''
6	* ''YMMV/WarioLand3''
7	* ''YMMV/WarioLand4''
8	* ''YMMV/WarioLandShakeIt''
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10	For Wario's other big series, ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', go [[YMMV/WarioWare here]].
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12	For the ''VideoGame/{{Wario}}'' franchise as a whole, go [[YMMV/{{Wario}} here]].
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15	!!The franchise in general:
16	* AccidentalAesop: If you've been set on fire, running around is the worst thing you can do. The flames will spread and eventually smother you.
17	* BrokenBase:
18	** The base is split down the middle on whether making Wario invincible in ''II'' and ''3'' was a good move or not. Either it makes the game more creative or [[ItsEasySoItSucks too easy]]. Naturally, this popped up again when ''4'' undid that change.
19	** Should ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'' be considered as part of the ''Wario Land'' franchise or just individual games? Many fans tend to put the two under the ''Wario Land'' series given they're both platformers that share many elements with the rest of the ''Wario Land'' series and Nintendo has officially placed them under the ''Wario Land'' series. However many fans just prefer to see them as individual games instead due to neither sharing the ''Wario Land'' name and their very different approaches in gameplay and mechanics from the ''Wario Land'' series such as ''Wario World'' being more of a 3D BeatEmUp with platforming elements than a puzzle platformer, and the bigger focus on touch controls and minigames in ''Master of Disguise''.
20	* CommonKnowledge: Many discussions of the ''Wario Land'' series, especially in regards to ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'' being a NotSoCheapImitation of it, talk about the entire series as high-octane action games with an emphasis on keeping up your momentum, a description that doesn't even apply to half of the main ''Wario Land'' games. In fact, ''4'' is the closest to fitting the description of what makes a ''Wario Land'' game, and it doesn't even have every element, such as Wario's immortality.
21	* ContestedSequel: Every game since ''Wario Land 4'' is contested. Which one is the 'true' sequel to the previous games? Well, you’ll get a lot of different answers to that question, as each has different gameplay mechanics and game design. Do you prefer the 3D beat-em-up/platformer hybrid approach of ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', the stylus-oriented gameplay of ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'', or the more return-to-form 2D platforming of ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt''? As for whether any of them are even good games... that’s pretty debated as well. ''Wario Land: Shake It!'' gets flak for being too much like ''Wario Land 4'' except with less new ideas in it, ''Wario World'' has a very mixed critical reception in general, and ''Wario: Master of Disguise'' is seen by quite a few fans and critics as [[{{Sequelitis}} just plain bad]]. You can see this by the Metacritic scores of each game:
22	** ''Wario Land 4'': 88
23	** ''Wario World'': 71
24	** ''Wario: Master of Disguise'': 60
25	** ''Wario Land: Shake It!'': 78
26	* CrazyIsCool: Wario. If he needs to get through a wood barrier, the obvious solution is for him to ''[[InfernalRetaliation light himself on fire and tackle it]]''.
27	* FandomRivalry: With the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series. As ''[=WarioWare=]'' got popular, ''Wario Land'' became less, and consequently, the latter series became dormant and Wario's appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' largely focused on the former series. This then sparked an ongoing debate on which series meshed better with Wario and thus should be more prominent. While fans who like both sub-series are not unheard of, the most vocal ones are at odds with each other.
28	* {{Fanon}}: The games have never given Captain Syrup's first name, but everyone assumes it's [[PunnyName Maple]]. It does somewhat have WordOfDante on its side, though, having been used in a Famitsu article.
29	* MagnificentBitch: [[LovableRogue Captain Syrup]], the [[FemmeFatale sultry]] leader of the Black Sugar Gang, is [[ArchEnemy Wario's chief rival]] and just as proficient as Wario himself. Showing her true cunning in ''[[VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt Shake It!]]'', Syrup seemingly [[EnemyMine puts aside her feud]] with Wario to help him gain the Bottomless Coin Sack from the notorious [[BigBad Shake King]], even putting in her part to help the Merfles the King has kidnapped. After having used Wario to defeat the Shake King, Syrup doubles around to swipe the Sack for herself, revealing she negotiated it as a "finder's fee" from the Merfles [[PlayingBothSides behind Wario's back]], driving off victorious with one more kiss blown to Wario and remaining syrupy-sweet every second of screentime.
30	* MorePopularSpinoff: The series completely replaced ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' and became a hugely popular series in its own right.
31	* ObscurePopularity: The series is one of Nintendo's consistently successful franchises to date, with every game in the series receiving widespread acclaim as being amongst Nintendo's best platformers and having sold at least a million copies, often outperforming many of Nintendo's other franchises like ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', ''Franchise/StarFox'' and even ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}''. Despite this, you'll rarely find anyone talking about the games and they lack the large fan followings that other less popular Nintendo franchises enjoy.

Context YMMV / WarioLand