- " I am the great Wart! MWAHAHA!"
- —Wart, Super Mario Advance
Wart (マム Mamu?) is the main antagonist of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and its overseas conversion Super Mario Bros. 2. While he has little difference during gameplay, Wart's role within each game's story is considerably different, but both involve him conquering Subcon and ruling over its namesake inhabitants.
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Physical description[]
Wart is a fat regal frog, with a crown on his head and a purple robe that can scarcely conceal his big belly. He seems to be very prideful and selfish, however, he also seems to be cruel as he brainwashed the innocent inhabitants of Subcon and turned them into his own personal foot soldiers.
Personality traits[]
Wart does not like vegetables. This is taken advantage of in both Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.
In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic[]
Wart abducts the youngest brother and sister from an Arabian family by snatching them away through an enchanted storybook. This game's heroes, siblings Imajin and Lina and parents Mama and Papa, fight Wart by throwing vegetables at him. After four vegetables are thrown at Wart, he is defeated, and the Subcon are freed from his tyranny.
In Super Mario series[]
Super Mario Bros. 2[]
Mario has a dream in which a voice pleads for his help. The voice explains that Wart has taken over Subcon, the land of dreams, but that Mario can defeat him by throwing vegetables at him.
During his boss fight, Wart moves back and forth on a platform and attacks by blowing bubbles at Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, or Toad. The Dream Machine produces vegetables that can be thrown at Wart. After six hits, Wart is defeated, and the Subcon species are freed from his tyranny. During the character rankings, a beaten Wart is seen being crowd-surfed by the Subcons from left-to-right across the screen.
In the Game Boy Advance remake Super Mario Advance, Wart, like the other bosses, were given a few lines of voice acting. Wart in particular was voiced by Charles Martinet. One of Wart's lines is "Ah, ribbit!", being the only time in the game where it was made evident that Wart is a frog. There is a small difference from previous versions of Super Mario Bros. 2 in which after Wart is defeated, the player's character no longer takes damage from touching Wart.
BS Super Mario USA[]
Wart appears in all four parts of the 1996 Satellaview title BS Super Mario USA.
While a lot of the locations are largely the same, BS Super Mario USA features a story taking place after the original Super Mario Bros. 2. Here, Wart and his army of 8-bits return to Subcon to conquer it once more, overthrowing its king, Ōsama.
Every jar in Subspace leads to Wart's room, which is identical to the one he has in World 7-2 of Super Mario Bros. 2. Wart is fought in the same manner as before, and the Dream Machine produces vegetables that can be used on him.
Like Mouser and Birdo, his portrait will periodically appear on the screen as he casts randomly a spell on Mario. This could be stopped only when Princess Toadstool aggressively interrupts it. Wart has voice acting like the other major characters, but unlike them, his picture is not shown on the top-right while he talks.
In Super Paper Mario[]
One of the items listed on Francis' to-buy list is issue #47 of "Cyborg Wart." Later, when Francis speaks to Princess Peach through the Swoon.exe, a dating simulator, one of the items on his list of things to give her is an issue of Cyborg Wart.
Crossover appearances[]
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening[]
Wart appears as a minor character in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, under his Japanese name Mamu. Mamu's sprite in this game is almost identical to the sprite used in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, in fact. For 300 rupees, Wart teaches Link a new song to play on the ocarina, the Frog's Song of Soul. After teaching Link the song, Wart is not seen again.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]
Wart is featured as a primary spirit. It can be obtained either from its corresponding spirit battle in Adventure Mode: World of Light or the Spirit Board or from buying it at the Vault Shop for 1,000G.
In other media[]
Nintendo Comics System[]
Wart appears in story "Cloud Burst." Here, Princess Toadstool's father, King Toadstool is looking to buy a new mattress, as his current one is too lumpy. Disguised as a bed salesman, Wart takes the king up into the clouds and advertises a bed-shaped rain cloud as a Cloud Nine mattress. As the King rests up on that cloud, it causes rain all over the Mushroom Kingdom, but is quickly patched up by the Mario Bros. Oddly, his character design resembled a crocodile rather than a frog.
