History YMMV / WarioWare

** Don't say the series "killed" the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series unless you want to anger a good portion of the fandom. Although ''[=WarioWare=]'' did overshadow ''Land'', beyond the fact that they're in entirely different genres, ''[=WarioWare=]'' and its success has little to do with the lack of Wario platformers today. The underperformance of his [[VideoGame/WarioWorld last]] [[VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise few]] [[VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt platformers]], the lack of a dedicated team for the series due to the shutdown of Nintendo R&D1 (the team behind the first five ''Wario Land'' titles) are likely more contributing factors to a lack of Wario platformers these days than anything to do with ''[=WarioWare=]''.
* FandomRivalry: With the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' 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.

** While the two don't interact much in canon and their exact relationship is unknown (though the one interaction they did have (which was on the ''Smooth Moves'' blog) was friendly, implying they're on good terms), Ashley and Penny are portrayed as having a close relationship in fanworks. What that relationship is exactly tends to vary across the fandom, they're typically depicted as having an OddFriendship.

** Wario's biker outfit in the series is either seen as a cool outfit that fits Wario and a great way to further [[DivergentCharacterEvolution distinguish Wario from Mario]], while others hate it for how garish it looks and argue that further distinguishing Wario from Mario in the first place is missing the point behind Wario, since he is supposed to be Mario's EvilCounterpart. The fact that the ''Mario'' and ''Wario Land'' titles don't acknowledge the existence of the biker outfit most of the time (''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' being the only time it's appeared in the ''Mario'' games), while ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' would make it his default outfit, while relegating his classic uniform to an secondary alt has not helped much.

** Don't say the series "killed" the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series unless you want to anger a good portion of the fandom. Although ''[=WarioWare=]'' did overshadow ''Land'', beyond the fact that they're in entirely different genres, ''Ware'' and its success has little to do with the lack of Wario platformers today.

** Ashley is often cited by some to have originally been 8 in Japanese, but changed to 15 in international languages. However, Ashley's [[VagueAge exact age has never been specified in Japanese]]. Even the idea that she is 15 is dubious and most likely non-canon, as it comes from an old (and defunct) Western website for ''Touched!'' (which also states Ashley to be a wisecracking witch, which is ''not'' the case in the games, being more of a DeadpanSnarker) and is never acknowledged in the games proper or in any other supplementary material.

** Ashley is often cited by some to have originally been 8 in Japanese, but changed to 15 in international languages. However, Ashley's [[VagueAge exact age has never been specified in Japanese]].

For YMMV related to Wario's other big series, ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', go [[YMMV/WarioLand here]].

For YMMV related to the ''VideoGame/{{Wario}}'' franchise as a whole, go [[YMMV/{{Wario}} here]].

** 9-Volt who also counts as {{Adorkable}}.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** A common criticism in regards to Wario in the games was how he slowly drifted away from his much loved ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' characterization, with less emphasis on his treasure hunting qualities over time. The stories of both ''Gold'' and ''Get It Together!'' would bring these qualities back into the limelight, with the former's story getting kickstarted by one of his treasure hunts and the second half of the latter's story effectively being a treasure hunt. A move that pleased many, especially ''Wario Land'' fans.
** Beginning with ''Gold'', the marketing for the franchise would heavily dial back the Ashley-centric focus, with the other characters getting more focus and time in the spotlight, pleasing many disgruntled fans who were annoyed by how prominent [[BreakoutCharacter Ashley]] became in marketing during TheNewTens, all while the rest of the cast were OutOfFocus.
** A minor one in ''Get It Together!''. One slight criticism against Ashley's redesign in ''Gold'' was the removal of her black leggings, with many finding her design to look off without them. ''Get It Together!'' adds them back in, pleasing those fans.

** [[LesYay Ashley/Penny]] has become a popular pairing for the two, with many fans liking the [[OppositesAttract contrast between them in regards to personality and skillset]] (Ashley being a reserved witch, Penny being a cheerful scientist). This is in spite of the two having only having interacted once in the entire franchise (which was a rather minor one on the Japanese-exclusive ''Smooth Moves'' CharacterBlog), with their relationship being unknown (though it is implied that they’re on good terms at least, given the aforementioned interaction was a positive one).

** The Japanese version of Mike's Song is just the same few words repeated over and over again, sung by Sal Out. The English version actually has a full song's worth of lyrics and is sung by Mike himself.
** The English version of Ashley's Song changes the lyrics to be more about how wicked and scary she is, with a little BlackComedy added in ("I turned my teacher into a spoon"), as opposed to being simply about how amazing she is like it was in the Japanese version. While the Japanese version is not bad, many feel the English lyrics are a lot catchier, better goes with the spooky ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''-esque tone of the song and fits better with Ashley's overall character and aesthetic than the Japanese lyrics do.

** The English version of Ashley's Song changes the lyrics to be more about how wicked and scary she is, with a little BlackComedy added in ("I turned my teacher into a spoon"), as opposed to being simply about how amazing she is like it was in the Japanese version. While the Japanese version is not bad, many feel the English lyrics is a lot catchier, better goes with the spooky WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain-esque tone of the song and fits better with Ashley's overall character and aesthetic.

