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And you can say that my hair's a disgrace

Time for some pointless trivia again. This time, I'll be covering everyone's... "favourite" anti-Mario, Wario. Wario's name isn't just Mario's name with the M turned upside down. It actually comes from a combination of "Mario" and the Japanese word "warui", meaning "bad" or "mean". Wario doesn't just steal stuff in his own games, he's also stolen the main character spot from another game. The game Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! was released in Japan as a straight-up Bomberman game titled Bomberman GB , with no Wario anywhere in sight. Wario was added for the western release and given top billing in the title. The sequel, Bomberman GB 2 , was released unaltered in the west, but retitled simply Bomberman GB . In the English version of Wario Land II , there's a penguin enemy that throws bowling balls at Wario. If Wario gets hit by a bowling ball, he turns red in the face, becomes dizzy (with rever...