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2 is one of the most unique, innovative, and interestingly-designed games ever made. I wish that every person who plays video games would play Wario Land 2.

3 is very high quality although certain aspects of it made me not like it as much as 2 when it came out. If it were a new game releasing today I would almost certain like it more. But unfortunately my perspective is tainted because it came out when I was like 11 and huge on WL2 at the time. I always feel guilty that I don't like it as much as I should, but I've been unable to change my opinion on it.

4 is a game that transcends the Wario franchise and should appeal to all people who like platformers. If this game came out on SNES in the early 90s it would be remembered today in the same vein as SMW, Yoshi's Island, DKC, etc. It is a top tier platformer, no more qualifiers needed. It's also the most "removed" from the Wario series so you really don't need to play any other games on this list in order to enjoy playing WL4.

Shake It, while similar to a watered down WL4 in terms of raw gameplay, is my pick for the best looking 2D game of all time. In an alternate reality when the 3D revolution never happened in the mid 90s, every video game ever made in the last 30 years would all look like this.

VB is kind of interesting to revisit if you've already played both 1 and 2 because you can see how technologically it's right between the two. It has elements of 1 returning and it has elements similar to 2 which you find actually originated in this game first. The game itself is just a slightly more advanced version of 1.

1 is a fine game, especially considering the context in which it was released (a Mario sequel where you literally play as the former villain instead of Mario at all), but it's the worst game in the series just by default. It's too archaic and lacks defining features that make any of the later games what they are.