Wario World

While Wario enjoys the riches from his many adventures, a mysterious black jewel in his trove transforms gems into monsters. Now, Wario must scramble to recover his riches in an alternate world filled with…

75 20 June 2003

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Platform Action Fantasy

Wario World is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Treasure, released 20 June 2003 on Nintendo GameCube. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.

Verified 21 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Wario World is

Wario World is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Treasure and released in 2003. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo GameCube only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Wario World is a 2003 platform game developed by Treasure and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. The player controls Wario as he attempts to regain his treasure and castle from the evil sentient gem, Black Jewel. The gameplay sees Wario progressing through a series of 3D linear levels in a bid to find collectibles and defeat enemies in order to progress.

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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series

Wario World is the 31st of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games! in 2003. Its critic score of 75 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

Wario World holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 57% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 6.9 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Wario World launched on 20 June 2003, within three weeks of Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Viewtiful Joe. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, Viewtiful Joe.

Cheats and codes

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