Wario: Master of Disguise

Wario: Master of Disguise
Also known as: Kaitou Wario the Seven (JP) Developer: Suzak Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: January 18, 2007 Released in US: March 5, 2007 Released in EU: June 1, 2007 Released in AU: May 17, 2007 This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

In Wario: Master of Disguise, Wario decides to hit it big after watching a TV show about a master thief. He makes a device called the Telmet, which he then uses to enter his TV and take the show for himself. With gameplay and an art style that departed from the normal look and feel of Wario games, it was met with mediocre reviews.

To do: Get the rest of the unused stuff up, rewrite some of the text in the article, and split certain findings into their own pages. Add Images to the regional difference regarding the museum quiz's

Debug Menu

A debug menu exists in all versions of the game, and can be accessed by using the below Action Replay codes.

Version	Code
JP	94000130 FDFF0000 120D14D4 00000000 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 120D14D4 00000000 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 220D14D2 00000001 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 220D152A 00000001 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FD7F0000 220D152A 00000000 D2000000 00000000
US	94000130 FDFF0000 120D2BF4 00000000 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 120D2BF4 00000000 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 220D2BF2 00000001 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 220D2C4A 00000001 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FD7F0000 220D2C4A 00000000 D2000000 00000000
EU	94000130 FDFF0000 120CD198 00000000 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 120CD198 00000000 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 220CD196 00000001 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FFFB0000 220CD1EE 00000001 D2000000 00000000 94000130 FD7F0000 220CD1EE 00000000 D2000000 00000000

Hold L when the screens fades to black, and you’ll be taken to the Debug Menu. Pressing Select will also instantly bring it up, though it may lock up the game depending on where you are. Do NOT pause and unpause the game, as doing so will freeze the game if attempting to bring up the menu. It's advised to enter the Debug Menu from the title screen when first booting up the game. If the top screen fails to display when going back to the Debug Menu, press L Down, then pick a screen in SUB to fix it.

When you’re in the Debug Menu, L and R buttons switches between pages (MAIN, SUB, DS), Up and Down on the D-Pad selects the screen. Left and Right reveals the next or previous set of screens/levels, and A will take you to the desired screen/level. A few parameters can also be set, like SCRIPT MAIN, SUB, and ENTRANCE. B toggles SCRIPT MAIN. Y toggles SUB. X sets the entrance, though it's unknown what exactly this option does.

Alternatively, use this less complicated version:

Version	Code
JP	94000130 FFFB0000 02050A20 22002401 D2000000 00000000 A4000130 FFFB0000 02050A20 D00C2800 D2000000 00000000
US	94000130 FFFB0000 02050C7C 22002401 D2000000 00000000 A4000130 FFFB0000 02050C7C D00C2800 D2000000 00000000
EU	94000130 FFFB0000 02050CD0 22002401 D2000000 00000000 A4000130 FFFB0000 02050CD0 D00C2800 D2000000 00000000

Just hold Select whenever the screens fade out to reach the Debug Menu. These codes only work well in the menus and screens, they have no effect in-game.

There’s the following strings of text in the Debug Menu; "WARIO THE PHANTOM THIEF" which is possibly the game's working title, and a build date.

Misc. Debug Screens

Rank Shop: Sets whether any of the disguises is in possession. A button sets the highlighted disguise to "on", pressing A one more time upgrades it. B takes away the disguise.

Item Shop: Sets what items the player has obtained. The A button adds the selected item to the status screen at top, B removes it.

Unused Tiles

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: Explain them in more detail.

Tilesets belonging to an early level (MAP256, specifically) exist in the game.

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  MAP256 tiles

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  MAP256 tiles

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  MAP256 tiles

MaAP256 also loads an unique unused top screen that possibly hints at the game being intended to be a metroidvania at first.

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  Layer 1

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  Layer 2

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  Layer 2(Unused)

Unused Graphics

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: Detail these better.

Various graphics also exist inside the ROM, completely unused.

Picture Frames

Selecting EKAKI in the Debug Menu, and using any of the below codes will display a set of graphics that never appear anywhere else in the game. Interestingly, they seem to be early designs for the treasure pictures in Wario's coffee table book. The first picture doesn't have any description, and instead shows garbled tiles. Touch the garbled icons that blink at the bottom of the touch screen to shift between the images.