In "Duh Stoopid Bomb!," Wart's name is seen on Wooster's list of characters who believe the King Toadstool to be stupid.
Wart also appears in the story "Tanooki Suits Me."
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Nintendo Adventure Books[]
Wart appears in the sixth Nintendo Adventure Book, titled "Doors to Doom." In the book, Wart is a skateboarder who helps the Mario Bros. in their plight, rather than attempting to thwart them.
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Game data[]
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Timeline[]
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Role | Year | Console | Notes |
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Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic | Final boss | 1987 | Family Computer Disk System | First overall appearance |
Super Mario Bros. 2 | Final boss | 1988 | Nintendo Entertainment System | First Mario appearance; he is mostly the same during gameplay as in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, but Wart's role in the story is different. |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | Non-playable character | 1993 | Game Boy | The first time that Wart appears in a The Legend of Zelda game and a handheld game, and is not a villain. |
Super Mario All-Stars | Final boss | 1993 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Only featured in the Super Mario Bros. 2 remake, being mostly the same as in the original Super Mario Bros. 2 aside from some graphical enhancements. |
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World | Final boss | 1994 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Same as in Super Mario All-Stars |
BS Super Mario USA | Boss | 1996 | Super Famicom (Satellaview) | Wart be encountered in his room from every jar in Subspace |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX | Non-playable character | 1998 | Game Boy Color | Same as in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
Super Mario Advance | Final boss | 2001 | Game Boy Advance | Same role as in the original Super Mario Bros. 2, but was given a line of voice acting |
Mario Superstar Baseball | Mention | 2005 | Nintendo GameCube | Mentioned in Shy Guy's biography |
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition | Final boss | 2010 | Wii | Same as in the original Super Mario All-Stars |
NES Remix 2 | Boss | 2014 | Wii U | Featured in certain Super Mario Bros. 2-based challenges; has the same sprites as in Super Mario Bros. 2 |
NES Remix Pack | Boss | 2014 | Wii U | Same as in NES Remix 2 |
Ultimate NES Remix | Boss | 2014 | Nintendo 3DS | Same as in NES Remix 2 |
Paper Mario: Color Splash | Mention | 2016 | Wii U | Mentioned by a Toad at Sunglow Ridge |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Cameo | 2018 | Nintendo Switch | Featured as a spirit |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | Non-playable character | 2019 | Nintendo Switch | Has the same role as in the original version, although this serves as Wart's first 3D-modeled appearance |
Super Mario Maker 2 (version 3.0.0) | Cameo | 2020 | Nintendo Switch | Wart's original sprite from Super Mario Bros. 2 appears briefly when the Final Boss sound effect is played while Mario is wearing the SMB2 Mushroom. |
Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda | Non-playable character | 2021 | Game & Watch | Only appears in a port of the original The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
Nomenclature[]
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Name | Translation | Notes |
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Chinese (Simplified) | 沃特 玛穆 Wòtè Mǎmù |
Wart Mamu |
A transliteration of Wart's English name was used for iQue's release of Super Mario Advance, while a transliteration of the Japanese name was used in the Nintendo Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. |
Chinese (Traditional) | 瑪穆 Mǎmù |
Manu | Applies to The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for the Nintendo Switch; unlike Simplified Chinese, Wart's English name was never officially transliterated for Traditional Chinese. |
German | Wart Willi |
Wart - |
Same as in English except Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which renames Wart to Willi in German. |
Japanese | マムー Mamū |
Used in most appearances, notably Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (the latter even in international versions) | |
Japanese (alt.) | ワート Wāto |
Wart | A transliteration of Wart's English name, used for Japan's Super Mario USA |
Russian | Крокожабер Krokozhaber |
Portmanteau of "крокодил" (krokodil, crocodile) and "жаба" (zhaba, toad) |
Trivia[]
- Wart was planned to appear in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, but many of his characteristics ended up being inherited by King Koopa, i.e. Bowser as he appears within the show.
- In the German Club Nintendo magazine, Wart is the main character of his own story, "Wart steht unter Strom," but he oddly takes on Bowser's appearance throughout.
- There is a popular theory says that the Animal Crossing character Wart Jr. is Wart's son.
Gallery[]
To view Wart's image gallery, click here.
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