Play Wario Land Advance Online

Wario Land Advance is the kind of game where you realize halfway through that getting flattened by a boulder isn’t a setback—it’s your new superpower. Wario doesn’t do heroic rescues or princess-saving; he shoulder-bashes through walls, hoards gold like a dragon, and turns into a zombie just to walk through spikes. Classic platforming logic gets tossed out the window here, and it’s glorious.

The levels are these weird, unpredictable playgrounds where you’ll get set on fire, inflated like a balloon, or turned into a puddle of goo—and somehow, every disaster just makes Wario even more unstoppable. The music’s got that bouncy, slightly unhinged energy, and the animations are so exaggerated you can practically hear Wario’s greedy cackle through the screen. If you’ve ever wanted to play a platformer where the main character’s motivation is literally just “money,” this is your game.

It’s still one of the most creative takes on the genre, even years later. Just don’t expect any moral lessons—Wario’s here to wreck stuff and steal treasure, and he’s having the time of his life doing it.