Aside from Bowser and Wart, Mario didn't really have an arch nemesis... that is until
Wario appeared.
However, there are times when
Wario appears to cause Toad trouble.
If she is not rescued,
Wario appears and uses a Dark Cannon to transform her into a trophy and runs off with her.
Not exact matches
he was shown to have stolen a giant golden statue of her from Mario in
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, and
appeared to have a crush on her in the Mario &
Wario arc of Super Mario Adventures comic, seeing as he tried to outdo Mario and buy Peach's prize item, a Samus Doll, for her birthday.
Game &
Wario is the next installment in the WarioWare series and will be
appearing on the Wii U.
Melee, and
Wario and Diddy Kong
appeared alongside all of them (except Dr. Mario) in Super Smash Bros..
It has been a tradition since then to include him as a playable character alongside
Wario in spin - offs, like Mario Party, Mario Kart, sport games, etc., but he never played an important role in the series other than that, unlike
Wario who first
appeared as a bad guy in Mario Land 2 and later had his own series of games like
Wario Land and Warioware, and Rosalina who plays a key role in Super Mario Galaxy.
WarioWare is already a series that has
appeared on the Game Boy Advance twice, the GameCube once, the Nintendo DS twice, DSi once, the Wii once and of course was rebranded as Game &
Wario, which released on the Wii U, but it has been nearly 4 years since we had a new wacky
Wario title and smartphones is an ideal platform.
Secondly, Nintendo wants DK to
appear as a sort of «guest» character from the DK series, along the same lines as Yoshi and
Wario.
Coins also
appear in
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, with a similar function as the Mario games.
Tornado creatures that resemble Tweesters
appear in Stage 7 of Virtual Boy
Wario Land.
Actual Koopa Troopas
appear in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, and assist
Wario in taking over Mario Land.
Thwomps
appear in
Wario's Woods as the ceiling that can fall on top of Toad while he is fighting the monsters that
Wario sends out.
Peach
appears in the Japan - only game Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium, where she is a playable character (along with Mario, Luigi, Toad and
Wario).
he was shown to have stolen a giant golden statue of her from Mario in
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, and
appeared to have a crush on her in the Mario &
Wario arc of Super Mario Adventures comic, seeing as he tried to outdo Mario and buy Peach's prize item, a Samus Doll, for her birthday.
Peach
appears in Mario &
Wario.
A species similar to Goombas known as Wanderin» Gooms
appear in
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.
The Ghost of the Past was the first of the ghosts to
appear before
Wario and he showed his early life as a infant all the way till he was almost an adult.
, they
appear in the microgames Super
Wario Bros. and Super Mario Bros., both requiring the player to defeat them to win.
Wario actually almost
appeared in Superstar Saga, but was replaced by E. Gadd.
I've always thought that Waluigi would be accepted if he
appeared in one of
Wario's games, especially if it were a co-op affair.
I've always felt that he would be much more accepted if he ever
appears in one of
Wario's games, which would be a good way to add co-op to the
Wario Land series.
the new DK is just like
Wario...
appears in Mario games like Kart or Party but has a series of his own.
So...
Wario and Daisy have never
appeared in a mainstream Mario game and those 2 are a hit, unless you count the fact that
Wario is semi-rich, owns his own company, can ride a motorcycle and Daisy is Luigi love interest.
In Mario &
Wario Luigi
appeared as the level's goal and the player had to navigate the level to get to Luigi.
And, one of the latest facts revealed about
Wario is that he would be the only character with two distinct costumes (not counting characters whose abilities change as well, such as Zelda / Shiek or Zero Suit Samus): Not only did
Wario have his biker duds, but he could also
appear in his more classic attire, with several colored variations of its own.
The year was 2007, three years since
Wario had been playable in action in Super Mario 64 DS, four years since his last solo effort in
Wario World, and six years since his last
Wario Land title
appeared at the dawn of the Game Boy Advance.
After
appearing, Hearts continuously blink and stay in place; they do not disappear until
Wario picks them up.
While coins have
appeared and had a similar effect in other Mario games, coins in
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 do not contribute to getting extra lives.
Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Bowser, Diddy Kong and Rosalina are all present and have levels based on the games they
appear in, but poor old
Wario is nowhere to be seen.