About

WarioWare Parodies or XWare is a meme trend in which parody videos relating to a given subject are edited in the style of a WarioWare microgames stage. Examples of the trend have been uploaded to YouTube since as early as August 2012. The trend was further popularized on X / Twitter and YouTube in early 2025 after a parody titled "PeterWare," which combines WarioWare and Family Guy, went viral.

Origin

On August 2nd, 2012, YouTuber^[1] Spotty Len posted a video parodying the gameplay of the WarioWare series, using footage of the anime series Haruhi Suzumiya in place of WarioWare footage, garnering around 500 views in 13 years. This is one of the earliest known versions of the meme.

Spread

The trend became increasingly popular on YouTube over the following years, resulting in several viral examples. On November 7th, 2018, YouTuber^[2] Patafoin posted a video parodying WarioWare with Sonic the Hedgehog footage, garnering over 8.2 million views in seven years.

On November 8th, 2023, YouTuber^[3] Sr Pozo posted a version of the meme parodying WarioWare with content relating to Pizza Tower, garnering over 241,000 views in just over a year.

On January 18th, X^[4] user and YouTuber^[5] @i_winxd (i-win) posted a video titled "PeterWare" parodying WarioWare with Family Guy footage, garnering over 119,000 likes and 2 million views on the former and 209,000 views on the latter in roughly two weeks.

On January 28th, i-win posted a second version of "PeterWare" to X^[6] and YouTube,^[7] garnering over 105,000 likes and 2 million views and 152,000 views respectively in a week. That day, X^[8] user @misterduby quote-reposted the video, writing, "I tell you, we gotta start making Warioware stages for EVERY show," garnering over 18,000 likes in a week.

On January 30th, X^[9] user @GratchEchidna quote-reposted the post with a parody of WarioWare based on Azumanga Daioh, garnering over 1,700 likes in five days.

On February 2nd, X^[10] user @NichiBridged posted a version of the meme based on Nichijou that garnered over 9,900 likes in two days.

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