You know, the sad part is that I bet that if Nintendo were to accept real donations for the stated purpose of 'fulfilling Wario's Dream of being rich', they would actually drum up a serious amount money. People would donate because they're fans of Wario, or fans of Nintendo, or perhaps because they want to make an ironic statement on the concept of crowdsourcing. Whatever the reason, so many people would donate just to be in on the joke that Nintendo would likely make millions.

Perhaps Nintendo should do that and then announce that Wario has decided to donate all his wealth to Child's Play.

For whatever reason, I find this genius. The video was pretty funny, too!

Wait! Did Nintendo just come up with a good marketing campaign for a game?

Well stomp my foot and knock me out, they actually are marketing a game, and in a very funny way as well.

Do you remember the awesome faux-Youtube (really Flash) ad for Wario Land Shake It on Wii?  Where he would literally shake your browser to pieces?  Wario seems to attract some of the better, more unique marketing ideas.

Good pull. I actually do remember that, it was awesome.