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During the battle against Catbat in Wario Land 4, a mechanical fish enemy patrols the water under the platforms, attacking Wario if he falls in. Although the enemy appears invulnerable, there is one way of defeating it: performing a Ground Pound above it while Wario touches the top of the screen. This can only be done by jumping off one of Catbat’s waves. When defeated, the enemy will not respawn, making the battle easier. Note that Ground Pounding from any point lower than the top of the screen will not harm the enemy.
In the intro to Wario Land 4, an Easter egg allows the player to change Wario’s walking animation to his dashing animation by pressing the L or R buttons. This can be done starting with the scene of Wario entering the pyramid and ending with him jumping down the hole.
In Wario Land 4, the music in the Domino Row level is deliberately slow, and speeds up to a tempo more common for level music only when Wario activates the dominoes. However, due to the dominoes being a timed event, it is impossible to listen to the full song at this speed. Here is an entire loop of the Domino Row music at “active dominoes” speed. (Sound recorded by me in a GBA emulator.)
During development, Virtual Boy Wario Land was known as “Wario Cruise”, which can be seen in this 1995 Virtual Boy promotional pamphlet.
The song lyrics used in the Wario Land 4 title screen track are taken from the Vocal XTC commercial sample collection. The vocals are sung by
British singer Helen Binding.
Here is a comparison of the original recordings and the Wario Land 4 versions. (Source)
Animated background from the Tiny Wario stage in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. (Source)
From the official Chinese site for WarioWare: Touched. (Source)
Sprites of a trunkless elephant from the S-T-R-E-T-C-H! microgame in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
In WarioWare: D.I.Y., after competing a round of Ashley’s microgames, a brief scene of Ashley and Red in a mask shop plays. During this scene, Ashley will take off masks if the player taps the screen. If the screen is tapped very fast for the duration of the scene, it is possible to make Ashley take off all her masks before the screen fades out. (Footage recorded by me from a Nintendo DS emulator.)
All of the different palaces Wario can obtain in the ending to Wario World. (Source)
