It's-a Wario time, as Nintendo's lovable oaf would put it! Enjoy the story, for the first chapter begins now!

DISCLAIMER: WarioWare Inc. is owned by Nintendo; Bomberman is a property of Hudson Soft (even though Konami already took it over back in March 2012); and Wreck-It Ralph belongs to Disney. All arcade games featured in this fanfic are properties of their respective owners - yes, even the arcade versions of the first two Contra games. The only characters I own thus far are as follows: Arctic Bomber (Mistress of the Cold), Blaze Bomber (Brother in Flame), Billy and Sid (Wario's fraternity brothers), Phoebe (9-Volt's best friend from another world), and finally, Purple Basilisk and his five Chaotic Bombers.

Chapter 1: Journey into the Arcade world

[Opening BGM: WarioWare Inc. (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)]

April 4, 20XX...

"Ahhh, yes...this is the life. No evil, deranged dictators planning to abuse any stolen doohickeys, much less the freakin' Crimson Stone, for their own selfish crap. No alien outlaws to hunt down...just plain ol' peace in the WarioWare business."

As Wario finished his monologue, he turned on his Wii U console and played Madden NFL 13. He pitted one of his favorite teams, the San Francisco 49ers (which he's playing as), against the Green Bay Packers. Even though he lost to the Packers about 3 to 5 times in a row, he had hoped that this time, he'd defeat them...no matter what team he picked to play as.

"Ehh, they sure don't make awesome football games like they used to, much less the Madden NFL franchise. I miss the old days of retro Madden NFL games from yesteryear, as well as Tecmo Bowl, and even NFL Blitz..." Nearly half an hour later, and yet unsurprisingly, Wario still lost to the Green Bay Packers. "Bah! I never could win against them, anyhoo! Then again, they're the best of the best in reality..."

He switched over to the TV with his Wii U Gamepad, which he set up as a TV remote control. There was a news report about Blaze Bomber's arcade center bringing in some new games. "Yikes! I forgot about what they're bringing in! Fix-It Felix Jr., Sugar Rush, and Hero's Duty - all three of them from Litwak's Arcade! But boy oh boy, are the Four Contras gonna be sorry they missed out! They are visiting some of planet Bomber's exotic locations with Cheerful White, Cool Black, and Cute Pink, if I recall."

Later that day, Wario drove off on his Wario Bike to the arcade center, known as "Diamond Arcade World." He was right: Ami and I were really on vacation with Bill and Lance, but at least the building would always be open for business during the daytime for when we'd return. Inside the building, it was filled with a different variety of arcade games, unlike Mona Pizza - which only had four arcade games given its customer space available: Contra, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Popeye. Nonetheless, they were good classics from the 80s. As for Blaze Bomber's arcade center, while it wasn't the biggest amusement place in the US, it still had plenty of other arcade games to offer; all of which were divided into three different sections. The era section that the game is assigned to, depends on what year it was released in. The list was as Wario read on the wall-mounted poster:

THE CLASSIC 80s
Super Contra - Konami; 1988
Final Fight - Capcom; 1989
Pac-Man - Namco; 1980
Galaga - Namco; 1981
Frogger - Konami; 1981
Tron - Midway; 1982
Tapper - Midway; 1983
Track & Field - Konami; 1983
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road - Leland Corporation; 1989
Fix-It Felix Jr.

Wario stopped there for a second upon seeing Super Off Road on the list. "Boy, I haven't seen that game in years!"

THE GREAT 90s
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior - Capcom; 1991
Knights of the Round - Capcom; 1991
The King of Dragons - Capcom; 1991
Captain Commando - Capcom; 1991
Alien vs. Predator - Capcom; 1994
NBA Jam - Midway; 1993
Daytona USA - Sega; 1993
Cruis'n World - Midway; 1996
NFL Blitz 2000 - Midway; 1999
Sugar Rush

Wario paused momentarily to blurt out: "Awesome! They even have NFL Blitz 2000!"

2000 AND BEYOND
Soul Calibur II - Namco; 2002
Silver Strike Bowling - Incredible Technologies; 2004
Golden Tee Fore! Complete - Incredible Technologies; 2005
Time Crisis 4 - Namco; 2006
Aliens: Extermination - Global VR; 2006
Primeval Hunt - Sega; 2008
Rambo - Sega; 2009
Terminator Salvation - Raw Thrills; 2010
Pac-Man Battle Royale - Namco; 2011
Hero's Duty

[End BGM]

After reading the whole list of arcade games, Wario thought about which games to try out first. He went to the "Classic 80s" section and saw Young Cricket playing Final Fight with Ashley.

[Game time BGM: Groose's Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]

"Hey, you two!" blurted Wario. "I see you're playing Final Fight."

"Yeah," said Young Cricket. "I kinda prefer Double Dragon, but it's still a good classic to play when I'm not busy with my training."

Ashley shrugged. "I'm not really a gamer, to be honest, but I guess it's not bad."

Young Cricket nodded. "If you're wondering where the others are, Jimmy's playing NBA Jam, and Orbulon is trying out Tron...let's see, what else...I kinda lost track here."

