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{{short description|2003 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Wario World game cover.jpg
| caption = North American box art
| developer = [[Treasure (company)|Treasure]]
| publisher = [[Nintendo]]
| series = ''[[Wario (series)|Wario]]''
| platforms = [[GameCube]]
| released = {{Video game release|EU|June 20, 2003|NA|June 23, 2003|AUS|July 10, 2003|JP|May 27, 2004}}
| genre = [[Platformer|Platform]], [[beat 'em up]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| director = Kouichi Kimura<br />Hitoshi Yamagami
| producer = Takehiro Izushi<br />Masato Maegawa
| programmer = Yoshiyuki Matsumoto<br>Kanta Watanabe<br>Yuji Yamanaka<br>Tahei Katagai<br>Yusuke Asai
| composer = Norio Hanzawa<br />Minako Hamano
}}
'''''Wario World'''''{{efn|[[Japanese language|Japanese]]: ワリオワールド, [[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]]: ''Wario Wārudo''}} is a 2003 [[Platformer|platform game]] developed by [[Treasure (company)|Treasure]] and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[GameCube]]. The player controls [[Wario]] as he attempts to regain his treasure and castle from the evil sentient gem, Black Jewel. The gameplay sees Wario progressing through a series of 3D linear levels in a bid to find collectibles and defeat enemies in order to progress.  

The game received mixed reception from critics, who praised the game's gameplay while criticizing its short length. It was a commercial success, selling over 142,000 copies in Japan and over 256,000 copies in the United States. In 2004, it was re-released as a [[Player's Choice]] title.

==Gameplay==
[[File:Wario World Gameplay.png|left|thumb|[[Wario]] about to throw an enemy at a group of foes. He can also spin the enemy around him or [[Piledriver (professional wrestling)|piledrive]] them.]]
''Wario World'' is a 3D [[platformer]] with an emphasis on exaggerated combat. The player, controlling [[Wario]] attempts to reclaim his treasure trove and newly built castle from an evil sentient gem named Black Jewel. To accomplish this, Wario traverses linear [[Level (video games)|levels]] containing enemies and obstacles alongside collectibles, such as Spritelings, and coins which can be collected to help further progression.<ref>{{cite book|year=2003 |title=Wario World instruction booklet |publisher=Nintendo  |page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|year=2003 |title=Wario World instruction booklet |publisher=Nintendo |page=13}}</ref> Each level also holds trapdoors which, when found, lead to either a platforming or [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]]-oriented challenge.<ref name="ign">{{cite web|title=Wario World review |author=Matt Casamassina|date=June 19, 2003|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/19/wario-world-2|website=IGN}}</ref> These challenges help in obtaining more treasures, a type of collectible that when all obtained unlock minigames from the [[Game Boy Advance]] title ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!]]'' which can be played by using the [[GameCube – Game Boy Advance link cable]].<ref>{{cite book|year=2003 |title=Wario World instruction booklet |publisher=Nintendo |page=24}}</ref>

Wario can attack enemies in a variety of ways. Alongside basic punches, Wario can grab enemies and either spin them around, throw them, or [[piledriver (professional wrestling)|piledrive]] them into the ground.<ref>{{cite book |year=2003 |title=Wario World instruction booklet |publisher=Nintendo |pages=8–9}}</ref><ref name="ign" /> Wario can also grab certain items from the environment, allowing him to deal more damage and have a wider range in his attacks. If Wario is hit by an enemy, he loses a heart from his [[health bar]]. When all of Wario's hearts are depleted the player loses coins; when all coins are lost the game is over.<ref name="Instructions">{{cite book|year=2003 |title=Wario World instruction booklet |publisher=Nintendo |page=16}}</ref> Wario can obtain more hearts by collecting pieces of golden statues resembling himself.
==Plot==
The game begins with Wario enjoying his newly built castle, which is filled with treasures that he has collected from [[Wario Land (series)|earlier adventures]].<ref>{{cite book|year=2003 |title=Wario World instruction booklet |publisher=Nintendo  |page=4}}</ref> An evil, sentient gem called Black Jewel, hidden amongst Wario's treasure collection, suddenly awakens and takes over the castle. Black Jewel turns Wario's treasure into monsters, and transforms the castle into four worlds. Wario proceeds through the worlds controlled by Black Jewel, recovering his treasure and rescuing Spritelings (the creatures that had sealed Black Jewel away in the past), then engages Black Jewel in a battle to destroy it. Wario's subsequent victory allows him to regain control of his castle.