Version	Code
JP	0206D0E8 32200852 1206D0EC 00000000
US	0206D5A0 32200852 1206D5A4 00000000
EU	0206D62C 32200852 1206D630 00000000

Wario Block: Unused block frame.

Wario Bucket: Unused bucket frame.

Bomb: Unused bomb frame.

Axe: Unused axe frame.

Home-run Bat: Unused home-run bat frame.

Meat: Unused meat frame.

Vehicle: Unused Vehicle frame.

Nose Picking Wario

A image of Wario picking his nose. Note that this was not extracted from the games internal files, but found by extensive sprite hacking. The right image shows what it looks like when all parts are joined. They can be viewed on the title screen with the below Action Replay codes.

Version	Code
JP	0206D0E8 32XX0112 1206D0EC 00000900
US	0206D5A0 32XX0112 1206D5A4 00000900
EU	0206D62C 32XX0112 1206D630 00000900

Replace XX with the below values:

04 - Sprite Chunk 1

24 - Sprite Chunk 2

44 - Sprite Chunk 3

Ribbons

Graphics for ribbons can be found as well. They all go unused in the final game, but can be seen by using the below codes and selecting EKAKI in the Debug Menu. The ribbon parts in the above image have been cleaned and grouped together in one set for better viewing, as every part were originally separated along with some garbage tiles around them.

Version	Code
JP	0206D0E8 32XX0092 1206D0EC 00000000
US	0206D5A0 32XX0092 1206D5A4 00000000
EU	0206D62C 32XX0092 1206D630 00000000

Replace XX with the below values:

A0 - Sprite Chunk 1

B0 - Sprite Chunk 2

C0 - Sprite Chunk 3

Like the above unused image, the ribbons all come in chunks. By piecing them together, they form the ribbons as seen in the below images.

They correspond to the unused frames above that also are accessible from EKAKI. They read as follows:

Original	Translated
ブロック	block
ジャンプボックス	jump box
ばくだん	bomb
おの	axe
バット	bat
ほねつきにく	bone with meat (such as a rib)
バギー	buggy

(Translation: Zettabyte)

Wario

To do: Get Wario's other unused sprites ripped and animated, and get them up on the page. Also get the other unused sprites and document them, and the frames of that nose thing with glasses performing.

There's quite a bunch of them in here. Use the Action Replay codes below to see them for Wario's respective forms ingame.

Cosmic Form

Version	Code
JP	220A6C63 000000XX
US	220A82CB 000000XX
EU	220A762B 000000XX

15

Cosmic Wario standing in triumph as the reflection on his helmet shines.

Genius Form

Version	Code
JP	220A6D4E 000000XX
US	220A83B6 000000XX
EU	220A7716 000000XX

12

Genius Wario looking down at something while his lab coat blows by the wind.

11

Wario talking while in his genius form. He never does this in any other forms besides his Thief one, as he just changes back to Thief Wario whenever a cutscene starts.

Thief Form

Version	Code
JP	220A6C34 000000XX
US	220A829C 000000XX
EU	220A75FC 000000XX

16

Thief Wario either kneeling down in defeat, or bowing to someone.

Wicked Form

Version	Code
JP	220A6D7D 000000XX
US	220A83E5 000000XX
EU	220A7745 000000XX

13

Wicked Wario in a strange pose. It looks a lot like the first frame of Thief Wario's laughing sprite.

14

Wicked Wario ducking with his wings out.

Others

More graphics belonging to the EKAKI screen.

Version	Code
JP	0206D0E8 32FF0852 1206D0EC 000032XX
US	0206D5A0 32FF0852 1206D5A4 000032XX
EU	0206D62C 32FF0852 1206D630 000032XX

Replace XX with the below values:

81 - Return arrow

59 - Numbers

69 - Arrow

These unused arrow graphics are loaded during the opening and ending cutscenes. Possibly some sort of fast forward option were being planned? They are easiest to see in the ENDINGDEMO3 screen.

Version	Code
JP	0206D0E8 3AXX0852 1206D0EC 00001A00
US	0206D5A0 3AXX0852 1206D5A4 00001A00
EU	0206D62C 3AXX0852 1206D630 00001A00

Replace XX with the below values:

0D - FFWD arrow

19 - FFWD arrow 2

The nose-like creature from the unused minigame W59_09_01 has unused animations for dancing on stage and winning. The only way to see them is to modify the unused minigame's setup pointer address and replace it with the setup from Roach Smash.

