Wario bros and Maya the Bee
Wario bros and Maya the Bee is a series of text-based stories starring Wario-Ware-Man, his siblings Warrio and VARIO, and the german cartoon character Maya the Bee.
Wario himself does not feature in this series. His name will still be referenced at times, but those occurences will be far and few.
Being the first series to have had plots written for the stories before hand starting with the second series, there's bound to be quite a few ideas that were never used in the end.
Series 1
The first part of the Wb&MtB series. It was intended to be a bit more serious in nature, but in the end it retained most of what made(and possibly even plagued) the original "The Wario Show" series.
Episode #1. Tempeläventyret (swedish, english)
Wario-Ware-Man's mood is dampened by stormy rainweather until Maya comes over to tell them about an article she read in her newspaper reporting about an treasure buried deep within some ancient ruins. Together they all drive to the place to pillage the ruins for its riches, but it turns out to be quite a deep journey inside, and worse yet; Warrio gets lost while on their adventure, encountering all sorts of dangers. If that's not enough, The Monitor returns again, mainly to rob the ruins before Wario-Ware-Man and the others can. Will they be able to get to the treasure before The Monitor does, and can they even make their way out of the temple alive?
Episode #2. Wariobrödernas Bikingtur (swedish, english(Upcoming))
It's quite hot outside, and Wario-Ware-Man along with his pals, including Maya the Bee, decide to head out on a road trip. All goes well until VARIO takes the wrong turn and ends up driving off a dead end. He survives this though. This is just the start of all things going wrong, because Wario-Ware-Man and his pals make an encounter with Biker Wood-Stocks, who are more than eager to beat the trio senseless and take the things they bought, resulting in a chase sequence.
Episode #3. Tågresan (swedish, english(Upcoming))
The Wariobrothers and Maya have been out on a trip far, far away from their home headquarters, and after a long exciting day they board the train and sets off home. It would've been good and all if things didn't start to go awry for VARIO, especially when he's about to leave the passenger toilet. Later a Warionose attempts to steal VARIO's ticket, and while Wario-Ware-Man and the others are about to show their tickets to the guard a stranger then shows up and, completely unnoticed, steals VARIO's ticket. Realizing he's had his ticket stolen, VARIO devise several attempts at getting past the guard, even by force. However, his attempts at trying to get past will only lead him into more trouble.
Episode #4. Wario-Ware-Man fritt! (swedish, english(Upcoming))
Wario-Ware-Man is staying at home, so this time it is up to his siblings and Maya the Bee how their day will look like. How the day will be shaped, and what else might await them, only time will tell.
Episode #5. Fatso de Pon! (swedish, english(Upcoming))
Wario-Ware-Man and his siblings decide to have their own game of Panel de Pon at home. Their little game turns into an unexpected hit however, and the more popular it becomes in their area the more harm is being caused to Lip and her fairy friends, especially when a video game of Fatso de Pon is going to be produced. What will the Wario bros do about this situation?
Episode #6. Hus Säljes! (swedish, english(Upcoming))
VARIO is alone in the house for the entire day. Things start to go awry when a redneck comes in and takes over the house, and kicking VARIO out. Can VARIO find a way to get back in, or at least try to take back their house in some way?
Episode #7. Ballongflygturen (swedish, english(Upcoming))
VARIO is just minding his business watering the garlic outside when Warrio arrives with an remote-controlled air ride balloon. They take a ride on the balloon and greatly enjoy their trip soaring through the skies. Their joy is shortlived however, because once the remote is in the hands of teenage witch Drawcia, their situation is going to get even worse. With no remote controller and no way to control the balloon on their own, can Warrio and VARIO find a way to stop the balloon and get down on safe ground again?
Episode #8 (swedish, english(Upcoming))
Series 2
Compared to the first one, this series saw some changes being made to make it more different to the first series. Ranging from Warrio getting himself a love interest to Wario-Ware-Man and his pals attempting to fly, this series marks the end of what was once "The Wario Show". It's also the first bunch of stories of mine to be written in english from the start, as well as switching to a more common and traditional storytelling format.
This story was once considered to be the 9th "episode" of the second series, but was replaced because I thought it would've been too strange to feature a more humorous story towards the end considering the nature of episodes #7 and #8.Series 3
The third series of Wb&MtB sees Wario-Ware-Man and pals moving from their little island to the big town of Calimero and friends. Together they help them solve mysteries and investigating interesting places.
This series is the first not to take place on Wario Island, and also the first one to feature the main characters from the 1992 Calimero series as part of the cast of characters of this series.
Looking back on the series as a whole, it maybe wasn't the best idea of mine. But at least it served as a breaking point with my previous series "The Wario Show". I learnt a whole lot since then about storywriting in general, as well as the difficulties with trying to develop a series into something bigger.