History VideoGame / WarioLand4

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Princess Shokora is an Engrish-y version of [[EdibleThemeNaming Chocolat]].

''Wario Land 4'' (''Wario Land [[SuperTitle64Advance Advance]]: The Treasure of the Golden Diva'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is the fourth game in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series (not counting ''VideoGame/VirtualBoyWarioLand''), originally released in 2001 for the Platform/GameBoyAdvance.

* NumberedSequels: The game immediately lets players know that it's the fourth of a series... except in Japan, where the game is instead titled ''Wario Land [[SuperTitle64Advance Advance]]: The Treasure of the Golden Diva''.

* TheSongRemainsTheSame: Oddly, the title screen stays in English in both versions and the Palm Tree Paradise one stays in Japanese in both versions. And the odd aversion is the ending song, which is an American-style song with English lyrics in Western regions and an anime-type song with Japanese lyrics in Japan.

''Wario Land 4'' (''Wario Land [[SuperTitle64Advance Advance]]: The Treasure of the Golden Diva'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is the fourth game in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series (not counting ''VideoGame/VirtualBoyWarioLand''), originally released in 2001 for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance.

''Wario Land 4'' was given a limited rerelease for Ambassadors on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and later released publicly on the UsefulNotes/WiiU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole and available until its shutdown in March 2023.

** [[UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch Mr. Game and Watch]] appears as the shopkeeper for the item store [[spoiler:(except not, it's actually Princess Shokora in disguise)]].

** In the background of Spoiled Rotten's arena, two [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCubes]] can be seen stacked atop a television, with one turned over to display its top.
** In one of the credits images, Wario is carrying a box full of UsefulNotes/{{Game Boy Advance}}s, with another box near him. The treasure that spawns the image is also a golden GBA.

* DenserAndWackier: The ''Wario Land'' games beforehand were offbeat, but ''4'' kicks the weirdness up a few notches. Unlike the comparatively more grounded settings of its predecessors, the game takes place within an ancient pyramid that houses anachronic and surreal worlds to explore within its paintings. The art style is as varied as the locales are, utilizing everything from pre-rendered sprites of real objects or [=3D models=], to cartoonish aesthetics wherever appropriate. The game's sound design also warps and distorts in response to Wario's actions to contribute to the atmosphere--especially his transformations, which cause the background music to shift pitch, change tempo, and warble. The voice lines of Wario himself are treated similarly. They consist of several smaller voice clips that are combined and played in ways that often sound nonsensical and blatantly artificial.

** When Catbat's bat head disappears, its cyclopean mooks literally turn red. Instead of transforming Wario, they directly hurt him. Catbat also starts creating speedier tidal waves that always undulate.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: An odd example with Cractus, who [[TheComputerShallTauntYou hangs down from the top of the screen laughing at you]] when you get turned into a zombie. If he were to hang down like that while you're in regular condition, you'd be unable to hit him.

* TimeLimitBoss: Every boss is fought on a time limit, with treasures starting to disappear if you take too long. Some bosses actively exploit this by using moves that don't deal damage, but will waste valuable seconds if they hit you; Catbat's projectiles in the first half of the fight puff you up (in the second half they just damage you), Cractus's saliva turns you into a zombie (leaving you unable to AttackItsWeakPoint until you transform back) and Aerodent throws fireballs that trigger the notoriously lengthy Flaming Wario transformation.

* TimeLimitBoss: Every boss is fought on a time limit, with treasures starting to disappear if you take too long.

* HelpfulMook: Dr. Scienstein shows up in almost all the bonus rooms [[FastballSpecial whenever a projectile is needed]]. He cannot be defeated, only knocked over, yelping in pain each time he's attacked in some way.

* MadeOfIron: Wario, although [[DownplayedTrope not quite to the extent]] [[{{Nerf}} that was previously seen in]] ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'' and ''VideoGame/WarioLand3''. For one thing, he actually ''is'' [[HeartsAreHealth able to die]] outside of the game's [[FinalBoss final boss]] fight this time. Outside of that, however, Wario can still take icicles, rocks, axes, spikes, and lava with little more than a bit of lost health.