Version	Code
JP	2208EC20 0000000A 0208EC24 021DC1FC
US	22090298 0000000A 0209029C 021DDE3C
EU	2208F580 0000000A 0208F584 021D841C

The codes don't make the unused minigame fully playable, it just makes some of the animations of the nose creature possible to see.

Unused Music/Sounds

SSEQs

A number of tracks are unused in the game. For the SSEQ music, use these codes to listen to them in the game.

Version	Code
JP	D5000000 000000C0 C0000000 0000001D D6000000 020EC7A4 D2000000 00000000 020EC820 000000XX 020EC824 003C00XX
US	D5000000 000000C0 C0000000 0000001D D6000000 020EDEC4 D2000000 00000000 020EDF40 000000XX 020EDF44 003C00XX
EU	D5000000 000000C0 C0000000 0000001D D6000000 020E84A4 D2000000 00000000 020E8520 000000XX 020E8524 003C00XX

Replace the XXs with the values that correspond to the below tracks:

Unused Episode 2 Song

Track ID: 0E

A piece of music intended to be used in the second episode. Internal filename is BGM_WORLD02B.

Early Wishstone Theme

Track ID: 1B

An early version of the final Wishstone music. Internal filename is BGM_CHARA_ETC01.

Streams

These streams remain inside the ROM, but are unused. They can be heard ingame by using the codes below.

Version	Code
JP	120687BA 000021XX
US	12068C5E 000021XX
EU	12068CEA 000021XX

Replace XX with the values that correspond to the below tracks:

Unused Music

Track ID: 01

An unused short jingle. Internal filename is STR_SCOOP.

Unused Music 2

Track ID: 03

Sounds like a jingle that would have played in the scene where Wario demonstrates his Telmet, but is never used. Internal filename is STR_OP_03B.

Unused Music 3

Track ID: 0C

Perhaps an game over jingle. For whatever reason, it ended up being unused. Internal filename is STR_GAMEOVER.

Sounds

To do: Get up the unused sound effects, and document them regarding their uses and so on.

A whole load of unused sound effects has been left in the game as well. The sounds are categorized by the folder they are located at in the ROM. They can be listened to ingame by using the below Action Replay code to replace all the sound effects with the value specified by 120683AC at the end of the code (EU only atm.):

Version	Code
EU	D5000000 00000314 C0000000 00000035 D6000000 020E8698 D2000000 00000000 D5000000 000006E0 C0000000 00000035 D6000000 020E88D8 D2000000 00000000 D5000000 00000B48 C0000000 00000030 D6000000 020E8E5C D2000000 00000000 220E8774 000000XX 220E8B40 000000XX 220E8B42 000000XX 220E8FA8 000000XX 120683AC 000022XX

XX - The current sound effect being set to play

XX XX XX XX - Sound bank

List of Sound bank folders:

