Wario

Wario first started off as an antagonist in the Mario games, but since then has sprouted his own games such as Wario Ware Inc. for the GBA, and Wario World for the Gamecube. He quite often makes cameos in nontraditional Mario games like the Mario Sports series.

Wario is known to be evil and real greedy. He's also famous for his bizarre behavior, which is much more exploited in games themed after him like the Warioware series.

At E3 2006, it was announced that Wario will make his Super Smash Bros. debut in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii. Not much is known on his move set, but he will wear his costume from Wario Ware. It isn't confirmed whether the 'fart attack' shown in the trailer will be in the final game or not.

History
Wario's first game was Super Mario Land 2 for the Gameboy. In this game, you learned that when Mario went off to save Princess Daisy from Tatanga in the game Super Mario Land, Wario went to steal, or take over Mario's Castle. Wario then spread the 6 gold coins to 6 trusted allies of his. These 6 gold coins were the key to getting inside the castle, so Mario would have to hunt them down to get inside the castle to stop Wario.

After Super Mario Land 2, Wario started to become very popular, so he stared as a boss in another game titled Mario and Wario, a Japan only game for the SNES in this game, Wario would throw a bucket on top of either Mario, Yoshi, or Peach's head, so Wanda the Fairy would then have to guide them to stop Wario. This is one of the few games to use the SNES Mouse.

Soon after Mario and Wario, Nintendo released Wario's Woods, a game for the SNES and the NES. In this game, Wario attacks the Mushroom Kingdom, making Toad to stop him. In the NES version, Wario was the only boss, though the SNES version had multiple including Wario. Wario's Woods is the only game on the NES to have an ESRB.

Soon after Wario's Woods, Nintendo gave the rights to Hudson to make a Bomberman game with Wario as a guest. The game is called Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!. It's unknown whether or not this game was the influence for Wario to always use bombs in games after that, but it is expected by some.

Wario also starred in his minigame collecton, Wario Ware Inc,: Mega Microgame$ for the Game Boy Advance. The game also had a GCN spinoff called Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$, both starred the characters Orbulon, 8-Volt, Wario, and other various new characters.