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Wario Land 3

Trapped inside a magical music box, the invincible Wario is on a dangerous quest to help a mysterious figure recover its lost powers! Smash, bash and crash your way through more than two dozen gigantic levels…

21 March 2000

Wario Land 3 is a platform developed by Nintendo R&D1, released 21 March 2000 on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy Color.

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What Wario Land 3 is

Wario Land 3 is a platform game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in 2000. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy Color.

The premise, in the publisher's words

One day, Wario is flying with his plane over the woods until it runs out of gas and crashes. Unharmed, Wario then stumbles upon a mysterious cave. Inside the cave, he discovers a magical music box. He wants to take a closer look, and that causes him to be suddenly sucked into the music box. In the music box, a mysterious figure informs Wario that he is a god who once protected the world inside the music box, until an evil being sealed away his magical powers in five music boxes. In exchange for freeing it, the figure promises to send Wario back to his own world and let him keep any treasure he finds. With his mind on the money and the fact he can return to his own world, Wario departs on…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series

Wario Land 3 is the 23rd of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Mario Party 3 in 2000.

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What it launched against

Wario Land 3 launched on 21 March 2000, within three weeks of Thief II: The Metal Age, Soldier of Fortune, MDK2 and Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death.

Released around the same time: Thief II: The Metal Age, Soldier of Fortune, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death.

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When did Wario Land 3 come out?
Wario Land 3 was released on 21 March 2000 for Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy Color.

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