Gonna be honest I do not know how to Rank Wario Land 2 in comparison to the first game. Its highs are higher but its lows are lower too. It's one of THOSE games. In terms of the stuff I like, I think it's cool how THIS was the Wario Land that layed the foundation for the future of the series in terms of gameplay and strayed away from the Mario formula, and it's also neat that this game has a LOT more interesting and varied level design. As for the stuff I don't like, the new transformation gimmick feels extremely underused and underdeveloped, and with the exception of one really good one, the boss fights suck dick. It's a very back and forth experience, but I think I'll put it just a hair above the first game in my ranking just because the more I played it, the more fun I had with it