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Wario World is a video game developed by Treasure Co. Ltd and produced by Nintendo. It was released on June 23, 2003 exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube.

Plot

In this game a magical black jewel transforms all of Wario's treasures into nasty creatures and sends Wario to another dimension. In order to recover his treasure, Wario must defeat the realm's many odd creatures, turning them back into coins, and defeat the spirit inhabiting the Black Jewel to return to his own world.

Gameplay

The game's action centers mainly on combating enemies, though it requires some platform navigation similar to Super Mario 64
and Super Mario Sunshine
. It has a fairly simple control scheme, using only the A, B, R, Z buttons and the control stick.

Areas

Main Levels

Wario World is divided into 4 main worlds, each with 2 levels and a boss fight at the end. Once you beat a boss in a level, the next level in that world opens. When you defeat the boss of the world, the next world opens and you get a key. Once you get all 4 keys, the final boss fight against the black Jewel opens. The worlds, levels, and bosses are:

Excitement Central
*Greenhorn Forest--Boss Name: Greenfist. Large froglike creature with boxing gloves.
*Greenhorn Ruins--Boss Name: Sandworm. Deadly sand monster.
*DinoMighty's Showdown--Boss Name: DinoMighty. Giant dinosuaur in a swimsuit.

Spooktastic World
*Horror Manor--Boss Name: Brawl Doll. Seemingly possessed flying doll.
*Wonky Circus--Boss Name: Clown-a-Round. Crazy clown with a spare face underneath its exploding head.
*Dual Dragon's Showdown--Boss Name: Dual Dragon. Two-headed sea serpent.

Thrillsville
*Shivering Mountains--Boss Name: Winter Windster. Child with large head floating in a bubble cloud.
*Beanstalk Way--Boss Name: Spideraticus. Giant Spider.
*Red-Brief J's Showdown--Boss Name: Red-Brief Jr. Muscular bull in red underpants.

Sparkle Land
*Mirror Mansion--Boss Name: Mean Emcee. Cowardly green magician.
*Pecan Sands--Boss Name: Ironsider. Diabolical lion's head with dangerous hands.
*Captain Skull's Showdown--Boss Name: Captain Skull. Skeleton pirate with a grappling hook hand.

Secret Levels

The game also features many secret levels which can be accessed from within the main levels through trapdoors. Wooden trapdoors lead to underground stages which involve solving some sort of puzzle. Metal trapdoors lead to skyhigh stages which involve mainly platform skills.

Collectables

Coins: Coins appear when Wario defeats enemies. They come in different colors and sizes, each type being of a different value. When Wario loses all his health, he can pay a sum of coins to continue from were he left off.

Treasures: When Wario finds a colored button with a W on it, he can punch it to activate it. When activated, a treasure chest will appear on the corresponding colored platform somewhere in the level. Sometimes you find the platform before you find the button, so some backtracking will be required. If you get all 8 treasures in a level, you can upload Wario Ware Micro-games into your GBA.

Gold Statues: These float around in the levels, and if you get all 8 in a level, Wario's heart meter permanently extends by half a heart. Since there are 8 levels, you can extend Wario's heart meter by 4 full hearts if you get all of these.

Red Diamonds: These are found at the end of Trapdoors. You have to complete some type of puzzle or obstacle course to get one. You need these because there is a statue called a Stone Doohickey on top of the trapdoor that leads to the boss. If you give the Stone Doohickey enough Red Diamonds, you can fight the boss of the area. As you progress through the game, you need more Red Diamonds to fight the bosses.

Spritelings: They were imprisoned when the Black Jewel broke loose. You can free them by punching the little cages that they are trapped in. All of them give you advice that will help you on your quest to some extent. The number of spritelings you free may alter the ending...

Enemies

Most enemies fall into one of several categories. Though their appearances differ throughout the levels, their abilities remain the same, except for the fact that they grow stronger as the player progresses through the game.

The main types of enemies are:

Little Ones The weakest and most numerous enemies. They are more an annoyance than a threat, and many can be defeated with just one punch. Examples are Magons, Zombie Magons, Clowns, Snowmen, Wolves, and Mummies.

Not so little ones The second-weakest. These guys are basically just slightly larger and tougher versions of the Little Ones that need to be destroyed by a final move.

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