Wario video games have been developed by several companies, including Nintendo, Suzak, Good-Feel, Treasure and Intelligent Systems, for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Game Boy. The first game to feature Wario was ', as the antagonist; ' was the first to feature Wario as a playable character.
The Wario video game franchise consists largely of two separate components: a series of platform games primarily using the Wario Land branding, and a series of party games under the WarioWare moniker. The changes from the Super Mario Land series, The WarioWare games are minigame compilations in which the player is required to perform a series of short activities at a quickening pace, with the player having four lives. Wario games also include occasional games of other genres such as Wario's Woods and Mario & Wario.