The Wario franchise covers games where
Wario [ワリオ] plays a leading role. Wario was initially designed as a villainous counterpart to
Mario [マリオ] but has since filled the role of a greedy and ill-tempered antihero in his own series of
Wario Land [ワリオランド] platforming adventures and the
WarioWare [メイド イン ワリオ] microgame compilations.