==Development and release==
''Wario World'' was shown at [[E3]] 2002 as a [[technology demo|technical demo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/360/360686p1.html |title=E3 2002: Hands on Wario World |publisher=IGN |date=May 23, 2002 |access-date=February 8, 2008 |archive-date=June 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605174344/http://cube.ign.com/articles/360/360686p1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the next E3 in 2003, it was shown with levels of gameplay polish and tweaking, which the previous E3 demo was lacking.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/402/402176p1.html |title=E3 2003: Hands-on Wario World |publisher=IGN |last=Lewis |first=Cory D. |date=May 14, 2003 |access-date=February 9, 2008 |archive-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308102853/http://cube.ign.com/articles/402/402176p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 22, 2002, at Nintendo's Gamer's Summit, ''Wario World''{{'}}s North American release date was set to November 11, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/368/368611p1.html |title=Wario Gets a Date |publisher=IGN |date=August 22, 2002 |access-date=February 9, 2008 |archive-date=February 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205040037/http://cube.ign.com/articles/368/368611p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The game's release date was pushed back to May 26, 2003, but was further delayed again by one month until June 23, 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/388/388645p1.html |title=F-Zero and Wario Delayed |publisher=IGN |date=March 10, 2003 |access-date=February 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113203608/http://cube.ign.com/articles/388/388645p1.html |archive-date=January 13, 2009 }}</ref> The game was released in Europe on June 20,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Martin |date=May 13, 2003 |title=Wario's Cube debut this June |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news130503wario |access-date=April 1, 2024 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401215752/https://www.eurogamer.net/news130503wario |url-status=live }}</ref> in Australia on July 10,<ref>{{cite web |date=June 26, 2003 |title=Nintendo's Wario Gets Greedy in 3D! |url=http://nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030628171629/http://nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php |archive-date=June 28, 2003 |access-date=August 9, 2009 |publisher=[[Nintendo Australia]]}}</ref> and in Japan the following year on May 27, 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=ワリオワールド |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gwwj/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603083457/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gwwj/ |archive-date=June 3, 2004 |access-date=December 7, 2013}}</ref>

It was uncertain who was developing ''Wario World'', until April 22, 2003, when Nintendo of America revealed that [[Treasure (company)|Treasure]] was developing the game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/394/394648p1.html |title=Treasure and Wario World |publisher=IGN |date=April 22, 2003 |access-date=February 9, 2008 |archive-date=June 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606040359/http://cube.ign.com/articles/394/394648p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the successful development collaboration Treasure and Nintendo shared with the [[Nintendo 64]] title, ''[[Sin and Punishment]]'', the two companies wanted to work together again. The [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|R&D1]] team wanted to continue their co-development juncture with a 3D installment of the ''[[List of Wario video games|Wario]]'' franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n-sider.com/gameview.php?gameid=160&view=dev|title=Wario World Development Summary|publisher=N-Sider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013630/http://www.n-sider.com/gameview.php?gameid=160&view=dev|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=February 9, 2008}}</ref> ''Wario World''{{'}}s music was composed by Norio Hanzawa and Minako Hamano.<ref name="credits" /> Wario was voiced by [[Charles Martinet]], who also voices [[Mario]] and [[Luigi (character)|Luigi]] in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' series.<ref name="credits">{{cite video game |title=Wario World |developer=[[Treasure Co., Ltd.]] |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |date=June 23, 2003 |scene=staff credits}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|GR = 71.24%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/561231.asp |title=Wario World reviews |publisher=[[GameRankings]] |access-date=January 19, 2008 |archive-date=December 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226065446/http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/561231.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
|MC = 71/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/wario-world/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube|title=Wario World Aggregate Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=March 1, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115224228/https://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/wario-world|url-status=live}}</ref>
|1UP = B+<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3059461&sec=REVIEWS |title=Wario World review |publisher=[[1UP.com]] |date=May 29, 2004 |access-date=January 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041122115525/http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3059461 |archive-date=November 22, 2004 }}</ref>
|GI = 8.5/10<ref name="GI"/>
|GSpot = 6.4/10<ref name="GS"/>
|GSpy = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="GSpy"/>
|EGM = 7.5/10<ref name="EGM"/>
|EuroG = 7/10<ref name="EuroG"/>
|IGN = 7.1/10<ref name="IGN"/>
|NWR = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/4106/wario-world-gamecube|title=Wario World review|access-date=July 12, 2003|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603214435/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/4106/wario-world-gamecube|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
''Wario World'' was a commercial success, selling over 142,000 copies in Japan and 256,000 copies in the US.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |date=May 6, 2007 |title=Nintendo Gamecube Japanese Ranking |url=http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/gc.php |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131121916/http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/gc.php |archive-date=January 31, 2009 |access-date=May 29, 2008 |publisher=Japan Game Charts}}</ref> In 2004, the game was re-released alongside ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and ''[[F-Zero GX]]'' as part of the [[Player's Choice]] line, a selection of games with high sales sold for a reduced price.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |date=March 16, 2004 |title=Mario Golf, F-Zero Go Bargain-Priced |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/499/499354p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006230738/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/16/mario-golf-f-zero-go-bargain-priced |archive-date=October 6, 2013 |access-date=February 9, 2008 |publisher=IGN}}</ref>

