Line #1 VideoGame/VirtualBoyWarioLand


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aDSmFPVptc "Wait 'til they get a load of ME!"]]]]
3	->''"...it's actually a good game. Damn good. But, only one problem:'' '''''it's on Virtual Boy."'''''
4	-->-- '''''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVAp0tOk5A Virtual Boy episode]]
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6	''Virtual Boy Wario Land'', subtitled ''Secret Treasure of the Awazon'' in Japan, is an entry in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series for the Platform/VirtualBoy, released in 1995.
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8	Wario is taking a nap during a trip into the Awazon River basin when he spots three masked creatures carrying treasure behind a waterfall. Following them in with the intention of taking the treasure for himself, he ends up falling down a trap door into a vast subterranean labyrinth. Wario must trek through the caverns to take the treasure and get revenge against the Mask-Guys.
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10	The gameplay of ''Virtual Boy Wario Land'' is very similar to its immediate predecessor, ''VideoGame/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3'', lacking the drastic changes to the formula made later in ''VideoGame/WarioLandII''. Wario can be hit once and turned into Small Wario before another hit kills him. Garlic once again provides power-ups similar to the ones from the first game, though they must be combined with new items for more advanced power-ups. Each level also houses one treasure that must be collected for OneHundredPercentCompletion.
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12	Despite the poor reputation of the Virtual Boy console overall, ''Virtual Boy Wario Land'', the last ''Wario Land'' game that Creator/GunpeiYokoi worked on before his retirement and death, is frequently cited as one of the few truly good games it had, and it enjoys a high reputation among the few who still know about it. It's also the only game for the console to contain the name "Virtual Boy" in its title.
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14	Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'', which is technically the ''third'' game in the series.
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17	!!''Virtual Boy Wario Land'' provides examples of:
18	* OneUp: A diamond gives Wario an extra life. Often could be gotten in the heart bonus game at the end of a level.
19	* TwoAndAHalfD: Of the "layered" variety. There are several SideView layers that Wario and the enemies can alternate between.
20	* AllYourPowersCombined: The King Dragon Wario form (obtained by combining the Sea Dragon and Eagle powers) combines [[VideoGameFlight all]] [[SuperStrength the]] [[PlayingWithFire powers]] of Wario's hats.
21	* ArtworkAndGameGraphicsSegregation: Various pieces of official art depict Wario wearing his plumber's cap from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins''; in-game, meanwhile, he is only ever seen in his pith helmet from ''VideoGame/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3''.
22	* BlackAndGreyMorality: The enemies of the game are a bunch of mean monsters and demons, but Wario's only motivation against them is {{Greed}}.
23	* BreakablePowerUp: Like in its predecessor, Wario loses his power and shrinks when he gets hit.
24	* BusmansHoliday: Wario lands his plane in the Awazon Rainforest for a vacation, sees Mask Guys heading behind a waterfall with a huge amount of treasure... gets dropped into a trapdoor and falls into a sort of LostWorld beneath the jungle, getting treasure and fighting a genie along the way.
25	* CanonDiscontinuity: Besides the fact that the next game after this is titled ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'', ignoring this game entirely, the defunct ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' website heavily suggests that it has fallen into this status, as the history of Wario section (which goes through the history of Wario and the Wario series) on the website completely omits it. The Super Mario UK Twitter account also doesn't acknowledge it either during its Wario retrospective, even though the other ''Land'' games were. Given [[Platform/VirtualBoy the system]] it is on and how Nintendo [[CreatorBacklash feels about it]][[invoked]], this is not a surprise.
26	* CollisionDamage: Like in the original, Wario cannot be harmed by enemies normally, but harmful objects like spears, spikes, or fire can damage him.
27	* ContinuingIsPainful: Get a GameOver, and you lose all of your treasure. There's no world map or level select where you can just backtrack as levels are on level-by-level progression. Which means you basically have to ride the elevators back into previous stages and trudge your way all the way back ''through the levels'' themselves to recover the treasures, and that makes matters even worse because one of the best endings requires finishing the game under a certain time limit (Real-Time, not game time). If you get a game over while having a lot of progress, you're pretty much better off cutting your losses and restarting ''the entire game''.
