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Introducing…. Wario Deluxe!

A few months ago, we had a mainline-Mario themed request battle on the GaMetal Discord to determine the most wanted mainline Mario song (it was Buoy Base). Soon after, I held another request battle to help counterbalance the heavy Mario energy that emitted from the previous battle: a Wario request battle.

All Wario games were in contention, and it came down to Introducing Wario Deluxe and Hurry Up! (Wario Land 4) in the final battle. It ended up being one of the closest request battles to date, with Wario Deluxe barely edging out the victory with 52% of the vote. These 2 most voted songs did line up with GaMetal Song Ballot results from previous years, where Wario Deluxe and Hurry Up have always had a strong presence for the Wario series.

I made sure to do a couple of very important things to really encapsulate the true feel of experiencing this song in game. Mainly, the tempo changes throughout the song, and also the brief pause and Wario laugh that comes in around 1:34 (which I loved and felt added even more impact to the section that comes immediately after, vs just going straight into it).

There is an unused section for this song (you may have heard it in what floats around as the ‘complete’ version). My original intention was to include it, but when I experimented with it’s placement, I felt like it messed up the flow of the arrangement more than I liked, so I decided to leave it out. This section isn’t actually heard in game, so no big loss really.

That’s it. Game over. Go home! Go away! You bother me.