''Wario World'' received "mixed or average" reviews, according to [[review aggregator]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="metacritic"/> The US version of ''[[Play (US magazine)|Play]]'' magazine gave the game a perfect score, and the reviewer commented that ''Wario World'' "pays off every second [he is] holding the controller, and that, to [him], is greatness".<ref>{{cite journal|date=June 2003 |journal=[[Play (US magazine)|Play]] |publisher=Fusion Publishing|title=Wario World |page=60}}</ref> ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' said that the game was "tons of fun".<ref>{{cite magazine|date=July 2003 |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|title=Wario World |publisher=[[Future US]] |page=80}}</ref> ''[[GamePro]]'' stated that ''Wario World'' "stays addictive by weight of sheer design innovation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/reviews/29907.shtml |title=Wario World review |publisher=[[GamePro]] |author=Fennecfox |date=June 23, 2003 |access-date=February 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602094233/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/reviews/29907.shtml |archive-date=June 2, 2008 }}</ref> The American-based publication ''[[Game Informer]]'' praised the game for including "droves of awesome boss battles".<ref name="GI">{{Cite magazine|last=Barber|first=Chet|title=Wario World Review|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200307/R03.0807.1643.04694.htm?CS_pid=220131|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314024712/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200307/R03.0807.1643.04694.htm?CS_pid=220131|archive-date=March 14, 2007|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=[[GameStop]]|location=[[United States]]}}</ref> [[Matt Casamassina]] of ''[[IGN]]'' declared that ''Wario World'' had "some great control mechanics and inventive level work".<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/425/425079p1.html |title=Wario World review |publisher=IGN |last=Casamassina |first=Matt |date=June 19, 2003 |access-date=January 19, 2008 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519074120/http://cube.ign.com/articles/425/425079p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''{{'}}s Greg Ford said, "''Wario'' [''World''] delivers a great time while it lasts and is well worth checking out. Just don't expect a Mario-quality adventure".<ref name="EGM">{{cite magazine | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040401002354/http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1489477,00.asp | url=http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1489477,00.asp | title=Another Nintendo mega-franchise? Not quite | author1=Ford, Greg | author2=Johnston, Chris | author3=Tsau, Jennifer | date=July 1 – September 8, 2003 | magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] | archive-date=April 1, 2004 | access-date=April 10, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Worthplaying'' gave the game 9 out of 10, stating that "Treasure has done itself proud with this title, and Wario himself can lift his head up high. At least in my book, he's got at least one game that's better than Mario's."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worthplaying.com/article/2003/7/15/reviews/11178/ |title=GameCube Review - 'Wario World' |publisher=Worthplaying |last=Wilde |first=Thomas |date=July 15, 2003 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123085416/http://worthplaying.com/article/2003/7/15/reviews/11178/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Wario World'' received criticism for its length, with some reviewers stating that the game was shorter than the average console title. Tom Bramwell of ''[[Eurogamer]]'' compared ''Wario World'' to ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', a game also criticized for its length, and said that the game was like ''Luigi's Mansion'' "all over again".<ref name="EuroG">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=52365 |title=Wario World review |publisher=[[Eurogamer]] |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=June 19, 2003 |access-date=February 9, 2008 |archive-date=August 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822192149/http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=52365 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[GameSpy]]'' stated that ''Wario World'' "offers little above and beyond the standard 3D platform romp, and what is offered turns out to be very short and repetitive".<ref name="GSpy">{{cite web |url=http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/wario-world/5950p1.html |title=Wario World review |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |last=Williams |first=Bryn |date=July 25, 2003 |access-date=January 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513133144/http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/wario-world/5950p1.html |archive-date=May 13, 2008 }}</ref> ''[[GameSpot]]'' commented that "the final product is too short and simplistic to hold your attention for more than a day".<ref name="GS">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wario-world-review/1900-6030331/ |title=Wario World review |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=July 20, 2003 |access-date=January 19, 2008 |archive-date=January 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126005837/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wario-world-review/1900-6030331/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Wario-World-269336.html}}
* [http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/warioworld/enGB/ Official European website]{{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130104062701/http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/warioworld/enGB/ |date=January 4, 2013 |title=archive.is}}
* {{IMDb title|0324498}}
* {{MobyGames|id=/wario-world}}

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