"Dribble and Spitz are enjoying Aliens: Extermination," reminded Ashley, "while 9-Volt teamed up with 18-Volt, Kat, and Ana in Captain Commando."

Wario smiled. "Nice. What about Mona? Lemme guess: she's playing Silver Strike Bowling, right?"

Young Cricket shook his head no. "Not at the moment. I believe she's checking out Daytona USA. I'll admit, though, she kicks butt at racing games, and not just Mario Kart or F-Zero. Well, we gotta get back to our game. We're about to face Sodom, the boss of the second level."

"Good luck with that. I'm goin' hunting for bad guys in some shooter games!"

As soon as Wario left to check out the "2000 and Beyond" section, he came across two of his old college buddies/fraternity brothers: Billy and Sid. They were playing some of the shooter games, which they found exciting. On the other hand, they didn't try Hero's Duty, even though they planned on saving it for last. Back in the day, as far as Wario could remember, they kicked butt at NBA Jam and NFL Blitz. He even thought them to be worth his challenge, and had since became best buds (besides Jimmy Thang, of course).

"Hey hey, it's Wario!" said Billy. "Checking out what Blaze Bomber's place has to offer, huh?"

"We're playin' Rambo," added Sid, "fighting against the Russian soldiers like from the movies...most of them, anyway."

Wario grinned. "Awesome! I hear Sega made this arcade game, not to mention it's much different from Taito's Rambo III game."

"You should definitely try Terminator Salvation. We were blown away by its gameplay and sci-fi action. We warn you, though: it ain't easy."

"Not to worry, fellas! There's not a single shooter arcade I can't handle!" The antihero went to play Terminator Salvation after inserting some coins. Despite how great its graphics looked, he didn't make it past the first level. He decided not to bother continuing, though. "Ehh, screw it. I think I'll go play Sugar Rush instead or something."

"Alrighty," said Billy. "Have fun out there, but remember: don't talk trash about any of its playable characters."

Sid nodded in agreement. "I've heard that doing so would have the computer-controlled racers team up and make sure you don't win a game."

Wario denied his fraternity brothers' warnings. "What? Bah! That's just a silly myth! Stuff like this only happens in cartoon shows or movies!"

Henceforth, Wario headed to the "Great 90s" section to play Sugar Rush. Just before he inserted some coins, he had an idea on how he can get rich: making candy-themed go-karts, and selling them to kids for cash. But to do that, he'd have to do a bit of "game-jumping" himself. But he set his thoughts aside and played the game anyway. He chose Gloyd Orangeboar (one of the three male racers, out of the rest of the cast that mostly consisted of girls) as his avatar, and began racing away. He was doing real well early on, knocking the other racers away with the candy-themed items he came across - seeing how familiar it played out, compared to Mario Kart.

"Wa, ha ha ha! That spoiled brat, Taffyta Muttonfudge, didn't know what hit her!"

[End BGM]

Unfortunately, for him, Billy and Sid were right. The moment he blurted out "spoiled brat", Taffyta gathered Candlehead, Rancis, and even Vanellope in-game for a tag team ambush, ending with a cherry bomb attack (courtesy of Candlehead lighting them up) that eventually cost Wario his victory. In fact, he couldn't recover before the timer expired on him, resulting in a game over screen without offering him the option to continue. A message that the game's announcer read out loud said: "WINNERS DON'T TRASH-TALK PLAYABLE RACERS FOR NO REASON!"

[Defeat BGM: Silly Groose (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)]

"Is this some kind of mean prank?! Don't they know she picked on Vanellope back in Wreck-It Ralph?"

Mona walked by, having overheard Wario's commotion. "You had to go and do it, didn't you, Wario?"

Wario gasped. "AAH! M-Mona! This is a surprise..."

"You seem to have forgotten Taffyta and the other racers only bullied Vanellope because King Candy, aka Turbo, altered their codes. But not anymore, since it's back to normal."

"What's that got to do with what those racers did to me?"

"They have souls, as in, they don't take kind to players who bad-mouth any of them for whatever reason."

Wario scratched his head curiously (if not mockingly). "Let me guess: it's a new rule by the President herself, right?" Mona nodded in response, prompting Wario to continue, "I thought so. How about we do...uh...NFL Blitz 2000 next? No sensitive characters to worry about since it's football."

Mona smiled. "Sure, why not?"

[End BGM]

Later that night, when the arcade closed, Wario snuck inside after "borrowing" the Crygors' keys to the building. He even brought a special teleporter device with him, hoping it would get him inside the arcade games themselves via a surge protector area (or "Game Central Station"). He wasn't only interested in profiting from the Sugar Rush go-karts on behalf of WarioWare; he also wanted to see what it's like to be in the world of arcade games.

TO BE CONTINUED...

The next chapter, and perhaps the rest of this special fic, will be taking place inside Game Central Station from here on out. Since I have one other fanfic that I wish to finish first, I'll be doing one chapter at a time per week (as in, I don't intend on rushing myself). See you then!