Wario

The Wario franchise is a spin-off of Nintendo's Mario franchise. Wario made his first appearance in the game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins on the Game Boy in 1992. Then, in 1994, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 was released for the Game Boy, starting the Wario franchise. The Wario franchise primarily consists of two separate series, Wario Land and WarioWare. Wario Land is a series of platforming games starring Wario, usually in the hunt for treasure. WarioWare is a series of microgames compilations created in-universe by Wario and friends in the desire to make money. As of December 2022, the Wario franchise has sold over 22.81 million copies worldwide.

Games

Platforming games

Year	Platform	Title	Sales (millions)	Ref
1994	GB	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3	5.19
1995	Virtual Boy	Virtual Boy Wario Land	Unknown
1998	GB/GBC	Wario Land II	1.48
2000	GBC	Wario Land 3	2.20
2001	GBA	Wario Land 4	2.20
2003	GCN	Wario World	0.442*
2007	DS	Wario: Master of Disguise	0.572*
2008	Wii	Wario Land: Shake It!	1.06
Total sales			13.144

WarioWare games

Year	Platform	Title	Sales (millions)	Ref
2003	GBA	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	1.10
2003	GCN	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!	0.671*
2004	GBA	WarioWare: Twisted!	0.704*
2004	DS	WarioWare: Touched!	2.47
2006	Wii	WarioWare: Smooth Moves	2.35
2008	DSiWare	WarioWare: Snapped!	Unknown
2008	DSiWare	Bird & Beans	Unknown
2008	DSiWare	Paper Airplane Chase	Unknown
2009	DS	WarioWare: D.I.Y.	0.507*
2009	WiiWare	WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase	Unknown
2013	Wii U	Game & Wario	0.25*
2018	3DS	WarioWare Gold	0.28*
2021	Switch	WarioWare: Get It Together!	1.34
2023	Switch	WarioWare: Move It!
Total sales			9.672

Other games

Year	Platform	Title	Sales (millions)	Ref
1994	NES/SNES	Wario's Woods	Unknown
1995	GB	Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!	Unknown
Total sales			N/A

Notes

•  * include VGChartz numbers
  • Wario World | 0.142 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.290 (NA) [NPD] + 0.01 (EU/Other) [VGChartz]
  • Wario: Master of Disguise | 0.289 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.233 (NA) [NPD] + 0.05 (EU/Other) [VGChartz]
  • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games! | 0.401 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.27 (NA/EU/Other) [VGChartz]
  • WarioWare: Twisted! | 0.464 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.24 (NA/EU/Other) [VGChartz]
  • WarioWare: D.I.Y. | 0.187 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.100 (NA) [NPD] + 0.22 (EU/Other) [VGChartz]
• Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 and WarioWare: Touched! have each sold over 1 million in Japan.
• WarioWare is known as Made in Wario in Japan.
• WarioWare: Snapped!, Bird & Beans, Paper Airplane Chase, and WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase were only released digitally.
• In 1993, a game called Mario & Wario was released for the NES only in Japan. Due to it releasing before Wario Land, the cast being all Mario characters, and the game being branded under Mario in Super Smash Bros., the game is not accounted for under Wario sales.
• Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! is only branded as part of the Wario franchise in the west, as it is a re-skinned version of Bomberman GB, which was released in Japan in August 1994.