1F 77 21 CF - SFX_OPED
20 78 22 D0 - SFX_SYSTEM
21 79 23 D1 - SFX_TITLE
22 7A 24 D2 - SFX_MENU
23 7B 25 D3 - SFX_BINDER
24 7C 26 D4 - SFX_ENEMY
25 7D 27 D5 - SFX_TREASURE
26 7E 28 D6 - SFX_ACT_WARI
27 7F 29 D7 - SFX_GNRL
28 80 2A D8 - SFX_WLD01
29 81 2A D8 - SFX_WLD02
2A 82 2B D9 - SFX_WLD03
2B 83 2C DA - SFX_WLD04
2C 84 2B D9 - SFX_WLD05
2D 85 2C DA - SFX_WLD06
2E 86 2D DB - SFX_WLD07
2F 87 2D DB - SFX_WLD08
30 88 2E DC - SFX_WLD09
31 89 2E DC - SFX_WLD10
32 8A 2F DD - SFX_BOSS_AG
33 8B 30 DE - SFX_BOSS_01
34 8C 31 DF - SFX_BOSS_02
35 8D 32 E0 - SFX_BOSS_04
36 8E 33 E1 - SFX_BOSS_05
37 8F 34 E2 - SFX_BOSS_06
38 90 35 E3 - SFX_BOSS_07
39 91 36 E4 - SFX_BOSS_08
3A 92 37 E5 - SFX_BOSS_9A
3B 93 38 E6 - SFX_BOSS_9C
3C 94 39 E7 - SFX_BOSS_10
3D 95 3A E8 - SFX_BOSS_10B
3E 96 3B E9 - SFX_BOSS_10W
3F 97 3C EA - SFX_BOSS_10R
40 98 3D EB - SFX_BOSS_10F
41 99 3E EC - SFX_CHARA00
42 9A 3F ED - SFX_CHARA01
43 9B 40 EE - SFX_CHARA02
44 9C 41 EF - SFX_CHARA03A
45 9D 42 F0 - SFX_CHARA03B
46 9E 43 F1 - SFX_CHARA04A
47 9F 44 F2 - SFX_CHARA04B
48 A0 45 F3 - SFX_CHARA05
49 A1 46 F4 - SFX_CHARA06
4A A2 47 F5 - SFX_CHARA07
4B A3 48 F6 - SFX_CHARA08
4C A4 49 F7 - SFX_CHARA09A
4D A5 4A F8 - SFX_CHARA09B
4E A6 4B F9 - SFX_CHARA09C
4F A7 4C FA - SFX_CHARA09D
50 A8 4D FB - SFX_CHARA10A
51 A9 4E FC - SFX_CHARA10B
52 AA 4F FD - SFX_CHARA10D
53 AB 50 FE - SFX_CHARA10E
54 AC 51 FF - SFX_CHARA10F
55 AD 52 100 - SFX_STAFFROLL

SFX_SYSTEM

The SFX_SYSTEM folder has a few unused sound effects, the four last ones supposedly being for some kind of scrapped mission mode:

Sound ID: 07

The same piece of sound as the one at 06, but in reverse.

Mission Completed

Sound ID: 0E

Mission Failed

Sound ID: 0F

"Mission Complete"

Sound ID: 10

"Time Up"

Sound ID: 11

SFX_MENU

SFX_MENU contains a couple sounds also, completely unused.

Bottle

Sound digit: 06

Chicken

Sound digit: 0C

Ding!

Sound digit: 0D

Treasure Peek 1

Sound digit: 0E

Treasure Peek 2

Sound digit: 0F

Early Option Confirm

Sound digit: 15

Ka-Ching!

Sound digit: 17

SFX_ACT_WARI

In the SFX_ACT_WARI folder, a number of unused voice samples for Wario can be found:

"D'ohhh!"

Sound digit: 31

"Oh yeah!"

Sound digit: 32

"Hahaha! Wario!"

Sound digit: 35

"Ha!"

Sound digit: 36

"Punch!"

Sound digit: 37

"Yah!"

Sound digit: 38

"Yahoo!"

Sound digit: 39

Unused Levels/Screens

To do: Get screenshots of the unused levels, document them here, and detail them.

By using the Debug Menu codes, various unused levels, minigames, and screens can be found. The names for the levels here are derived from the Debug Menu.

STAFFROLL01: A unfinished staff roll screen with Wario sitting on his sofa watching TV. This screen never appears in the final game.

W59_09_01: A minigame with a nose wearing glasses standing on a platform. The goal of this minigame could have been that the player would touch the arrows with the stylus (the arrow graphics are not visible for some reason), changing the color of the lights. The player would then tap the "OK" icon and the creature would start performing.

There's unused animations of the creature dancing and hopping in place. It's unknown what the win and lose conditions would be due to the unfinished nature of the minigame.

W50_01_02: Unused Paint Picture minigame. Unlike the above unused minigame, this one is actually playable.

W50_01_03: Same as W50_01_02.

W50_01_04: Same as W50_01_03.

FLAG SHOP: Blanked out, with a single “!” in the top left corner. While it is unknown what this screen was used for due to the code having been removed, it's possible this screen would have let developers set flags that change things in the game, like progress, treasures obtained, and maybe even more debugging functions.

MAP256: An unused level with graphics not used anywhere else. Only the view can be moved around. This level is unplayable in its current state. Trying to make it playable via hacking only makes the level layout become a garbled mess. Interestingly it features it's own unique top screen.

The area normally crashes when trying to select it in the Debug Menu. Using any of the below codes fixes it.