28	* CoolPlane: Wario's Bulldog seaplane returns (it previously made an appearance in the Japan-only ''VideoGame/MarioAndWario'' and a Japanese educational video featuring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] and Franchise/{{Kirby}}).
29	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In both this game and ''VideoGame/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3'', Wario wears a safari helmet by default, rather than his usual yellow cap.
30	* HailfirePeaks: Since the whole game's setting is underground, it's a bunch of [[UndergroundLevel underground]] levels usually [[UnderTheSea mixed]] [[ShiftingSandLand with]] [[JungleJapes something]] [[EternalEngine else]].
31	* HarmlessEnemy: The Horned Toads are the first enemy you encounter, and it can't even hurt you. However, they only appear in the first level. The enemy lineup for the rest of the game isn't so merciful.
32	* HatOfPower: The Power-Up Hat mechanics from the first game are back. The Bull Helmet grants Wario [[SuperStrength a stronger shoulder barge]] and the ability to [[GroundPound smash the floor to stun enemies and destroy blocks below him]], the Eagle Helmet lets him [[VideoGameFlight fly long horizontal distances]] (like the Jet Helmet from ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''), the Sea Dragon Helmet lets him [[FireBreathingWeapon shoot out powerful streams of fire from its nostrils]], and the King Dragon Helmet gives him [[AllYourPowersCombined the abilities of both the Sea Dragon and Eagle Helmets]].
33	* HockeyMaskAndChainsaw: Chain-Saw Fish wear hockey masks with a protrusion that looks like a spinning chainsaw. They charge at Wario on sight in the Swimming levels.
34	* LawOf100: A hundred heart points are good for an extra life: a small heart is worth one point, a large heart is worth ten.
35	* MixAndMatchCritters: The first boss is called a "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dinosaur Fish]]."
36	* MoneyMultiplier: At the end of each level, there is a game where you can risk your coins to multiply them by choosing the correct bucket holding money bags: how much it's multiplied depends on how many buckets you want to choose from. Getting triple the coins means picking correctly from two buckets above you, getting six times the coins means picking correctly from three buckets, and the big ten times the coins means you must pick correctly from FOUR buckets! A wrong guess halves your coins, so if you choose wrongly three times, you leave with an eighth of what you came in with! But if you get '''three consecutive correct picks,''' you could leave with anywhere from twenty-seven times the coins (for three triple-coin games) or up to ONE THOUSAND times the coins (for picking the right bucket out of four each of three ten-times-coin games)!
37	* MookMaker: The vase produces an enemy called a Vase-Based, but only the first time you throw the vase on its side.
38	* MultipleEndings: Wario's mode of transportation back home from the Awazon depends on how much money you have [[spoiler:or on whether or not you've collected all ten hidden treasures]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOy_qWOGJs See them all here.]]
39	* MutuallyExclusivePowerUps: The Garlic bottle is the only power up that turns Wario back to his normal form if he is small. The Garlic Bottle is also used to power up Wario into Bull Wario. The Viking Helmet (Bull), Eagle Statue(Eagle), and Dragon Crystal (Sea Dragon) are only used to access their forms, but the Eagle and Sea Dragon powers can be combined to access the King Dragon form, which doesn't have its own power up.
40	* PlayboyBunny: [[spoiler:One accompanies Wario on his magic carpet in the best ending.]]
41	* PlayingWithFire: Sea Dragon Wario, and also King Dragon Wario. The difference between them is the former shoots a stream of fire while the latter shoots fireballs.
42	* TheSpiny: Like in its predecessor, only enemies that have weapons or have spiky protection are capable of hurting Wario.
43	* SuperStrength: The Bull Pot (now known as the Viking helmet) from the first game returns, with the same abilities.
44	* SuperTitle64Advance: The only Virtual Boy game to have "Virtual Boy" in its title, funny enough.
45	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Mask-Guys are almost identical to Pirate Gooms and their ilk from the other ''Wario Land'' games, in that they have a sharp object held in front that prevents Wario from killing them with a normal dash attack.
46	* ThreateningShark: Chain-Saw Fish are literal chain saw-sharks that attack Wario in the underwater levels.
47	* UndergroundLevel: All the levels are this.
48	* VideoGameFlight: Eagle Wario is capable of flight for a lengthy horizonal distance. Wario is also able to fly as King Dragon Wario.

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