** While the Japanese version of Ashley's song is not bad, the English version of Ashley's Song changes the lyrics to be more about how wicked and scary she is, as opposed to being about how amazing she is, which better matches the spooky WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain-esque tone of the song and Ashley's overall character.

** Wario's biker outfit in the series is either seen as cool and a great way to further distinguish Wario from Mario, while others hate it for how garish it looks and argue that further distinguishing Wario from Mario in the first place is missing the point behind Wario's conception, since he is supposed to be Mario's EvilCounterpart. The fact that the ''Mario'' and ''Wario Land'' titles don't even acknowledge the existence of the biker outfit, while ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' would make it his default outfit, while relegating his classic uniform to an secondary alt has not helped much.
** Ashley’s age tends to be a touchy topic whenever it gets brought up due to how vague it is. While she isn’t the only character to be vague in terms of age, Ashley is a more contentious case since on top of her childish design, the West explicitly refers to her as a [[OlderThanTheyLook 15 year old teenager]] and gives her a deeper voice to match, while in Japanese, it is implied that she is more akin to a child, while never giving her a age. Some fans accept that she is a teenager since it's the closest to an official stance on her age and argue that Ashley isn't exactly special in this regard since there are other characters who don't match their ages[[note]]Dr. Crygor is stated to be over 100 in ''Gold'' and is explicitly Penny's grandfather despite looking more like a middle aged man and 18-Volt is stated [[YoungerThanTheyLook an eight grader despite looking like an adult]][[/note]]. Others though, refuse to accept Ashley as being anything other than a child due to her design and since Japan seems to imply her as such (even though again, they never confirm her age) and regards anything that considers her to be a teenager as nothing but non-canon, localization related nonsense by Nintendo's Western divisions.

** Wario's biker outfit in the series is either seen as cool and a great way to further distinguish Wario from Mario, while others hate it for how garish it looks and argue that further distinguishing Wario from Mario in the first place is missing the point, since Wario is supposed to be Mario's EvilCounterpart. The fact that the ''Mario'' and ''Wario Land'' titles don't even acknowledge the existence of the biker outfit, while ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' would make it his default outfit, while relegating his classic uniform to an secondary alt has not helped much.
** Ashley’s age tends to be a touchy topic whenever it gets brought up due to how vague it is. While she isn’t the only character to be vague in terms of age, Ashley is a more contentious case since on top of her childish design, the West explicitly refers to her as a 15 year old teenager and gives her a deep voice, while in Japan, it is implied that she is more akin to a child, while never giving her a age. Some fans accept that she is a teenager as fact since it's the closest to an official stance on her age and argue that Ashley isn't exactly special in this regard since there are other characters who don't match their ages[[note]]Dr. Crygor is stated to be over 100 in ''Gold'' and is explicitly Penny's grandfather despite looking more like a middle aged man and 18-Volt is stated [[YoungerThanTheyLook an eight grader despite looking like an adult[[/note]]. Others though, refuse to accept Ashley as being anything other than a child since Japan seems to imply her as such and sees anything that considers her to be a teenager as nothing but non-canon, localization related nonsense by Nintendo's Western divisions.

* BrokenBase: The redesigns in ''Gold'' and ''Get it Together!'' are divisive amongst fans. Some fans are okay with them and even love them, with some of the designs being regarded as an improvement over their original designs (such as Penny's). Other fans though, despise them, disliking the often drastic changes made to the characters and finding the redesigns to be too "cutesy-looking" for a series like ''Wario''.

** While the two don't interact much in canon and their exact relationship is unknown (though the one interaction they did have (which was on the ''Smooth Moves'' blog) was friendly, implying they're on good terms), Ashley and Penny are portrayed as having a close relationship in fanworks. What that relationship is exactly tends to vary across the fandom, varying between them being [[ScienceVsMagic rivals]], [[OddFriendship friends]], or [[OppositesAttract even]] [[LesYay lovers]]. ''Get It Together'' would subtly lampshade this idea by having a Wario cup purely dedicated to the two.

** Doris-1 is frequently portrayed as being a mother figure to Penny in fanworks. Given that Penny and Doris-1 only have two notable interactions in ''Get It Together!''[[note]]Doris i alongside Penny when she completes her water tank and is outside while Penny tests it[[/note]], it's not clear as to what their relationship is like.

** Doris-1 is frequently portrayed as being a mother figure to Penny in fanworks. Given that Penny and Doris-1 have not interacted as of ''Get It Together!'', it's not clear as to what their relationship is like.

** While the two don't interact much in canon and their exact relationship is unknown (though the one interaction they did have (which was on the ''Smooth Moves'' blog) was friendly, implying they're on good terms), Ashley and Penny are portrayed as having a close relationship in fanworks. What that relationship is exactly tends to vary across the fandom, varying between them being [[ScienceVsMagic rivals]], [[OddFriendship friends]], or [[OppositesAttract even]] [[LesYay lovers]].

