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*In preview material for the canceled international release, Wanda was nicknamed "Barrio".<ref>{{cite|quote=However, the biggest help is in the form of a mysterious little fairy armed with a magic wand which can make blocks appear from nowhere, thus allowing Mario to cross otherwise impassable gaps. And so it falls to our winged wonder, whom we shall call Barrio, to save our superhero!|date=November 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #14|language=en-gb|page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=April 1994|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #13|language=en-au|page=14}}</ref> | *In preview material for the canceled international release, Wanda was (supposedly) nicknamed "Barrio".<ref>{{cite|quote=However, the biggest help is in the form of a mysterious little fairy armed with a magic wand which can make blocks appear from nowhere, thus allowing Mario to cross otherwise impassable gaps. And so it falls to our winged wonder, whom we shall call Barrio, to save our superhero!|date=November 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #14|language=en-gb|page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=April 1994|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #13|language=en-au|page=14}}</ref> | ||
**Additionally, it states that the reason for the blocks during gameplay is because "Psychic Potential Block Fields" can be sensed by fairies.<ref>{{cite|quote=This filling in blocks business isn’t as easy as it sounds. For starters, you can’t just bung a block anywhere. It’s only possible to create a block where there is a Psychic Potential Block Field. Luckily, being a fairy, it’s possible for you to see the oft-ignored aurae that appear as a white outline. Even then there are loads of different kinds of block to deal with.|date=November 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #14|language=en-gb|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=April 1994|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #13|language=en-au|page=48}}</ref> | **Additionally, it states that the reason for the blocks during gameplay is because "Psychic Potential Block Fields" can be sensed by fairies.<ref>{{cite|quote=This filling in blocks business isn’t as easy as it sounds. For starters, you can’t just bung a block anywhere. It’s only possible to create a block where there is a Psychic Potential Block Field. Luckily, being a fairy, it’s possible for you to see the oft-ignored aurae that appear as a white outline. Even then there are loads of different kinds of block to deal with.|date=November 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #14|language=en-gb|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=April 1994|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #13|language=en-au|page=48}}</ref> | ||
*Wanda was originally created for the earlier, monster-themed versions of ''Mario vs. Wario''. [[Game Freak]] requested to keep the character when the game shifted to using ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' characters.<ref name="Akihito Tomisawa's twitter"/> | *Wanda was originally created for the earlier, monster-themed versions of ''Mario vs. Wario''. [[Game Freak]] requested to keep the character when the game shifted to using ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' characters.<ref name="Akihito Tomisawa's twitter"/> | ||