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===Relationships===
[[File:MarioVSWario.png|thumb|left|Wario and Mario have an on and off rivalry
Wario's greatest rival is Mario, stemming back to childhood according to various comics and the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' manga, where their rivalry is a major theme. The Nintendo Power magazines occasionally have stated that Wario is Mario and Luigi's cousin, but this is unconfirmed by other sources. While Wario occasionally teams up with Mario (for example, in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' or ''Mario Super Sluggers''), the relationship between them is predominantly antagonistic, ranging from more friendly disputes and civil chatting in several spinoff and sports games to a more violent rivalry, such as ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
In the Mario & Wario arc of the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, Wario was depicted as having a crush on Peach and tried to one-up Mario by buying her a [[Samus Doll]] she wanted for her birthday before Mario could. Wario also had a golden statue of Peach that Mario stole at the end of ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', but other than that, the games do not portray Peach as a love interest for Wario. Instead, Mona fills that role, with various ''WarioWare'' games and supplementary material revealing that she harbors romantic feelings for her friend and employer, Wario, who is occasionally hinted to return the interest.
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Captain Syrup also called him "handsome" in her latest appearance in ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'', however this was probably not an honest sentiment as she is Wario's greatest nemesis besides Mario, appearing in various ''Wario Land'' games where she measures up to him in terms of both wit and greed. Wario is also on bad terms with Bowser, mercilessly taunting each other in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' and possibly sharing some rivalry, as shown in the opening movie of ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''. While they teamed up in ''Mario Power Tennis'' against the Mario Bros., this is the exception rather than the norm, with Wario helping to defeat Bowser in ''Super Mario 64 DS'', and Bowser stopping Wario from destroying Mario in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' out of a desire to finish their mutual foe off himself.
One character that Wario ''is'' on good terms with is his brother Waluigi, with the two sharing good chemistry in the baseball games and teaming up in a number of sports and spinoff titles. The two share many aspects of their personalities and even looks, with a number of sources stating that they are in fact brothers, such as the European ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' website's statement that Waluigi was "Wario's weird sibling" in the description for the [[Waluigi Pinball (Mario Kart DS)|Waluigi Pinball]] track as well as the ''Mario Kart Wii'' Prima Guide. Other sources contradict this idea, however, with the DS version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' stating that they are cousins and Waluigi’s ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' trophy merely stating that any kinship is unconfirmed. Wario merely calls Waluigi his "traitor friend" when the two were briefly in opposition in ''Mario Super Sluggers'', and Charles Martinet, who voices both characters, has stated his belief that they are simply "two evil guys who found each other". There has been debate about the status of their relationship for years however on April 5, 2018, [[Nintendo]]
==List of appearances by date==
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