* BrokenBase:
** How old Ashley is tends to be a contentious topic whenever it is brought up due to how vague it is, on top of Japan and the West seemingly having different stances on it. Some argue that she is a child due to her youthful design and the Japanese games implying her to be a kid due to her youthful-sounding voice and having several child-like qualities. Others though, argue that she is a teenager, as the official western ''Touched!'' website outright lists her age as being fifteen, on top of her older sounding voice and attitude in the localization being more teenager-like (it helps that there are several characters whose ages don't match their designs, such as Dr. Crygor being listed as being over a hundred years old despite looking like a middle aged man and 18-Volt being a fourth grader despite looking like an adult). The fact that her age is not revealed in Japanese doesn't help.
** The redesigns in ''Gold'' and ''Get it Together!'' are divisive amongst fans. Some fans are okay with them and even love them, with some of the designs being regarded as an improvement over their original designs (such as Penny's). Other fans though, despise them, disliking the often drastic changes made to the characters and finding the redesigns to be too "cutesy-looking" for a series like ''Wario''.
*** One redesign that has proven to be especially contentious however, is Orbulon's, who goes from being a tall and lanky alien in previous games to being far shorter and stubbier. Some like the new Orbulon, finding him to be adorable looking. Others though, lament the loss of the original design and dislike the new design for how "cutesy" it is and for being such a sudden and drastic shift away from his original design.

** While the art style change for ''Gold'' was received much better than ''Game & Wario''[='=]s (as it looks more distinct from ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'''s style), some fans don't take kindly to the drastic shift in style (as they look even less ''Mario''-esque than ''Game & Wario'''s designs did), nor the changes made to the characters from the previous games (such as Orbulon being far shorter and stubbier or the character's eye colors getting changed around).

** Although ''Get It Together!'' was received very well by most, there are a number of fans who dislike the idea of playing as the characters in microgames, instead of completing them directly as was the case in previous games.

** The redesigns in ''Gold'' and ''Get it Together!'' are divisive amongst fans. Some fans are okay with them and even love them, with some of the designs being regarded as an improvement over their original designs (such as Penny's). Other fans though, despise them, disliking the often drastic changes made to the characters (such as Orbulon becoming far shorter and stubbier and 9-Volt gaining giant eyebrows) and finding the redesigns to be too "cutesy-looking" for a series like ''Wario''.

** Ashley's age tends to be a contentious topic whenever it is brought up due to how vague it is. Some argue that she is a child due to her design and the Japanese games implying her to be a kid due to her youthful-sounding voice and having several child-like qualities. Others though, argue that she is a teenager, as the official ''Touched!'' website outright lists her age as being fifteen, on top of her older sounding voice and attitude in the localization being more teenager-like (it helps that there are several characters whose ages don't match their designs, such as Dr. Crygor being listed as being over a hundred years old despite looking like a middle aged man and 18-Volt being a fourth grader despite looking like an adult). The fact that her age is not revealed in Japanese doesn't help.

** While the art style change for ''Gold'' was received much better than ''Game & Wario''[='=]s (as it looks more distinct from ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'''s style), some redesigns have not been received well, especially with [[https://www.mariowiki.com/images/3/31/Joe_WarioWare_Gold.png Manager Joe]].

* EvenBetterSequel: ''Twisted!'' is perhaps the most universally beloved entry in the series -- at least in countries where [[NoExportForYou it actually got released]] -- for having an extremely strong set of minigames with very few ones that are disliked, its well-balanced difficulty curve, and its tilt cartridge input taking away the TrialAndErrorGameplay that the first game suffered from.

** Ashley renders nearly every other character with free movement virtually obsolete. Not only does she move at the same speed as those characters, but she can also fire in any direction, whereas most others are limited to attacking in only one or two directions (or, in Crygor's case, ''not at all''). The only caveat is that she has to move in the direction she wants to shoot (as opposed to, for instance, Mike, who can shoot upward while moving in any direction), but it's a minor inconvenience at most, and it's easily outclassed by her sheer versatility. She also has the honor of being one of two characters who does not have any minigames where she is considered a bad fit (the other being Dribble and Spitz).

* GrowingTheBeard: As well-regarded as the first game is, it does suffer a little bit from TrialAndErrorGameplay at times, as the controls are almost never explained prior to any of the minigames, meaning that if you make an incorrect guess as to how a minigame's controls work, the result is almost invariably an instant fail. ''Twisted'' (or ''Touched'', for people in countries where that game suffered NoExportForYou) is where the series really came into its own, and began using control styles that were less frustrating, in addition to opening up more gameplay opportunities.

* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: Despite being a game already composed of minigames, some of the side things you can unlock can easily sway you away from the arguably main task of completing all the microgame gauntlets:

* WidgetSeries: The plots and minigames are often varying degrees of strange. It has steadily decreased over time, as much like its parent series, the strangeness has become completely commonplace and people are used to it by this point.

For tropes related to Wario's other big series, ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', go [[YMMV/WarioLand here]].

For tropes related to the ''VideoGame/{{Wario}}'' franchise as a whole, go [[YMMV/{{Wario}} here]].

For tropes related to the VideoGame/{{Wario}} franchise as a whole, go [[YMMV/{{Wario}} here]].

For tropes related to Wario's other series, ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', go [[YMMV/WarioLand here]].