Bat Wario
| Bat Wario | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Wario Land 4 | |
| Applies to | Wario |
| Item needed | Kobatto (Wario Land 3) Minicula (Wario Land 4) |
| Power(s) given | Flight |
| First appearance | Wario Land 3 (2000) |
| Latest appearance | WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003) |
- “When that twerpy little bat Minicula bites me and sucks my blood, I turn into a bat! My big, macho arms turn into puny little wings!! By the way, what’s my blood type? You sucked my blood, the least you can do is tell me that!! What a pest!!”
- —Wario, Wario Land 4 instruction booklet
Bat Wario[1][2][3] (previously formatted as Bat-Wario),[4] also known as Vampire Bat Wario,[5] is one of Wario's many transformations in the Wario Land series, appearing in Wario Land 3 and Wario Land 4. When turned into a bat, he shrinks in size and gains pointy fangs, red eyes, bat wings in place of his arms, and an indigo-to-purple skin tone. Bat Wario is among the smallest of Wario's reactions in either game and cannot walk normally, instead awkwardly hopping along the ground. However, he can fly unrestricted rather than make standard jumps, though flight is also slow and functions as repeated short midair jumps. He can also defeat any non-invincible enemy on contact.
History[edit]
Wario Land series[edit]
Wario Land 3[edit]
In Wario Land 3, Bat-Wario acts as an extension of Vampire Wario, obtained by touching Kobatto. He can switch between the two forms with 
. As with Vampire Wario, he is weak to light beams, garlic, and water droplets, which all revert him to normal Wario; he also will change back if he lands in a pool of water, which the vampire form prevents.
Wario Land 4[edit]
In Wario Land 4, Bat Wario appears without the vampire form, but still functions the same otherwise. It appears in four levels: Crescent Moon Village, Arabian Night, Hotel Horror and Golden Passage. The Bat Wario transformation can be triggered by coming in contact with a Minicula. To turn into his normal self, he must go into a patch of light or fall into a pool of water (similar to Zombie Wario). Bat Wario's sprite has red overalls instead of purple, but in the artwork and the Japanese commercial, they are purple as usual.
Dr. Mario 64[edit]
Bat-Wario makes a small cameo in Dr. Mario 64 as part of Vampire Wario's losing animation. Here, he simply appears as a smaller Vampire Wario with wings on his back.
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$![edit]
Bat Wario appears in an opening video of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, where he chases a pigeon across the screen, only to then be chased back by a few pigeons back across the screen.
Profiles[edit]
Wario Land 4[edit]
- Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program digital manual bio: "Press
to move and 
to fly."
Gallery[edit]
Wario Land 4 screenshot.
Japanese commercial for Wario Land 4.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ドラキュラ&コウモリ[6] Dorakyura to Kōmori コウモリワリオ[7] Kōmori Wario |
Dracula and Bat (Wario Land 3) Bat Wario (Wario Land 4) |
| Chinese (simplified) | 吸血蝙蝠瓦力欧[8] Xīxuèbiānfú Wǎlì'ōu |
Vampire Bat Wario |
| French | Bat-Wario Bat Wario[10] |
Bat Wario - |
| German | Fledermaus Vampir-Wario[11] |
Bat Vampire Wario |
| Italian | Pipistrello Wario Vampistrello[12] |
Bat "Vampistrello" is a portmanteau of vampiro ("vampire") and pipistrello ("bat"); effectively Vampire Bat Wario |
| Spanish | Wario Vampiro[9] |
Vampire Wario |
References[edit]
- ^ (Fall 2001). Nintendo Power Advance V.3. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 52.
- ^ Official North American webpage. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived December 29, 2002, 08:08:26 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ Wario Land 4 Virtual Console digital instruction manual, Page 12 / 15 Reactions.
- ^ W1. Official American Wario Land 3 website (American English). Archived September 4, 2001, 19:26:54 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 21.
- ^ Wario Land 3: Fushigi na Orgel Shogakukan guide. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 27.
- ^ iQue (2004). 瓦力欧寻宝记 (Wǎlìōu xúnbǎo jì) instruction booklet. iQue (Simplified Chinese). Page 32.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 101.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 61.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 41.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 121.