Version	Code
JP	220911F4 00000005
US	2209286C 00000005
EU	22091B54 00000005

EKAKI: Some sort of early Inventory screen. Some Japanese symbol graphics which scroll at the bottom are glitched for some reason. EKAKI sometimes refers to paintings or pictures in Japanese.

TITLE: Early title screen featuring an earlier model of Wario. Touching the blinking nose makes the top screen switch to a screen explaining how to control Wario.

W10_03_08: The room used for the cutscenes and the final (and easy) phase of the Terrormisu boss, with a few differences; located in the upper left part of the room is Terrormisu along with two Wishstone pieces. At the bottom left part of the room is the door that looks like it can be entered. Even if the player has the Crimson Gem the door still won't open. The door always appears in front of Wario.

W10_01_02: Unused room that would connect between W10_01_01 and W10_01_03. Could be possible that it was to contain some enemies or treasure. The entrances on both sides of the room don't work. Strangely the entrances DO work in the likewise unused W30_01_02 room.

W00_01_45: Unused scene of Wario in front of his TV, with smoke coming out of the screen. This screen comes after W00_01_44, so this would likely have followed the previous scene. In the final version the screens simply fade to black with a "The End" graphic followed next by the Staff Credits, so this screen is never used.

The upper screen for this scene does exist, but selecting it from the Debug Menu in retail versions will freeze the game. It doesn't freeze in the US Kiosk demo though. For retail versions, the below codes fixes the X00_01_45 entry in SUB.

Version	Code
JP	0208779C 00000000 020877A0 00000000 020877A4 02000000
US	02088E14 00000000 02088E18 00000000 02088E1C 02000000
EU	020880FC 00000000 02088100 00000000 02088104 02000000

Using another code will replace the BINDER_DUMMY entry in the DS section with the above unused scene.

Version	Code
JP	02087470 0014000B 020A39B0 49444E45 020A39B4 4420474E 020A39B8 354F4D45
US	02088AE8 0014000B 020A5010 49444E45 020A5014 4420474E 020A5018 354F4D45
EU	02087DD0 0014000B 020A4370 49444E45 020A4374 4420474E 020A4378 354F4D45

SAVE FILE DIFFICULTY: An unused screen for setting the chosen file's difficulty level. The purple icon represents the harder difficulty. Although the icon bounches when touched, it has no apparent effect on neither difficulty or gameplay.

Unused Sub screens

At the very end of the sub screen list on the debug menu there are three sub screens leftover from a very early prototype of the game.

T0001: An unused sub screen that is exclusively used in the above MAP256, it appears to be some sort of map screen. The japanese text at the top most likely translates to "Spire of Deep Green".

T9001: An early title sub screen featuring some japanese text that reads out "Wario Ark (working title)".

T9002: A simple movement tutorial screen, interestingly the japanese text on here sheds some light on how early builds of the game played, including early controls, some sort of tool system (likely related to the EKAKI screen) and some kind of ink replenishment mechanic.

Build Date

To do: Get the build date for Japan Revision 1 and the demos

The debug menu features a build date that differs between versions.

Version	Text
Japan	JUN 27 2006
USA	JAN 3 2007
Europe	MAR 8 2007

Regional Differences

Nintendo Logo

Japan	International

• The Japanese version has a blue Nintendo logo, and has text on the bottom screen instead of Suzak's logo.

Title Screen

Japan	International

• The Japanese logo is more fancy, though the International one retains the mask mustache combo.
• The title screen music has lyrics in the Japanese version.

Japanese	Romanji	Translation
おしゃれ怪盗ワリオ・ザ・セブン おしゃれ怪盗ワリオ・ザ・セブン 七つの姿に変身だ お宝ざくざくざくざくワリオセブン	Oshare Kaitō Wario za Sebun Oshare Kaitō Wario za Sebun Nanatsu no sugata ni henshin da Otakara zakuzaku zakuzaku Wario Sebun	Fashionable Thief Wario the Seven Fashionable Thief Wario the Seven Transform into seven different disguises Lots, lots, lots of treasures Wario Seven

Museum Quiz Typing System

In The US version, The Typing system lets you draw a letter with the Stylus. But in the European version it is replaced with a keyboard. (Possibly to suit the extra languages in this version)